Glastonbury Festival has started off with hours of queuing as festival-goers face tightened security measures in the wake of three terrorist attacks in the past month in the UK.

Organisers advised ticket-holders to "pack light" for this year's event in light of extra searches before people were let onto the site.

Punters were forced to join queues half a mile long within an hour of the gates opening at 7am on Wednesday – an hour earlier than planned – with reports from seasoned attendees saying they had "never seen" queues like it.

Reporter Hannah Al-Othman tweeted: