CARRYING the Queen's Golden Jubilee baton on the latest leg of its countrywide tour was a real family affair yesterday.

Romanby residents Jeff and Rosemary Kidd and their teenage daughters, Caroline and Fiona, all did their stint for the Commonwealth Games as the baton headed south through North Yorkshire.

Mrs Kidd proudly took it through Northallerton, while her husband did his run in the nearby village of Ainderby Steeple.

Fourteen-year-old Caroline was the representative in Huby and her 17-year-old sister in Leeds.

Mrs Kidd, a Hambleton District Council employee, said: "We wanted to do something special to celebrate the jubilee, so we volunteered to do this baton running. We feel very honoured to be among so many people from all walks of life who are doing this."

Thirsk councillor Jan Marshall was given the duty of taking the baton through her home town as part of the Hambleton run.