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Scarborough Railway Station. Courtesy Anttoni Numminen/LDRS

‘Huge relief’ as Scarborough rail ticket office saved from closure in U-turn

Roberto Weeden-Sanz and Sir Robert Goodwill. SWCA

Interview with the new Conservative candidate for Whitby and Scarborough

Greta Thunberg was among those speaking at the protest in central London. Credit: XR/Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images.

'Oily Money Out': Greta Thunberg joins protesters in central London

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer. Credit: Getty

Labour Party vows to turn NHS "on its head" with fundamental reform

Dale Vince joins Just Stop Oil activists during a protest by the environmental campaigners in central London. Picture Date: Thursday June 8, 2023. Credit: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Just Stop Oil donor pulls funding over ‘pointless’ further protests

Launch of the Social Justice Party at The Coliseum, in Whitby.

Whitby hosts launch of new political party, Social Justice Party

Labour shadow minister Bambos Charalambous suspended

Newly-elected councillor Tony Randerson with returning officer Richard Flinton.

Tony Randerson elected on to North Yorkshire Council's Eastfield division

The Eastfield by-election goes ahead today (May 25) as normal.

By-election at Eastfield, Scarborough, continuing as planned

Voters will go to the polls later this month.

Voters issued photo ID warning ahead of Eastfield by-election

The candidates contesting the election have been announced.

Candidates for Eastfield by-election announced by North Yorkshire Council
The six candidates who will contest a by-election in Eastfield have been confirmed.

Labour MP Diane Abbott attends a Stand Up to Racism rally outside Downing Street. Picture: Hollie Adams/Getty

Diane Abbott has Labour whip withdrawn after “deeply offensive” letter

Tony Randerson, inset, stepped down from his council position but will contest the election.

North Yorkshire Council confirms Eastfield by-election date after resignation

The ward, town and parish council elections for the Bridlington area will take place on Thursday, May 4. Credit: Bruce Rollinson

List of candidates for Bridlington ward elections

The Environment Agency revealed England’s 10 water companies recorded 301,091 discharges through storm overflows in 2022 – an average of 824 a day.

Sewage discharged in Yorkshire’s coastal communities for thousands of hours

Tony Randerson.

Eastfield by-election ‘likely’ after Randerson resignation from new council

Tony Randerson has resigned as a councillor

Eastfield councillor resigns from new North Yorkshire Council and Labour Party

Alison Hume, who is standing for selection as the Labour candidate for Scarborough and Whitby.

Labour Party hopeful calls for solution to Whitby housing problems

Sue Gray is Sir Keir Starmer’s new chief of staff for Labour Party

New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has announced she will step down as leader of her country in February.

New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern announces shock resignation

Scarborough Councillor Theresa Norton.

Scarborough councillor resigns from Labour Party

Rishi Sunak will face PMQs once again on Wednesday. Credit: Getty Images

PMQs: How to watch Rishi Sunak face-off against Keir Starmer

Labour Party to abolish the House of Lords if elected to UK government

NationalWorld is calling for a general election now - here’s how to sign the petition

NationalWorld launches petition calling for immediate general election

One of the four posters created by The Labour Party (Photo: The Labour Party)

Labour Party launch fresh attack on Conservatives in poster campaign

'Some people have been quick to say that politicians are all the same, but Keir Starmer is proving them wrong. He is a man of integrity and honesty.' Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

Labour lead: latest polling would equate to 346 seat majority

Department for Education figures show 8,600 children in the East Riding of Yorkshire were eligible for free school meals in January – 18.7% of all state school pupils in the area. Photo: PA Images

Record number of pupils across the East Riding on free school meals, new figures...

Martin Lewis shares tip on how to find the cheapest petrol and diesel prices nea...

New councillors have been elected in North Yorkshire.

All the results as every councillor elected in Scarborough, Whitby and Filey

Counting is underway in the local elections in Scarborough

First results announced as counting underway in Scarborough local elections

Scarborough.

Here's who's standing in the May 5 North Yorkshire elections

John Nock has been elected to the Mayfield Ward of Scarborough Borough Council.

Scarborough Borough Council by-election for Whitby's Mayfield Ward result

Campaigners from the Filey and Hunmanby branch of the Labour party are unhappy about movement of some health services from Scarborough Hospital to York.

Labour Party campaigners hits out at movement of hospital services to York

Electric vehicles charging point

New homes in England required to have EV charging points from next year

Boris Johnson's government has drafted a Labour motion to ban second jobs as paid lobbyists. (Credit: Getty)

MPs back government’s ‘watered down’ plans on second jobs

Susanna Reid grilled Tony Blair on the Iraq War (ITV)

Watch as Susanna Reid confronts Tony Blair on Iraq War invasion

Stanley Johnson visited Greece last year in apparent breach of coronavirus guidance (Photo: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

'Stanley Johnson loophole' allows foreign travel to second homes - the clause ex...

A four day working week could be on the horizon for many Spanish residents (Photo: PAU BARRENA/AFP via Getty Images)

Spain to launch trial of 4 day working week - is it sustainable?

The proposed pay rise has been described as "pitiful" (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Proposed 1% pay rise for NHS England branded ‘pitiful’ by nurses union and Labou...

Labour has accused the Government of bias (Photo: Tolga Akmen - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

The majority of towns benefitting from new £1bn funding are Conservative constit...

Almost four in five applications for discretionary £500 payments to help people self-isolate in the East Riding have been rejected, figures suggest. Photo: PA Images

Almost four in five isolation support applications rejected in the East Riding

MPs will vote on plans to cut Universal Credit by £20 per week today - what it m...

PMQs will take place online for the first time ever today - how to watch and wha...

Experts say a wave of mass redundancies could be on the way post. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Could the furlough scheme be extended beyond October? Calls for extension over j...

Scarborough's main shopping area in Westborough

Call for action as Scarborough business missing out on millions of pounds in gra...
The government is being urged to relax its grant funding rules to allow hundreds of businesses in Scarborough to benefit from millions of pounds in excess grants.

(Photo: Shutterstock)

Contact tracers may soon knock on your door if they cannot contact you by phone ...

ONS data shows that 14,180 people were claiming out-of-work benefits as of Thursday, April 9.

Thousands more North Yorkshire residents are claiming unemployment benefits due ...

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Universal Credit and Jobseekers Allowance claims in Scarborough rocket as effect...

A woman looks at a mural of an NHS worker outside a pub in Pontefract, West Yorkshire. Pic: Jonathan Gawthorpe

Government pledges to do 'everything we can' to help Yorkshire fight coronavirus

Cllr Bill Chatt wearing the face mask during the meeting.

Coronavirus: Scarborough councillor wears face mask at meeting after rumours tha...

Whitby and Scarborough MP Robert Goodwill on stage last night. Picture: Ceri Oakes.

'Election result will make Brexit more difficult', says MP Robert Goodwill

The new Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Opinion: We can now look forward to exciting times in politics

Borough election candidates revealed

Alan is Labour’s man for the General Election in Thirsk and Malton