A FAMILY have been honoured by the Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA) after organising the Beadlam Charity Tractor Run for the last 16 years - raising in excess of £110,000 for the charity.

Bernard Simpson, 89, was given the Chairman’s Award at the YAA’s annual awards evening in Sheffield recently.

Bernard, his son Malcolm and the rest of their family host the single day, 50-mile tractor drive every May Day Sunday. “We are humbled to receive this award. The event is a family effort and we all really pull together to organise it. It’s great to be recognised for the hard work and team effort that goes into making the event a success,” he said.

Peter Sunderland, chairman of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance, said: “The Simpson family have raised a phenomenal amount of money for our charity over the years and I was delighted to award Bernard with this year’s Chairman’s Award.”

“We would like to thank both Bernard and Malcolm, along with their family for their ongoing support, and we are very proud to have them as part of our Yorkshire Air Ambulance family.”