Festive lights turned on several days earlier than planned

Council chief said event had become 'dangerous', with unknown numbers of people funnelled into a small space

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

This year all of the festive lighting will use energy-efficient LEDs which use 75% less energy than traditional bulbs

The retired rugby union player tells Richard Fitzpatrick about his cultural touchstones which include ET, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, and The Wire