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14
Dec 2021
Knaresborough's Boxing Day tug of war cancelled due to covid
The annual Boxing Day tug of war over the River Nidd in Knaresborough has been cancelled due to growing covid uncertainty.
The festive tradition attracts as many as 1,000 spectators to the banks of the Nidd and the bridge between the Half Moon and Mother Shipton's Inn to watch teams from the two pubs compete.
But the Half Moon has announced on its Facebook page that the event will not take place because it does not want to "risk people's health or the NHS's ability to cope".
It said:
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Five possible cases of the Omicron variant have been found in the Harrogate district.
With the Prime Minister warning of a "tidal wave" of Omicron cases set to spread across the UK, it remains to be seen how many other events in the district are cancelled in the weeks ahead.
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