This is the Coast

Could the North of England could play host to the Olympic and Paralympic Games for the first time? Northern mayors and leaders today set out a clear proposition for a future UK bid to be anchored in the North of England.

Members of the public have been praised for their efforts to save a man last night.

North Yorkshire's Chief Fire Officer has spoken about the importance of new equipment for the service.

The outgoing manager says he's gutted to be leaving Whitby, and has heaped praise on the staff and fans.

With Easter approaching, a brand-new series of Pilgrimage returns to BBC Two and iPlayer, featuring seven well-known personalities of different faiths and beliefs.

North Yorkshire Police say they want people from all walks of life to join up as special constables.

The incident involved a member of the door staff who was attacked with a glass bottle.

Deputy Mayor Jo Coles joined more than eighty partners to strengthen collaboration and support safer roads across York and North Yorkshire and beyond. 

The North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR), is celebrating National Apprenticeship Week 2026 (9th-15th February) by showcasing one of its Mechanical Apprentices.

A Yorkshire Coast town has applied for listed building consent for internal renovations.

Local government re-organisation was necessary, that's the message from North Yorkshire Council.

The Conservative and Independents group on North Yorkshire Council is having to give up 13 seats on the authority’s committees after its lost its majority.

Bad Bunny has made history by becoming the first Super Bowl half-time show headliner to perform entirely in Spanish - and to host a wedding during the performance.

A nursery worker in Bristol has been found guilty of multiple counts of rape and sexual assault against five toddlers - in a case described as "every parent's nightmare".

The face of a "vampire" whose remains were posthumously mutilated to prevent them rising from the dead can be seen for the first time in more than 400 years.

More than 100 flood warnings have been issued by the Environment Agency, as more heavy rain is forecast for Monday.

A white supremacist who killed 51 Muslim worshippers at two mosques in New Zealand in 2019 said on Monday that he was irrational when he pleaded guilty, as he sought to ⁠overturn his conviction.

Police have reportedly used pepper spray and tear gas as thousands of people held protests in Australia over the visit of Israeli president Isaac Herzog.

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has called for Sir Keir Starmer to step down as prime minister.

A man described by his own lawyer as a "useful idiot" who set fire to businesses as part of a gangland feud has been jailed for more than seven years.

A nursery worker in Bristol has been found guilty of multiple counts of rape and sexual assault against five toddlers - in a case described as "every parent's nightmare".

A father has been jailed for more than four years after he used social media to try and recruit a "battalion" of followers to kill non-whites when he became radicalised after his wife left him.

More than 100 flood warnings have been issued by the Environment Agency, as more heavy rain is forecast for Monday.

A man described by his own lawyer as a "useful idiot" who set fire to businesses as part of a gangland feud has been jailed for more than seven years.

In the end, the PM had little option.

One of Scotland's last surviving D-Day veterans has died aged 100.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a 19-year-old student.

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has called for Sir Keir Starmer to step down as prime minister.

The UK foreign secretary has said a 20-year jail term handed down by a Hong Kong court to pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai is "tantamount to a life sentence".

Yes, the wedding ceremony during Bad Bunny's historic Super Bowl half-time show - the first where a headliner performed entirely in Spanish - was genuine.

Prosecutors in France have been unable to tell which of a pair of identical twins on trial for murder pulled the trigger in a fatal shooting, because DNA found on a gun is a match to them both.

However you cut it, this is a one-woman story.

Bad Bunny has made history by becoming the first Super Bowl halftime show headliner to perform entirely in Spanish - and to host a wedding during the performance.

Mystery surrounds the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of US TV host Savannah Guthrie.

US TV news host Savannah Guthrie has told the potential kidnappers of her 84-year-old mother that her family "will pay" for her safe return.

Neil Young has cancelled his upcoming UK tour and other dates in Europe with rock band The Chrome Hearts.

Anthropic, one of the biggest and most influential tech companies in the world, is launching a new model: Claude Opus 4.6.

Police have caught a man juggling fire while riding a unicycle on a pedestrian crossing.

The UK foreign secretary has said a 20-year jail term handed down by a Hong Kong court to pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai is "tantamount to a life sentence".

For those wishing to understand the Starmer project, it is hard to overstate how crucial a role Morgan McSweeney played.