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Jan 2025

Here are the answers to this week's Saturday News Quiz. How well did you do?
1. A group of Harrogate Town fans sang "We want Weaver out" after the team lost their seventh match in nine games last weekend (they've since lost another, on Tuesday). Simon Weaver, the object of their frustration, is the English Football League's longest-serving manager and has guided the club through two promotions and into the Football League for the first time in its history. How long has he managed Harrogate Town?
Answer: c) 17 years – he was appointed in March 2009. You can read more about Harrogate Town's predicament ahead of this afternoon's away match against fellow strugglers Crawley Town here.
2. Yorkshire Water has announced it will raise average bills by an above-inflation 5.6% to help pay for £8.3 billion worth of infrastructure projects. How much will the average monthly water bill rise by from April?
Answer: b) £2.50. You can find out more here.
3. Four people have been accused of misrepresenting the origin of smoked salmon supplied by the former Bleiker’s Smoke House in Nidderdale, following an investigation by the Food Standards Agency. What are they alleged to have done?
Answer: c) sold Norwegian salmon as Scottish salmon. You can find out when the case will be heard here.
4. North Yorkshire Police may have to reduce officer numbers to help balance the budget, it has emerged. By how many officers may the force – which is currently about 1,650 strong – have to be reduced?
Answer: a) 21. You can read more about the force's financial situation here.
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