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Fraudsters claiming to be from New Scotland Yard are targeting people across North Yorkshire in a sophisticated telephone scam designed to steal cash, valuables, and bank details.

Alison Hume, the MP for Scarborough and Whitby and Scarborough Mayor Thomas Murray, have joined dozens of residents in objecting to Homemore’s applications to officially designate The Redcliffe Hotel and The Lodge in Scarborough as mixed-use emergency accommodation and hotel sites.

Richard Flinton, the chief executive of North Yorkshire Council, will step down from the role as the council’s most senior officer at the end of March next year following a local government career that has spanned almost 40 years in North Yorkshire.

Bridlington Town staged an late comeback at the Bradley Football Development Centre, scoring twice to snatch a fully deserved 2-1 victory over Grimsby Borough.

A new dog-friendly café in North Yorkshire has applied to place dozens of chairs outside its business.

A decision to close the care unit at Bridlington Hospital has been condemned by councillors and campaigners alike, who fear the planned closure will mean a ‘hollowing out’ of local healthcare services.

A North Yorkshire Moors Railway volunteer will bungee jump from Whitby's Larpool Viaduct next month to raise funds for crucial bridge repairs in Grosmont.

Businesses in North Yorkshire are set to benefit from a new round of export support with £300,000 of grants available. 

A former pub in Scarborough will be turned into residential flats after plans were approved by the council.

Whitby Town endured a miserable evening in Lincolnshire as a catalogue of defensive errors and lapses in concentration saw Cleethorpes Town cruise to a 6-0 victory.

The Lord Rosebery pub in Scarborough has applied for a new outdoor seating licence from North Yorkshire Council.

The Pikes had back to back wins after a nightmare start to the season.

The alleged mastermind behind the September 11 terror attacks will go on military trial in 2028, a judge has ruled.

The world's most valuable company has again defied eye-watering forecasts, delivering a bumper set of financial results.

A British man has become the first person in the world to have a brain tumour removed via AI-assisted surgery.

Forty people who went missing from asylum seeker hotels as children years ago have still not been found.

Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, has died at the age of 80.

Meta has agreed to pay up to $18bn (£13.2bn) to dozens of US states to settle claims that its social media platforms harmed children.

A woman and her seven-year-old niece who died in a house fire near Middlesbrough have been named.

European nations are set to withdraw their threat to boycott FIFA competitions but are discussing other protests against Gianni Infantino's ongoing but embattled leadership, Sky News understands. 

Forty people who went missing from asylum seeker hotels as children years ago have still not been found.

Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, has died at the age of 80.

A British man has become the first person in the world to have a brain tumour removed via AI-assisted surgery.

A woman and her seven-year-old niece who died in a house fire near Middlesbrough have been named.

A yellow weather warning for thunderstorms is in force across England and Wales - with a risk of flash flooding and travel disruption.

Two fires which destroyed 19 homes in Stourbridge were started accidentally, West Midlands Fire Service (WMFS) has said.

The King and Queen will undertake a royal visit to Antigua and Barbuda during an autumn tour, Buckingham Palace has announced.

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested after a teenager was stabbed to death at a council headquarters building near Wembley Stadium.

The King and Queen will undertake a royal visit to Antigua and Barbuda during an autumn tour, Buckingham Palace has announced.

One in two Britons backs a ban on trade with Israeli West Bank settlements, polling suggests.

At least 14 babies have died at a hospital nursery in Pakistan.

Israeli authorities have sparked another confrontation with the United Nations after seizing a UN facility in East Jerusalem and promising to close it down permanently.

Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, has died at the age of 80.

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Dolly Parton would say songwriting was her therapy. "There are pieces of me, of course, in everything I write."

Dutch broadcaster AvroTros will boycott next year's Eurovision Song Contest, in protest at Israel's participation in the competition amid the war in Gaza.

A British man has become the first person in the world to have a brain tumour removed via AI-assisted surgery.

The numbers are moving in the wrong direction. 

Dolly Parton would say songwriting was her therapy. "There are pieces of me, of course, in everything I write."

At least 14 babies have died at a hospital nursery in Pakistan.