People have been encouraged to get behind a tandem bike ride by two BBC presenters which will pass through Keighley district next week.

Harry Gration and Amy Garcia will cycle the York-shire route of the Tour de France on a tandem for Sport Relief.

They set off from Leeds on tomorrow and will cycle 241 miles for the following eight days, arriving in Sheffield on Friday, March 21.

The pair are due to call at Silsden Methodist Church on Tuesday at about 2.30pm for a refreshment break. They will reach Keighley at about 3pm and Haworth at roughly 4pm.

The presenters will leave Haworth on March 19 at 9.30am and will cycle through Oxenhope between 10am and 10.30am.