This is the Coast

Visit England is encouraging more British holidaymakers to take their breaks at home after revealing that coastal tourism in the country has fallen by ten percent over the past year.

North Yorkshire Council is exploring tighter controls, including a potential public space protection order, to manage unregulated Bonfire Night activities on Scarborough's North Bay.

Scarborough Athletic beat Spennymoor 1-0 in Bridlington, to climb to 5th in National League North, with just three games to play.

Campaigners are pushing for year-round bathing water sampling in Scarborough to support a proposed tidal sea pool, while the Environment Agency awaits government funding to extend the testing season.

The Iran war’s impact on energy prices and costs is being ‘closely monitored’ by North Yorkshire Council.

Whitby Town endured a disappointing, concerning afternoon on the road as they fell to a 3-0 defeat against Morpeth Town, in a game where defensive lapses and lack of urgency proved costly.

Bridlington Town fell to just their second defeat in 14 matches but pushed champions-elect Redcar Athletic all the way on Easter Monday.

The mayor has responded to criticism of his efforts to manage bus services in North Yorkshire.

Easter Monday's annual six-mile Scalby Charity Walk is set to bring around two hundred participants together to enjoy local villages and pubs while raising money for Futureworks.

Scarborough town councillors have rowed over climate change references in a new motion demanding cleaner seas and action on coastal pollution.

A bid has been submitted for almost £8 million of funding to continue leading a major regional coastal monitoring project in North Yorkshire.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a distressing video circulated on social media showing a man kicking a dog on Northway in Scarborough.

This year's Wireless Festival has been cancelled after the government blocked Kanye West from coming to the UK.

The boss of Iceland has offered a job to the man who says he was sacked from Waitrose for tackling a shoplifter.

Sacked BBC Radio 2 host Scott Mills is "stepping back" from his role as an ambassador for a multiple sclerosis (MS) charity.

US vice president JD Vance has flown to Hungary in an attempt to boost its nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chances in the country's upcoming general election.

Australia's most decorated living veteran has been charged with allegedly killing five unarmed Afghans between 2009 and 2012.

The UK is going from Storm Dave to sunny days - and could have the warmest start to April in six years.

Former Premier League footballer Joey Barton has denied assaulting a man outside a golf club.

This year's Wireless Festival has been cancelled after the government blocked Kanye West from coming to the UK.

The boss of Iceland has offered a job to the man who says he was sacked from Waitrose for tackling a shoplifter.

A taxi driver who raped and sexually assaulted a vulnerable passenger after picking her up from a night out has been jailed for seven years.

The UK is going from Storm Dave to sunny days - and could have the warmest start to April in six years.

Sacked BBC Radio 2 host Scott Mills is "stepping back" from his role as an ambassador for a multiple sclerosis (MS) charity.

Former Premier League footballer Joey Barton has denied assaulting a man outside a golf club.

Labour has been winning in elections in Wales for more than a century - and if the polls are anything to go by, this will change in the Senedd elections in May. 

A former worker at Meta is being investigated by police over suspicions he downloaded about 30,000 private Facebook images.

Donald Trump has given Iran a deadline and threatened to send the country back to the "Stone Ages" if it does not comply by attacking power plants and bridges.

A driver was killed and 16 passengers were injured when a high-speed train and a truck carrying military equipment collided in France.

Fears of fuel shortages have been sparked recently as the number of tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz was reduced to a trickle amid threats from Iran, which experts say effectively controls the waterway.

US vice president JD Vance has flown to Hungary in an attempt to boost its nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chances in the country's upcoming general election.

This year's Wireless Festival has been cancelled after the government blocked Kanye West from coming to the UK.

Sacked BBC Radio 2 host Scott Mills is "stepping back" from his role as an ambassador for a multiple sclerosis (MS) charity.

US television presenter Savannah Guthrie returned to NBC's Today show on Monday for the first time since her mother's disappearance more than two months ago.

Bryan Cranston says there's a lot of his father in his latest stage role, playing Joseph Keller, the patriarch of Arthur Miller's 1947 tragedy All My Sons.

Marks and Spencer's retail boss has warned crime is getting "more brazen, more organised and more aggressive" after a week plagued by antisocial behaviour.

A US judge has dismissed Blake Lively's sexual harassment claims in her lawsuit against co-star Justin Baldoni.

Donald Trump has given Iran a deadline and threatened to send the country back to the "Stone Ages" if it does not comply by attacking power plants and bridges.

Interest rates on plan 2 and 3 student loans will be capped at 6% for one year from September, the government has announced.