​Scarborough Town Councillors have ruled out paying more than £20,000 for repairs to the Westborough-Newborough clock following a request from the town’s civic society. ​According to Historic England, the electric clock at 86 Newborough, Scarborough, dates from 1988. ​The ownership of the clock is unknown, councillors were told, and North Yorkshire Council was planning on removing it over concerns about a health and safety risk, when Scarborough Civic Society stepped in to try and save it. ​“We do have a budget for the transfer of services from North Yorkshire Council to Scarborough Town Council, but we don’t know what those costs are yet because there hasn’t been a dialogue with NYC to know exactly what we are taking on. ​“It’s not an outright no, we need to look at the other costs of the transfer from North Yorkshire.”