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North Yorkshire Council, known between 1974 and 2023 as North Yorkshire County Council, is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire, England. Since 2023 the council has been a unitary authority , being a county council which also performs the functions of a district council .
North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan county and unitary authority area (legally known as the County of North Yorkshire), [4] in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It covers seven former districts : Craven , Hambleton , Harrogate , Scarborough , Richmondshire , Ryedale and Selby .
The City of York Council and North Yorkshire Council formed the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority in February 2024. The elections for the first directly elected mayor will take place in May 2024. [27] [28] Both North Yorkshire Council and the combined authority are governed from County Hall, Northallerton. [29] Middlesbrough Town Hall
The Scarborough News is a weekly newspaper distributed in and around the Scarborough area in North Yorkshire, England.It was launched on 31 May 2012 as a relaunch of the former daily newspaper, the Scarborough Evening News, and incorporates information from the former Saturday edition of the Filey & Hunmanby Mercury.
The Borough of Scarborough (/ ˈ s k ɑːr b ər ə /) [1] [2] was a non-metropolitan district with borough status in North Yorkshire, England. In addition to the town of Scarborough , it covered a large stretch of the coast of Yorkshire, including Whitby and Filey . [ 3 ]
A deal for a York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority and Mayor of York and North Yorkshire between the UK government and the two councils was struck on 1 August 2022. [4] Legislation to establish the authority, encompassing the unitary authority areas of the City of York and North Yorkshire, was made on 19 December 2023.
In September 2016, Scarborough University Technical College (UTC) opened for 14- to 18-year-olds. The campus is part of a £47 million pound development including Coventry University Scarborough Campus and a sports village in the Weaponness Valley. [113] Scarborough is also home to one private school, Scarborough College (for ages 3 to 18 years).
An agreement signed on 1 August 2022 (Yorkshire Day) by Greg Clark, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, and leaders of City of York Council and North Yorkshire County Council, created a new combined authority across the region led by a directly elected mayor who has the power to spend public money on local priorities ...