A request for funding for a festival has been refused, as a council has no budget for grants. Southwell Town Council voted against providing a grant to the Gate To Southwell Festival, as it has done in years prior, as it has not allotted money in its budget for giving grants. The grant was requested to fund a shuttle bus between the town and the festival site in Kirklington, where the folk music event is held in July. Rodger Blaney suggested the council encourage the festival organisers to look at additional opportunities to increase revenue in order to cover the cost, however he proposed the …
