08:33 EST 12 Dec 2023 , updated 09:32 EST 12 Dec 2023
Another major open air carol service that has been running for more than 70 years faces the axe over health and safety fears.
Organisers of the Christmas Eve carol singing service in Rose Square, Canterbury, are considering pulling the plug on the popular event after concerns were raised by charity volunteers about the number of people attending.
It comes less than 24 hours after a trendy East London Christmas market was forced to cancel its famous carol tradition for the rest of the year due to huge overcrowding after seeing it on TikTok.
Fears over the limited number of volunteers available to manage the thousands in attendance, which traditionally includes the Archbishop of Canterbury, has led to talk of the event in the Kent city being cancelled for the first time since 1952.
Confusion over its future has arisen after the Lord Mayor of Canterbury’s Christmas Gift Fund, which …