A great-grandmother is proving it is never too late to feel the rhythm and get moving.

Edna Jones, from Borehamwood, has been showing how age is no barrier to getting fit and having fun. The 86-year-old is a regular attendee of Popdance classes at Maxwell Community Centre run through the We Move, She Moves programme.

The hour-long class involves high-energy dance routines to pop favourites from Bruno Mars and Taylor Swift to Kylie Minogue and Wham.

The retired secretary has no difficulty negotiating the moves even though she has a false hip and pacemaker. Now she is encouraging more women to try a new activity.

Mrs Jones said: “After dancing, you feel good and happy and healthy as well, so I recommend dancing to everybody.

“I have always loved dancing. I used to dance a lot as a child, then the war came and I stopped. I come to Popdancing because it is exercise and dance routines, which I like.

"Keep moving that is the important thing. If you move, you will go on moving."

Edna, who has five children, six grandchildren and a four-year-old great grandson, said that her family are supportive of all her activities.

She said: “My children think I am mad anyway. They just take it for granted that mum is going to do something like that. It would be nice if I can keep dancing until 90.”

We Move, She Moves is a programme created three years ago to help women and girls in the borough get active.

Funding for the project has come from Sport England. All the activities have been developed in consultation with local people.