TWO women have knitted more than 160 items for Bradford Royal Infirmary's (BRI) neonatal unit - after rising to a challenge set by a member of staff at their care home.

Jean Rhodes, who is 89, and 83-year-old Pauline Robinson are members of the knit and natter group at Brookfield care home in Nab Wood, Shipley.

Andrea Ingham, activities co-ordinator at the care home, said: "We are always looking at ways in which our talented residents can support the local community and we thought linking up with BRI would be a great project.

"We talked to Jean and Pauline about our idea and they were very keen to rise to the challenge.

"We know people who work at the hospital, and they explained that they always need bonding squares, bonnets and blankets - so we got to work.

"Jean and Pauline have totally taken this on as their own project and been very serious about it."

Jean said: "It's nice to be a part of the knit and natter group and Pauline and I started work on the things for the hospital in October."

Pauline added: "When Andrea talked to Jean and I about the babies at the hospital, we both knew we wanted to help."