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Whitby Attracting COVID Rule Breakers

Thursday, 11 March 2021 07:07

By Matthew Pells

COVID fines have been issued to people visiting the town to see the abbey.

Whitby has seen an increasing number of people visiting the town in breach of the lockdown regulations.

Superintendent Mike Walker from North Yorkshire Police says some have travelled a significant distance to get there.

The two people travelling from Edinburgh to Cambridge who took a detour to see Whitby Abbey are among 110 people to get a COVID fine in the Scarborough Borough Last Week.

Four people from Newcastle were also fined for visiting the town.

Superintendent Walker says two thirds of COVID fines they issued last week were to visitors.

Supt Walker also voiced the forces continuing commitment to keeping the public of North Yorkshire safe by saying:

“I would ask the public to carry on adhering to the rules and continue to stay at home and only leave for necessary reasons, so we can pass the next milestone on the Government’s roadmap. Let’s keep going.”

“We’ll continue to patrol and to follow our 4 e’s approach and we will continue to enforce the relevant legislation when necessary, to protect all our chances of coming out of lockdown in line with the roadmap and as quickly and safely as possible.”

LOCKDOWN 3 NOTICES ISSUED LAST 7 DAYS 1st-7th March

Gender

Breach

Local Authority Area where Notice Issued

Notices Issued

Local Residents

Visitors

Male

Female

Being Outside Place of Living

Outdoor Gathering

Indoor Gathering

Obstruct / Contravene / Fail to Close Business

Gathering more than 15

Craven

23

6

17

18

5

11

  

12

    

Hambleton

7

1

6

6

1

6

1

      

Harrogate

10

0

10

9

1

10

        

Richmond

10

5

5

7

3

8

  

2

    

Ryedale

8

1

7

8

0

8

        

Scarborough

110

49

61

64

46

69

6

34

1

  

Selby

10

1

9

8

2

9

1

0

0

  

York

32

14

18

24

8

17

  

14

1

  

TOTALS

210

77

133

144

66

138

8

62

2

  

LOCKDOWN 3 NOTICE – TOTAL NUMBER

Gender

Breach

Local Authority Area where Notice Issued

Notices Issued

Local Residents

Visitors

Male

Female

Being Outside Place of Living

Outdoor Gathering

Indoor Gathering

Obstruct / Contravene / Fail to Close Business

Gathering more than 15

Craven

131

9

122

111

20

117

1

13

0

0

Hambleton

113

31

82

95

18

88

6

17

2

0

Harrogate

117

45

72

95

22

72

4

35

6

0

Richmond

53

25

28

41

12

29

7

13

4

0

Ryedale

50

28

22

40

10

32

0

18

0

0

Scarborough

630

368

262

372

258

284

53

263

9

21

Selby

85

33

52

69

16

52

6

21

6

0

York

303

224

79

177

126

89

8

198

8

0

TOTALS

1482

763

719

1000

482

763

85

578

35

21

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