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Mar 2021
Great Yorkshire Show still to go ahead after Ripley cancels
Organisers of the Great Yorkshire Show have said they are hopeful the event will still go ahead despite other large events being cancelled in the district.
Yorkshire Agricultural Society (YAS) has said it is continuing to plan for the event but will only go ahead "if it is safe to do so".
The Great Yorkshire Show is planned for July 13-15.
This week, Ripley Show was cancelled. The event was due to take place on August 8 but organisers said it would be impossible to enforce social distancing reasonably.
To welcome its usual visitor numbers of over 100,000, the Great Yorkshire Show is reliant on a positive outcome from the government's trial events in the coming months.
A spokesperson for the YAS said:
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The organisers have not given a date for an official decision to be made but said it will be reviewed alongside government guidance.
The Yorkshire Agricultural Society has released similar comments previously suggesting that the show is under constant review. However, this has raised questions about the vaccination centre.
The showground, which can carry out up to 1,800 vaccinations a day, has been the Harrogate district’s main vaccine site since December.
A spokesperson for YAS said organisers were still in discussions with the NHS over the centre.
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