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• Investors Tour Scarborough On Bonfire Night To Spark Regeneration

  A hand-picked delegation of developers and financiers is visiting Scarborough on Thursday to explore major investment opportunities across the coastal town.

• Overnight Visitor Levy Moves Closer Despite Coastal Business Fears

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• Major Funding Boost Secures Scarborough Festivals And Theatre Improvements

  Almost £900,000 in new funding will protect year-round cultural festivals and fund essential infrastructure upgrades at a historic theatre in Scarborough.

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• MP Likens Yorkshire Water Leadership Change to 'Shuffling Deckchairs on the Titanic'

  Scarborough and Whitby MP Alison Hume has strongly criticised a leadership change at Yorkshire Water, comparing it to "shuffling the deckchairs on the Titanic" after the company received a one-star environmental rating.

• Gas Company Launches Appeal Against Scarborough Drilling Rig Refusal

  Europa Oil & Gas has officially appealed the council's decision to reject its controversial plans for a 125ft gas drilling rig in the village of Burniston near Scarborough.

• Calls For Yorkshire Water To Return To Public Ownership Following 335 Pollution Incidents

  Yorkshire Water is facing demands to return to public ownership following the resignation of its chief executive over a one-star environmental rating and hundreds of pollution incidents.

• Volunteers And Companions Will Celebrate Friendship With Special Afternoon Tea In Scarborough

  Dedicated volunteers who have donated thousands of hours to combat loneliness across the Yorkshire Coast will be honoured at a special afternoon tea this Wednesday.

• £2.5m Project Approved to Replace Cremators at Scarborough's Woodlands Crematorium

  North Yorkshire Council has approved the next stage of a £2.5 million project to replace the two ageing cremators at Woodlands Crematorium in Scarborough to reduce rising maintenance costs and improve reliability.

• Thirteen-Year-Old Photographer Lands Volunteer Role on the Yorkshire Coast Railway

  A thirteen-year-old photography competition winner has been appointed as the new volunteer photographer for the Yorkshire Coast Community Rail Partnership.

• Scarborough School Pupils Celebrate Pergola Win

  Pupils at St Peter's school in Scarborough are enjoying their new all weather pergola after winning a competition on This is the Coast.