A family-run circus now in its eighth generation is bringing its daredevil routines to Hounslow for a three-week run this month.

Santus Circus is coming all the way from France to Rectory Farm, opposite McDonald's in the A4 Bath Road, Hounslow, from Wednesday February 18 to Sunday March 8.

The circus troupe is made up of performers from across the globe, from Brazil to Mongolia, whose acts have won top prizes at the prestigious Monte Carlo Circus Festival.

Its new two-hour show, entitled The Edge, will include knife-throwing, trapeze trickery and the grisly sounding Globe of Death, in which motorcyclists loop the loop inside a tiny steel sphere.

Tickets start from £9 (£7 every Wednesday), with a family ticket (two adults and two children) priced £40. You can book online at www.santuscircus.co.uk or via the box office on 07843 884787.