A PLEA for unloved and unwanted bras has been put out by an Otley pub.

The Junction Pub is keen to help an American artist make the largest bra ball sculpture in the world.

But despite urging its customers to help out, so far not a single bra has been passed over the bar.

Jude Caldwell, landlady of the Bondgate pub, said: "A customer came across this American artist Emily Duffy on the Internet who's trying to make the world's largest bra ball.

"We thought we'd like to help out and put a poster up in the pub, but so far we've not had a single bra, people must be too tight to hand them over."

Ruth, who lost weight with Weightwatchers last year recently replaced all her old bras - but threw them away before the appeal started.

"You tend to leave them until they're all grey and horrid, so perhaps people are too embarrassed to hand them over."

But the pub hasn't given up hope yet. "We'll take anything," she added.