A LOCAL climate campaign group staged a '12 Days of Crisis" demonstration on Bangor High Street on Saturday.

Members of Extinction Rebellion took to the streets near Bangor Cathedral to show their support for the UK-wide 'Election Rebellion' campaign.

Organisers say the gathering aimed to "sound the alarm on the climate and ecological crisis" ahead of Thursday's General Elections.

Among the action which took place on Saturday was a performance of the “12 days of Crisis” - a recently composed song by local musician Neil Browning.

An “ice bucket challenge” style action was also staged to highlight the melting ice caps and glaciers.

Following the action outside the Cathedral, campaigners delivered a “Merry Crisis” card to the BBC to urge the public broadcaster to increase its coverage of what the group says is a time of "urgent and existential threat" to our climate.

After this they will join XR Youth’s “Vote for the Climate” action by Bangor Clock Tower, which starts at 12 noon.

A spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion North Wales said: "We are days away from a contest between parties with widely differing levels of ambition in their environmental policies, so this election will set the course for success or failure that determines the fate of future generations and hundreds of millions of people in the Global South already struggling with climate breakdown.

I would urge everyone voting on the 12th to consider parties' environmental policies as paramount when voting. Organisations such as Friends of the Earth have published reviews of the major parties' manifestos which are a useful resource."

These were sentiments echoed by 20 year old Macey Gray, who was at the rally and added: “The action that needs to be taken in the next few years by the UK Government is vital in our battle against this human caused climate and ecological crisis.

"If nothing changes and the next government carries on the inaction we’ve seen so far, then I’m not sure whether I’ll be able to bring myself to have the family I’ve always wanted.

"I’m terrified of what the future might hold for me, never mind further down the line for the next generation.”