Weston's sand sculpture festival is back.

It's opened today - with four thousand tons of the beach turned into things like a teddy bear, a clown, an Olympic medal podium and even the Queen, by sixteen international artists.

There were concerns it wouldn't happen this year when North Somerset Council said they could no longer fund it - but sculptors Alec Messchaert and Nicola Wood stepped in to take it on.

It runs until September - and Nicola's told us how they keep everything standing for three months:

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