Reduced Tuesday street market to go ahead

Only food, confectionary, takeaway hot food and drink, plants, pet food and face masks will be sold by traders in line with new government guidance.

The list of allowable goods is longer than when it was when a reduced market was held during the first lockdown period between March and July.

But it will still be much reduced from the usual bustling market shoppers are used to seeing in the town centre on Tuesdays, according to Melton Mowbray Town Estate.

Town bailiff, Billy Boulding, told the Melton Times: “There will only be a few stall as there were for the last lockdown but we can now sell plants which weren’t allowed before.

“We will have to stick to the reduced stalls for the next weeks unless we get more guidance from the government in the meantime.

“We would ask people to stick to social distancing guidelines and we hope to have our other traders back on the market soon.”

The town estate also manages the town parks and Mr Boulding said the revamped destination play park in the Play Close would remain open for the current lockdown period.

He added: “Children’s play equipment can still be used, according to the new rules, but we have closed the outdoor gym because of the guidelines which say that gyms have to close.”