This is the Coast

Over 100 suspected illegal weapons and quantities of Class A drugs have been taken off the streets following a major 24-hour police crackdown across the Yorkshire Coast.

Private investors will visit Scarborough on Bonfire Night to view regeneration opportunities ahead of the launch of the country's first coastal Mayoral Development Zone.

North Yorkshire Council has approved a £2 million construction contract to begin work on the £6.68 million Scarborough Station Gateway project in January 2027.

Whitby Town Council has promised to make lasting improvements after an independent review revealed it borrowed £70,000 from the Pannett Art Gallery's reserves during a recent cash flow crisis.

A Scarborough mental health charity has secured double national recognition for its community work just weeks before opening a much-needed third centre in the town.

North Yorkshire Council has approved new gas storage tanks at Primrose Valley Holiday Village after developers proved the local population of protected great crested newts could be safely conserved.

A recruitment drive has been launched to find a new chief executive for the Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority, offering a salary of up to £170,000 to lead the region's economic and strategic future.

Scarborough will launch as the country's first coastal Mayoral Development Zone in November to unlock millions of pounds for town centre regeneration, housing, and jobs.

Detailed action plans for every Yorkshire Coast beach will be developed this November following the inaugural meeting of the renewed Yorkshire Bathing Water Partnership.

Whitby's iconic whalebone arch is a step closer to returning to West Cliff as work gets under way to cast permanent bronze replicas of the historic landmark.

Bridlington Town produced a dominant away performance to secure a 1-0 victory against Stocksbridge Park Steels, thanks to a second-half own goal.

Thousands of local schoolchildren are being introduced to career opportunities at the world's largest offshore wind farm following the launch of a new maritime and renewables cluster on the Yorkshire Coast.

The mother of Henry Nowak's killer will be freed early from prison, Sky News understands.

Two people have been arrested over the deaths of two adults and two children in a suspected arson attack on a house in Ireland.

Yorkshire Wildlife Park, which was closed after a man was killed by a tiger, is to reopen on Friday.

Neanderthals were not the unintelligent cave dwellers of popular imagination, but may have been capable of showing both violence and care, researchers who have discovered bones dating back 75,000 years have said.

Transgender patients should be placed on hospital wards according to their birth sex rather than their gender identity, according to new guidance.

An "fantasist" has been found guilty of murdering a woman who rejected him at an Airbnb to exact “brutal and fatal revenge".

The firing squad execution of an ex-US army psychiatrist who killed 13 people on a military base will not be livestreamed, Donald Trump has said.

A pensioner has admitted raping a woman who was drugged by her husband for more than 20 years.

The mother of Henry Nowak's killer will be freed early from prison, Sky News understands.

An "fantasist" has been found guilty of murdering a woman who rejected him at an Airbnb to exact “brutal and fatal revenge".

A pensioner has admitted raping a woman who was drugged by her husband for more than 20 years.

Transgender patients should be placed on hospital wards according to their birth sex rather than their gender identity, according to new guidance.

A former supply teacher has been jailed for six years after admitting taking upskirting photos of pupils.

A murder investigation has been launched after a woman in her 20s died in a suspected stabbing in Manchester.

Yorkshire Wildlife Park, which was closed after a man was killed by a tiger, is to reopen on Friday.

A police officer has been found guilty of raping a teenage girl and a woman.

Two people have been arrested over the deaths of two adults and two children in a suspected arson attack on a house in Ireland.

At least 34 children and a teacher have died after the roof of a private school collapsed in Pakistan.

Neanderthals were not the unintelligent cave dwellers of popular imagination, but may have been capable of showing both violence and care, researchers who have discovered bones dating back 75,000 years have said.

Orange smog has blanketed cities in Indonesia as wildfire pollution continues to cause dangerous conditions for the country and its neighbours.

The culture secretary has warned she is "minded" to intervene in Sky's £1.6bn deal to buy ITV's broadcast and streaming operations.

Singer Raye has said the sign-up list for her one-off gig at the Royal Albert Hall later this month will be checked "manually" after ticket touts using artificial intelligence bots "overwhelmed" the process.

RJ Mitte, best known for playing Walter "Flynn" White Jr in Breaking Bad, has died aged 34.

Selma Blair has been arrested after she allegedly attacked two cabin crew on a flight, then kicked a police officer and a nurse after landing.

Severe drought has been declared in parts of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, East Sussex and West Sussex, the government has said.

The mother of Henry Nowak's killer will be freed early from prison, Sky News understands.

Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after being found guilty of 18 historical child sex offences.

At least 34 children and a teacher have died after the roof of a private school collapsed in Pakistan.