This is the Coast

Emergency response times across North Yorkshire are steadily improving following a brief dip in May, despite a seasonal surge in calls during the busy summer months.

Florian Gjuni, 25, of no fixed address in Scarborough, has, on Friday, been sentenced to 29 months imprisonment for possession of cocaine with the intent to supply.

Scarborough Athletic will play at their home ground for the first time in over a year as they host League One side Barnsley in an all-ticket pre-season friendly.

Lifeboat crews will host a mock rescue and safety demonstrations in Whitby this weekend as part of the annual RNLI Flags fundraising event.

Police have made almost 200 arrests for drink and drug driving in York and North Yorkshire in five weeks.

Coventry University Scarborough has partnered with St Cecilia’s in a new pilot programme designed to boost career development for social care nurses and address workforce shortages in North Yorkshire.

A £1.2 million renovation project has been given the green light to repair the critical condition of the 16 sandstone columns supporting Whitby's historic Old Town Hall.

Hunmanby Surgery staff are walking from the doctor's to Sewerby Hall via the coastal route on Saturday.

There's derby action on another busy Saturday of cricket.

It's the first day of the Northern Counties East Premier Division on Saturday.

Live facial recognition technology will scan public areas across North Yorkshire in the coming months to identify wanted criminals and protect vulnerable people.

Maximum hackney carriage fares across North Yorkshire will increase by five percent from August to help drivers cope with rising fuel costs.

India's 'Cockroach' movement has agreed to end protests after talks with the government, following the resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

Residents are "upset, angry and frustrated" over evacuation orders in a Highlands village and smoke from a nearby wildfire that has been called "apocalyptic".

The UK is set for its fourth heatwave next week - and it may not be the last of the summer.

The younger brother of missing Madeleine McCann has competed for Scotland in the final of the men's 400 metres freestyle at the Commonwealth Games.

A man aged in his 40s has been charged after an alleged car bomb was intercepted by Irish police near the border with Northern Ireland.

Two teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a 17-year-old boy at a park in Luton.

English football's biggest clubs are preparing to vote next week on a landmark 10-year deal to provide in the region of £1.5bn in extra funding to their lower league counterparts as they target a binding agreement within weeks.

A 14-year-old boy is "assisting" police with their inquiries after a hoax threat was made to an aircraft heading to Manchester Airport.

Two teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a 17-year-old boy at a park in Luton.

Firefighters suffered minor injuries and three fire engines were destroyed in a "significant" blaze at a large industrial unit in Essex which caused supplies of fertiliser to explode.

Residents are "upset, angry and frustrated" over evacuation orders in a Highlands village and smoke from a nearby wildfire that has been called "apocalyptic".

Six men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was fatally stabbed in Clapham in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The younger brother of missing Madeleine McCann has competed for Scotland in the final of the men's 400 metres freestyle at the Commonwealth Games.

The UK is set for its fourth heatwave next week - and it may not be the last of the summer.

A 14-year-old boy is "assisting" police with their inquiries after a hoax threat was made to an aircraft heading to Manchester Airport.

England gymnast Gabriel Langton has been taken to hospital after a bad fall at the Commonwealth Games.

A man aged in his 40s has been charged after an alleged car bomb was intercepted by Irish police near the border with Northern Ireland.

India's 'Cockroach' movement has agreed to end protests after talks with the government, following the resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

Rescuers have found 11 European tourists and a local crew member alive after a speedboat went missing before sinking in Indonesia.

Anthony Joshua is set to make his long-awaited return to the boxing ring in his first fight since surviving a car crash that killed two of his friends.

Singer Chris Brown has pleaded guilty to affray over a confrontation at a London nightclub in which a man was hit over the head with a bottle.

Sir Salman Rushdie has testified at the terrorism trial of the man convicted of trying to kill him. 

Former River City star Iain Robertson has been jailed for nine years for raping a woman and assaulting two others.

Donald Trump must turn over financial records sought by the BBC as part of his $10bn (£7.5bn) defamation case against the broadcaster, a US judge has ruled.

OpenAI has revealed some of its models went rogue and hacked into another artificial intelligence company in an "unprecedented cyber incident".

Andy Burnham has made a third policy announcement to help bring down costs - after dropping hints there would be more to come.

The Trump administration has imposed new tariffs of at least 10% on imports from 60 countries over claims they failed to prevent forced labour. 

Sperm whales can hang vertically in the water while sleeping by releasing gas bubbles that regulate their buoyancy, scientists found.