A FREE Easter Fun Day is being staged in St Austell on Saturday (April 19).

The event in Poltair Park is being organised by the town council and will run from 10am to 3pm.

Among the activities will be an Easter-themed scavenger hunt, a bouncy castle and drop-in clay workshops from the Wheal Martyn museum.

Meanwhile, the council has announced initial details for the St Austell VJ Day Fun Day which will take place in the town centre on August 14 and celebrate the 80th anniversary of Victory Over Japan Day in the Second World War.

The event, organised with St Austell BID and the White River Place shopping centre, will feature performances from Company B and Red Apple Honeys, free rides and games, and wartime artefacts and memorabilia.