Tenth Eathorpe Christmas lights switch-on event is an illuminating success

Villagers decorated their houses and gardens with extravagant lights for the tenth annual Christmas Lights Switch-On event.

Almost £2,000 was raised on the night for the Teenage Cancer Trust and Myton Hospice.

Mary Rhodes, presenter of the BBC’s Inside Out show, opened the event which started with the synchronised switch-on.

The village hall held a fair and Santa was kept very busy.

The lights will be on every evening over Christmas until the Twelfth Night Beer Festival in the village on January 6 and 7.