I have to say that there aren’t that many things that really annoy me in daily life, I mean I try to be a fairly easy going kind of guy most of the time, however if there’s one thing that has the potential to annoy me, it has to be car parking in Hambleton, North Yorkshire, particularly in Thirsk and Northallerton!

Now admittedly I do have a history of sticking to my principles, especially when it comes to car parking, for instance, it’s not unknown of me to drive 15 miles to a local town, get frustrated with not being able to find a car parking space for over 15 minutes and then drive 40 miles in the opposite direction to an ‘out of town’ shopping centre where I know that they’ll be plenty of free parking spaces available.

Perhaps in future people should not try and support their local town and simply go to the out of town shopping centre instead? That being the case, if you were the council responsible for decisions around parking, what would you do to help encourage business into your local rural market towns?

Perhaps replace a free parking system that allowed local people to park for up to 2 hours for free, with a paid one? Hmmm, perhaps not, I wouldn’t do that either, but clearly the people in charge don’t think like this…perhaps it’s the same kind of people who are responsible for North Yorkshire Police Recruitment & Jobs?
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I’m a North Yorkshire resident, so to see today’s coverage in the news about North Yorkshire Police’s Chief Constable, Grahame Maxwell facing a disciplinary hearing over a case of gross misconduct charge due to allegations that he and his Deputy Chief Constable Adam Briggs helped relatives to get jobs during a recruitment exercise, this is not only disheartening and concerning as a tax payer, but potentially damages North Yorkshire Police’s image on a national level?

Now I worked for North Yorkshire Police for over five years, so I have some idea of the organisation, how it works and what a great job the officers on the ground/frontline do on a daily basis.
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