A TOP level team of business, voluntary and civic leaders has been set up at Scarborough, to devise plans for the long-term future of the town.

Leading planning consultant John Thompson said: "It is not enough to say that millions should be spent on every problem in the town. The Government says there has to be agreement on the future direction of Scarborough."

The town has recently been given Urban Renaissance Town status by the Government's regional development agency, Yorkshire Forward.