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

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

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

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

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• 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

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• New Urban Gull Strategy Promises Cleaner Streets In Coastal Towns

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