THE county’s flagship Cumberland Show could be one of the casualties of the coronavirus crisis.

Organisers are on the brink of pulling the plug on what is one of north Cumbria’s biggest events in the countryside calendar.

A spokesman said the committee had been closely monitoring the situation, and would be making a final decision on cancelling the 182-year-old show due to be held on Saturday, June 13.

“If the 12-week isolation was imposed this week then that would take us to show day,” said the spokesman. “It costs £120,000 to put on a show like the Cumberland, we could not stand to lose a sum like that.

“We hope our sponsors will support us in 2021 if we decide to go ahead and cancel,” they added.

It is expected other major agricultural shows around, both locally and nationally, could also be forced to cancel.

Following the most recent advice by the World Health Organisation and the Government to avoid all unnecessary contact Silloth Rotary Club has taken the decision to cancel two of their summer events.

Both Silloth Green Day and Silloth Pride have been forced to cancel because of the outbreak of coronavirus.

President of Silloth Rotary Club, Owen Martin, explained: “Following the most recent advice to avoid all unnecessary contact, also for all those most vulnerable to be shielded from social contact for 12 weeks, we have taken the tough decision to cancel both Silloth Green Day and Silloth Pride until 2021.

“This excludes the current project to help the elderly and vulnerable during this pandemic.”

Silloth Green Day was due to be held on May 24 and Silloth Pride was scheduled for June 27.

The club has been closely monitoring the situation over the past few weeks.

“We believe we have made the right decision to cancel these events, due to new restrictions and timings of these restrictions we have put on hold face to face meetings, on site planning and this will not give us the needed time to complete the organisation,” added Mr Martin.

“We have already taken the measures to hold all meetings online.

“This will unfortunately have a detrimental impact on some businesses in the town.

“However we must put people’s health first, it’s vital to take all the necessary steps to help prevent the spread of Covid-19.”

Both events have been moved to next year and would have been impractical for the rotary club to rearrange for later this year.

Mr Martin continued: “Although I am upset about the decision we have taken, we are confident we have made the right choice in this difficult situation.”