Article: Town to get CCTV cameras after council makes U-turn

PUBLIC pressure has forced a U-turn on plans for CCTV cameras in a market town.Hambleton District Council is being advised to approve three fixed cameras in Bedale next week, at a cost of 90,000, but other communities are expected to lose out.Although funding was allocated, an expected extension of CCTV to Bedale was shelved last year when councillors were forced to reconsider budgets after a council tax rise was capped.In April, the cabinet agreed that once CCTV had been extended to the last of the five market towns within available budget limits, Great Ayton should be the first village to be considered subject to sufficient funding.The cabinet was criticised at the time by councillors in ...

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