At one stage it seemed like it might not happen this year - but Weston's annual sand sculpture festival returns today.

Sixteen international artists have turned four thousand tons of the beach into things like a teddy bear, a clown, an Olympic medal podium and even the Queen.

Nicola Wood says she and fellow sculptor Alec Messchaert [pron: Mesh-art] were happy to step in as organisers:

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B/A: The festival runs until September the ninth.