Whitby Redevelopment Projects Progressing

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• Competitive Football Returns to the Yorkshire Coast for the New Season

  Local football clubs are gearing up for the start of the new season this weekend, with Scarborough Athletic returning home after a year in exile and Bridlington Town beginning their FA Cup campaign.

• Historic Greasy Pole Challenge Returns To Whitby Regatta After Seventeen Years

  Brave participants will attempt to run across a 37-foot suspended and greased pole to capture a flag as a traditional challenge returns to the Whitby Regatta this weekend.

• Flamborough Lifeboat Treasurer Steps Down After Forty-Six Years

  A dedicated volunteer who helped shape the modern Flamborough RNLI station has retired after nearly half a century of service to the lifesaving charity.

• North Yorkshire Deputy Mayor Aware Of HMO Concerns In Scarborough

  York and North Yorkshire's deputy mayor for crime and policing has proposed a multi-agency meeting to address growing concerns over the impact of HMOs and emergency accommodation on Scarborough residents.

• Historic Whitby Old Town Hall Saved by £1.3 Million Restoration

  A major restoration project has secured the future of Whitby's historic Old Town Hall, bringing the eighteenth-century landmark back into public use with a refurbished first floor for community events and a returning outdoor market.

• Special Educational Needs Places Will Expand At Scarborough Primary School In September

  Up to sixteen children with special educational needs will benefit from tailored support closer to home as a new purpose-built facility opens at a Scarborough primary school this September.

• Calls Mount For Disposable Barbecue Ban Following Wykeham Forest Blaze

  Supermarkets are facing pressure to stop selling disposable barbecues after a severe fire broke out in woodland on the outskirts of Scarborough.

• Innovative Scarborough Business To Hire New Staff If New Expansion Approved

  SeaGrown Ltd has submitted plans to convert a coastal farm shop and café at Flatts Farm into a new research and cultivation hub, which could create up to 25 jobs.

• Scarborough and Whitby MP Welcomes Plan for Firms to Prioritise Job Creation Over Green Targets to Win Public Contracts

  A Yorkshire Coast MP and the GMB Union have welcomed new government procurement rules that prioritise job creation over environmental targets, though green groups warn the shift should not come at the expense of nature.

• Body Recovered In Search For Missing Teenage Boy In Hornsea

  A body believed to be that of a missing 13-year-old boy has been recovered from the water following a major multi-agency search operation off the coast of Hornsea.

• Taser Deployed After Out-Of-Control Dog Bites Two People In East Ayton

  Two people have sustained minor injuries after being bitten by a dangerously out-of-control dog in East Ayton.

• New Urban Gull Strategy Promises Cleaner Streets In Coastal Towns

  A £119,500 strategy to manage urban gulls through enhanced street cleaning, gull-proof sacks, and potential food waste collections has been approved for the North Yorkshire Coast.