THIS year s Taunton Carnival has been cancelled due to the pandemic - but organisers are hoping to provide some form of entertainment in the town centre instead. Taunton and District Carnival Committee secretary John Lewis said the decision to pull the plug on the procession had been taken reluctantly after talking to the various carnival clubs. The clubs have been unable to stage major fundraising events due to the Covid restrictions and feared they would not have been able to build floats to their usual standard. Mr Lewis said: Taunton Carnival Committee has decided, after consultation with the carnival clubs, there will be no annual procession on Saturday, October 16.