Subscribe to trusted local news
If you are accessing this story via Facebook but you are a subscriber then you will be unable to access the story. Facebook wants you to stay and read in the app and your login details are not shared with Facebook. If you experience problems with accessing the news but have subscribed, please contact subscriptions@thestrayferret.co.uk. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever. By subscribing, you can help us get the story right.
- Subscription costs less than £1 a week with an annual plan.
Already a subscriber? Log in here.
18
Apr 2025
Saturday News Quiz Answers – April 18
Here are the answers to this week's Saturday News Quiz. How well did you do?
1. People are to be charged 40p to 50p to use public toilets in the Harrogate district, according to a new policy expected to be adopted next week. North Yorkshire Council hopes the charges will help it to meet the costs of operating the UK's largest network of public toilets. How many are there in North Yorkshire?
Answer: b) 93, 65 of which are free to use. You can read more about how much it will cost to spend a penny here.
2. North Yorkshire Council has begun legal action against York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority over a decision which the council says will leave it short of funding for road repairs. How much is the shortfall?
Answer: a) £20 million. You can read more about the council's grievance, and how it's seeking redress, here.
3. A ceremonial lamppost that has stood outside the home of whoever is Mayor of Ripon for about a century is to be put in storage as a cost-saving measure. If it had been installed outside the new mayor's home, what would the cost to Ripon taxpayers have been?
Answer: c) £6,799. You can read more about the lamppost's 'dim future' here.
4. Thieves stole something worth about £1,915 from a housebuilding site in Harrogate. What was it?
Answer: c) 1,000 litres of diesel fuel. You can find out where the building site is here.
0