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Apr

This week, plans for the transfer of Ripon Town Hall from North Yorkshire Council to Ripon City Council were recommended for approval, Starbeck Baths gained protection from development by being listed as an asset of community value and Harrogate Spring Water's controversial plans to extend its bottling plant were refused.
But the Stray Ferret reported on lots of other things besides, so how closely have you been following what's been going on this week?

The public toilets on Waterside in Knaresborough.
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? a) 52 b) 93 c) 105

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? a) £20 million b) £30 million c) £40,000

The mayoral lamppost
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? a) £2,799 b) £4,799 c) £6,799

The Long Lands View development on Kingsley Drive.
4. Thieves stole something worth about £1,915 from a housebuilding site in Harrogate. What was it? a) an air-source heat-pump b) six sash windows c) 1,000 litres of diesel fuel
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