Bradford was a sea of red noses today as hundreds took part in Comic Relief.

Visitors were being invited to sniff out the difference between red and white wine at a blind folded wine tasting session at Sainsbury's in Harrogate Road.

And enthusiasts were able to hire a 1951 Black Cadillac Convertible which comedian Robbie Coltraine used in the television series "Coltrane in a Cadillac".

The Otley based Classic Car Group who own the car allowed it to be driven by a different driver every hour.

Players from the Bradford Bulls were due at the Queen's Head pub in Illingworth to play in a Red Nose Pool competition.

Star Trek fan Barry Kimber dressed up as Worf, the Klingon chief of security on the USS Enterprise. Trainee journalists from the Horsforth based Leeds Trinity and All Saints College performed a Japanese tea ritual.

But plans by creative pupils at Belle Vue Boys School to raise cash were almost scuppered by heartless thieves. GNVQ students had baked eight dozen special Red Nose Buns and were expecting them to sell like hot cakes.

Burglars not only made off with a tumble drier and microwave - they also took the buns. The boys were forced to bake a second batch at the last minute.

More than 30 children and teachers wore fancy dress at the Creative Kids' Day Nursery in the Elim Church Centre, in Wakefield Road, on Wednesday for an early Red Nose Day.

And tomorrow Keighley licen-sees Fiona Miller and Tim Wild will stage a fun packed Red Nose Day at The Crossroads Inn from 3.30pm onwards.

Victorian employees at Salts Mill had their working lives governed by a set of rules set down by Saltaire's founder Sir Titus Salt with fines of 3d for those uttering oaths or using insolent language.

More than a century on people working at the mill were being threatened with on-the-spot fines - for not wearing red.

The venture is just one of the ways staff at Saltaire-based Pace Microtechnology raised cash.

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