The craft fair is to help raise funds towards a new Mencap Centre in Scarborough which has been costed at £1.2 million.

The charity-run lifeboat service used the rescue as an opportunity to urge the public to take care along the coast. “Please remember: tide times can catch you out faster than expected,” they warned.

A drug dealer has been jailed for 11 years after being snared by police teamwork in Scarborough along with crucial support from the North Yorkshire Drug Analysis Project.