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• Historic Whitby Whale Bone Arch Removed For Ethical Bronze Replacement

  Whitby's iconic whale bone arch has been dismantled after decades of coastal weather damage, making way for an ethical bronze replica set to be installed early next year.

• Outdoor Fires Surge Twenty-One Per Cent Over Busy Summer For Fire Crews

  Emergency call-outs for outdoor fires in North Yorkshire have jumped significantly across the county this summer, prompting gratitude from the Deputy Mayor and a reminder for the public to stay vigilant.

• Scarborough Hotel Loses Planning Appeal Over Retrospective Blue Paint Job

  A popular Scarborough hotel has lost a planning appeal after painting the lower exterior of its Grade II* listed building dark blue without prior permission.

• Library Service 'Doesn't Know' How Many of 100,000 Fines Have Been Paid

  North Yorkshire Council has admitted it does not know how many of its nearly 100,000 library fines issued last year have been paid, nor how many users are banned, due to a loss of data during an IT system change.

• Appeal After Man Is Sexually Assaulted And Robbed In Scarborough

  Police are appealing for witnesses after a man in his fifties was drugged, sexually assaulted, and robbed of his belongings in a Scarborough bus shelter.

• NHS Apologises After Revealing More Patient Record Breaches Than First Reported

  The York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has apologised for previously underreporting the number of times its staff wrongfully accessed patient medical records.

• Residents Invited To Shape Scarborough's £19.5 Million Future

  People living and working in Scarborough are being urged to join a neighbourhood board overseeing a £19.5 million investment programme over the next decade.

• Three-Year-Old Scarborough Boy Launches National Campaign To Help Children Gain Independence

  A three-year-old boy from Scarborough has helped launch a national fundraising campaign to provide specialist mobility equipment for thirty children across the UK.

• Over a Third of Adults in Yorkshire Unaware That Regular Exercise Reduces Bowel Cancer Risk

  Over a third of adults in Yorkshire and the Humber (34%) don’t know that regular exercise can reduce your risk of developing bowel cancer, a YouGov poll commissioned by Bowel Cancer UK has found. 

• Scarborough Athletic Suffer On The Road

  The Seadogs were comfortably beaten in Norfolk on Bank Holiday Monday.

• Historic Outdoor Education Centre Near Whitby Closes As Operations Move To Scout Camp

  Generations of coastal outdoor learning at East Barnby will permanently relocate to Birch Hall Scout Camp following the discovery of severe electrical faults and mounting repair costs.

• Whitby Town Well Beaten Despite Phuthi's Beauty

  The Blues star was a deserved man of the match but otherwise it was a disappointing day for most at the Towbar Express Stadium.