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Songs to welcome our newest citizens
A MIX of nations were welcomed by choristers from West Vale Primary School as part of a citizenship ceremony at Somerset House, Halifax.
A lively performance from the school choir included Take That's Shine and Rule the World.
Teacher, Vicky Thwaite, said: "Educating children about citizenship is part of the national curriculum so this is a great learning experience."
The recruitment of nurses from the Philippines gave a whole new opportunity to 51-year-old Maybelle Jarillo, of Exeter Street, Halifax, who is a staff nurse at Calderdale Royal Hospital.
"I was quite lucky to come here as it was the right time to get a job as a nurse in England but now it is much more difficult to find work," she said.
Maybelle's husband, Winnia, 54, was at the ceremony to receive his British citizenship.
Thirty-three-year-old Wajid Hussain of Park Lane, Exley, Halifax, left Pakistan seven years ago and has been working as a taxi driver.
Other new citizens were: Faisal Ali, Rohit Bajaj, Aaditi Bajaj, Fozia Inayat, Abul Kalam, Shareen Mahmood, Mohammad Nazam, Jing Xie and Sakandar Zulqurnian.
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