Songs of Praise win for Llangennech junior school choir

Ysgol Iau Llangennech won the junior school choir category in the competition

Pupils in Carmarthenshire have taken one of the top prizes in this year's BBC Songs of Praise School Choir of the Year contest.

Ysgol Iau Llangennech won the junior school choir category after fighting off stiff competition.

Others schools in the running for the prize were Queen's Young Voices in Chester and Lindley Junior School Choir in Huddersfield.

Conductor Lewis Richards said everyone was "thrilled" with the choir's win.

He said: "The children give so much time and energy during rehearsals.

"I'm over the moon that they have something to show for their efforts and perseverance."

Dave Stanford, executive producer of Songs of Praise, offered his congratulations to the school and said: "Ysgol Iau Llangennech were faultless."