"Town's ban over 'risky' Christmas trees"

From The Metro:

A town has been banned from putting up 60 Christmas trees - because it is too dangerous. Health and safety rules forbid the council from using stepladders to put the decorations above shops and businesses in Llandovery, Carmarthenshire.

'We have been advised that over a certain height we need scaffolding or a cherry picker,' said deputy mayor Helene Lovell.

However shopkeepers plan to keep the tradition alive by putting up their own trees. 'It's stupid it has been banned,' said business-woman Helen Greenslade.