Soaring climate change message

COLOURFUL kites soared high over Goodrington's Youngs Park as youngsters joined a climate change protest.

More than a dozen gathered as part of a campaign to urge world leaders to take fast and effective action on global warming.

The kite-flying was organised by campaign group 350.org which coordinated hundreds of events across the world on Saturday.

Organisers say Goodrington's contribution was small but effective.

"There's no doubt now that the citizens of Torbay want to see real action from the world on global warming before the problem gets any worse," said Claire Collis, who is a member of the UK Youth Climate Coalition.

There was also a banner-making event at Paignton Zoo on Sunday to highlight the same global campaign.