Glastonbury festival-goers in traffic chaos

Organisers said current wet weather and ground conditions were causing delays

Glastonbury festival-goers have been stuck in queues of up to 12 hours as traffic chaos hit all major routes to the site.

Organisers said rain and ground conditions had caused delays and urged people "not to set off". Festival founder Michael Eavis apologised and said: "We did ask people to come in later."

Festival organisers said the problem was because people were "coming before the gates were open"

People waiting in the traffic queues to get onto the site have started playing cricket

More than 100,000 people are due to descend on Worthy Farm for the event.

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The gates officially opened at 08:00 BST but people have reported queuing for more than seven hours to get on to the site. One ticket-holder told the BBC he had been in the queue for "about four and a half hours" and only moved half a mile.

"We're trying to get in the campervan field but we're glad we've come today because we think it's going to be even worse tomorrow," he said.

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