A SPECIAL guy made by a group of special children will grace a town's giant bonfire on Saturday.

Children at Beaumont Hill Special School, Darlington, have put the finishing touches to Millennium Guy, who will be placed on top of the bonfire at the Century FM Fireworks 2000 event in South Park.

Eight children, aged seven and 11, collected newspapers and old clothes to make the 7ft guy. Among them were, from left, Leon Pearse, nine, Christopher Brown, ten, Lewis Bailey, nine, and Danielle Barker, ten