This is the Coast

A Scarborough councillor has expressed frustration over a perceived lack of financial ambition from North Yorkshire Council for the town's 400th anniversary celebrations compared to its investment in the Tour of Britain cycle race.

Hull and East Yorkshire Mayor Luke Campbell has defended his progress on public transport after being challenged over the lack of discounted youth travel in rural and coastal areas.

New figures reveal that the Scarborough and Whitby area has the highest relative crime rate in North Yorkshire, prompting targeted police operations to tackle retail offences and anti-social behaviour.

Local councillors in Whitby have unanimously backed Anglo American's proposals to remove production limits and redesign key infrastructure at its Woodsmith polyhalite mine.

A new £1.2 million domestic tourism campaign aimed at boosting year-round visits to coastal towns has been welcomed by North Yorkshire MPs, alongside calls for a licensing system for short-term holiday lets to protect local communities.

Alan and Betty Grundy are celebrating sixty years of marriage alongside Alan's remarkable sixty-year tenure as Ringing Master at St Laurence’s Church.

A woman whose grandfather was rescued from the tragic 1914 wreck of the hospital ship Rohilla has donated a handmade maritime quilt to the Friends of Whitby Lifeboat.

Two North Yorkshire MPs have launched a joint campaign demanding an urgent safety review of the A64 Barton Hill junction after a constituent was involved in a serious collision.

North Yorkshire Council has unveiled revised £15 million regeneration plans for Scarborough's West Pier to balance its future as a working harbour and a popular visitor destination.

A pioneering £100,000 pilot programme in North Yorkshire is using the region's national parks to improve mental and physical health, securing a further £550,000 to expand its green social prescribing model.

The National Coastwatch Institution has applied to keep its vital life-saving mobile lookout trailer on Filey's Royal Parade for an additional two years.

A new report has highlighted significant disparities in educational standards and severe financial pressures facing smaller rural schools in the Scarborough and Whitby area.

The three Royal Navy service members who died in a helicopter crash in Devon on Wednesday have been named.

A man in his 50s is in a serious condition in hospital after being shot with a crossbow on a University of Surrey student accommodation site.

A driver who hit and killed a teenage boy while targeting e-bike riders has been jailed for life, with a minimum term of 30 years.

A former police officer falsely identified by the Grok AI tool as being involved in the arrest of Henry Nowak has been forced to move to a safehouse.

Sir Keir Starmer has backed a Labour MP who is suing Elon Musk's xAI, saying the Grok chatbot was used to create fake images of her in a bikini.

The SNP has "opened up discussions" with HM Revenue and Customs amid concerns Peter Murrell's embezzlement may have led to illegal VAT claims, John Swinney has confirmed.

A Sherpa guide has crawled back to base camp on Mount Everest a week after going missing.

A teenager has been jailed for at least 17 years after he stabbed a man to death just months after slashing another victim with a knife.

The three Royal Navy service members who died in a helicopter crash in Devon on Wednesday have been named.

A man in his 50s is in a serious condition in hospital after being shot with a crossbow on a University of Surrey student accommodation site.

A driver who hit and killed a teenage boy while targeting e-bike riders has been jailed for life, with a minimum term of 30 years.

Lawyers for one of Europe's top "mafia bosses" have accused law enforcement of "kidnapping" the fugitive as part of an international underworld extradition saga.

Sir Keir Starmer has backed a Labour MP who is suing Elon Musk's xAI, saying the Grok chatbot was used to create fake images of her in a bikini.

The Prince of Wales has declared his love for Britain's pubs, saying they must be protected and supported.

A former police officer falsely identified by the Grok AI tool as being involved in the arrest of Henry Nowak has been forced to move to a safehouse.

London Underground drivers are on strike again today.

Lawyers for one of Europe's top "mafia bosses" have accused law enforcement of "kidnapping" the fugitive as part of an international underworld extradition saga.

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A Sherpa guide has crawled back to base camp on Mount Everest a week after going missing.

Kanye West will be allowed to perform two gigs in the Netherlands after a judge shot down a Jewish group's attempt to block them.

Kanye West will be allowed to perform two gigs in the Netherlands after a judge shot down a Jewish group's attempt to block them.

Actor Shia LaBeouf has pleaded guilty to three counts of simple battery and was sentenced to probation for punching people outside a New Orleans bar in February during the Mardi Gras festival.

Donald Trump is considering cancelling a series of concerts after a number of artists pulled out - and holding a political-style rally instead.

The Oscar-winning editor of the original Star Wars films, Marcia Lucas, has died aged 80.

SpaceX plans to raise up to $75bn (£56bn) when it goes public this month – putting Elon Musk on course to become the world's first trillionaire.

Lawyers for one of Europe's top "mafia bosses" have accused law enforcement of "kidnapping" the fugitive as part of an international underworld extradition saga.

Britain's reliance on US tech firm Palantir in transforming public services is an "unacceptable point of weakness" that could leave people's private information "at the mercy" of foreign actors, MPs have warned.

The Prince of Wales has declared his love for Britain's pubs, saying they must be protected and supported.