Robert Goodwill

Bridlington's South Bay

Yorkshire Water to cut sewage discharges into sea at Yorkshire resort

Sir Robert Goodwill MP with Rishi Sunak.

Watch: MP proclaims his constituency as the best - because it's in Yorkshire

Alpamare has gone into administration. PIC: Richard Ponter

Alpamare was more than just a tourist facility - Yorkshire Post Letters

Former Scarborough Council leader Steve Siddons raised concerns about the loan to Benchmark Leisure when it was approved a decade ago

Call for investigation into developer's huge council loan to build waterpark

Alpamare has only been open since 2016

Alpamare, Scarborough owner enters administration seven years after it opened

Sir Robert Goodwill, raised the ongoing issues around coastal marine pollution in Scarborough and highlighted the creation of a new “taskforce” to “look at the problem”.

Yorkshire MP raises Scarborough South Bay’s bathing water problems in parliament

Pictured Scarborough's South Bay where people are advised against swimming

McCain's 'sophisticated' facility to treat effluent from Scarborough factory

Yorkshire Water is facing questions about its finances.

Yorkshire Water's finances to remain ‘under the spotlight’

Roberto Weeden-Sanz and Sir Robert Goodwill.

Conservative councillor in London selected to stand for election in Yorkshire

DEFRA Sec. of State Therese Coffey meets Show Director Charles Mills.

The Great Yorkshire Show sets stage for political debate and announcements

NFU President Minette Batters and Philip Bolson, York & N Yorks Chamber of Commerce Hospitlity Chair. Press Conference. L-R, Philip Bolson, Minette Batters, Rachel Hallos and Tom Richardson.

Food production should be central to school education, says NFU president

Gate Steward, Brian Cooksey, aged 68, dusting off Yorkshire Agricultural Society signage on one of the show gates ahead first day
Picture By Yorkshire Post Photographer, James Hardisty.

The Great Yorkshire Show 2023: Getting ready for the greatest show on turf

North Yorkshire Council is right to call on Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey to convene a public inquiry. PIC: DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP via Getty Images

Public inquiry and compensation needed for fishers - The YP says

Caedmon College, Whitby. Wednesday 14 February. Picture: Ceri Oakes w180703d

Row over amalgamation of Whitby's two secondary schools deepens

Scarborough South Bay

‘Poor’ water quality of Scarborough’s South Bay raised at full council meeting

North Yorkshire Council ‘can’t confirm’ whether or not trail hunting takes place on council-owned land

'Can’t confirm’ whether or not trail hunting takes place on council-owned land

The cross-party group of MPs pointed to evidence which suggests a higher rate of suicide among agricultural and veterinary workers compared to the broader population.

Government urged to tackle farmer suicide

TransPennine Express

TransPennine Express sorry after residents brand depot noise ‘unbearable’

Sea life die off at Saltburn, Cleveland. (Credit: Paul Thompson)

Councillor backs calls for public inquiry into 'marine disaster' off coast

The York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has said that it will reintroduce staff parking charges from June 12 after they were suspended during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Scarborough and York hospitals to reintroduce staff charges from June

Kevin Hollinrake, the business minister and local MP, is understood to be considering a tilt at the job once nominations open later this year as expected.

Government minister front runner to be North Yorkshire Mayor
A Government minister has emerged as the front-runner for the job of Mayor of North Yorkshire, The Yorkshire Post can reveal.

‘It’s a shocker’ – Fishermen stage demonstration in Whitby to raise awareness of shellfish deaths on Yorkshire and North East coast

Fishermen stage demonstration in Whitby to raise awareness of shellfish deaths

TOPSHOT - Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reacts during a visit with Microsoft founder Bill Gates at Imperial College University, in central London, on February 15, 2023. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Sunak criticised for not attending farming conference

Fishing crews staged a protest in May last year demanding a new investigation into the mass deaths of crabs and lobsters in the area. They believed a 'dead zone' in North East inshore waters is killing marine life and "decimating" their livelihoods. Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

New studies into crab deaths should be carried out as a "matter of urgency"

Adrian Blackmore is director of the Campaign for Shooting at the Countryside Alliance.

Why burning is an important part of moorland management - Adrian Blackmore

A letter sent to parents of Eskdale School pupils on Wednesday revealed governors are proposing to close the site and instead send students to Caedmon College

Whitby secondary school pupils told it could close after summer holidays

Controlled burns on grouse moors being carried out in the winter and subject to stringent regulation.

Burning complaints are "deliberate campaign of mis-information" says Moors group

The importance of soil health to growing food, promoting biodiversity and reducing carbon emissions will be investigated during a parliamentary inquiry launched this month.

Parliament launches inquiry into soil health

There is no excuse for pumping sewage into the sea during dry spells, an MP has said

'No excuse’ for sewage discharge into waterways in dry weather says Yorkshire MP

Data shows just 43 per cent of Key Stage 2 children in Scarborough and Whitby (pictured) achieved expected levels in reading, writing and maths, compared with 55.3 per cent across North Yorkshire and 58.7 per cent nationally.

Yorkshire coast schools see attainment standards drop since pandemic

Hundreds of parlour pots (lobster/crab pot) used for commercial fishing stacked along the harbour at Whitby, East Yorkshire.

Concerns over dumping more dredgings from the river Tees in the North Sea

Crab and Lobster pots stacked high on the quayside of Whitby harbour

Scarborough MP calls for dedicated fund for fishermen hit by mass die off
Scarborough MP Robert Goodwill has recommended a dedicated fund is set up to help shellfishermen affected by mass crab and lobster deaths off the Yorkshire coast.

The dead crustaceans began washing up on beaches in Yorkshire and the North East 12 months ago, and local fishermen claim their livelihoods are at risk because catches have been decimated.

Claims about what killed thousands of crabs will be 'cross examined' by MPs

The Queen: Yorkshire MPs pay tribute in Westminster Hall vigil

Scarborough's West Pier

Plans for boat hoist in Scarborough would be 'great benefit for Yorkshire coast'

The sewage pipe at Scarborough's North Bay

Sewage spilled into Yorkshire's waterways for 1.5m hours over last six years

Scarborough Council will decide on plans to regenerate the town's North Bay.

Scarborough Council set to approve North Bay masterplan

Sir Robert Goodwill, the new chairman of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, raised the issue in the House of Commons and said it “still has not gone away”.

Government told crab and lobster deaths in Yorkshire have 'not gone away'

Earlier this week, residents of Whitby, voted overwhelmingly in favour of having a ban on any new build properties being allowed to be sold for use as holiday and second homes, amid fears there are not enough pupils to keep schools open or workers to keep businesses going, with one local saying she had never seen as many begging notices for staff in shop windows.

Schools and businesses at risk as holiday homes crisis pushes away local people

The town of Whitby held a rare parish poll on Monday night which saw 93 per cent of those taking part agree to that any new build properties should be restricted to “full time local occupation”.

Government needs to do more on Whitby holiday lets crisis, admits local MP

Parliamentary portrait of Sir Robert Goodwill

Farmer MP Sir Robert Goodwill on the benefits of MPs with outside experience

Whitby harbour picture by James Hardisty.

Whitby's opportunity now hasn’t existed for 50 years - Yorkshire Post Letters

MP Robert Goodwill said he accepts the Prime Minister’s apology, after the Partygate scandal, and he thinks the country should “draw a line under it and move on”.

Tory MP said he stands by Boris Johnson after he asked voters for ‘alternatives’

Holiday homes in Whitby are a bone of contention.

Real Yorkshire people pushed out by halloumi-eating househunters - Sarah Todd

Whitby Civic Society, says that unless authorities get a grip on the balance between new housing, second homes and holiday lets the very thing that makes Whitby attractive to visitors will be lost.

Holiday lets and second homes making local life difficult in Whitby

Whitby

Yorkshire's coast must not be spoiled by second homes - The Yorkshire Post says

Pindar's former employees have rallied together to support one another following the mass sacking.

'Heartbreak' as historic firm makes hundreds of staff redundant without pay

Robert Goodwill, the MP for Scarborough and Whitby, is calling on the Government to relax planning rules so landowners can set up more pop-up campsites in places like North Yorkshire this summer without planning permission

Pop up campsites brought Yorkshire a £1 million tourism boost last summer

Under the current rules, commercial campsites can be set up without permission for 28 days of the year.

Government urged to relax pop up campsite rules to boost North Yorkshire tourism

Scarborough & Whitby MP Sir Robert Goodwill and Lord Downe of Dawnay Estates try out the new zipwire at North Yorkshire Water Park.

New zipline attraction to open at North Yorkshire Water Park this weekend

Transport for London is introducing the new buses to route 63 as it encourages more commuters to leave the car at home.

ADL manufactures all electric buses for Transport for London

The Brunswick centre in Scarborough.

Competition launched to design new public art installation in Scarborough

Dead crabs washed up in Saltburn

Yorkshire's fishermen 'need financial support' over mystery marine deaths

Sir Robert Goodwill has spoken about the ‘partygate’ row which has engulfed Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

MP Sir Robert Goodwill speaks out on the No 10 parties

Rural organisations have been lobbying for tougher penalties around poaching

"Long overdue" new measures to stamp out hare coursing welcomed

How could road charging be introduced? Scarborough MP Sir Robert Goodwill, a former roads minister, makes the case.

Road charging; how it can now be made to work – Sir Robert Goodwill

Whitby harbour. Picture: Tony Johnson.

Scarborough spending not value for money in Whitby - Yorkshire Post letters

Syima Aslam, co-founder of Bradford Literature Festival

Everyday heroes to be honoured by the Queen for selfless service in Yorkshire

Businesses in the Scarborough borough area, which includes Whitby, owe £450,000 to the Yorkshire Coast Business Improvement District

Yorkshire businesses could face court action over non-payment of tourism tax

Staithes is set to be on one of the new Yorkshire coastal routes Picture: Tony Johnson

Six North Coast 500-style driving routes to be launched in Yorkshire