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• MP Blames Senior Management Failures for Prolonged Closure of Eastfield Medical Centre

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• Calls Mount for 'Emergency' 20mph Speed Limit on Whitby's New Bridge

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• Bridlington Town Unveils Bold Five-Year Vision Rooted in Community Ownership

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• £40,000 Investment Brings New Fitness Challenge to Seamer and Crossgates Community

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• Planners Reject Hunmanby Hall Holiday Let Conversion Plan

  A planned conversion of holiday lets into residential properties at the historic Hunmanby Hall has been blocked by North Yorkshire Council.

• Urgent Demolition of ‘Unsafe’ Pathology Building Proposed at Scarborough Hospital

  Scarborough Hospital’s ‘unsafe’ pathology building could be demolished and replaced with a new building if plans are approved by the council.

• Coastal Communities on Alert as Flood Warnings Issued Along Yorkshire Coast

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• Filey MP Hits Out At Proposed Tourism Tax

  A proposed tourism tax on overnight stays will ‘hit the rural economy’, the Conservative MP for Filey has said.