Yorkshire Coast News from Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026

The newly established Whitby Town FC Community Trust has donated £750 to help twenty-three Whitby School students take part in a four-week sustainable development expedition to Cambodia.

A leadership contest for the North Yorkshire Council has been cancelled after senior Conservative councillors Carl Les and Keane Duncan agreed on a unified path forward ahead of the 2027 local elections.

Yorkshire Water is consulting on plans to upgrade Scarborough's wastewater infrastructure, including the potential introduction of innovative rainwater gardens and a low-carbon Aero-Fac treatment facility.

Scarborough and Whitby MP Alison Hume says she is prepared to lay an amendment to the Energy Independence Bill to ensure a full legal ban on all forms of fracking, including the proppant squeeze method.

North Yorkshire councillors have provisionally approved a 150-home development in Pickering, despite local objections and infrastructure concerns.

Around 400 workers at the Alexander Dennis bus manufacturing plant in Scarborough are set to strike for a week after rejecting a four per cent pay offer.