<![CDATA[Whitby Gazette - News]]> Feed http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news Copyright 2012, Johnston Press Plc http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news/nwgf_news_feed_1_45499 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:08:53 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 <![CDATA[Runswick Bay rare bird sighting]]> http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/runswick_bay_rare_bird_sighting_1_4273816

Runswick Bay is popular with tourists who are drawn to the area’s peace and quiet, but a local twitcher says he has spotted a visitor never before seen on our coastline.

]]> 1.4273816 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:08:52 +0000 <![CDATA[Danby health visit]]> http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/danby_health_visit_1_4273811

A HEALTH advisor will be visiting Danby Health Shop on Thursday 8 March.

]]> 1.4273811 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:07:19 +0000 <![CDATA[Councillor surgery]]> http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/councillor_surgery_1_4273567

MAYFIELD ward councillors will be holding a drop-in surgery on Tuesday.

]]> 1.4273567 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:52:27 +0000 <![CDATA[Hot or cold, fire crew is ready to serve]]> http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/hot_or_cold_fire_crew_is_ready_to_serve_1_4265147

WHITBY’S fire crews have been busy recently, taking part in a series of exercises that showed the wide variety of challenges they face each winter.

]]> 1.4265147 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:55:53 +0000 <![CDATA[Street Angels scheme being launched in Whitby]]> http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/street_angels_scheme_being_launched_in_whitby_1_4269560

VOLUNTEERS are being asked to sign up to a scheme to help revellers in Whitby at the weekends.

]]> 1.4269560 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:34:20 +0000 <![CDATA[Spending a penny getting costly]]> http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/spending_a_penny_getting_costly_1_4265358

THE saga surrounding the future of the public toilets in Ruswarp is driving Whitby Town Council round the u-bend.

]]> 1.4265358 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:11:47 +0000 <![CDATA[Lifeboat says: ‘you beauties!’]]> http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/lifeboat_says_you_beauties_1_4265117

A JOINT fund-raising event between Harry’s Bar and Harper Brown Health and Beauty raised over £1,000 for Whitby’s RNLI lifeboat.

]]> 1.4265117 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:51:04 +0000 <![CDATA[RNLI lifesavers commended for Sandsend rescue]]> http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/rnli_lifesavers_commended_for_sandsend_rescue_1_4266228

AN RNLI lifeguard is to be awarded one of the rescue service’s highest honours following a daring rescue in very rough seas at Sandsend last year.

]]> 1.4266228 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:47:51 +0000 <![CDATA[Dotty about all things vintage]]> http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/dotty_about_all_things_vintage_1_4265742

AS a teenager when all Trudie Ward’s friends were in Topshop snapping up the latest fashions she was scouring charity shops and making cushions and bedding.

]]> 1.4265742 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:32:41 +0000 <![CDATA[BREAKING NEWS - Lighthouse to close]]> http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/breaking_news_lighthouse_to_close_1_4264987

WHITBY’S West Pier lighthouse has closed to the public indefinitely.

]]> 1.4264987 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:25:39 +0000 <![CDATA[Skippers set to restart fishing]]> http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/skippers_set_to_restart_fishing_1_4265393

THE port authority and geography combine to make Whitby a “very, very severe place to work out of”, according to one trawlerman.

]]> 1.4265393 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:16:33 +0000 <![CDATA[Plants, papers and pet products at Victoria Farm]]> http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/plants_papers_and_pet_products_at_victoria_farm_1_4265255

FROM pampering your pets to picking up a paper – you can do it all at Victoria Farm Garden Centre. Emma Spencer dropped in...

]]> 1.4265255 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:04:35 +0000 <![CDATA[Tickets for Mayor’s sports dinner still available]]> http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/tickets_for_mayor_s_sports_dinner_still_available_1_4260721

LEGENDARY snooker player Dennis Taylor will be a guest speaker at the Borough Mayor’s special sporting-themed dinner on Sunday 10 March and tickets are still available.

]]> 1.4260721 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:20:53 +0000 <![CDATA[Don’t be a fuel - win an Xbox]]> http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/don_t_be_a_fuel_win_an_xbox_1_4260698

AN OIL and fuel company is asking Whitby residents to help name a new fleet of tankers.

]]> 1.4260698 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:16:43 +0000 <![CDATA[Hospice needs volunteer drivers]]> http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/hospice_needs_volunteer_drivers_1_4260697

ST Catherine’s Hospice is looking to recruit more drivers to help bring patients in and out of their Whitby day hospice.

]]> 1.4260697 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:16:40 +0000 <![CDATA[No catches to cash for companies]]> http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/no_catches_to_cash_for_companies_1_4255335

THERE are no catches to the cash hand-outs being offered to businesses in Whitby.

]]> 1.4255335 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:36:18 +0000 <![CDATA[Easier ways to pay council bills]]> http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/easier_ways_to_pay_council_bills_1_4246518

WHITBY residents will be able to pay council bills at newsagents and other local shops rather than having to go to the council offices.

]]> 1.4246518 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:49:16 +0000 <![CDATA[Town council defiant as harbour row rumbles on]]> http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/town_council_defiant_as_harbour_row_rumbles_on_1_4246436

The town council group set up to try and improve the harbour in Whitby believe the borough council is trying to force it to disband by ignoring them.

]]> 1.4246436 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:03:53 +0000 <![CDATA[Councillor’s bid to protect donkey field one step further]]> http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/councillor_s_bid_to_protect_donkey_field_one_step_further_1_4243921

THE DONKEY field in Whitby looks set to be granted village green status.

]]> 1.4243921 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:57:23 +0000 <![CDATA[Bowling club hoping to hit the jack-pot]]> http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/bowling_club_hoping_to_hit_the_jack_pot_1_4243315

THE FIRST of a series of fundraisers to raise the bowling club from the ashes is being held later this month.

]]> 1.4243315 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:10:23 +0000