A FULL-size digger will be parked in a Market Place this weekend.

A JCB digger from the Diggerland adventure park, in Langley Park, will be brought to Durham Market Place for Saturday, June 20.

Visitors can don a helmet and gave a go in the driving seat from 10am.

Meanwhile, as it is Father’s Day weekend, Diggerland will be giving away two-for-one entry tickets to children who bring their dad along.

The Houghton Area Youth Band, finalists in the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain competition, will be performing in the Market Place between 1.45pm and 3.45pm.