A company organising a Christmas fairground in conjunction with Epsom Council has has cancelled the event, it has been announced.

North Pole UK, which was going to set up the fairground at Hook Arena and had been endorsed by Epsom and Ewell Council, had already taken bookings for the December event, scheduled to run from November 28 until Christmas Eve.

A spokeswoman for the council, which is still due to make an official announcement, said: “Unfortunately, they had to cancel the event because they can’t make it as good as they would like to, for a number of reasons.”

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