A couple who turn their conservatory into a free Santa’s grotto to ensure no family misses out on Christmas say they have been overwhelmed by the response.

Pamela Firth, 76, and husband Bob, 73, have been making part of their home into a winter wonderland for children for the past seven years.

This year they received more than 5,000 calls to see Father Christmas at the West Yorkshire attraction.

Mrs Firth said: “We wanted to make it free to meet him because it’s magic.”