Tour de France bunting put up in the North Yorkshire town of Masham has been removed by the county council after concerns it was bending lamp-posts.
Around 20,000 Hand-knitted yellow, green, white and polka-dot jerseys had been attached to a line and hung between lamp-posts, but the council were concerned that the lighting would not take the weight of the bunting if it got wet, reports the BBC.
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