This is the Coast

The Mayor of York and North Yorkshire has officially launched a landmark Rural Action Plan at the Great Yorkshire Show in Harrogate to deliver at least 5,000 new homes and support struggling farming communities.

North Yorkshire Police are urging the public to use online services and callback features for non-urgent queries following a massive surge in 999 and 101 calls driven by hot weather, the World Cup, and seasonal tourism.

Trading Standards officers have seized a range of fake and potentially dangerous products, including chemically hazardous children's toys, during a targeted crackdown at a Bridlington car boot sale.

The Tea Pot café in Scarborough has submitted plans to build a new first-floor bar and terrace at its East Pier location, potentially creating eight new jobs.

TransPennine Express has announced a one-day closure of the Scarborough Station car park on Monday, July 20, to allow for essential maintenance works.

Four members of an organised crime group have pleaded guilty after detectives uncovered a class A cocaine operation that was being directed from inside a prison cell.

Campaigners and opposition councillors are making a fresh bid to reverse changes to North Yorkshire Council’s home-to-school transport policy, warning it could ultimately cost taxpayers an extra £5 million a year.

North Yorkshire Police say a missing 62-year-old has now been found.

Five parks across Scarborough, Whitby, and Filey have been recognised among the best in the region with international Green Flag Awards, as new research highlights a widening national divide in green space access.

Councillors have deferred a decision on whether to allow more homes to be occupied at the Middle Deepdale development in Scarborough before a promised link bridge is constructed.

The owners of Newby and Scalby Community Hall have confirmed their intention to proceed with the sale of the venue, initiating a six-week interim moratorium period amid strong opposition from local residents.

Tuesday night sees Scarborough Athletic return to their former temporary home at the Mounting Systems Stadium.

At least 19 wildfires are burning across the UK as a third heatwave in as many months continues - causing a phenomonon experts have previously called a "firewave".

Police believe the deaths of three people in Ballymena on Monday involved a double murder.

The writer E Jean Carroll has received a multimillion dollar payout more than three years after she was awarded it by the jury in her sexual abuse and defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump.

Police have named a man whose body was found in a suitcase as 34-year-old Dale Mundell.

The UK has now had 25 days this year when temperatures have exceeded 30C as the country experiences its third heatwave of the summer, the Met Office has said.

The UK will hold its largest home defence exercise in decades next year to better prepare the country for the possibility of war.

A woman whose husband was partially sucked out of the window during a Ryanair flight has described how half of his body was left sticking out of the plane for "up to two minutes".

Former Radio 2 presenter Scott Mills was the BBC's highest earner until he was sacked in March, latest figures reveal.

The UK has now had 25 days this year when temperatures have exceeded 30C as the country experiences its third heatwave of the summer, the Met Office has said.

Police have named a man whose body was found in a suitcase as 34-year-old Dale Mundell.

The UK will hold its largest home defence exercise in decades next year to better prepare the country for the possibility of war.

At least 19 wildfires are burning across the UK as a third heatwave in as many months continues - causing a phenomonon experts have previously called a "firewave".

Former Liverpool player Jordon Ibe pulled a braid from his ex-girlfriend's head during an argument, a court was told.

Police believe the deaths of three people in Ballymena on Monday involved a double murder.

Former Radio 2 presenter Scott Mills was the BBC's highest earner until he was sacked in March, latest figures reveal.

Senators have demanded the US military urgently reveals the findings of its probe into a deadly missile strike on an Iranian school.

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A fifth British national has been identified as a victim of a wildfire in southern Spain in which killed more than a dozen people.

Police in Australia have marked the 25th anniversary of the murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio by releasing previously unseen photographs from their investigation.

Former Radio 2 presenter Scott Mills was the BBC's highest earner until he was sacked in March, latest figures reveal.

Jurassic Park and Peaky Blinders star Sam Neill has died aged 78.

Ed Sheeran has inspired a new £12.5m government initiative to bring music education into libraries across England.

Potential theatre strikes across London's West End this summer have been averted after union members reached a proposed agreement with The Society of London Theatre (SOLT).

More than 2,700 people in England and Wales died from heat-related causes during May and June's record hot spells, experts estimate.

Jurassic Park and Peaky Blinders star Sam Neill has died aged 78.

A fifth British national has been identified as a victim of a wildfire in southern Spain in which killed more than a dozen people.

A cross-party group of MPs has told prime minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham he should allow councils to increase council tax by as much as they want.