Key facts
- A 400-year-old parade in a Lake District town was cancelled.
- The cancellation occurred weeks before the event.
- Police demanded that organisers provide marshals for the parade.
A historic parade, which has been a tradition for 400 years, has been cancelled in a Lake District town. The cancellation comes just weeks before the event was due to take place. The reason for the cancellation is that the police demanded that the organisers of the parade provide marshals for the event. This demand led to the cancellation of the long-standing tradition.