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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adam Dutton

Residents outrage as ‘Grinch-like’ council bans Christmas wreaths

Sam Wildman/Northants Evening Te SWNS

Council bosses have been branded ‘grinches’ after banning Christmas wreaths from front doors at a block of flats because they say they are a fire risk.

Residents living in apartments on Whiteford Drive in Kettering, Northamptonshire, were left stunned when they received a knock on the door telling them to take decorations down.

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