Yorkshire Coast News from Wednesday, September 2nd, 2026

The relocation of council staff to a new office building on the outskirts of Scarborough will cost taxpayers £3 million, sparking concerns over the future of the town's historic civic headquarters.

A drug dealer who boasted about living like a "rock star" has been sentenced to 34 months in prison for supplying Class A drugs in Scarborough.

North Yorkshire Council has officially approved the part-retrospective conversion of a former Territorial Army Reserve Centre in Newby into a multi-use business park.

An orphaned seal pup recovering at Scarborough SEA LIFE Centre is receiving daily eye baths using chilled tea donated by Yorkshire Tea.

Fourteen boreholes will be drilled across Scarborough from next week as part of a multimillion-pound wastewater infrastructure project.

Former gas wells and deep salt layers will provide cleaner, cheaper geothermal heating to communities in Kirby Misperton and Pickering.