LOCAL Liberal Democrats in Scarborough and Whitby are stepping up their call for a referendum on whether the UK should be in or out of the European Union.
Local people are starting a Scarborough branch of the national No2ID
Despite securing £288 million investment Wolverhampton Homes faces substantial cuts in front-line services according to plans seen by the Liberal Democrats.
Workers fighting the closure of a factory in North Yorkshire which employs disabled people are holding 24-hour vigil outside York Minster. The Remploy plant is due to shut on Thursday. Twenty-eight sites across the UK, including five others in Yorkshire, are also being closed. Remploy wants to place more disabled people into mainstream employment rather than in sheltered workshops.
A former scaffolder left severely disabled after a crash more than five years ago has been awarded £3m in damages at the High Court in London. Neil Nicolson, from Corpach, Fort William, was on a motorcycle when he was involved in a collision with a car.
Police officers from Welford Rd Policing Unit have gave their thanks to City Councillors, including Cllr. Dale Keeling, in helping to get funding for three police bikes.