Liverpool is shining brighter that usual after a series of striking light installations were switched on.

As part of the city's biennial winter lights programme, "Liverpool Jackpot" is now illuminating Kirkdale, Kensington and Garston.

The eye-catching displays, commissioned by the Culture Company for 2008, have been designed by French artist Franck Scurti.

Each neigbourhood has a different design after help from the community.

I'm all for these and for our civic buildings to be lit but can't help thinking that just a few days ago was the highly publicised big 'switch off' to supposedly alert people to the wasted energy used :rolleyes: