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Council News - December 2011

These are the council news stories for December 2011.

• Date fixed for 2012 Armed Forces Day
• Work begins to install Whitby West Pier footbridge
• Scarborough residents to choose which projects get council funding
• Arts festival puts talent in the spotlight
• Successful prosecution of benefit fraudster
• Scarborough Coastal Defence Strategy for Scarborough Spa
• Housing Needs survey in Eskdaleside
• Offshore wind industry - summit brings private and public sector together
• Eastfield by-election on the cards
• Beacon celebration to mark Queen's jubilee
• Local supermarkets launch Drink Safe Stay Safe initiative
• Making claiming for housing and council tax benefits easier
• Wind energy careers initiative for schools
• Calendar produced to celebrate Spa Orchestra centenary
• Sea defence costs to be explored further
• Festive spirit at Scarborough Market
• Wetland heritage survey is launched
• A Festival of Yorkshire in Scarborough is launched
• Christmas recycling and collections
• Take a taxi this Christmas
• SBC & RB Markets present cheque to Royal British Legion
• Nominees announced for Eastfield by-election
• Benefit fraudster jailed for 15 months
• Spa staff donate tip to charity
• Hockney exhibition at A Festival of Yorkshire - Scarborough

Contact Details

You can contact the Council's Communications Officer, by telephone: 01723 232306, or by email: public.relations@scarborough.gov.uk.