West Lindsey District Council have voted to approve a 2.99 per cent rise in council tax as part of their budget for 2023/24.
Boston could become a “hub town in Lincolnshire for Christmas celebrations” as council leaders look to nab stallholders from Lincoln’s cancelled festive market.A new pilot event is being discussed which would lead to a series of connected events across the south and east of the county in future years.
He said the town had a chance to “seize the dispossessed stall holders and potentially maybe thousands of visitors”. “Our aim would be to build on the pilot each year and work towards complementary and connected events across the sub region with activity in the Lincolnshire Wolds, Coast and South Holland.”Boston Borough Council’s Full Council meeting discussed the potential event on Monday. | Image: Daniel Jaines
“Our Christmas Illuminate parade is already well established and Boston’s tradition for staging an exciting market with wide appeal goes back nearly 1000 years to 1125.”
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