Christmas market cancelled for SECOND year in a row as locals fume with council for refusing funding

An annual Christmas Market in the West Midlands has been scrapped for the second year running after the local town council declined to provide any financial support for the event. The festive market, held in Sutton Coldfield in the West Midlands, has been organised by the not-for-profit group Boldmere Futures CIC for the past 15 years, since it was first launched by the Boldmere Traders' Association.Paul Long, who chairs the community interest company, broke the news on Facebook, writing: "After 15 years since it was started by the then Boldmere Traders' Association, it now seems that we will no longer have a Christmas Festival in Boldmere."So unless we can find alternative funding, then this is a goodbye from the Christmas...

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