Detailed plans for the next stage of the multi-million pound ‘The Sands’ development in Scarborough, have now formally been submitted to Scarborough Council’s planning department on behalf of developers Benchmark Leisure. The latest plan for The Sands project sees a new all-year-round water park – complete with giant ‘tornado slide’, [...]

The town of Scarborough said ‘goodbye’ to Sir Jimmy Savile today as the former DJ and presenter was buried at Woodlands Cemetery. Sir Jimmy died at his home in Leeds on 29 October, aged 84 and, following a three-day celebration of his life, was today buried on a sloped bank [...]

Two of Scarborough’s top accommodation venues won top honours at the ‘White Rose Awards’ this month, organised by Welcome to Yorkshire. The Crown Spa Hotel Scarborough, won first place for the Sustainable Tourism Award and was also nominated in the category for Large Hotel of the Year. The other big [...]

Short breaks by UK holidaymakers where up 3% in the first half months of 2011 according to the English national tourist board ‘VisitEngland’. As well as an increase in UK holidays, tourism chiefs also reported that spending by holidaymakers was also up by 10% year on year. The increase in [...]