A LONG-running skateboard saga has resurfaced with the revival of plans for a dedicated site for enthusiasts.

About 50 youngsters packed into Northallerton town council to press their case for a permanent base for their sport.

Currently the youngsters, with the permission of the district council, use the car park in the Applegarth, but the site was only ever meant to be a temporary solution.

The town council has decided to revive a scheme drawn up three years ago for a skateboard area in the Bullamoor Memorial park.

A special surface was laid at a cost of £6,000 but Hambleton District Council which leases the site to the town refused to allow the town council sub-let it. As a result no further progress has been made, although the site is still available for skateboarders' use.

Now however, the town council is making a new approach to Hambleton for permission to issue a sub-lease for the Bullamoor site.

Deputy mayor Jack Dobson said: "It was the town council that first tried to help skateboarders get a site of their own after their requests had been turned down elsewhere.

"We are still committed to developing a site for them and believe Bullamoor is the best option."