This is the Coast

The Yorkshire Coast Community Rail Partnership has won the prestigious Outstanding Contribution to Community Rail award for its decades of innovative work connecting local communities with their railways.

Scarborough Hospital has been told by the Care Quality Commission that it continues to require improvement overall, though inspectors upgraded its medical care rating and commended staff for their compassion.

North Yorkshire Council has given the green light for a new jump tower and climbing wall to be built at Haven Leisure's Blue Dolphin Holiday Park in Filey.

North Yorkshire Council has rejected an application to install bright illuminated signs at a 24-hour adult gaming centre in Whitby, citing concerns over light pollution and nuisance to nearby residents.

The chair of VisitEngland’s advisory board has commended the diversity of York and North Yorkshire's visitor economy, highlighting the crucial role that coastal destinations and rural landscapes play in a sector worth £6 billion to the region.

North Yorkshire Council is set to make a trial ban on overnight motorhome parking permanent at coastal hotspots following concerns over safety and anti-social behaviour.

North Yorkshire councillors will meet on April 24 to decide on Europa Oil & Gas's controversial proposal to construct a temporary 38-metre gas drilling rig in Burniston, following a previous delay.

A bitter dispute has erupted between North Yorkshire Council chiefs and Mayor David Skaith over claims the county is being shortchanged by £20m in expected road repair funding.

Homes and businesses across the Yorkshire Coast will benefit from a multi-million-pound government investment in local flood defences and coastal erosion schemes.

A man and a woman have been released on bail after police officers intercepted a vehicle suspected of involvement in criminality in Bridlington town centre.

Firefighters have spent the night tackling a blaze in a building behind the JET Petrol Station near Primrose Valley.

Local businesses in Scarborough are being asked to allow the public to use their facilities as the town centre grapples with a lack of public toilets ahead of the busy tourist season.

Two people have been arrested after trying to get into Faslane naval base, Police Scotland has said.

Cabinet ministers have looked at a blueprint for how Labour could cut taxes on work by taking on "vested interests" profiteering from the cost of living crisis.

Journalist and broadcaster Dame Jenni Murray has died at the age of 75.

Students in Kent could "incubate" meningitis and spread it to other parts of the UK, a health official has speculated as his "most likely" scenario.

Boxer Ricky Hatton had brain disease caused by repeated head trauma when he died, an inquest has ruled.

A former police special constable has been jailed for 24 years after being found guilty of a series of sex offences including the rape of a child.

Average annual energy bills will rise by £332 in July, more than double the previously anticipated increase, due to high oil and gas prices driven by the war in Iran, trusted forecasters predicted.

A bone found in an independent search for the remains of murder victim Muriel McKay is not human, police have said.

Students in Kent could "incubate" meningitis and spread it to other parts of the UK, a health official has speculated as his "most likely" scenario.

Average annual energy bills will rise by £332 in July, more than double the previously anticipated increase, due to high oil and gas prices driven by the war in Iran, trusted forecasters predicted.

Journalist and broadcaster Dame Jenni Murray has died at the age of 75, according to the BBC.

Two people have been arrested after trying to get into Faslane naval base, Police Scotland has said.

Three men have denied involvement in a plot to rape and sexually assault another man's wife after she had been drugged by her husband.

Cabinet ministers have looked at a blueprint for how Labour could cut taxes on work by taking on "vested interests" profiteering from the cost of living crisis.

A former police special constable has been jailed for 24 years after being found guilty of a series of sex offences including the rape of a child.

Boxer Ricky Hatton had brain disease caused by repeated head trauma when he died, an inquest has ruled.

The last 24 hours of eye-wateringly expensive missile duelling over the Persian Gulf has made one point above all.

The Australian prime minister was booed by protesters during a visit to the country's largest mosque.

Denmark sent soldiers and explosives to Greenland in January so that it could blow up runways in the event of a US invasion, the country's public broadcaster has said. 

Kevin Spacey has reached an out-of-court settlement in civil claims brought by three British men accusing him of sexual assault.

Val Kilmer is to ​posthumously appear in an action-adventure film, a year after his death from pneumonia - thanks to AI.

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The UK government has scrapped plans to introduce copyright law exceptions which would allow AI firms to use the work of songwriters without their permission.

After Oscar winners collect their golden statuettes on stage at the Dolby Theatre, they are brought into rooms outside to have their photos taken and answer questions from journalists.

The US central bank has raised its forecast for inflation as the Iran war-linked surge in global energy prices threatens self-inflicted damage on the world's largest economy.

Online forum 4Chan has been fined £450,000 by regulator Ofcom for failing to have age checks in place to stop children from seeing pornography on its site.

Sharp rises in the price of oil and gas as a result of the war in Iran have set off an economic chain reaction which is already hitting people in the pocket.