STARS from Australia's rugby league team switched on the Christmas lights in Brighouse.

A crowd of several hundred people watched as they performed the ceremony in Thornton Square.

Players at the ceremony were taking time out from their preparations for tonight's Test match against Great Britain at the McAlpine Stadium in Huddersfield.

Famous liquorice allsorts character Bertie Bassett joined the fun, which also included entertainment by choirs from St Chad's, St Joseph's and St John's schools in Brighouse.