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29
Jul 2020
Fly tippers target secluded Ripon site
Council tax payers will have to pick up the removal costs after fly tippers dumped items on a site on the corner of Priest Lane and Stonebridgegate in Ripon.
The secluded area of grass and trees, little more than 100 yards from the city's police station, has had a sofa and chair and other house clearance-style items deposited on it for some days, and has been reported to Harrogate Borough Council by local residents.
One resident, who did not want to be named, told The Stray Ferret:
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A spokesperson for the council said that the tipped items would be removed as soon as possible. He said:
An initiative named Operation Eyeball has been formed to tackle fly tipping in rural parts of North Yorkshire and anybody who witnesses this criminal activity is asked to report it at www.harrogate.gov.uk/flytipping or by calling the council on 01423 500600.
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