Christmas market trips off

Chronicle Reader Travel's two trips to Lincoln Christmas Market this weekend have been called off because the event has been cancelled.

Organisers took the decision today because of the continuing bad weather. Snow has fallen in Lincolnshire for most of the week, with more snow predicted into the weekend.

City of Lincoln Council consulted Lincolnshire Police, East Midlands Ambulance Service and Lincolnshire County Council Highways before making the decision.

Rob Bradley from the council is in charge of safety at the event. He said: “It is with extreme regret that we have taken the decision to cancel the Lincoln Christmas Market this year.

"Safety is our absolute priority at the Lincoln Christmas Market. Police advice is for people not to travel at all unless it is absolutely necessary, so we don’t want to encourage visitors and stallholders to travel to come along and risk getting stuck on the roads, or worse."

Chronicle Reader Travel manager, Frances Hirst, said: "This was out of our hands, I'm afraid, but all those who booked on the trips will be contacted will receive a full refund as soon as we have processed the cheques."

More information from Lincoln Council, click here