Ashby de la Zouch Town Council has set out plans for this year's Christmas celebrations.

With last year's festive season badly hit by the coronavirus lockdown, the council wants to try and provide events as 'normal' as possible.

Covid restrictions may yet come into effect, but at recent meeting of the council's Events & Entertainments committee, the plans for December were laid out.

The Town Centre Manager presented a verbal update report to the Town Council on the issue of the Christmas Fair & Market for 2021.

The market will be held over two days on Saturday, December 4 and Sunday the fifth.

It is planned to have a 'normal' event this year subject to any Covid restrictions which may be in place at that time.

Around 60 stalls have been booked.

More space will be allocated between each stall to allow for greater social distancing than has been the case in the past.

The Town Centre Manager reported that he was working with North West Leicestershire District Council on the drafting of the Event Management Plan and the Risk Assessment for the event.

There are also plans in place for the Carols Around the Tree on Christmas Eve. The Town Centre Manager was asked to confirm with the vicar of Holy Trinity Church whether this event was still planned to go ahead.

The committee was told: "I have agreed in principle with the Holy Trinity Parochial Church Council that it would like to go ahead with this venture.

"I'm currently planning a 20-minute service starting at 8pm on Christmas Eve outside Boots and spilling into Market Street.

"We would look to provide the sound system and some words in appropriate digital form or maybe as song sheets."