Annual Pancake Day race takes place at Leeds Minster
and live on Freeview channel 276
The date is part of the Christian calendar marking the eve of Lent - 40 days of fasting and prayers before Easter.
Pupils from St Peter's Church of England Primary school in Leeds participated in the races.
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The word shrove comes from Old English for shrive - to confess sins.
On Shrove Tuesday, people confess their sins and it is believed that pancake races came from women rushing to church before the noon cut-off time, clutching their half-finished pancakes, according to the Diocese of Leeds.