SCI-FI fans in Cumbria paid homage to a major franchise that has captured the imaginations of millions of people for almost 40 years. 

May the fourth marks a day of celebration for Star Wars fans across the globe, but some superfans well and truly went the extra mile this year.

Ashley Broomhall headed to Cumbria to take on England's largest mountain, Scafell Pike - while dressed in the full armour of a Star Wars stormtrooper. 

The Shropshire man has already taken on Snowdon and Ben Nevis, scaled the 978m high mountain to raise money for Cancer Research UK and Lingen Davies Cancer Relief Fund.

However, Mr Broomhall isn't the only one to take advantage of the celebrated day as Roose Primary School dressed in their best Star Wars gear to pay homage to "the force."

Matt Thornhill, year three teacher at Roose Primary, wanted to make the most of opportunity to teach children more about science.

He said: "With it being the unofficial Star Wars day - May 4 - we decided it would be a good day to look at the science topic of forces."

Throughout the day different year groups took part in a number of different activities to learn a little more about the different forces that have a massive impact on our daily lives. 

Starting out using pieces of plasticine to demonstrate the push/pull phenomenon of forces, the pupils looked at different concepts including friction, air resistance and gravity. 

Mr Thornhill said: "Children will come to school every day and will learn so much every single day but if we look back to our school days, the things we remember were done in a slightly different way."

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