WEST Somerset youngsters hit the right note last week when they joined 102,000 other young people across the UK to earn their place in the record books.

Schoolchildren throughout the country signed up to a national initiative to both raise money for SignHealth, a charity for deaf people, and to try and smash the world record for the number of people singing and using sign language at the same time.

Youngsters had to learn to both sing and sign the New Seekers' 1970s hit 'I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing' and, with the previous record standing at just 13,418, the 102,000 plus children who took part ensured the record was well and truly broken.

Photos: Steve Guscott