A WHOLE school went on the run - accompanied by their MP - to continue a tradition of cancer charity fundraising.

The primary school at Brompton, near Northallerton, is the only one in the area to host a full Cancer Research UK Race for Life.

This year's was its third annual event - and contributed to a fundraising total that now tops £4,000.

Every year group took part in the event, along with staff, governors and some parents. They each had a choice of two, six or 12 laps of the 850m course, depending on their age and level of fitness.

Local Conservative MP Rishi Sunak took part in the run for the second time and, to motivate them, he told the young runners: "Scientists are getting really close to finding a medicine that will cure cancer and it's probably someone of your age that's going to finally do it for us, which is very exciting."

He added: "You are all setting a fantastic example to everybody in North Yorkshire that this is the fastest school in the county."