24-578: The Borough of Scarborough ( / ˈ s k ɑːr b ər ə / ) was a non-metropolitan district with borough status in North Yorkshire , England . In addition to the town of Scarborough , it covered a large stretch of the coast of Yorkshire, including Whitby and Filey . It bordered Redcar and Cleveland to the north, the Ryedale and Hambleton districts to the west and the East Riding of Yorkshire to
48-532: A part of Bauer Radio's Greatest Hits radio network with music from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s – this type of music having been phased in since its takeover. and Tom Hooper had presented the final programme from Scarborough for Yorkshire Coast Radio two days earlier. Former notable presenters on the station include Joel Ross (later one half of JK and Joel ). The last of the former Yorkshire Coast Radio presenters Paddy Billington, Kev Roberts, Tom Hooper, Mike Nicholson, Tom Ironside and Matthew Pells are currently on
72-669: A part-time opt-out of Yorkshire Coast Radio and was called Yorkshire Coast Radio Bridlington . Yorkshire Coast Radio broadcast to Scarborough and Filey on 96.2 FM, Bridlington on 102.4 FM and Whitby on 103.1 FM. On 17 February 2015, Yorkshire Coast Radio launched a DAB simulcast on the MuxCo North Yorkshire multiplex. For a number of years the station also operated an online service called 'Yorkshire Coast Radio Extra' which broadcast news and interviews as well as football commentaries on Scarborough Athletic , Bridlington Town and Whitby Town games. In 2018,
96-515: A rebrand, on 1 September 2020. For many years , several businessmen in Scarborough had campaigned for their own local radio station. A licence was advertised in 1991 and contested by three groups. The winning consortium, Yorkshire Coast Radio Limited, was founded by radio executive and former presenter Paul Rusling with backing from former Conservative MP Wilf Proudfoot , who served as managing director for short-lived pirate station Radio 270 , which
120-704: A total of 64 schools and colleges in the Scarborough area, as of 2012. The Borough of Scarborough included many civil parishes and suburbs including: Brompton-by-Sawdon , Broxa-cum-Troutsdale , Cloughton , Commondale , Crossgates , Eastfield , Glaisdale , Houlsyke , Hunmanby , Hutton Buscel , Irton , Littlebeck , Muston , Newby and Scalby , Ravenscar , Ruston , Silpho , Snainton , Seamer , West Ayton , Wykeham and others. Wards of Scarborough town were Castle, Central, Eastfield, Falsgrave Park , Newby, North Bay, Northstead , Ramshill, Stepney, Weaponness, and Woodlands. Areas without namesake wards included Westborough (centre), Barrowcliff and Newlands. In 2016,
144-576: A two-tier arrangement. Non-metropolitan districts with borough status are known as boroughs , able to appoint a mayor and refer to itself as a borough council. Some shire counties now have no sub divisions so are a single Non-metropolitan district such as Cornwall. Typically a district will consist of a market town and its more rural hinterland. However districts are diverse with some being mostly urban such as Dartford, and others more polycentric such as Thurrock. Non-metropolitan districts are subdivisions of English non-metropolitan counties which have
168-461: A two-tier structure of local government. Two-tier non-metropolitan counties have a county council and several districts, each with a borough or district council. In these cases local government functions are divided between county and district councils, to the level where they can be practised most efficiently: Many districts have borough status , which means the local council is called a borough council instead of district council and gives them
192-439: A unitary authority or those that transferred from one county to another, including those that changed name. Nor does it include unitary authorities that have been abolished ( Bournemouth and Poole ). Greatest Hits Radio Yorkshire Coast Yorkshire Coast Radio was an Independent Local Radio station serving Scarborough , Whitby & Bridlington . The station was folded into Greatest Hits Radio Yorkshire , as part of
216-584: The District Councils' Network , special interest group which sits within the Local Government Association . The network's purpose is to "act as an informed and representative advocate for districts to government and other national bodies, based on their unique position to deliver for local people." This is a list of two-tier non-metropolitan counties and their districts. All unitary authorities are also non-metropolitan districts, which, with
240-625: The Freedom of the Borough of Scarborough. The political composition of the council at all-up elections, ignoring intervening by-elections, from the 2003 election to the final election in 2019 , is as follows: Non-metropolitan district Non-metropolitan districts , or colloquially " shire districts ", are a type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties (colloquially shire counties ) in
264-553: The Heatherleigh, a trawler moored in Scarborough's harbour which later became a museum. When the station was brought, YCR opted for conventional studios at Falsgrave Road near the town centre, before later moving to purpose-built facilities in Eastfield, on the outskirts of town. On 7 November 1999, Yorkshire Coast Radio expanded after its owners were awarded the licence to cover the neighbouring Bridlington area. The station operated as
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#1732856063275288-449: The areas for Wales and England had been enacted separately and there were no Welsh metropolitan areas, the term 'non-metropolitan district' does not apply to Wales. A similar system existed in Scotland , which in 1975 was divided into regions and districts, this was also abolished in 1996 and replaced with a fully unitary system . In England most of the district councils are represented by
312-492: The borough ranked second in Visit England's survey of overall holiday trips and holiday spend, topped only by London. Since 1882, it has been served by The Scarborough News , which is published every Thursday. The Scarborough Borough receives a daily radio news services from these radio stations, BBC Radio York which covers Scarborough , BBC Radio Tees covering Whitby & Greatest Hits Radio Yorkshire Coast which
336-461: The borough was threatened with extinction. In March of that year, North Yorkshire County Council was shortlisted by the Department for Communities and Local Government to become a unitary authority. If the bid had been successful then the Borough of Scarborough would — along with all other districts and boroughs in the present county of North Yorkshire — have been abolished then. The bid, however,
360-487: The exception of those of Berkshire , are coterminous with non-metropolitan counties. For a full list of districts of all types including unitary authorities, metropolitan districts and London boroughs , see Districts of England . This is a list of former two-tier districts in England which have been abolished, by local government reorganisations such as the 2009 structural changes to local government in England . It does not include districts that still exist after becoming
384-562: The radio station This is The Coast which is online and on DAB. Regional programming is produced and broadcast from Bauer's Leeds studios from 1-4pm on weekdays, presented by Steve Priestley . In the official RAJAR audience data for Q2 2018, Yorkshire Coast Radio achieved a 53% weekly reach which was higher than for any other radio station in the UK. Yorkshire Coast Radio broadcast hourly local news bulletins from 6 am–10 pm on weekdays and 8 am–12 pm at weekends, with headlines on
408-565: The right to appoint a mayor . Borough status is granted by royal charter and, in many cases, continues a style enjoyed by a predecessor authority, which can date back centuries. Some districts such as Oxford or Exeter have city status , granted by letters patent , but this does not give the local council any extra powers other than the right to call itself a city council . By 1899, England had been divided at district level into rural districts , urban districts , municipal boroughs , county boroughs and metropolitan boroughs . This system
432-559: The south. The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972 . It was a merger of the urban district of Filey and part of the Bridlington Rural District , from the historic East Riding of Yorkshire , along with the municipal borough of Scarborough, Scalby and Whitby urban districts , and Scarborough Rural District and Whitby Rural District , from the historic North Riding . In 2007,
456-622: The station launched an additional service, Yorkshire Coast Radio 70s. UKRD's local radio stations, including Yorkshire Coast Radio, were bought by Bauer Radio in 2019, and in May 2020, Bauer announced it would merge the AM and FM stations in Yorkshire to form the Greatest Hits Radio Yorkshire sub-network as part of a wider restructuring of its local radio stations. On 1 September 2020, it became
480-526: The two-tier structure, but reforms in the 1990s and 2009 reduced their number to 192. A further 55 non-metropolitan districts are now unitary authorities, which combine the functions of county and borough/district councils. In Wales , an almost identical two-tier system of local government existed between 1974 and 1996 (see Districts of Wales ). In 1996, this was abolished and replaced with an entirely unitary system of local government, with one level of local government responsible for all local services. Since
504-611: Was abolished by the London Government Act 1963 and the Local Government Act 1972 . Non-metropolitan districts were created by this act in 1974 when England outside Greater London was divided into metropolitan counties and non-metropolitan counties. Metropolitan counties were sub-divided into metropolitan districts and the non-metropolitan counties were sub-divided into non-metropolitan districts. The metropolitan districts had more powers than their non-metropolitan counterparts. Initially, there were 296 non-metropolitan districts in
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#1732856063275528-479: Was based in the town. After the franchise was awarded, YCR was bought out by Minster Sound plc – the owners of neighbouring York -based station Minster FM , which began broadcasting in July 1992. Yorkshire Coast Radio was launched on Sunday 7 November 1993, broadcasting local programming from 6 am-10 pm each day with overnight output simulcast from Minster FM. Originally, the station had planned to broadcast from
552-600: Was previously known as Yorkshire Coast Radio and used to have studios in Scarborough. This is The Coast broadcasts from Scarborough on DAB and provides regular local news bulletins. Local news and television programmes in Scarborough is covered by BBC Yorkshire & ITV Yorkshire from Leeds and Whitby receives their local news and television programmes from BBC North East & Cumbria & ITV Tyne Tees in Newcastle. The following people and military units have received
576-540: Was unsuccessful and the districts remained as they were previously constituted. However, in July 2021 the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government announced that in April 2023, the non-metropolitan county would be reorganised into a unitary authority . Scarborough Borough Council was abolished and its functions were transferred to a new single authority for the non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire . There were
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