Over the past month tens of thousands of shoppers have descended on Bovingdon Market seeking festive bargains, leaving local “imprisoned” in their homes by huge queues of traffic. (Image: Collect Unknown)Residents of the village – population 4,600 – say levels of traffic and queues are acceptable most of the year. But the Christmas rush – with ­shoppers travelling from as far away as Southampton and Norwich – has caused huge problems. People living in the west side of the village feel they are imprisoned in their homes on a Saturday. Wendy Fair blamed the Christmas rush for the situation.

Source: Daily Mirror December 10, 2019 18:33 UTC