PUPILS at a Keighley school have taken to the stage in response to the Clean Up Our Town anti-drugs campaign.

The students at Holy Family Catholic School have created three short plays exploring themes surrounding drug abuse, as part of the campaign to reduce the drug crime menace in and around Keighley.

A spokesman for Holy Family Catholic School said: "The three dramas looked at the impairment caused by drug use, the inevitability of being found out and the death of an 'innocent' drug user given suspect material by her supplier.

"The pieces were strung together by a commentary from our deputy head teacher Damian Moore, who reflected on real-life situations, such as the shaming of the cyclist Lance Armstrong, which amplified the content of each tragedy.

"The session – which is being presented to the whole school over the course of the week – ended with the theme, 'See Something – Say Something.'

"This sends out the message that it is not enough just to think, 'I am not involved so it is nothing to do with me.'"

Keighley MP Kris Hopkins, who was among those launching the Clean Up Our Town Campaign last Saturday, said: “Following our successful launch we asked the community to look at how they can engage and take this message forward.

“These assemblies are a wonderful example of that, and I hope will inspire other groups.

"I am sure that these hard hitting dramas created by the pupils will have given their audience a serious message to consider."