This is the Coast

Scarborough and Whitby MP Alison Hume is urging the Government to close a legal loophole in forthcoming energy legislation that allows small-scale gas extraction operations near coastal communities.

False claims circulating on social media that more than 100 homes being acquired by North Yorkshire Council are intended for asylum seekers have been firmly rejected by officials.

RAF Fylingdales is set to receive the Honorary Freedom of the Town of Whitby in recognition of its 60 years of distinguished service and close ties to the local community.

Three acres of land have been gifted to Fishburn Park Football Club in Whitby, securing its long-term future ahead of its eightieth anniversary.

Scarborough councillors are set to debate the future and potential reopening of the historic Spa Cliff Lift, which was closed indefinitely in August due to safety and infrastructure concerns.

A musical production that launched its run in Scarborough has been shortlisted for a major national theatre award.

Scarborough Athletic will travel to Macclesfield in the FA Cup third qualifying round after two second-half goals secured a 2-0 away victory against Dunston.

Four hundred workers at the Alexander Dennis bus factory in Scarborough have ended their strike action after securing an improved two-year pay deal.

A controversial deckchair trail designed using artificial intelligence for Scarborough's 400th anniversary has sparked local backlash after a Freedom of Information request revealed it cost the council over £11,000.

Every secondary school pupil in North Yorkshire will be offered two weeks of meaningful work experience as part of a major expansion to a regional careers programme.

Postal services in Seamer and Newby will be temporarily suspended from late September as both branches undergo significant building work.

Councillors are set to debate calls for North Yorkshire Council to suspend its controversial second home council tax premium after a petition attracted 1,000 signatures.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has written to world football chiefs saying he is open to talks about reforming the organisation, without offering to quit his role.

The NHS has a huge problem. And one of its biggest challenges is that it doesn't even know the scale of it.  

A Rwandan man accused of taking part in the African nation's genocide has become the first person in the UK to face charges linked to the 1994 killings.

TalkTalk Telecom Group, one of Britain's biggest consumer broadband suppliers, was on Monday evening scrambling to find a new buyer for its wholesale network amid growing doubts over the company's future.

Paramount has reached a settlement with California and other states that sued over the media giant's $110bn (£82.2bn) with Warner Bros Discovery.

A man has been charged more than two years after a crash that killed six people.

Flood and landslide warnings are in place as a powerful typhoon approaches Tokyo.

Two further suspects have appeared in court charged with murder after a man was shot dead in West Lothian.

A man has been charged more than two years after a crash that killed six people.

A vinyl forger made £2.7 million by selling thousands of fake records of artists including the Beatles, Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift - made in an industrial site in London.

Three pensioners were killed on the same day in their own homes during frenzied attacks in Devon, joint inquests have heard.

It's said that a cup of tea solves everything - but there are now warnings of supply shortages for our nation's much-beloved brew.

TalkTalk Telecom Group, one of Britain's biggest consumer broadband suppliers, was on Monday evening scrambling to find a new buyer for its wholesale network amid growing doubts over the company's future.

Specialist courts to deal with rape and sexual offences are to be introduced across England and Wales, the prime minister has said.

The NHS has a huge problem. And one of its biggest challenges is that it doesn't even know the scale of it.  

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana allegedly threw boiling water mixed with sugar at a prison officer and punched another while at HMP Belmarsh.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has written to world football chiefs saying he is open to talks about reforming the organisation, without offering to quit his role.

Flood and landslide warnings are in place as a powerful typhoon approaches Tokyo.

Two women and a man have been arrested in connection with one of a series of killings in South Africa which sparked outcry over violence against women in the country.

Under-pressure German ‌Chancellor Friedrich Merz has described a state election result as a "disaster" but vowed to stay in office.

Paramount has reached a settlement with California and other states that sued over the media giant's $110bn (£82.2bn) with Warner Bros Discovery.

Ed Sheeran has apologised to fans for the handling of a controversy which has threatened to engulf his tour.

Converse, the American footwear brand, has apologised for an ad which critics said evoked Ku Klux Klan imagery, saying it recognised why the image was "deeply upsetting".

British rapper Sway, who made history as the first unsigned artist to win a MOBO Award, has died aged 44.

The government must publish a "credible" plan for the future of British Steel, MPs have warned.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has written to world football chiefs saying he is open to talks about reforming the organisation, without offering to quit his role.

Paramount has reached a settlement with California and other states that sued over the media giant's $110bn (£82.2bn) with Warner Bros Discovery.

Specialist courts to deal with rape and sexual offences are to be introduced across England and Wales, the prime minister has said.