This is the Coast

North Yorkshire Council has green-lit a £350,000 investment to double the capacity of Westway Boxing Club in Eastfield, securing a state-of-the-art facility for the community.

West End star Lee Mead and Coronation Street actress Katie McGlynn will headline this year's magical production of Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood at the Scarborough Spa Theatre.

Yorkshire Water has reassured residents that a faulty monitoring device at a combined sewer overflow station in Scarborough, which incorrectly reported discharges, has been repaired.

Harbours in Scarborough, Whitby, and Filey are leading the way in marine safety after successfully meeting strict new national regulations ahead of many other UK ports.

North Yorkshire Police have arrested two people and seized drugs and cash following the execution of two warrants at separate addresses in Filey.

The popular Moorsbus service has returned for the 2026 season with an extended timetable, offering residents in the East Riding and Hull expanded opportunities to explore the North York Moors.

A new £100,000 funding pot has been launched to support youth projects, community groups, and charities across the East Riding.

Bridlington Town Football Club have announced the permanent signing of nineteen-year-old former Scarborough Athletic midfielder Billy Marshall as they target a play-off push.

The reopening of 'Danger Bank', a key route linking Whitby to Ruswarp, has been delayed until 2027 following further extensive winter slippage, prompting disappointment from local representatives.

Yorkshire Water is working with the Environment Agency to accelerate investment in coastal resorts, aiming to significantly reduce sewage spills and improve bathing water quality ahead of schedule.

Yorkshire Water's Manager of Strategic Partnerships has provided an update on efforts to tackle water quality issues at Scalby Beck.

Alison Hume MP is encouraging young people and employers across Scarborough and Whitby to take advantage of measures, introduced by the Labour Government, designed to help those not in work build careers.

A jury has heard how a teenage boy on trial for the murder of a nine-year-old girl in Somerset told a group young people that he had to get away from "the police... everything".

Jess Phillips says she would not have resigned if Sir Keir Starmer had announced an under-16s social media ban earlier.

A woman has appeared in court for the first time in connection with a car crash in the grounds of a primary school in 2023 that left two eight-year-old girls dead.

Prince George will attend the £63,000-per-year Eton College from September, Kensington Palace has confirmed.

Naomi Campbell has arrived at a tribunal hearing to appeal a five-year ban on her being a charity trustee.

A man who chopped down a village Christmas tree that had stood for more than a decade as a war memorial has avoided jail.

The number of Ebola infections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is likely far higher than official figures, Oxfam has warned, due to lack of clean water and sanitation.

A row has broken out over the future of Dartmoor's ponies, with warnings livestock owners may be forced to cull them to hit biodiversity goals.

A woman has appeared in court for the first time in connection with a car crash in the grounds of a primary school in 2023 that left two eight-year-old girls dead.

A jury has heard how a teenage boy on trial for the murder of a nine-year-old girl in Somerset told a group young people that he had to get away from "the police... everything".

Three conmen have been sentenced after defrauding a 83-year-old out of most of her life savings in a plot which targeted vulnerable people.

A row has broken out over the future of Dartmoor's ponies, with warnings livestock owners may be forced to cull them to hit biodiversity goals.

Prince George will attend the £63,000-per-year Eton College from September, Kensington Palace has confirmed.

Jess Phillips says she would not have resigned if Sir Keir Starmer had announced an under-16s social media ban earlier.

A man who chopped down a village Christmas tree that had stood for more than a decade as a war memorial has avoided jail.

Naomi Campbell has arrived at a tribunal hearing to appeal a five-year ban on her being a charity trustee.

The Iran "deal" is a tacit admission of strategic defeat by the Trump administration and of a failure to achieve nearly all of his war aims.

The number of Ebola infections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is likely far higher than official figures, Oxfam has warned, due to lack of clean water and sanitation.

The stepson of Norway's Crown Prince Haakon has been jailed for two rapes - including one in the basement of his family's home.

Sky News has obtained exclusive images that demonstrate illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank were being advertised at a controversial property show that attracted large protests in London on Sunday.

Naomi Campbell has arrived at a tribunal hearing to appeal a five-year ban on her being a charity trustee.

Roger Cook, the pioneering investigative reporter who built a career confronting criminals face-to-face on camera and challenging them on their own doorstep, has died aged 83.

US musician Oliver Tree is believed to be among six people dead after a mid-air collision between two helicopters in Rio de Janeiro.

A US Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into the proposed Paramount Skydance acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has determined the merger is not likely to harm competition in the industry or be harmful to consumers.

How did the light-emitting diode change the world? And, come to mention it, might it perversely actually prompt us to puff more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere?

The number of Ebola infections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is likely far higher than official figures, Oxfam has warned, due to lack of clean water and sanitation.

The sister of murdered MP Jo Cox has warned against people being pushed "towards the extremes", as she marks the 10th anniversary of her death.

Roblox has revealed new safety measures, just as the government announces it will ban under-16s from social media and potentially some gaming platforms… like Roblox.