The three winners of the Telegraph & Argus 150th Schools News Competition were invited to T&A Towers to receive their prizes for writing what were judged to be the three best news stories.

Anni Ridgway, nine, who goes to Ashlands Primary School in Ilkley, won the ages 6-9 category for her tale of the family's deaf dog being entered into the Ilkley Carnival dog show.

St Philip's CE Academy's Sana Malik, 11, was chosen as the victor of the age 10-13 category for her story about a snake which was brought into school going missing.

The winner of the 14-16 age category was Vyom Gera, 15, who studies at North Halifax Grammar School, who wrote about Bradford's transformation from textile town to the first UNESCO City of Film.

All three winners were invited the the T&A offices to receive their prizes of £50 worth of national book tokens, as well as a a guided tour of the building by editor Nigel Burton.

Anni explained she was inspired to write her story by going to the carnival with her family.

She said: "I went to the carnival with my family and my grandparents came with Meg the deaf dog."

The dog belongs to Anni's cousins, so it was unusual for the dog to be there.

Animal lover Anni said it would be nice to write about the dog, and the favourite bit of doing the story was interviewing her brother.

She said she was "really surprised" to win and enjoyed her trip to the T&A, and while she is too young to be thinking about future careers, said she loves reading and writing.

Sana Malik said her school had borrowed the snake, Cornelia the corn snake, and her headteacher was on the way to show pupils it when she realised it had gone missing, and the school embarked on a search to find the snake.

She said: "My favourite part was that we actually found the snake otherwise if my teacher didn't she would of been in a bit of trouble!"

Sana said prefers maths to English so when she found out she had won she was "really happy and all my friends were cheering me, I was really shocked".

Keen writer (and fencer) Vyom chose to write about the UNESCO City of Film because "it is something big about Bradford".

He said getting the title was "an historic moment for Bradford and England, as it was the first place in England to get the title".

"It's not something that happens much and it's a different way of seeing Bradford," he added.

Vyom said he was "quite surprised" to find out he won, but admitted a career in journalism isn't his current aspiration, as he is more focused on medicine and engineering.