Protesters will gather outside a circus this weekend during its annual visit to Barkingside.

Animal rights activists will be joined by members of Waltham Forest and Redbridge Green Party for the demonstrations against The Great British Circus which is set up in Forest Road opposite Fairlop Waters.

They will meet twice today for one hour at 1pm and 4pm and tomorrow from 2pm to 3pm.

Mark Dawes, from Waltham Forest and Redbridge Green Party, said: β€œIt really is about time animal circuses were consigned to the dustbin of history.”