Middlesbrough man fined after campers breach coronavirus restrictions in North Yorkshire
A man from Middlesbrough has been fined for breaking Covid restrictions, after emergency services were called to a 'wild camping' incident in North Yorkshire.
The 30-year-old man from Middlesbrough and a 27-year-old woman from Doncaster were given fixed penalty notices by police. The pair were accompanied by a child when they set up a tent on top of a 280ft cliff having "no idea of the extreme danger they were in", Coastguards said.
Staithes and Whitby Coastguard Rescue Teams were called out on Saturday 27 February, after concerns from colleagues in Humberside about two adults and a young child camping on a cliff edge.
Safety advice was given from Coastguard Rescue Officers due to the dangerous location of their tent, especially with recent landslips - and they've used this as a reminder to people to stick to designated footpaths on The Cleveland Way.
An officer from North Yorkshire Police also attended the scene, due to the breach of coronavirus restrictions.
Elsewhere, warm weather drew people out to North East coastlines over the weekend.
For the most part people seemed to be sticking to government guidelines, but amid concerns not everyone is staying local police have been patrolling sea front car parks - issuing warning letters to anyone from outside the area.