This is the Coast

Senior councillors at North Yorkshire Council have formally supported plans to designate the Yorkshire Wolds as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The Scarborough community is preparing to lace up its football boots once again to raise vital funds for Motor Neurone Disease (MND) research and support.

Boro are appealing for supporters to pack the Mounting Systems Stadium on Saturday.

The Blues go to Warrington Town with a new German midfielder and just two points keeping out of the NPL Premier relegation zone.

Yorkshire Water is investing £1.8 million to upgrade the Staithes wastewater pumping station with larger pumps and renewed pipework to improve overall network reliability and environmental impact.

Plans to turn a former hotel car park in a prime area of Scarborough into a temporary public car park have been officially rejected by the council.

Whitby Town Football Club has announced the signing of three promising young players on loan from Sunderland's Academy to strengthen their squad for the remainder of the season.

Plans to purchase a new council office in Scarborough can proceed despite objections after a special scrutiny committee voted down a motion to halt the scheme.

Newly released pictures have revealed the unacceptable and uncivilised conditions at Scarborough Town Hall, prompting North Yorkshire Council to push forward with purchasing a new office space.

Plans to dual the A64 between York and Scarborough have been left out of the Government's latest Road Investment Strategy, despite a multi-billion pound funding announcement for the region's transport network.

Bridlington Town has confirmed that Michael Coulson is leaving the club following a mutual agreement to terminate his contract so he can pursue a new opportunity in a promotion race.

Fire crews were called to Gristhorpe between Scarborough & Filey after lightning struck a telegraph pole, causing a power surge.

An Afghan asylum seeker has been jailed for 15 years after abducting and raping a 12-year-old girl in Nuneaton.

Pro-Iranian hackers say they've infiltrated the account of FBI director Kash Patel after posting his personal photos and documents online.

A Russian convicted of assaulting a woman in an attack witnessed by Donald Trump's youngest son has been jailed for four years

Detectives investigating the late former Harrods boss Mohamed al Fayed have questioned a man over allegations of human trafficking and facilitating rape.

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A 16-year-old boy who joined a banned far-right group and researched a synagogue has been jailed for three-and-a-half years for a series of terror offences.

A former SNP council leader has been found guilty of preying on young men and boys.

Cards on the table, when I first read a story heavily suggesting the theft of Morgan McSweeney's mobile phone was somehow connected to requests for messages about Lord Mandelson, I thought to myself: that is an absurd conspiracy theory.

An Afghan asylum seeker has been jailed for 15 years after abducting and raping a 12-year-old girl in Nuneaton.

Police carrying out an investigation into the late former Harrods boss Mohamed al Fayed have questioned a man over allegations of human trafficking and facilitating rape.

A former SNP council leader has been found guilty of preying on young men and boys.

Detectives investigating the murder of a woman who was found dead by a canal more than 30 years ago have made a fresh appeal for help to find who killed her.

A sapling from the deliberately felled Sycamore Gap tree has been planted in a Scottish national park.

The UK and its NATO allies in Europe must prepare for a "worst case scenario" of the US not defending them in a crisis, an influential committee of peers and MPs has warned.

A 16-year-old boy who joined a banned far-right group and researched a synagogue has been jailed for three-and-a-half years for a series of terror offences.

Military intelligence specialists from the Ministry of Defence have been helping in the painstaking search for the remains of a mother and son who were murdered nearly 50 years ago.

Pro-Iranian hackers say they've infiltrated the account of FBI director Kash Patel after posting his personal photos and documents online.

Dubai has been hit by overnight flooding after "intense downpours" hit several cities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), prompting officials to issue warnings.

A friend of the gang-rape victim who died by euthanasia turned up at the Spanish hospital an hour before her death, hoping to convince her to live.

The UK and its NATO allies in Europe must prepare for a "worst case scenario" of the US not defending them in a crisis, an influential committee of peers and MPs has warned.

The Oscars ceremony is leaving Hollywood, organisers have announced.

First a Grammy, then the Brits - now singer-songwriter Olivia Dean is queen of the MOBO Awards, picking up three of the top prizes.

The family of a musician who was seriously injured in a racist attack have criticised the police's handling of the investigation, saying there have been "multiple failings" in communication.

A woman charged with the attempted murder of Rihanna following a shooting at the singer's home has pleaded not guilty.

Hundreds of British teenagers are set to take part in a trial to find out how effective a ban or restrictions on social media would be. 

Green MPs have written to Ed Miliband demanding he set out plans to decouple electricity prices from gas, after Sky News revealed he was "looking into" the policy.

An Afghan asylum seeker has been jailed for 15 years after abducting and raping a 12-year-old girl in Nuneaton.

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