THESE imaginative youngsters staged a Christmas play with a difference - starring roadworkers!

They donned hard hats and wore obligatory checked shirts for a stint of work. Then it was time for a tea break - and a read of yesterday's news-packed Daily Echo.

The budding actors and actresses, aged 10 and 11, are pupils at Hiltingbury Junior School in Chandler's Ford.

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