POLICE are urging residents in North Yorkshire to have cautious optimism as the country continues to move out of the third national lockdown on Monday. It was announced earlier this week by Prime Minister Boris Johnson that lockdown restrictions will be eased further across the country on May 17. The new measures will allow groups of up to 30 people to meet outdoors, as well as hospitality, such as pubs and restaurants, and entertainment, such as cinemas and theatres, venues opening inside - where the rule of six will continue to apply. People will also be able to stay overnight at hotels and other accommodation.
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Chief Inspector Charlotte Bloxham said that 34 fixed penalty notices were issued in the last seven days, more than four times the week previous.
Of these 27 were issued in the Scarborough borough.
Chief Inspector Bloxham told a meeting of the North Yorkshire Local Resilience Forum today that people must stick to the rules after the increase in rule breaking.
A total of 34 fixed penalty notices were issued in the last seven days across the borough.
She said: “This is disappointing considering last week we had cause to issue just seven notices.
“The majority of these latest fines were issued for indoor gatherings in the Scarborough area with three issued in York and four issued in Harrogate.
34 fines issued for Covid breaches - police warn against complacency POLICE have warned against complacency after revealing they have issued a disappointing 34 fines in the past week for Covid rule breaches in York and North Yorkshire. Chief Inspector Charlotte Bloxham, North Yorkshire Police s operational lead for the Coronavirus pandemic, said today that the majority of fixed penalty notices were issued for indoor gatherings. They were mainly issued in the Scarborough area but three were handed out in York and four in the Harrogate district. She said the number of fines was disappointing when compared with only seven having been issued last week, and said it was vital people guard against complacency in the battle against the coronavirus, which was most likely to spread indoors.
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NO further fines for breaching Covid laws have been issued in Ryedale - but seven have been issued across North Yorkshire. North Yorkshire Police revealed that all of the further seven Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) over the last week were issued for indoor gatherings in Ripon and Scarborough. Four were issued in Ripon and three in Scarborough. The FPNs are split into five different categories: being outside the place of living, indoor gatherings, outdoor gatherings, obstruct/contravene and gatherings of over 15 people. Chief Inspector Charlotte Bloxham said: “In line with the gradual easing of the lockdown, our focus is very much on reacting to high-risk activities such as indoor gatherings.