Monique Shiels, from Ripon, was working as a marshal at the event when police responded to a tip-off and caught her selling cocaine and ketamine. She has been jailed for two years.
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Marshal at Harrogate UCI World Championships jailed for cocaine dealing
A traffic marshal at the 2019 UCI Road World Championships in Harrogate has been jailed after she was caught selling cocaine and ketamine on the side. Ripon woman Monique Shiels, 25, was marshalling at the world championships when police responded to a tip-off and...
Plant wildflowers on the Stray, says Green Party
Harrogate Borough Council called for volunteers this month to plant 60,000 crocuses on parts of West Park Stray damaged by last year’s UCI World Cycling Championships. But the Green Party says it should plant more diverse wildflowers to encourage bees and insects.
West Park Stray: Green shoots of recovery after months of mud
Harrogate Borough Council started reseeding work just over a week ago and the results are already starting to show.
Commission prepares to scrutinise council’s Covid response
Scrutiny of routine council decisions is expected to be put on hold as the authority focuses its energy on responding to the Covid-19 crisis. The chairman of the council's Overview and Scrutiny Commission, which examines decisions made by Harrogate Borough Council,...
Why bring in contractors from Lancashire for the Stray restoration?
Two local contractors say the council did not ask them to tender for the whole works – and there are questions as to whether the current restoration will provide a long term solution.
UCI Championship organisers to pay £35,500 towards Stray repair costs
Harrogate Borough Council released details of its deal with Yorkshire 2019 and outlined repair costs after a Stray Ferret report yesterday highlighted a council budget allocation of £150,000 this year for the work…
EXCLUSIVE: Harrogate council will spend more than £200,000 restoring the Stray
The Stray Ferret can reveal that Harrogate Borough Council will spend more than £200,000 on the Stray’s restoration after the 2019 UCI Road World Championships.
The saga of the Stray: what happened, why it continues to divide us and who will pay?
Were the UCI Road World Championships worth it? Wherever you stand on that debate, an extra £150,000 – or even more – paid for by taxpayers to repair the Stray will be extremely unwelcome.
Tory councillor wants tough questions on council’s handling of UCI
Nick Brown, the Conservative councillor for Bishop Monkton and Newby, has put together a list of wide-ranging questions to put to those behind the decision to host the 2019 UCI Road World Cycling Championships in Harrogate.
