TWO pupils from a Blackburn dance school have been taking the North West by storm.

Dancers Anysia Bramante-Wareing, 11, came first in an inter-national dance competition and has been recognised as having the potential to be one of the best dancers in the future.

And Leona Lawrenson, eight, beat off competition from more than 160 dancers to win a place in the ballet Capalia in Preston next March.

The two girls work under the close scrutiny of dance teacher Joy Wareing at the Dance Factory, York Terrace, Feniscowles, Blackburn.