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Here’s an idea to reflect the salary for the new CEO of Scarborough Borough Council, when they are appointed.

I refer to recent editions of the Whitby Gazette, which have highlighted, either in articles or letters, the pertinent and serious issues facing the people in Whitby.

I feel morally obliged to draw attention to a situation on Whitby’s East Pier, which I am convinced will eventually result in someone being either seriously injured or even killed.

As it is now many years since I lived in my lovely home town, perhaps I am not qualified to judge but I couldn’t agree more with Mr Kilpatrick (Gazette, January 18).

With regard to the proposed mandatory levy, as a result of the Yorkshire Coast BID project being imposed upon businesses in Whitby, I wonder why no one is listening to the concerns being expressed by Sandra Turner, Whitby councillor and cabinet member on Scarborough Council, where she has categorically stated that many business owners in Whitby do not want this BID and have told her they will not pay.

It has come to my attention that Whitby Council has passed this plan for the NatWest Bank.

There’s good news for all of us who are so vehemently opposed to the NatWest Bank becoming a fish and chip place.

Re your letter from Martin Smith (Gazette, January 11)and the press release of Cllr Chatt’s sentiments.

I ‘cod’ hardly believe my eyes when I read about the potential plans for the former NatWest Bank.

Like R Barker (Gazette, 21 December), our family is very disappointed to learn that the North York Moors National Park are proposing to close the Skelder Bank Top Car Park, having used it for decades to walk our dogs on the (nearly) all-weather bridleway through Hutton Mulgrave Wood.

At a full meeting of the Scarborough Borough Council on Monday (Jan 7), the extension of the seasonal dog ban area on Whitby West Beach was unanimously rejected and returned to its 2017 boundary.

Some Whitby businesses are very upset at what they call unfair taxation and the lack of consultation in the recent Yorkshire Coast BID.

Further to the letter from Mr Cooling of Sleights published recently regarding motor fuel prices in Whitby.

Re: the Whitby Secondary Partnership.

An open letter to Sainsbury’s store Whitby.

First let me say that it is such good news that the Whitby Gazette is still with us.

The amended plans for the old railway line between Scarborough and Whitby are a welcome change from the earlier proposal by Sustrans.