Thousands of people are expected to line the streets today at the annual Durham Miners' Gala.

The hugely popular event takes over the streets of the city to celebrate the Big Meeting which includes the usual processions, traditions and family activities.

This year is the 134th event.

The Gala - unlike a normal trade union march - does not have a start or finish time or even one central location, say organisers.

Instead, it plays out - quite literally - with colliery bands marching though their own Durham villages early in the morning and then arriving in the city from all directions.

The city centre will close to traffic around 7am and the colourful march, with bands and banners, will congregate around the Market Place before setting off for the racecourse about 8.30am.

A banner proclaiming “Trump not welcome” has also been unveiled in Durham ahead of the gala.

Unite, the UK’s largest union, unfurled the banner at the Miners’ Hall on Friday as the US president continued his first official UK visit.

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