This is the Coast

Scarborough Seafest returns this weekend at its new home of Scarborough Spa, featuring a massive eighteen-and-a-half-thousand-piece Lego recreation of the historic venue.

North Yorkshire Police are deploying drones to track down offenders and crush illegally used e-bikes following an increase in their use for robberies and antisocial behaviour.

North Yorkshire Council is advancing a joint venture with private developer Lovell Partnerships to construct hundreds of affordable homes across Whitby and Eastfield, potentially delivering the first new council-owned social housing in Whitby for over 50 years.

The Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police has stated that the force must embrace artificial intelligence to manage its growing workload and drastically reduce administrative burdens amid ongoing financial constraints.

Whitby Town Football Club has partnered with SENDUre to offer children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities free access to first-team matches for the 2026/27 season.

Two men have been arrested and three suspected stolen vehicles recovered following an overnight burglary in Bridlington and a subsequent police pursuit across the East Riding.

Councillor Mark Crane has been appointed as the new deputy leader of North Yorkshire Council, pledging to prioritise economic development, housing, and the county's first local plan.

National leaders and healthcare stakeholders have gathered in Bridlington to discuss solutions to coastal health inequalities and tour the site of a planned Live Well Campus.

Police have arrested a woman and are searching for further suspects after a suspected irritant was thrown at a man and a woman sleeping rough in Scarborough.

Civic and business leaders from York and North Yorkshire will join a historic trade mission to India this October to attract investment and support local businesses following the new UK-India Free Trade Agreement.

Award-winning food writer and taste expert Ryan Riley BEM is set to headline a stellar line-up of culinary demonstrations at the free-to-attend Scarborough Seafest this weekend.

Scarborough and Whitby MP Alison Hume has expressed her support for the concerns of approximately 400 workers preparing to strike over a pay dispute at the Alexander Dennis bus factory.

A University of Aberdeen employee has been arrested and charged over social media comments about the death of Ann Widdecombe.

The sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to under-16s is to be banned in England from April next year.

A manhunt has begun after a prisoner convicted of attacking two women escaped while being taken to hospital.

A mother has been found guilty of killing her baby daughter due to heat from a hairdryer.

A mother who fears her teenage son may have died following an online challenge gone wrong has welcomed a High Court decision to order a new inquest into his death.

Henry Nowak's killer confessed to stabbing the teenager multiple times as he travelled in a police van with his brother just days after the murder.

A British mother who abducted her two sons from their American father has been on the run in the UK for more than three months, prompting him to take court action.

The former head of Italy's motorway operator has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in the Genoa bridge collapse that killed 43 people.

A manhunt has begun after a prisoner convicted of attacking two women escaped while being taken to hospital.

The sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to under-16s is to be banned in England from April next year.

A British mother who abducted her two sons from their American father has been on the run in the UK for more than three months, prompting him to take court action.

A University of Aberdeen employee has been arrested and charged over social media comments about the death of Ann Widdecombe.

Henry Nowak's killer confessed to stabbing the teenager multiple times as he travelled in a police van with his brother just days after the murder.

A mother has been found guilty of killing her baby daughter due to heat from a hairdryer.

All teenagers in Britain should be offered free vaccinations against deadly meningitis, government advisers recommended.

A mother who fears her teenage son may have died following an online challenge gone wrong has welcomed a High Court decision to order a new inquest into his death.

Eleven children have been killed in a fire at an Algerian orphanage, according to authorities.

Thousands of people have been told to leave more than a million acres of wilderness as wildfires spread.

The former head of Italy's motorway operator has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in the Genoa bridge collapse that killed 43 people.

It's feared more than 500 people have died after reports that two boats carrying persecuted Rohingya refugees capsized in the Bay of Bengal.

Newborn babies across England will be tested for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) - a rare condition which causes progressive muscle wastage - from the end of this year, the Department of Health has announced.

Jurassic Park and Peaky Blinders star Sam Neill died from pneumonia after beating cancer, his agent said.

Former Radio 2 presenter Scott Mills was the BBC's highest earner until he was sacked in March, latest figures reveal.

Ed Sheeran has inspired a new £12.5m government initiative to bring music education into libraries across England.

Ofcom has launched an investigation into whether TikTok is failing to protect children from harmful content.

The UK economy grew by 0.1% in May, according to the final set of official figures ahead of Rachel Reeves's widely expected departure as chancellor.

Newborn babies across England will be tested for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) - a rare condition which causes progressive muscle wastage - from the end of this year, the Department of Health has announced.

Japanese authorities have captured a bear following a multi-day search that saw nearly 100 schools close.