An event's being held on Weston's Grand Pier in the next few minutes - to celebrate the Olympic Torch passing through North Somerset this morning.

The town wasn't part of the Torch relay - which did go through the streets of Backwell and Nailsea earlier, before it heads up through Bristol and onto Wiltshire.

But, 500 local schoolchildren, Weston's MP, mayor and the Chairman of North Somerset Council have been invited to the landmark to see the flame arrive shortly in a special lantern.

It's not an official London 2012 venue though, and some residents have criticised the pier for over-hyping the event.