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• RNLI Lifeguards Return to Redcar and Saltburn Beaches for the Summer Season

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• Yorkshire Water Reservoirs In Healthy Position Ahead Of Warm Bank Holiday Weekend

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• Mixed Reactions To Sir Robert Goodwill's Appointment As Yorkshire Bathing Water Partnership Chair

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• No Date For Delayed Opening Of Scarborough NHS Diagnostics Centre

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• Whitby Town Sign Promising Defender Stan Hewitt Following Bridlington Town Departure

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• New Owner Sought For Scarborough's Alpamare Water Park

  North Yorkshire Council has appointed specialist property consultants to find a new buyer for Scarborough's Alpamare water park as part of a wider regeneration plan for the North Bay.

• No Redundancies Expected As Bridlington Care Unit Staff To Be Redeployed Across Local NHS

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