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  Residents in Whitby are struggling to go about their daily lives due to problem parking, prompting the town's mayor to seek assurances from North Yorkshire Council against future parking meters.

• Scarborough Tramway Battles Closure Confusion Over Spa Cliff Lift

  Visitors to Scarborough are cancelling plans due to mistaken reports that the Central Tramway is closed, following confusion with the town's separate Spa Cliff Lift.

• Major Scarborough Station Revamp Gets The Green Light Following Safety Revisions

  A substantial redevelopment of Scarborough Station will go ahead after revised plans addressing pedestrian safety and passenger drop-off concerns were approved by local councillors.

• Demand For Home Education And Forest Schools Surges In The East Riding

  Rising numbers of families in the East Riding are choosing to educate their children at home and in outdoor forest schools as parents seek flexible alternatives to mainstream education.

• New Canine Exercise Field For East Riding

  A new exercise field for dogs is coming to East Yorkshire.

• Hollym Pub Change Approved By Planners

  An outdoor storage building is now a bar that will be used for events, after East Riding Council granted planning permission for change of use.

• Infrastructure Fears Grow Over Plans For Thousands Of Cayton Homes

  Concerns over a lack of medical and transport infrastructure have been raised as plans progress for thousands of new homes in Cayton.

• Major Expansion Approved For Scarborough Rugby Club Overturning Refusal Recommendation

  Scarborough Rugby Union Football Club's major expansion, including a new 3G pitch and padel courts, has been unanimously approved by councillors despite an initial recommendation for refusal over landscape concerns.

• Veteran Yorkshire Coast Councillor David Jeffels Announces Retirement After 53 Years of Service

  One of the country's longest-serving councillors, 82-year-old David Jeffels, will step down next May after an unprecedented 53-year career in local government representing the Derwent Valley and Moor.

• Scarborough Athletic Slump To Defeat in Lancashire

  Boro were well beaten at Radcliffe in National North, on Saturday.

• Lee Tightens Whitby Defence In First Match

  Somehow the two most generous defences in NPL Premier conjured up a goal-less draw, Whitby Town holding Bamber Bridge, in Graeme Lee's debut as Whitby boss, on the Yorkshire Coast.

• Whitby Petrol Station Could Sell Beer and Wine From 6am

  An Esso service station in Whitby has applied for a premises licence that would allow it to sell alcohol from 6am to 11pm, seven days a week.