TWO Craven dancers have taken top places at the United Kingdom Association ballroom dancing competition, held at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool.

Trainee florist 17-year-old Bethany Young, of Gargrave, was first in the Stars and Above competition for under 21s while Craven College student Elizabeth Mukerjee, 16, came first in the Bars and Laurels section.

Both are pupils at the KT Dance Centre, which is based in Gargrave and run by Kathy Thomson, and were partnered by the dance school's Callam Thomson, himself a current British ballroom dancing champion.