Yorkshire Coast News from Monday, April 20th, 2026

Scarborough Town Council has revealed the twenty-four local organisations set to benefit from its 2025/26 Community Grant Award Scheme.

East Riding Councillors have voiced strong opposition to a proposed visitor levy, warning it could damage the local hospitality sector and deter tourists.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council has passed a motion to support the nomination of the region's rare chalk streams as a UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site and to demand stronger national protections against pollution and over-abstraction.

An abandoned Peugeot 107 believed to have been pushed over a cliff in Withernsea has been winched to safety by the local council.

A North Yorkshire military museum has announced its full calendar of immersive events and living history weekends for the 2026 season alongside new ticket pricing.

A million-pound investment in solar technology is set to slash running costs and carbon emissions at key community facilities across the Yorkshire Coast, including sites in Scarborough and Whitby.