Children in Need is back as the stars join brave members of the public to raise money for charity.

The annual telethon is coming, with all the skits, songs, sketches and celebrities viewers have come to expect from BBC One’s huge extravaganza this evening.

We asked you to send us your photos of how you got involved and as ever you have not disappointed.

Schools across the borough have also been collecting for the appeal, by inviting pupils to come in to school in fancy dress for a donation.

You can send your Children in Need photos and fundraising tales to accringtonobserver@menmedia.co.uk, remembering to confirm parental permission for us to publish photos of anyone under 18.

We will publish as many of the pictures as we can online and in next week’s paper.