This is the Coast

Whitby’s Member of Parliament, Alison Hume, has criticised the town’s poor rail connectivity to Middlesbrough, comparing the lack of investment unfavourably to other seaside towns despite rising passenger numbers.

Mayor David Skaith has hailed the rapid progress of the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority over the last year, as a new report reveals £124 million was deployed to support businesses, housing, and transport across the region.

Scarborough Athletic will return to the Scarborough Sports Village after a year away with a pre-season friendly against Barnsley.

A new ten-year strategy aimed at overcoming significant challenges and capitalising on opportunities in tourism and offshore wind for Scarborough, Whitby, and Filey harbours is set to be approved by North Yorkshire Council.

Yorkshire Water has begun surveying the Sandybed area of Scarborough ahead of constructing a new service reservoir to improve the resilience of the local drinking water supply.

The legendary steam locomotive 'Tornado', famous for reaching 100mph and starring in Paddington 2, is set to return to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway this summer with services departing from Pickering.

Whitby Town have bolstered their squad for the 2026/27 campaign with the signing of experienced central midfielder Sam Kay from Pontefract Collieries.

Councillors have debated whether a new vehicle registration system at North Yorkshire's household waste recycling centres could spark an increase in illegal fly-tipping.

Scarborough and Whitby MP Alison Hume has challenged the Prime Minister on educational attainment on the Yorkshire Coast, securing backing for the 'Mission Coastal' initiative.

The mayor of Scarborough has stated he is not fundamentally opposed to fracking if it avoids impacting local communities, despite recently opposing a controversial gas drilling rig in Burniston.

Whilst most players have re-signed, last season's top scorer Stephen Walker departs, alongside Richie Bennett and Bill Marshall

Drug offences on the North Yorkshire coast have surged by over 30 per cent in the past year, a rise police attribute to increased proactive stop and searches.

A man who killed his partner by stabbing her 31 times before blowing up their home has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 23 years.

Temperatures could hit 30C again over the coming weekend, just two weeks after a record-breaking heatwave, the Met Office said.

Japanese authorities have captured a bear following a multi-day search that saw nearly 100 schools close.

A man who grabbed a young woman's hair on the train and said "can I kiss you" is the first to be sentenced under new sex-based harassment laws.

A fifth person has been charged in connection with the alleged Hatzola ambulance arson in Golders Green.

A pro-European party has won Armenia's election, despite what watchdogs called blatant "interference" and "pressure" by Russia.

The prime minister has condemned the "abhorrent scenes of violence" after a knife attack in Belfast led to the arrest of a man in his 30s.

Temperatures could hit 30C again over the coming weekend, just two weeks after a record-breaking heatwave, the Met Office said.

A man who killed his partner by stabbing her 31 times before blowing up their home has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 23 years.

A man who grabbed a young woman's hair on the train and said "can I kiss you" is the first to be sentenced under new sex-based harassment laws.

The England and Wales Cricket Board is investigating "a breach of team protocols" following the first Test against New Zealand.

A fifth person has been charged in connection with the alleged Hatzola ambulance arson in Golders Green.

A children's home manager who sexually abused girls and boys in his care during an 18-year "regime of fear" has walked free, after a judge's decision that has left his victims furious.

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Japanese authorities have captured a bear following a multi-day search that saw nearly 100 schools close.

A pro-European party has won Armenia's election, despite what watchdogs called blatant "interference" and "pressure" by Russia.

Christian Eriksen is back at home and "doing well" after the Denmark footballer's collapse on the pitch during a friendly with Ukraine on Sunday.

A singer-songwriter who worked with Dua Lipa, Britney Spears and Zendaya has died aged 35 after he was stabbed in east London.

Former Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow has revealed his Alzheimer's disease diagnosis.

Anthony Head, the British actor best known for his roles in Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Ted Lasso, has died at the age of 72.

Kanya King, the founder of the MOBO Awards, has died aged 57 after "a courageous and characteristically determined battle with colon cancer", the MOBO Organisation said.

Researchers have found changes in the structure of lymph nodes which could help identify people at a higher or lower risk of breast cancer spreading.

The UK has been holding talks with Iran over a British couple jailed in Tehran, says Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy, as he addressed a proposed prisoner swap.

A top Somali referee will not officiate at the World Cup after being denied entry into the US.

A former victims minister has delivered a letter to Number 10 Downing Street calling on the prime minister to meet with survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse.