The Yorkshire Evening Post is continuing to respond to its readers
concerns about the axing of the Middleton bonfire. Last night's paper
carried this
story about Reverend Stephen Day's concerns.
It also had a quote from Chief Inspector Mick Wharton, of City &
Holbeck Police, who responded to the
article in last Thursday's Evening
Post in which a Leeds City Council spokesman cited "serious
public order issues" over the last three years – including the
overturning of a police van – as a major reason for the cancellation as
"the safety of both the public and staff is at stake".
Chief Inspector Mick Wharton said: "No
incidents have been reported to police in relation to this event for
several years and we would have no concern over the safety of such an
event. There have been no incidents in which a police vehicle was
damaged."
