NEW FLAGS TO FLY IN BRIGG COULD BECOME A PERMANENT FEATURE OF THE TOWN CENTRE

Brigg will be very well placed to comply with a new directive apparently being flagged up to local authorities by the Government.
The powers-that-be are instructing their own ministries and also local councils to fly the Union (Jack) Flag EVERY DAY from public buildings, rather than the long-established practice of doing so only on designated days of the year or to mark special occasions. Media reports nationally suggest the policy is intended to signify the unity of the United Kingdom.
Weeks before this initiative very recently hit the headlines, Brigg Town Council agreed to erect some new local flagpoles (with flags) and quotes have now been received for this work.
The latest (March) meeting heard that North Lincolnshire Council would undertake the installation.
Likely buildings for flag-flying will be the Buttercross and the front of the Angel, both in the Market Place.
Our picture shows an earlier pole receiving its Union Jack on the Buttercross in 2012 to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
Brigg Police Station, on Barnard Avenue, already has a tall flagpole alongside the A18 (also pictured) but it is unclear whether the Government guidance' about 'civic buildings' applies to police stations.

North Lincolnshire Council is currently flying the union flag on a pole outside its Hewson House offices (pictured below yesterday - March 26).