Yorkshire Coast News from Friday, October 16th, 2026

Boro host North Ribblesdale on Saturday.

Pikes are at second-bottom Parkgate on Saturday.

The Seasiders are over in West Yorkshire on Saturday.

Dozens of new infrastructure projects are underway across Scarborough and Whitby to significantly reduce storm water discharges into the sea and improve local bathing waters.

There are fears that national energy supplies and hundreds of local jobs are at risk as the UK's largest gas storage facility off the East Yorkshire coast faces closure without urgent government intervention.

Plans to build 150 new homes in Pickering face strong opposition from the town council and Yorkshire Water over fears the development will overwhelm the local sewerage network and cause illegal river pollution.

Residents and staff at a Scarborough care home have raised £270 for Breast Cancer Now to support a colleague undergoing treatment for stage three breast cancer.

Organisations dedicated to improving the lives of children with additional needs in Whitby and Pickering have scooped top prizes at a regional community awards ceremony.

Emergency stabilisation plans have been submitted by the Mulgrave Estate to prevent a crumbling embankment from collapsing beneath Sandsend Valley Road near Whitby.

Scarborough Athletic's home ground has been officially renamed the Moneyweb Stadium after the fan-owned club secured a five-year naming rights partnership to help fund its long-term future.

NHS leaders warn that York and Scarborough hospitals could face a combined shortfall of dozens of beds this winter as emergency department wait times rise and social care capacity struggles to meet discharge demands.

Warnings have been issued that Scarborough is taking more than its fair share of vulnerable people, leading to a rise in anti-social behaviour and concerns about the town's future.

Affordable housing, improved public transport, and adult skills training will be delivered across the region as the benefits of devolution bring additional government funding to parts of the Yorkshire Coast.

A billion-dollar dark matter experiment could bring hundreds of millions of pounds to the national and local economy if an underground laboratory near Whitby is chosen to host the project.

Scarborough Athletic have signed attacking Leeds United Youth Player Harvey Vincent on a short-term loan deal.