Figures issued last week by union GMB show that Scarborough has the 3rd lowest rate of recycling in the region. We are currently and embarrassing 19th out of 21 authorities in Yorkshire and the Humber.
The Primary Care Trust responsible for hospitals ,GPs and Dentists in Scarborough and Whitby is in crisis. For some time now local people have powerlessly watched their health services decline.
The government is wasting £800m a year through errors relating to benefit payments, MPs have warned. The public accounts committee report blamed government leaflets that were "too difficult to understand" for fuelling the number of errors and denying vulnerable people their benefit entitlements.
Greater Manchester Police are investigating claims that Aston Villa midfielder Lee Hendrie yelled abuse at a disabled fan during their 3-1 Premiership defeat at Manchester United.
A 10-minute screening test to identify pre-school children who might be dyslexic has been developed by language experts at University College London. The test will be used by children from the age of three and a half upwards, says Professor Heather van der Lely.
A mother's cells may try to repair the tissue damage in an unborn child that can result in type 1 diabetes, research suggests.
