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The Nolan Show: Walking in a Winter Blunderland - parents left angry and kids devastated as Christmas event is cancelled

18/12/2017

Walking in a Winter Blunderland - parents left angry and kids devastated as Christmas event is cancelled

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Parents left angry and kids devastated as Christmas event is cancelled.

Walking in a Winter Blunderland - parents left angry and kids devastated as Christmas event is cancelled/.

A Winter Blunderland - a festive event where children get to meet Santa in County Down, has been cancelled after organisers apologised that it had "fallen way short of our expectations." The "Winter Wonderland NI" event held at the Clandeboye Estate in Bangor was due to run from 16-23 December, but has now been axed. In a statement to the BBC the Clandeboye Estate said it had leased the venue for the week and was not involved in the delivery of the event. Stephen spoke to Natalie Jackson and Scott Wallace who  brought their kids to the event, and Andrew Cowan who set up a Facebook page to communicate with people unhappy at the event.

Also on the programme, superbike star Jonathan Rea was the runner up in the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year awards last night in Liverpool. The Northern Ireland racer was pipped at the post by Sir Mo Farah. Stephen got reaction from former road racing champion Phillip McCallen and i-Newspaper sports journalist Kevin Garside.

And, Ireland's foreign affairs minister Simon Coveney has said that if a government isn't formed in Northern Ireland - it could trigger another election - or even decisions being made by London and Dublin. So could a form of joint authority be on the cards? And is that what we need for decisions to be made? Or would that be a breach of the Good Friday Agreement Simon Coveney said that we should be 'looking back' at? Stephen got the views of SDLP MLA Claire Hanna and TUV leader Jim Allister.

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