A 50-STRONG party from French twin town Beaumont-le-Roger will be spending the weekend in Wotton-under-Edge.

The French tricolour and the Union Jack will be flying when Town Mayor Cllr Chris Galbraith welcomes the visitors in the town hall on Saturday morning.

They will stay with families, who are members of the Beaumont-le-Roger Society, which has organised a full programme of events for the short visit, including a steam train ride on the Gloucestershire-Warwickshire Railway, a visit to Tewkesbury and the traditional twinning dinner.