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Meeting Announced To Resolve Council's Whitby Harbour Cash Clash

Scarborough Borough Council have revealed the date of a meeting they hope will help resolve a five-year legal battle involving Whitby Harbour.

A group of Whitby residents say funds raised from the harbour should only be spent on the harbour rather than other services.

Fight 4 Whitby's legal battle has meant no accounts have been officially signed off in five years.

Steve Siddons- the Borough Council leader- says the authority took significant advice on the matter:

He hopes the meeting, later this month, will conclude the long-running stand-off:

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