SCHOOLCHILDREN have shown they have a talent for town planning after constructing their own Lego community. Pupils from Crakehall Primary School used about 7,000 bricks to build the model town in their school hall yesterday.

Each of the school's 69 children built their own home. Roads, cars, gardens and even a football pitch were then added to make the town feel like home for the Lego people.

Headteacher Alison Cole said: "It was a little bit of an extracurricular treat for the children.

"It was also a way of helping the children develop motor skills and construction awareness."