SCHOOLCHILDREN from across Bolton will take part in a world record bid on December 9 to raise money for Sargent Cancer Care for Children.

Pupils from Crofthouse Nursery, Hayward School, Holy Infant RC, St Mary's and St Thomas of Canterbury primary schools will join more than 100,000 young people nationwide in an attempt to form the world's largest simultaneous choir. The children will sing a specially written song, Tell Me Why, at 2.45pm. They will be radio-linked to other choirs and to a concert in Belfast's Odyssey Arena. The event has been organised by Young Voices.

who last year set the record for the largest choir when 6,846 young people sang at the MEN Arena, Manchester.