This is the Coast

A major restoration project has secured the future of Whitby's historic Old Town Hall, bringing the eighteenth-century landmark back into public use with a refurbished first floor for community events and a returning outdoor market.

Up to sixteen children with special educational needs will benefit from tailored support closer to home as a new purpose-built facility opens at a Scarborough primary school this September.

Supermarkets are facing pressure to stop selling disposable barbecues after a severe fire broke out in woodland on the outskirts of Scarborough.

SeaGrown Ltd has submitted plans to convert a coastal farm shop and café at Flatts Farm into a new research and cultivation hub, which could create up to 25 jobs.

A Yorkshire Coast MP and the GMB Union have welcomed new government procurement rules that prioritise job creation over environmental targets, though green groups warn the shift should not come at the expense of nature.

A body believed to be that of a missing 13-year-old boy has been recovered from the water following a major multi-agency search operation off the coast of Hornsea.

Two people have sustained minor injuries after being bitten by a dangerously out-of-control dog in East Ayton.

A £119,500 strategy to manage urban gulls through enhanced street cleaning, gull-proof sacks, and potential food waste collections has been approved for the North Yorkshire Coast.

As a new urban gull strategy is approved for the North Yorkshire coast a report says historic attempts to manage urban gulls through nest removals and building deterrents have largely failed to reduce populations and often caused severe harm to the birds.

Christmas is coming early to the Yorkshire Coast as the popular Bridmas Day returns to Bridlington with a host of festive activities in the middle of summer.

Proposals by The Treasury in Whitby to reinstate its outdoor seating area have divided opinions in the town between pedestrian safety concerns and support for local business.

Grieving families in Scarborough will continue to have access to local services after a £2.5 million plan to replace ageing crematorium equipment was approved.

A drone carrying an explosive device has been found at a German airport after reports of a flying object closed both runways.

A man has appeared in court charged with murder following the death of a nine-year-old girl who was found seriously injured at an industrial estate in Angus.

A teenager has been found guilty of murdering a 16-year-old boy at a train station over a £20 drug debt.

A man who raped a woman while she slept in her caravan after the Royal Windsor Horse Show has been jailed for more than eight years.

A fugitive wanted by police in Scotland over alleged sexual offences committed between 2012 and 2022 has been arrested in Madrid, Sky News understands.

Bangladesh's ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina has announced plans to return to her country from exile despite facing a death sentence over a bloody crackdown on protesters in 2024.

Robotaxis are set to debut on the streets of London after Wayve was granted minicab licences by Transport for London (TfL).

A man has appeared in court charged with murder following the death of a nine-year-old girl who was found seriously injured at an industrial estate in Angus.

A fugitive wanted by police in Scotland over alleged sexual offences committed between 2012 and 2022 has been arrested in Madrid, Sky News understands.

A teenager has been found guilty of murdering a 16-year-old boy at a train station over a £20 drug debt.

A man who raped a woman while she slept in her caravan after the Royal Windsor Horse Show has been jailed for more than eight years.

A legal challenge brought by the families of more babies allegedly harmed by serial killer nurse Lucy Letby has failed.

England, famously described two centuries ago as a "green and pleasant land" by the poet William Blake, is today a sickly yellow after a dire lack of rain.

A man who tried to murder his estranged wife in a knife attack as she made her way to a doctor's appointment with their daughter in a buggy has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years.

Robotaxis are set to debut on the streets of London after Wayve was granted minicab licences by Transport for London (TfL).

A drone carrying an explosive device has been found at a German airport after reports of a flying object closed both runways.

Bangladesh's ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina has announced plans to return to her country from exile despite facing a death sentence over a bloody crackdown on protesters in 2024.

A fugitive wanted by police in Scotland over alleged sexual offences committed between 2012 and 2022 has been arrested in Madrid, Sky News understands.

A British woman has died weeks after being rescued from Spanish wildfires, which left her partner and her in hospital with "devastating injuries".

Star Wars: A New Hope, the first film released in the popular franchise, has been dubbed into the Welsh language for the first time. 

Gary Glitter has appeared in court charged with sexual offences dating back to the 1970s against a young girl.

Perez Hilton has been taken to hospital in Miami after reports he livestreamed himself self-harming, police have said.

Stars and fans of Irish music have gathered in Dublin for the funeral of Oscar-winning musician Glen Hansard.

Robotaxis are set to debut on the streets of London after Wayve was granted minicab licences by Transport for London (TfL).

Elon Musk has predicted that his Starlink system could deliver a majority of the world's internet within 10 years.

A man has appeared in court charged with murder following the death of a nine-year-old girl who was found seriously injured at an industrial estate in Angus.

Dividing lines between victim groups, fears about prisons becoming full again by Christmas, and concerns that these changes will lead to "inevitable mistakes" – probably not the intended outcomes of the prime minister's urgent review on early release, but that's the reality.