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July 2010

• Scarborough Borough Council’s Planning and Development Committee will meet on Thursday 29 July to hear the planning applications for the three supermarket proposals for Whitby. The committee meeting will start at 1pm and take place at Whitby Community College, which is accessed from Mayfield Road, off Prospect Hill. more...

• The Futurist Task Group held its last session with consultants last week as part of its ongoing work to identify a strategy for the development of the Futurist theatre site in Scarborough. This marks the end of the formal fact-finding sessions with consultants and interested parties and the start of the public consultation. more...

• A sellout audience of 6,500 people are to set to visit Scarborough's Open Air Theatre for the official opening in a fortnight's time. A world class concert will raise the curtain on Friday 23 July, featuring two of the world’s biggest opera stars, Jose Carreras and Dame Kiri te Kanawa, sponsored by Welcome to Yorkshire. more...

• More than £5,000 has been raised for military charities as a result of events surrounding Armed Forces Day in Scarborough. Fundraising for the British Limbless Ex Service Men’s Association, the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal and St Dunstan’s got off to a magnificent start with £952.74 raised at Scarborough Concert Band’s Armed Forces Day prequel on Wednesday 23 June. more...

• Throxenby Mere Anglers are offering people a chance to get hooked on fish and fishing. They will show people fishing techniques and equipment and give an introduction to the kinds of fish found in Throxenby Mere and how to identify them in an open day at the mere. more...

June 2010

• In a deal aimed at ensuring the continuing delivery of The Sands project in Scarborough’s North Bay, experienced property developer Roland Duce has bought out Benchmark Leisure Limited. Scarborough Borough Council has welcomed the deal as extremely positive, and one that will add significant momentum to the delivery of The Sands, which has already had an extremely positive impact on the area. more...

• Whitby and Scarborough are both in the top five all-time favourite UK seaside resorts, according to new research by consumer champion Which? Holiday. In the independent survey of more than 4,000 members of the public, Whitby has been voted third favourite, with Scarborough placed fifth.  Both are particularly popular with day trippers and families. more...

• A crowd of more than 4,000 people turned up to the Scarborough Open Air Theatre to enjoy the party atmosphere and show their support as England got their World Cup campaign under way with a 1-1 stalemate against USA. more...

• Borough Mayor Cllr Hazel Lynskey and Whitby town Mayor Cllr Terry Jennison have opened an iconic new marina building in Whitby which will cater for hundreds of boat and yacht users. Inspired by the whalebones structure on West Cliff and the Gothic arches of Whitby Abbey, the new £850,000 building replaces the outdated, public toilet and onshore facilities previously provided. more...

May 2010

• A miniature tank driving course is set to be created on the site of the former Atlantis waterpark in Scarborough’s North Bay. The new summer attraction, which will feature up to four tanks, will be operated by Crazy Combat which already runs similar attractions at Primrose Valley near Filey and the Flamingo Land theme park at Kirby Misperton. more...

• Work has started on the £6.5 million alterations to the Spa Grand hall that will provide facilities for larger and a more varied program of shows and events than ever before. The Complex will be renovated and modernised over the next year and will see major changes taking place to the Grand Hall, Long Bar, toilets and office space and surrounding areas. more...

• Recorded crime across Scarborough borough dropped again during the year 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010. This is the fourth year in which crime reported to the Police in the borough has fallen. During the year the Police recorded 7,610 crimes, against 8,178, 8517 and 9001 in the three preceding years. more...

• Her Majesty The Queen, accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, will perform the official opening of the Open Air Theatre in Scarborough on the morning of Thursday 20 May. The Queen will unveil a plaque to mark the official opening of the theatre and will be treated to the borough's own Royal Variety Performance, ‘Grains of Sand’ written by Chris Darling and performed by Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre OutReach group. more...

• The members of Whitby Rugby Club will be ‘dancing in the streets’ as Bill McLaren might have said, following completion of a long term lease of the clubhouse to Whitby Rugby Club. Scarborough Borough Council and the committee of Whitby Rugby Club have tackled and negotiated the sale of the 999 year lease of the clubhouse, changing rooms and squash courts to the club which was finally completed on 12 April. more...

April 2010

• Scarborough Borough Council would like to remind dog owners that the seasonal restrictions allowing dogs on the main tourist beaches in the borough commences on Saturday 1 May. The restrictions, which prohibit dogs from certain stretches of beaches starts this weekend and lasts throughout the summer season until 30 September. more...

• The town of Scarborough is amongst the first of the 16 towns/cities awarded the government’s new national 2005 Act Casino Licences to commence the process of inviting applications. In 2007 the government appointed a Casino Advisory Panel which identified Scarborough as one of eight local authority areas to host a 2005 Act Small Casino Licence. more...

• Scarborough Borough Council in partnership with the Armed Forces and the South Bay Traders Association held the first ever Armed Forces Day event in the Scarborough last year.  The event was hugely successful and preparations have already begun for this year's event, taking place on the 26th June. more..

• Scarborough Borough Council is working together with the Northern Area Forum and Whitby’s surrounding parish councils to deliver a new and exciting way of giving local people real choices about how money is spent in their area. more...

Selected 'Good News' from the last 12 months!

• After twelve months of disruption, the restoration work at Pannett Park in Whitby is almost complete and, to celebrate, the Friends of Pannett Park are organising a major re-opening event planned for Wednesday 2 June 2010. more...

• Local people in need of affordable housing will be given a boost in 2010, with building work due to commence by housing associations on 131 new affordable homes on eight developments throughout the borough. more...

• Scarborough Borough Council is delighted to announce that the Board of Yorkshire Forward has today approved £4m funding to support the Scarborough Spa and South Bay Urban Realm project. Now funding has been secured, the significant refurbishment scheme of Scarborough Spa can start on site in January 2010. more

• The Yorkshire Moors & Coast Tourism Partnership rewarded the hard work, dedication and commitment to excellence of the region's many tourism businesses at their third annual awards ceremony held at the Scarborough Spa held on 25 November. more...

• Scarborough is a great town and that’s official! The North Yorkshire coastal town has notched up yet another national accolade by winning the Academy of Urbanism’s Great Town Award. Beating off stiff competition from Cambridge and Chester, more..