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Stars at biggest Pudsey concert Pudsey concert in £715, 000 total
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Wales' biggest ever BBC Children in Need concert has taken place in front of a 10,000 crowd in Colwyn Bay, Conwy. The on-the-night total raised by BBC Children in Need in Wales on Friday stands at £715,884.
Jamelia, Ronan Keating and The Feeling were the star performers at the concert in Eirias Park It was raised through events across Wales, including the charity's biggest concert, in front of a 10,000 crowd in Colwyn Bay, Conwy.
Preparations for Friday's event were disrupted on Wednesday when a stage roof at the venue collapsed. The figure is expected to grow as people send in cash from fundraising events of their own.
But crews worked through the night to repair it and the show received clearance after work on a replacement section was completed late on Thursday. The Colwyn Bay concert went ahead despite the stage roof collapsing in high winds late on Wednesday.
The concert was one of a series of events around Wales raising funds for Children in Need. Crews worked through the night to repair it and the show received clearance to go ahead after work on a replacement section was completed late on Thursday.
All the tickets for the event were snapped up within days when they were made available last month.
The roof of the concert stage collapsed late on Wednesday night after three "freak" gusts of wind. No-one was injured.
Meanwhile, a range of Children in Need events took place across Wales on Friday and more are to happen over the weekend.
Stage crews worked late to repair the damage caused by the windStage crews worked late to repair the damage caused by the wind
The BT call centre in Bangor, where hundreds of volunteers are taking Children in Need pledges from viewers, saw the official launch of an employee nude calendar. Jamelia, Ronan Keating and The Feeling were the star performers at the concert in Eirias Park.
Staff at the town's Marks and Spencer store were dressing up as cowboys and Indians, teachers and pupils at Ysgol y Garnedd were wearing night clothes, and the head teacher a nightdress. The concert was one of a series of events around Wales raising funds for Children in Need, which helped push the on-the-night figure the 27th BBC Children In Need Appeal to £18.3m.
Workers at the moneysupermarket.com offices in Ewloe expected to raise £10,000 through a range of events including one to create a "supersize" snack. All the tickets for the Colwyn Bay event were snapped up within days when they were made available last month.
At the DVLA in Swansea, staff sponsored an 18ft by 30ft (5.5m by 9m) Pudsey Bear garden created from potted chrysanthemums. The roof of the concert stage collapsed after three "freak" gusts of wind. No-one was injured.
Some 30 children from Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Brynymor in Swansea were taking their teddies to a teddy bears' picnic at the Dragon Hotel, Kingsway.