Yorkshire Coast News from Tuesday, May 27th, 2025

North Yorkshire Council has reported a headline underspend of £2.59 million for the 2024/25 financial year but with significant overspends in some areas.

A new campaign has been launched to address the suffering of seals and other marine mammals caused by entanglement in lost or discarded plastic flying rings.

North Yorkshire Council has had to reallocate £2.6m of funding to manage a shortfall related to property acquisitions made by the former Scarborough Borough Council.

Scarborough Streets gets underway this week amid uncertainty around the future funding model for the Scarborough Fair initiative.

The volunteer crew of the Bridlington RNLI launched after reports of a paddleboarder in the water at Fraisthorpe after coming separated from their board.

Whitby Coastguard Search and Rescue Team experienced a busy start to the Half Term period on Monday, responding to three separate taskings.

Whitby Town defender Connor Smith has extended his stay at the Towbar Express Stadium until the end of the 2025/26 season.

Projects in Scarborough, Pickering and Kirkbymoorside will receive support.

All of the candidates standing in Scarborough’s Eastfield by-election for a seat on North Yorkshire Council have been announced.