Work to put up Midsomer Norton's Christmas lights gets underway this week.

Bath and North East Somerset Council's contractors will be installing the lights in Silver Street and Midsomer Norton High Street between Monday and Friday October 14 to 18.

Councillor Tim Ball, cabinet member for housing, planning and economic development, said: "The run up to Christmas is an important time for local traders and we need to ensure the lights are put up in good time so the work doesn't impact other events.

"Our contractors need to schedule the work alongside other communities across the country, but will be keeping disruption to a minimum by working in the evenings."

Blachere Illuminations UK, the world's largest festive lighting company, will use hundreds of metres of cable and tens of thousands of power-saving LED lights on lamp columns and cross-street displays to illuminate the Bath and North East Somerset district.