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Mar 2021
Two men fined for travelling to Knaresborough for a McDonald's
Police have fined two men from Hull for breaching covid restrictions after they travelled to Knaresborough for a McDonald's.
Officers from North Yorkshire Police said they spotted the men's car at St James Retail Park at 12.45am on Monday.
The men told police they were out for a drive to get a meal from McDonald's.
The restaurant is 66 miles from Hessle in Hull where they drove from.
Both were issued with fixed penalty notices for being outside place of living.
Police handed out 102 fines in North Yorkshire for breaching lockdown restrictions in the past week — 12 of them were in Harrogate.
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- Harrogate district covid rate drops to lowest level since September.
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It takes the total number of fixed penalty notices issued during the third lockdown in North Yorkshire to 1,662.
Superintendent Mike Walker, who leads the county's covid response, said it was important there was “no let up” in complying with restrictions over the forthcoming four-day Easter weekend.
He said:
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