PICKERING youngsters have been given new hope that they may get a skateboard park.

The town council agreed this week to accept responsibility for the management of such a park if the go-ahead is given to create one.

Councillor Natalie Warriner, the town mayor, said: "The council will be involved if it becomes a reality. But funding is not yet in place for the project.

"However, I hope that if it is established, the young people will channel their energies into it.

"I am sure it will be of great benefit to them."

She said that consultation and negotiation was still being carried out for the venture.