THE full programme for a spectacular light festival has been announced.

Lumiere will see streets, bridges and the River Wear in Durham City lit up between November 12 and 15, along with other processions and events.

There are seven new commissions, with more than 50 artists and performers taking part.

The pages of the Lindisfarne Gospels will be projected across Durham Cathedral, huge neon-style creations based the sketches of prisoners will be erected nearby and the faces of 100 North-East people will be projected onto buildings in Durham's Market Place.

There will be a procession through the streets of Durham on Friday, November 13, and a parade the following evening.

Free Lumiere guides and torches will be available from Tesco Metro, in Durham Market Place, between 4pm and 7pm from Wednesday, November 11, onwards or from Clayport Library, on Millennium Place, during opening hours.

For more information, visit: lumieredurham.co.uk It is hoped Lumiere will be a major boost to Durham's bid to be named UK City of Culture 2013.

Sign up to back the bid at: durhamcityofculture.co.uk