Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre has found new international audience's thanks to the measures it was forced to take during lockdown.
Executive Director Caroline Routh says being forced to adopt new ways of working and new technology has made their content more accessible to many people.
Caroline says the lockdowns opened up new audiences for the theatre, including over seas audiences, Caroline says the result is that some of innovations they made because of COVID are here to stay.
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Concerns over a lack of medical and transport infrastructure have been raised as plans progress for thousands of new homes in Cayton.
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.
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.
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