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How do you operate a lifeboat in a village where there are fewer than 15 permanent residents, you run entirely on donations and volunteers, and are one of the Yorkshire coast’s favourite holiday hotspots? Well, Runswick Bay Rescue Boat (RBRB) seems to have the answer as the crew gears up for its busiest time of… →
Read: How a dedicated crew seeks to keep people safe at sea in Runswick Bay
Whitby’s Maritime Hub will establish the town as a “key player” in the maritime and offshore renewable energy sectors, says North Yorkshire Council as it reveals its vision for the region’s harbours. Senior members of North Yorkshire Council are going to be asked to approve a plan it says will “promote safe, sustainable and economically… →
Read: Maritime Hub “key player” in offshore renewables, says new council strategy for harbours
Works to repair and re-open Danger Bank have been put back until next year. An update from North Yorkshire Council (NYC) says further slippages and landslides on the back road between Larpool and Ruswarp over winter mean the repair scheme which had originally been drawn up is “no longer considered feasible”. A spokesperson says the… →
Read: Danger Bank closure to continue as road repair plans “no longer considered feasible”
After a four year hiatus, Sleights FC has re-formed its adult team with a focus on bringing on young players. Following an application process it has been confirmed that Sleights FC will go into The Beckett Division 2 with pre-season training set to get underway next month. The adult team disbanded four years ago but… →
Read: Sleights FC will kick off new season with a senior side for first time in four years
A Sleights cubs group has been given cash boost by local butcher Andrew Radford after they visited his shop as part of a project about healthy eating and food. Andrew, of Radford’s Butchers on Coach Road, donated £500 to Sleights Seekers Cubs pack as well cooking up a feast of sausages for the young ones… →
Read: Cooking up a collaboration between Sleights cubs and Radford’s butchers
“It is everything I wanted it to be and more”, beams Ali Hussain as the doors to the Treasury finally opened and the drinks started flowing. For more than two years the Whitby businessman has been painstakingly planning and preparing every last detail to bring to fruition the vision he had to “deliver something unique… →
Read: Whitby’s long-awaited new bar venue, The Treasury is officially opened
The Prime Minister has given his backing to a government education improvement scheme which covers Whitby. Sir Keir Starmer said that Mission Coastal, a government education programme designed to raise attainment and improve life chances in seaside communities with persistently low exam results, will “break the link” between background and success. Mission Coastal, announced last… →
Read: Prime Minister backs mission to improve education in Whitby and Scarborough
With the ravages of war beginning to fade, and the roaring twenties in full swing, footballing fever took over in Whitby when two local sides harboured dreams of playing on a bigger stage. Whitby Whitehall Swifts and Whitby Town, came together to form a single club under the name of Whitby United. In 1926, Whitby… →
Read: Whitby Town FC kicking off a new era as it celebrates its centenary year
More than a dozen artists from Whitby, the moors and the coastline will open their studio doors to art fans giving them behind the scenes access. The annual event, North Yorkshire Open Studios (NYOS) returns next month over two weekends with 18 artists taking part. Their genres range from ceramics, to painting, print-making, glass, jewellery… →
Read: Artists from Whitby’s coast and countryside open studio doors to the public
One of the most eagerly anticipated events from the Whitby school sporting calendar is being recreated this weekend when Lads, Dads and Grandads bring back the ‘Clash of the Schools’. The founders of the group, set up just over a year ago to tackle men’s mental health issues, Steven (Sacky) Swales and James Dyson, will… →
Read: Lads, Dads and Grandads: “We are not just friends, we are brothers”
