Children from three local primary schools helped to clean up Colne ahead of the town’s big Christmas lights switch-on.

The pupils from Trawden Forest, West Street and Park Primary Schools all mucked in to help make Colne sparkle for the celebration which took place on Saturday.

The 30 children were joined by Colne Business Improvement District (BID) chairman and owner of local business Live Like The Boy, Ash Sutcliffe, and BID manager, Scott Smith, as well as representatives of XLCR Vehicle Management Services.

The team cleared litter from sites across Colne town centre, with Ash saying: “It was fantastic to have the support of our local schools and businesses to clean up the town centre ahead of the Christmas lights switch on.

“At Colne BID we are proud to do our bit to promote pride in Colne - and we thank all of those in the local community who support us in that effort.”