Pickering News

Here is the latest Pickering News from This is the Coast

• North Yorkshire Deputy Mayor On Langdale Blaze As Retailers Ban BBQs

  The region's deputy mayor has made a statement with an update on major retailers who have banned disposable barbecues in the wake of last year's Langdale blaze.

• Top University Places Secured After Excellent Scarborough Exam Results

  It's A Level and T Level results day, on Thursday, across the country with students up and down the Yorkshire Coast finding out how they got on.

• Nightmare Continues For Pickering Town

  The Pikes lost again on Tuesday night.

• New Water Safety Videos Launched To Prevent Summer Drownings

  Emergency services have launched a new video campaign to warn residents and visitors about the hidden dangers of open water across North Yorkshire.

• Amber Heat Health Alert Issued for Yorkshire Coast

  Temperatures will reach 36 degrees Celsius in some areas this week as an amber heat health alert comes into force for Yorkshire and the Humber.

• Free Open Water Safety Sessions Return To Scarborough As Legacy Fund Marks Ten Years

  Young people across the Yorkshire Coast are being offered free open water safety lessons in Scarborough as the Andrew McGeown Legacy Fund celebrates a decade of delivering the SwimSafe programme.

• Fresh Calls To Abandon North Yorkshire Home-To-School Transport Policy Amid Errors

  North Yorkshire Council is facing renewed pressure to scrap its new school transport policy after admitting to inconsistencies in how walking distances are measured.

• Yorkshire Coast Cricket Round-Up

  There were derbies galore on Saturday.

• Artists Invited to Bid for £17,000 Public Art Commission in Scarborough

  North Yorkshire Council is offering a £17,500 commission for an artist to create a landmark mural in Scarborough as part of the town's 400th-anniversary celebrations.