This is the Coast

Plans for a major multi-screen cinema and leisure complex in Scarborough will move forward with a new operator after developers confirmed Odeon has withdrawn from the project.

Rural vehicle owners are being urged to increase security following warnings that stolen pick-up trucks from North Yorkshire are being shipped to global conflict zones including Ukraine.

Nursery-aged children across Scarborough will learn how to grow their own food and develop healthy lifestyles through a newly funded community programme.

A Scarborough employment adviser is tackling a gruelling 34-mile ultra-marathon this October to raise vital funds for The Rainbow Centre and inspire her local community.

Allowances for North Yorkshire councillors could increase by 2.6 per cent to match inflation, bringing the basic annual rate to £18,431.

Scarborough's mayor is demanding stricter scrutiny of an £18.5 million public funding package for the Brunswick Centre redevelopment, warning that millions could be lost if the project collapses.

Scarborough and Whitby MP Alison Hume has asked the PM to support calls for a new Minister for Coastal Communities.

A ten-year investment programme worth £19.5 million is moving into its practical phase in Scarborough, guided by six newly appointed community representatives.

A charity calendar that has already raised over £18,000 for volunteer lifeboat crews is returning to Whitby for its fourth consecutive year.

Safety experts are hosting a drop-in event in Scarborough to help residents reduce firework injuries and antisocial behaviour this Bonfire Night.

Young people across Whitby will benefit from a new art education programme after Pannett Art Gallery secured an £11,130 grant to develop free, curriculum-linked resources.

A multi-million-pound transformation of Scarborough's vacant Brunswick Centre into a major leisure destination will take until mid-2029 to open as complex funding and tenant agreements are negotiated ahead of building works.

A woman has been charged in connection with the shooting of a police officer in Nottingham city centre on Sunday, police have said.

A federal judge has ordered US President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition in his $10bn defamation lawsuit against the BBC by early December.

Actor Tom Skerritt, best known for roles in Top Gun and Alien, has died at the age of 93.

A getaway driver for the gang who shot dead PC Sharon Beshenivsky in an armed robbery has been given a life sentence with a minimum term of eight years over his role in an underworld gun business.

An Irish advert promoting consent has been withdrawn after complaints about its depictions of grandparents hugging and kissing their grandkids.

The second named storm of the season is set to hit the UK on Saturday, the Met Office has said.

A man has been charged with murder after a housing association worker died following a car crash in South Wales, having sustained "puncture wounds".

Sir Keir Starmer may be required to give evidence at the grooming gangs inquiry, with hearings due to begin in December.

A woman has been charged in connection with the shooting of a police officer in Nottingham city centre on Sunday, police have said.

A man has been charged with murder after a housing association worker died following a car crash in South Wales, having sustained "puncture wounds".

A getaway driver for the gang who shot dead PC Sharon Beshenivsky in an armed robbery has been given a life sentence with a minimum term of eight years over his role in an underworld gun business.

Sir Keir Starmer may be required to give evidence at the grooming gangs inquiry, with hearings due to begin in December.

A memorial service has been held for former Sky News presenter Dermot Murnaghan, who died in July after a distinguished career at the top of UK journalism.

The second named storm of the season is set to hit the UK on Saturday, the Met Office has said.

The UK is urging households to stock up enough emergency supplies to survive for three days in a crisis as part of a new campaign to strengthen national resilience.

A major road near Edinburgh Airport will be closed this weekend as part of ongoing investigation work into a fatal crash.

The first human case of the Shamonda virus has been detected in France in a person who later died, according to authorities.

North Korea says it plans to resume propaganda broadcasts targeting South Korea within days along the heavily-armed border between the two countries.

Pope Leo's doctors say final tissue and molecular tests have confirmed his lung cancer was localised, and no further treatment is needed, the Vatican said in a statement.

A Garda investigation has been launched after two bodies were discovered in Ireland.

Actor Tom Skerritt, best known for roles in Top Gun and Alien, has died at the age of 93.

Actor Noel Clarke has pleaded not guilty to six sexual offences.

The BBC has confirmed it will close BBC Three, BBC Scotland and BBC Radio 4 Extra linear broadcast services in the spring of 2027.

A former soap opera star has been jailed for nine years after fleeing the UK for Spain to avoid facing trial for allegedly conning would-be models out of more than £13m.

The UK's unemployment rate has fallen to 4.7%, in a set of official figures that will support the case for a Bank of England interest rate hike next month.

A man has been arrested after a fire at the town hall of Limoges, according to French media.

Nigeria has recorded its first case of Ebola during the current outbreak, the country's health ministry has said - as the virus continues to spread internationally. 

Exceeding a key global climate target is now "imminent and unavoidable", United Nations (UN) scientists have warned.