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It is with regret that we advise you that we and our partners will be unable to host the Armed Forces Day National Event planned for 27 June this year.

We are hoping to reschedule the event and will provide further updates in due course.

The extra pressure placed on ourselves and our colleagues in the emergency and public services at the present time in extreme circumstances means that the planning and staging of such a significant national event is not possible.

We have written to the Yorkshire Coast Business Improvement District (BID) company calling on it to join the collective effort to support local businesses facing hardship during the coronavirus outbreak.

Cllr Liz Colling, Deputy Leader, said:

"In addition to the information we published yesterday about how we are administering the Government’s package of business support measures at a local level, we have also urged the Yorkshire Coast BID company to demonstrate their support by deferring collection of the levy at this exceptional time.

As part of our efforts to stand by local businesses during the coronavirus outbreak, we have published information about the package of support measures being made available by the Government to help reduce the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on businesses.

We are doing everything we can to contact businesses across the borough to let them know about the help that is available to them and how to access it. Detailed information is also available on our business support page.

An independent report into our handling of a ballot to decide a Destination Business Improvement District (DBID) for the Yorkshire coast was “carried out correctly”.

That’s the conclusion of an inquiry by the UK’s top elections expert whose findings will be presented to a meeting of our Audit Committee on 19 March.

Peter Stanyon, Chief Executive of the Association of Electoral Administrators, found the regulations were followed correctly but says he believes the overall ballot process wasn’t without issue.