SBC have a closet decision on Tuesday to adopt the Yorkshire Coastal Growth Plan:

http://democracy.scarborough.gov.uk/documents/s70270/8a%2016153%20Yorksh...

In short, Scarborough Borough, York, East Riding  & Ryedale will form a devolution area that will together with the North Bank Partnership (Hull) take a begging bowl to Govt. for economic support under the UK's  'Devolution' scheme. 

Whilst on the subject of Cows ... back in August there appeared a rather large hole in the County of Durham, alas my broomstick had its feathers clipped, and the extent of the damage to said hole is still up for exploration:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-28927743  "A giant sinkhole that has opened up on farmland in County Durham has continued to cause increasing concern as it threatens to get bigger, a landowner said.