Heat health alert - 30 degrees back by Tuesday
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Thirty degrees is back by Tuesday, which sounds like better news than it is. Yellow heat health alerts cover Yorkshire from Saturday morning until Tuesday night, with warnings of a possible rise in deaths among the over-65s. Last month was the driest July in England and Wales since 1836.
Whitby has spent the week preparing in its own way. A tree from Sandsend was stripped, towed behind a rowing boat into the harbour, then whittled smooth and coated in tallow. Registration for the greasy pole opens at 10:00, high tide is 12:10, and the outcome is rarely in doubt.
If you'd rather sit out the heat somewhere with water in it, Rudding Park near Harrogate has a rooftop spa with pools and oxygen pods, though the garden view rooms with their own patio could be the better find.
For anyone thinking further than Harrogate, Hospes Amerigo is a five-star hotel built inside a 17th-century convent in Alicante's Old Town, with a rooftop pool and the Cathedral a short walk away.
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📰 Scarborough Life
🌡️ Thirty Degrees Back By Tuesday. Yellow heat health alerts cover Yorkshire from Saturday morning until Tuesday night, with warnings of a possible rise in deaths among over-65s. Last month was England and Wales's driest July since 1836.
🌘 Eclipse Watch On Oliver's Mount. Scarborough & Ryedale Astronomical Society sets up solar telescopes from 18:00 on 12 August, with 92% of the sun obscured here. The next total eclipse is in 2090.
🔥 MP Renews Disposable Barbecue Ban Call. Five crews tackled a Wykeham Forest blaze started by a disposable BBQ, Forestry England says. Alison Hume wants them off supermarket shelves. Last summer's Fylingdales fire covered 20 square kilometres.
🚿 Try a Room With a Private Patio at This Harrogate Spa Hotel. Rudding Park's rooftop spa has heated pools and oxygen pods, but the real find is a garden view room with its own patio. The Clocktower and Horto restaurants are both worth staying in for. Find out more
🏗️ MP Backs Jobs-First Contract Rules. Alison Hume has welcomed new public procurement rules telling bidders to put job creation and apprenticeships ahead of green targets from next year. Green groups are less pleased.
🚉 Station Forecourt Plans Reach Committee. Councillors decide on 13 August on Scarborough Station's £6.68m revamp - new seating, taxi rank and a pedestrian plaza. The 2023 version pedestrianised the whole forecourt; this one still gives vehicles priority.
🐝 Wasp Nest Job Ignites Hedge. Whitby and Lythe crews were called to a hedge fire on Green Lane on Thursday after an attempt to destroy a wasp nest went wrong. The occupant had already put it out.
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🏛️ Old Town Hall Reopens. A £1.3m restoration of Whitby's landmark has repaired the clock tower, roof and three sandstone columns found in critical condition. Traders that were shifted to Dock End return to Market Place for the Bank Holiday.
🐋 Housebuilder Funds Whale Rescue Pontoon. Barratt and David Wilson Homes have given £1,500 to British Divers Marine Life Rescue, paying towards a new whale rescue pontoon in Yorkshire. The charity has over 3,000 trained medics nationally.
🪵 Greasy Pole Ready For Regatta. A tree from Sandsend was stripped, towed behind a rowing boat into Whitby Harbour, then whittled smooth and coated in tallow. Registration opens 10:00, high tide 12:10.
🛏️ Alicante's Old Town Has a 5-Star Hotel Built Inside a 17th-Century Convent. Hospes Amerigo sits steps from the Cathedral in Alicante's Old Town. Boutique rooms, a full spa, and a rooftop pool with panoramic city views. Staff get consistently singled out in reviews. Find out more
🏊 Whitby And Pickering Wait Their Turn. North Yorkshire Council has released £360,000 to progress leisure centre designs in Skipton and Selby. Whitby Leisure Centre and Ryedale Swim and Fitness sit in the same £36m programme, not this tranche.
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🛍️ Shoplifting Up 27% In Scarborough. Retail crime on the coast has surged even as the rest of North Yorkshire recorded an 11 per cent drop.
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🎸Events, Activities & Live Music
We keep it short here - head to our EVENTS PAGE for links and future events.
Monday, 10 August
09:30 🧘 Yoga Class - Crossgates Community Centre, Scarborough
09:45 🎯 Social Bowls - Alexandra Community Centre, Scarborough
09:45 🎯 Flat Green Bowling - Burniston & Cloughton Bowling Club
10:00 🧵 Crafting for our Community - 8 Pavilion Sq, Scarborough
11:00 🎶 Scarborough Spa Orchestra - Scarborough Spa
13:30 🧵 Craft & Social Group - Crossgates Community Centre
14:00 🧘 Tai Chi Classes - Filey Evron Centre
15:00 🎭 Naval Warfare Show - Peasholm Park, Scarborough
17:45 🧘 Clubbercise with T. J - Crossgates Community Centre
18:45 🥊 Beat Boxing Fitness - Queen Street Methodist Church, Scarborough
19:30 🎶 Scarborough Spa Orchestra - Scarborough Spa
19:30 🎭 Handbagged - Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
19:30 🧘 Clubbercise - Queen Street Methodist Church, Scarborough
20:00 🎶 Live Music: Folk Club - The Merchant Irish Bar, Scarborough
Tuesday, 11 August
09:30 🧘 Pilates Plus - Crossgates Community Centre
11:00 🎶 Scarborough Spa Orchestra - Scarborough Spa
11:00 🧘 Chair Exercises - Crossgates Community Centre
11:15 🎯 Social Bowls - Alexandra Community Centre, Scarborough
13:00 💃 Line Dancing: Beginners - Alexandra Community Centre, Scarborough
14:00 💃 Line Dancing: Improvers - Alexandra Community Centre, Scarborough
14:00 🎨 Afternoon Art Session - Robin Hood's Bay Studio & Gallery
19:00 🧘 Pilates Class - Crossgates Community Centre, Scarborough
19:30 🎭 Disney's Frozen The Musical - YMCA, Scarborough
19:30 🎭 Handbagged - Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
19:30 💃 Modern Jive Lessons - Roscoe Rooms, Scarborough
19:30 🎯 Quiz Night - The Merchant Irish Bar, Scarborough
Wednesday, 12 August
10:00 🎶 Ukulele Class - Crossgates Community Centre, Scarborough
10:00 🎯 Happy Days Friendship Group - Hunmanby Community Centre
11:00 🎶 Scarborough Spa Orchestra - Scarborough Spa
13:00 🎯 Board Games Sessions - Haddock Hideaway, Scarborough
13:00 🎯 Pickleball - Crossgates Community Centre, Scarborough
14:00 💃 Easy Sequence Dancing - Cayton Village Hall, Scarborough
14:30 🎶 Howard Beaumont's Music Afternoon - Scarborough Spa
17:00 🧵 SEWcial Sewing & Textile Craft - Stitched by the Beach, Scarborough
17:30 🧘 Yoga Class - Crossgates Community Centre, Scarborough
18:45 🧘 Peach Squad: Workout - Queen Street Methodist Church, Scarborough
19:00 🎭 Magic Mike's Summer Show - Scarborough Spa
19:30 🎭 Disney's Frozen The Musical - YMCA, Scarborough
19:30 🎶 Scarborough Spa Orchestra - Scarborough Spa
19:30 🎭 Handbagged - Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
19:30 🧘 Clubbercise - Queen Street Methodist Church, Scarborough
19:30 🎯 Quiz Night & Jackpot - The Ramshill, Scarborough
Thursday, 13 August
09:45 🎯 Social Bowls - Alexandra Community Centre, Scarborough
10:15 🎨 Crossgates Art Club - Crossgates Community Centre
10:30 💃 Howard Beaumont's Coffee Dance - Scarborough Spa
13:30 🎭 Handbagged - Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
15:00 🎭 Naval Warfare Show - Peasholm Park, Scarborough
15:45 🎭 Fashion Show - Shoenique, Scarborough
18:30 🎨 Evening Art Session - Robin Hood's Bay Studio & Gallery
19:00 🎯 Deaf Group - Room 22, The Street, Scarborough
19:30 🎤 Paul Smith: Happy - Scarborough Spa
19:30 🎭 Handbagged - Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
20:00 🎯 Quiz Night - The Tunny Catch, Scarborough
20:00 🎶 An Evening with… Alastair James - The Crescent Lounge, Scarborough
20:30 🎯 Quiz Night - Highlander Hotel, Scarborough
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