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BBC News
30-06-2025
- BBC News
Drivers reported 'racing' at illegal North Yorkshire car meet
More than 100 vehicles were seen at an illegal car meet on the borders of North and West Yorkshire, police have organised event involving "racing on the roads and dangerous driving" took place on a road between Sherburn in Elmet and South Milford on Sunday Yorkshire Police said the "cruise" put passing members of the public "at risk of serious injury or worse".The force said details of registration plates had been taken and those involved could face prosecution. Insp Clive Turner said: "Driving in such a dangerous manner on public roads is completely unacceptable and risk the lives of those driving, those watching, and innocent members of the public."Many drivers who were not detained when officers broke up the gathering would receive court summonses by post, he have appealed to the public who may have any footage of the meeting to come forward. North Yorkshire Police have released previous warnings about illegal car meets and street racing in the area, and in March 2024 closed down an event at Selby Fork on the old A1. Drivers were reported to be parked in live lanes and a crackdown on the gatherings in partnership with West Yorkshire Police was announced. Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
BBC News
29-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Flitwick firms feel 'let down' by police response to car meets
Business owners on an industrial estate say they feel "let down" by police over the what they claim is a lack of response to illegal car meets on the said events in which cars were skidded in circles round a ring of fire had been taking place at Lyall Court, Flitwick, Bedfordshire for over three years, with the latest taking place last Friday Palmer, managing director of bus company Grant Palmer, said when nearby residents contacted police to report the events, officers did not turn up, adding: "We have been massively let down."Bedfordshire Police and the Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire, John Tizard, have been approached for comment. "The police are completely and utterly incompetent now," said Mr Palmer, 54."This is not just happening here, it is happening everywhere and what are the police doing about it in general?"Ultimately, they [the car drivers] are committing a crime and it needs to be enforced."He said spectators' cars had completely blocked the roads outside the bus company's gates."My biggest concern is the emergency services cannot get to the estate in the event of a fire," he Cooper, 58, who runs Cooper Plastics Machinery, said: "They kick up loads of dirt, broke windows, made a ring of fire and leave bits of tyre everywhere, and we have to sweep it up."When you see it on CCTV they are almost hitting spectators who have to jump out of the way."Someone is going to get killed before too long."He said cars were being damaged and having to be towed away. Nigel Colclough, 61, who runs a fabrication company on the estate, claimed it could take a death before the police took said that while automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras were installed two years ago, he did not believe the information they gathered was acted Colclough said he felt "let down" as firms paid a lot of money in business rates and supported the local economy, adding: "We are not getting anything back."The police need more support, [to] do less paperwork and more actual policing, like it used to be." Follow Beds, Herts and Bucks news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
