Youngsters

Bodhi and Millie had the honour of opening the new EYFS playground at Newby and Scalby Academy watched by Head of Academy Vicky Gill (left), Assistant Head Teacher Sarah Tipple, children and staff.

IN PICTURES: Check out the fantastic new playground at Newby and Scalby Academy

Ava Oliver and Jack Barnard at Newby and Scalby Library.

Youngsters can 'blast off' in new reading adventure at Newby and Scalby Library

Young Driver sessions are available on Wowcher

Discounts on driving experiences for teens ahead of Christmas

Castleton Show takes place on Saturday, September 12

Castleton Show promises a packed day of crafts, dogs, music and fun

Whitby Town Football Club is hosting the Think Forensics Event. photo by Brian Murfield.

Youngsters' chance to work real crime scene in Think Safe Forensics event

Younger motorists are increasingly choosing older vehicles as insurance and ownership costs continue to rise

Today's young drivers are ditching modern cars for cheaper classics

Face painting fun at Playdale Farm. photo: Richard Ponter

Families enjoy fun day as Playdale Farm near Scarborough celebrates 20th anniver...

Mrs Gaskell with school pupils ready to perform at the concert.

Youngsters from Scarborough area schools come together for music concert

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Fabulous photos as Hairy Bob events return to Scarborough Castle

Hairy Bob leaves his cave

Special Hairy Bob reading events to be held at Scarborough Castle

Pupils at Hackness CE Primary School and Wykeham CE Primary School have been completing community litter picks in their villages.

Youngsters from Scarborough primary schools complete community litter picks
Pupils at Hackness CE Primary School and Wykeham CE Primary School have been doing their bit for the environment by completing community litter picks in their villages.
Duncan Atkins

Coastguard team members visit Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre School.

Youngsters at primary school near Whitby enjoy visit from HM Coastguard

Miscast musical is on at the YMCA Theatre in Scarborough

Youngsters’ DIY new musical opens at Scarborough's YMCA Theatre

1,000 children aged 6-12 would eat three ice creams a day on holiday

The top 10 things kids would do on holiday if they were in charge

Goathland School enjoying the day.

World Book Day 2026: pictures special as Whitby schoolchildren dress as their bo...

Wykeham CE Primary Oaks.

School children have fun during World Book Day

Fyling Hall School celebrate at Whitby Pavilion. photo: Richard Ponter

IN PICTURES: Youngsters from Whitby area schools compete at Eskdale Festival

Scouts receive a visit from Scarborough police officers.

'Cops and robbers' - 46th Westborough Scout Group's fun visit from Scarborough p...

A great fundraising effort from Fylingdales School pupils for Children in Need.

Fylingdales School pupils raise more than £1,850 for Children in Need

Scarborough, Ryedale and Bridlington area new school starters.

IN PICTURES: Great photos of new primary school starters from across Scarborough...

Whitby and Esk Valley area new starters.

IN PICTURES: Great gallery of photos of new primary school starters from across ...

Parents say that things like shape sorters and car garages do not hold their childrens' lasting interest.

From teddies to instruments - toys that lose kids’ attention fastest

Humble Bee Farm's Pumpkin Festival 2025

The perfect Halloween haunt! - Humble Bee Farm's Pumpkin Festival 2025

Outdoor fun for Lythe School youngsters on World Mental Health Day.

Youngsters at Lythe School, near Whitby, celebrate World Mental Health Day

Castleton School children enjoy a visit from Whitby Coastguard.

Youngsters at Castleton School learn life-saving skills from Whitby Coastguard

Children take part in trying to guess adults' age based on the activities they enjoy

Kids reveal the top 10 signs you're getting old

Harley Muscroft with the cheque raised from a sponsored walk, presented to staff at James Cook Hospital.

Youngsters' walk from Whitby to Sandsend raises more than £8,000 for hospital

It comes as 44 per cent wished they had more varied career options to better understand the job opportunities available

Over half of adults work in jobs they never imagined they'd do as kids
More than half of adults are now in a role which is totally unrelated to what they thought they’d be doing as a child.
Gemma Francis

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IN PICTURES: Amazing photos from Sewerby Hall's Iconic Bricks exhibition

Parents' top school uniform confessions include colouring in their children's scuffed school shoes with markers and blow-drying damp uniforms minutes before the school run.

Parents use markers and blow-dryers to keep uniforms looking fresh

The new outdoor classroom ‘The Clean Planet Tent’ will enable another 1,000 students to be educated every year.

Ad Feature Clean Planet & Wakehurst open outdoor classroom at Kew’s wild gardens

Lythe School youngsters at Mulgrave Castle.

Lythe School youngsters enjoy sponsored walk through Mulgrave Castle and woods

The Hairy Bob Reading Challenge in 2024

Hairy Bob reading event to take place at Scarborough Castle

Drink driver crashes into wall and leaves injured passengers behind

'Cowardly' driver crashes car and flees - with a passenger in the boot

Move over Gen Z - young Brits are more Gen T, after research found they would turn to a cuppa over an alcoholic drink when stressed out.

Gen Z turn to tea when stressed over an alcoholic drink

Lianne, Katie, Glenda and Tayla work on their craft designs

IN PICTURES: Nature-inspired fun at South Cliff Gardens in Scarborough

Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre School Comic Relief 80s theme.

Youngsters and staff at primary school near Whitby celebrate Comic Relief 2025

Whitby Resolution, are, from left, Barry Davies, John Hanson and Vic Wilson.

Whitby Resolution draw Scarboro' Table Tennis League classic with Picadore

Sue and David Rowland viewing the artwork at the Eskdale Festival in 2024. picture: Richard Ponter

Youngsters ready to showcase skills at Whitby's Eskdale Festival of the Arts

EE and BAFTA empower teens to create a film, mentored by Daisy Edgar Jones and an award-winning crew

Parents worry about their kids' career aspirations due to rise in tech

Flo Topham (L) and Camille Porhel, who play for York Railway Institute (YRI) AFC u12s Girls, have launched a campaign defending their right to have short hair, after they were accused of being boys during a game.

We were accused of cheating at football...because we have short hair

Over half of parents would like their children to spend more time outside

Brit kids get four hours of exercise per week - but 14 on screens

A caretaker dressed as the Grinch has been "arrested" by police - in a stunt to give nursery kids ''closure'' after a break-in.

Heartwarming moment police 'arrest' grinch after nursery break-in

The drive has raised over £15 million to support children from some of the poorest parts of the UK

Over 300,000 disadvantaged UK children will open gifts on December 25

Sleights School youngsters have been raising money for the Zambezi Sunrise Trust.

Youngsters at Sleights School, near Whitby, raise nearly £2,000 for charity
Youngsters at Sleights School have raised around £2,000 for its chosen charity, Zambezi Sunrise Trust.
Duncan Atkins

Mice pies, Christmas pudding, and Christmas cake are just some of the few things Gen Z are turning their back on this Christmas

Gen Z are turning their back on Christmas traditional favourites

Youngsters at Terrington Hall School's Christingle service.

Youngsters from Terrington Hall School near Malton share the Christingle light

Glaisdale School youngsters and Acting Head Andrew Wood with the colourful mural they created.

Youngsters at Glaisdale School, near Whitby, create colourful mural of village

A poll of 2,000 parents with children aged between 10 and 20 found 85 per cent worry they will give their offspring bad financial advice

Parents worry they will give their kids bad financial advice

Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre School youngsters have a day of fun for Children in Need.

Youngsters at primary school near Whitby raise nearly £200 for Children in Need

Jay's Cycle Coaching gave children the opportunity to access free cycling sessions.

Youngsters from Eastfield community enjoy free cycling taster sessions

Binky Felstead encourages families to embrace the mud this half term as she's spotted going down a 2.5m high mudslide, created by Bosch at Mudchute Farm.

How Made in Chelsea's Binky is 'embracing' the mud this half term

Ruth Lue-Quee, education consultant from Staffordshire, who says period poverty is more widespread than people think

Secondary school teachers call for better and earlier period education

These cottages are the perfect places for a festive family get-together

Six idyllic cottages in Yorkshire perfect for a Christmas getaway

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