This is the Coast

Spectators attending day two of the County Championship cricket match in Scarborough are being encouraged to wear pink and purple to support St Catherine's Hospice.

Officers on their routine patrols spotted a vehicle being driven on the A164, Skidby roundabout just before 2am on Thursday morning, reportedly observing it being driven erratically and almost colliding with the central barrier and traffic cones.  

North Yorkshire Police say the B1249 Staxton Hill is closed due to a road traffic collision and is expected to remain closed for some time.

Fraudsters claiming to be from New Scotland Yard are targeting people across North Yorkshire in a sophisticated telephone scam designed to steal cash, valuables, and bank details.

Reform-led Scarborough Town Council approved a revised 2026-27 budget which reshaped spending priorities while leaving the authority’s £380,000 precept unchanged at a meeting on Tuesday, August 25.

A historic Scarborough leisure venue has been successfully nominated as an asset of community value.

There were 244 reported beatings in East Yorkshire last year, a 47% rise. 

Alison Hume, the MP for Scarborough and Whitby and Scarborough Mayor Thomas Murray, have joined dozens of residents in objecting to Homemore’s applications to officially designate The Redcliffe Hotel and The Lodge in Scarborough as mixed-use emergency accommodation and hotel sites.

Brid take on the same opponent twice in 3 days over bank holiday, just 48 hours on from a last gasp victory.

Pikes are back at Mill Lane on Friday evening.

Whitby Town have brought former defender Alex White back to the club in a move designed to add experience and stability to their defence.

Richard Flinton, the chief executive of North Yorkshire Council, will step down from the role as the council’s most senior officer at the end of March next year following a local government career that has spanned almost 40 years in North Yorkshire.

More than 200 extra officers have been drafted in to help Cleveland Police after multiple violent incidents across Middlesbrough.

European football's governing body UEFA is preparing to bring criminal proceedings against FIFA President Gianni Infantino over the attempt to sell shares in the World Cup to private investors, according to legal filings obtained by Sky News.

Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general convicted of genocide, has died.

More than 100 companies have written an open letter calling for collective action to strengthen cyber defences amid a rise in AI-enabled cyber attacks.

A major government-backed operation has cleared more than 22,000 tonnes of illegally dumped waste from a site in Oxfordshire, the Environment Agency (EA) has said.

Customer data has been stolen after a cyber attack targeting three UK airports including Manchester and Stansted.

Peter Cullen, who voiced characters in Winnie the Pooh and Transformers, has died aged 85, his agent and family have confirmed.

A father and son have died after falling into a slurry tank on a farm in Cheshire.

More than 200 extra officers have been drafted in to help Cleveland Police after multiple violent incidents across Middlesbrough.

A major government-backed operation has cleared more than 22,000 tonnes of illegally dumped waste from a site in Oxfordshire, the Environment Agency (EA) has said.

A father and son have died after falling into a slurry tank on a farm in Cheshire.

A British man has become the first person in the world to have a brain tumour removed via AI-assisted surgery.

A chemistry teacher has been found guilty of having sexual relationships with two pupils at an all-boys school in the late 1980s.

An inquest has opened into the death of a British woman who became trapped in a wildfire while on holiday in Spain.

Colman's, the quintessentially English mustard brand founded more than 200 years ago, is being put up for sale following owner Unilever's landmark decision to offload its food operations for $15.7bn (£11.6bn).

Customer data has been stolen after a cyber attack targeting three UK airports including Manchester and Stansted.

Peter Cullen, who voiced characters in Winnie the Pooh and Transformers, has died aged 85, his agent and family have confirmed.

More than 100 companies have written an open letter calling for collective action to strengthen cyber defences amid a rise in AI-enabled cyber attacks.

European football's governing body UEFA is preparing to bring criminal proceedings against FIFA President Gianni Infantino over the attempt to sell shares in the World Cup to private investors, according to legal filings obtained by Sky News.

Donald Trump has said he will rename Lake Ontario as ⁠Lake America in the US following the escalating trade war with Canada.

Peter Cullen, who voiced characters in Winnie the Pooh and Transformers, has died aged 85, his agent and family have confirmed.

Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, known for her polka dot art, has died aged 97.

Dame Jenni Murray died days after she was involved in a car crash which happened when she was dazzled by headlights, an inquest was told.

Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, has died at the age of 80.

The numbers are moving in the wrong direction. 

A British man has become the first person in the world to have a brain tumour removed via AI-assisted surgery.

More than 200 extra officers have been drafted in to help Cleveland Police after multiple violent incidents across Middlesbrough.

European football's governing body UEFA is preparing to bring criminal proceedings against FIFA President Gianni Infantino over the attempt to sell shares in the World Cup to private investors, according to legal filings obtained by Sky News.