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• Staxton Hill CLOSED Due To Road Traffic Collision

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• Personal Savings at Risk as Fake Police Officers Target North Yorkshire Residents

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• Scarborough Council Sets Aside £45,000 Amid Uncertainty Over Town Hall Future

  Reform-led Scarborough Town Council approved a revised 2026-27 budget which reshaped spending priorities while leaving the authority’s £380,000 precept unchanged at a meeting on Tuesday, August 25.

• Scarborough Historic Venue Nominated As Community Asset

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• Shock RSPCA Figures Show Beatings to Animals Up 47% in East Riding Over Five Years

  There were 244 reported beatings in East Yorkshire last year, a 47% rise. 

• Scarborough MP & Mayor Both Challenge Emergency Accommodation Bid

  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.

• Bridlington Town's Busy Bank Holiday Week

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• Pickering Town Book in More Friday Night Football

  Pikes are back at Mill Lane on Friday evening.

• White Returns To Whitby Town As Beleaguered Blues Strengthen

  Whitby Town have brought former defender Alex White back to the club in a move designed to add experience and stability to their defence.

• North Yorkshire Council Chief Retires- Authority To Recruit for £200k Role

  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.