Outrage as Christmas post box for children to send letters to Santa removed from Ashton shopping centre

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There has been outrage after a Christmas post box set up for children to send letters to Santa Claus was removed from a shopping centre in Ashton-under-Lyne.

The 'North Pole post box', at the Ladysmith Shopping Centre, on Old Street, has been removed due to incidents of vandalism, the centre announced on social media.

Parents were left fuming by the 'absolutely disgusting' incidents as they aired their views online. The post box was removed due to being 'no longer safe to keep in place'. READ MORE Tired doctor took a 'nap in her car' after hospital shift and ended up in a police cell Ladysmith Shopping Centre posted on social media on Monday (December 16): "It is with great sadness that we announce the removal of our North Pole post box from the centre due to vandalism. "Unfortunately, the box is no longer safe to keep in place.

As a result, we will no longer be able to accept Letters to Santa." The shopping centre had previously shared an image of the red post box, positioned in the courtyard beside lit up festive decorations.