Yorkshire Coast News
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Yorkshire Beaches Honoured with Prestigious 2025 Blue Flag and Seaside Awards
Beaches along the Yorkshire coast are celebrating after receiving a total of 13 prestigious awards from environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy in their annual Blue Flag and Seaside Awards programme for 2025.
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Overnight Closures on A64 This Week
Part of the A64 will be closed overnight on Thursday and Friday.
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Scarborough's New Town Council Holds First Meeting
The newly formed Scarborough Town Council held its first meeting last night following the elections of councillors earlier this month.
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Missing Sleights Man Found
Police say a missing man from Sleights has now been found.
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£100k Ukulele Group to Play for Scarborough Rotary Charity Event
The Thornton Le Dale Ukuleles are set to perform at a fundraising event hosted by Scarborough Rotary Club tonight to raise funds for Westway Open Arms.
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Board Chair Sought to Help Shape Scarborough’s Future
A team of residents, businesses and stakeholders who will help shape Scarborough’s future over the next decade are welcoming applications for the role of board chair.
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Environment Agency Resumes Water Quality Testing as Bathing Season gets Underway
The bathing water season has officially started (Thursday 15 May 2025), marking the beginning of rigorous testing of water quality from the Environment Agency at bathing sites.
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Driver Of Car Which Entered The Sea At Scarborough Harbour Has Died
North Yorkshire Police say the 70 year old local man had been in a critical condition in hospital since the incident last Thursday evening.
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Whitby Town Sign Winger
Whitby Town have completed the signing of winger James Harrison
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£200k Boost for Scarborough To Bring New Technology and New Landmark to the Town Centre
A new hi-tech street cleaning machine should be in use in Scarborough by July as part of improvements to the town centre which is also to get a new landmark large scale mural.
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Whitby Chocolate Festival Plans Progressing
Whitby is set to host its first-ever chocolate festival in November to raise funds for the town's defibrillator project.
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£10m Programme Helping People Back into Work Launches in North Yorkshire
A major programme to help people in York and North Yorkshire with health conditions return to work has begun.
Top Stories
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Hamas confirms direct peace talks with US - as it calls on Trump to 'pressure' Israel
A spokesperson for Hamas has confirmed the militant group is in direct talks with the United States over peace in Gaza, adding that it believes Donald Trump can help broker a deal.
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Bank worker and brother who murdered drug dealer in 'ferocious' knife attack are jailed
A brother and sister have been jailed for the murder of a drug dealer in a "ferocious" knife attack.
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'Our school is destroyed': At the scene of the mosque hit by an Indian missile strike
Through long, winding roads, we weave through a wonderland. A place of intense beauty, with wide valleys, rushing rivers and terraced hills. The roads are brimming with hand-painted trucks, slowed only by the occasional herd of goats stopping traffic.
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TikTok influencer shot dead during livestream in Mexico
A Mexican social media influencer was shot dead during a TikTok livestream, authorities said.
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Woman's testimony from beyond the grave helps to convict rapist Steven Connery
A "despicable" rapist has been brought to justice and jailed for 10 years in part thanks to a woman's testimony from beyond the grave.
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Police hunt for teenagers seen 'carrying dismembered kittens in duffel bag'
Police investigating after two kittens were tortured and killed in west London have published CCTV pictures of a pair of teenagers they want to speak to.
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Police fear mother might abandon fourth baby but close in on her location
Police have said they are doing "everything we possibly can" to find the mother of three babies abandoned in London over a seven-year period – amid fears a fourth child may be found.
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Victim watchdog 'struggling to understand' prisoner recall policy change, Sky News learns
The watchdog representing victims is "genuinely struggling to understand" government changes to prisoner recall release policy, expressing concern for "victim and wider public safety."
National News
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UK economy grows more than expected, according to official figures
The UK economy showed strong growth in the first three months of the year, according to official figures.
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Assisted dying law 'unworkable, unaffordable and naive', says partnership of UK's leading social care groups
A partnership of the country's leading social care and end of life organisations has told Sky News of their deep frustration at being excluded from important discussions around the assisted dying debate - describing the proposed change to the law as "unworkable, unaffordable and naive".
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NHS waiting list increases for first time in seven months
The number of appointments for patients waiting for NHS treatments in England increased by nearly 19,000, to 7.42 million in March up from 7.4 million in February.
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Trial of man accused of murdering couple and stuffing remains in suitcase collapses
The jury trying a man accused of murdering a couple before taking some of their remains in suitcases to the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol has been discharged.
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Bank worker and brother who murdered drug dealer in 'ferocious' knife attack are jailed
A brother and sister have been jailed for the murder of a drug dealer in a "ferocious" knife attack.
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Woman's testimony from beyond the grave helps to convict rapist Steven Connery
A "despicable" rapist has been brought to justice and jailed for 10 years in part thanks to a woman's testimony from beyond the grave.
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Police fear mother might abandon fourth baby but close in on her location
Police have said they are doing "everything we possibly can" to find the mother of three babies abandoned in London over a seven-year period – amid fears a fourth child may be found.
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Man charged with animal cruelty as remains of 37 dogs are found in Essex raid
A 25-year-old man has been charged with multiple offences after police found the remains of 37 dogs at an address in Essex.
World News
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Hamas confirms direct peace talks with US - as it calls on Trump to 'pressure' Israel
A spokesperson for Hamas has confirmed the militant group is in direct talks with the United States over peace in Gaza, adding that it believes Donald Trump can help broker a deal.
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Iran 'ready to make nuclear concessions' - as Trump asks for Qatar's help getting a deal
A top Iranian official has said the country is prepared to make a number of concessions related to its nuclear programme, in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions.
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'Our school is destroyed': At the scene of the mosque hit by an Indian missile strike
Through long, winding roads, we weave through a wonderland. A place of intense beauty, with wide valleys, rushing rivers and terraced hills. The roads are brimming with hand-painted trucks, slowed only by the occasional herd of goats stopping traffic.
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Ben & Jerry's co-founder arrested after US Capitol Gaza protest
The co-founder of Ben & Jerry's has been arrested after disrupting a Senate hearing with a pro-Gaza protest.
Entertainment News
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Gary Lineker apologises for 'Zionism' re-post featuring image of rat
Gary Lineker has "apologised unreservedly" for a social media re-post featuring a rat, saying he would "never knowingly share anything antisemitic".
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Menendez brothers are one step closer to being released - what happens next?
The Menendez brothers, who were sentenced to life for killing their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion in 1989, are now eligible to be released from prison for the first time after being resentenced.
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Kim Kardashian feared she was going to die during Paris heist - and tells robber she forgives him
Kim Kardashian has told a court she feared she would be raped and killed during an armed robbery in her Paris hotel room in 2016.
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Kim Kardashian's Paris robbery trial: Everything you need to know
In October 2016, Kim Kardashian was robbed at gunpoint - with jewellery worth millions of dollars stolen during the audacious heist in Paris.
Video
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Hamas confirms direct peace talks with US - as it calls on Trump to 'pressure' Israel
A spokesperson for Hamas has confirmed the militant group is in direct talks with the United States over peace in Gaza, adding that it believes Donald Trump can help broker a deal.
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Canadians 'weren't impressed' by second UK state visit for Trump, Mark Carney says
Canadians "weren't impressed" by the decision of the UK government to offer Donald Trump an unprecedented second state visit to the UK, the country's prime minister has told Sky News.
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'I felt I couldn't keep my baby safe': Warning of heat impact on pregnant women and newborns
Experts are warning about the dangerous impacts of heatwaves on pregnant women and newborn babies in the UK, as new research finds they are sweltering through twice as many dangerously hot days.
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Leaked recording reveals top Tory knew of flaws in post-Brexit plan to return illegal migrants
One of Kemi Badenoch's top team has admitted there were flaws in the plan to return illegal migrants after Brexit, Sky News can reveal.