This is the Coast

Residents and emergency services are recovering after Storms Austen and Boelo brought extreme downpours, flooded homes, and widespread disruption to Scarborough and Whitby.

Seven schools across Scarborough and Whitby will share in a £22.5 million government investment designed to boost extracurricular activities and help young people develop new skills.

Bridlington Town's reward for beating Curzon Ashton is a home tie against National League North high-flyers Macclesfield. Scarborough head to 2024/25 FA Trophy Finalists Spennymoor Town.

Motorists and public transport users will face a five-day daytime road closure on the A174 at Lythe Bank, with a replacement shuttle bus maintaining links to Whitby.

Volunteer lifeboat crews from Bridlington and Scarborough battled 50mph winds and four-metre waves during a major search operation sparked by an emergency beacon in the North Sea.

Trains between Scarborough, Filey, Bridlington have been CANCELLED this morning, due to communication system issues.

Hundreds of millions of pounds will be poured into repairing roads, filling potholes, and improving transport safety across North Yorkshire over the next four years.

North Yorkshire Police are answering 999 calls in an average of three seconds despite receiving nearly 7,000 more emergency calls this financial year.

A specialist audit has revealed that nearly £20,000 in water charges may have been incorrectly billed to Whitby Town Council for a local public toilet.

Residents in Scarborough are urging the council to reject a seafood company's retrospective planning application due to persistent fish odours and intrusive noise.

Maternity and neonatal care at Scarborough and York hospitals will require a £736,000 investment to meet new national safety standards by March 2027.

Ministers have indicated that regional mayors could introduce overnight tourist taxes in National Parks without requiring formal approval from National Park Authorities.

Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic, the company behind the popular Claude chatbot, has filed papers to sell shares to the public for the first time.

A man who died after being hit by a falling tree in Scotland during Storm Boelo has been named.

Nicki Minaj said Donald Trump "has given us a future to look forward to" as she joined the US president on stage at a rally in Michigan.

Two strangers who killed a mother and her four-year-old daughter as they raced their high-performance cars along a city centre road have been jailed for 16 and 12 years.

Microsoft is reportedly offering voluntary severance packages to 60,000 of its staff, including some in the UK.

Senior doctors in England plan to go on strike for two days in November over pay, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said.

Senior Sudanese commanders allegedly implicated in a campaign of rape during the country's conflict have been sanctioned by the UK government.

Tonight's Ballon d'Or is one of the most anticipated in years, with Harry Kane the favourite to be named the world's best men's footballer.

The Met Office has issued a new wind weather warning after Storm Boelo pummelled the UK with gusts of up to 84mph, flooded streets and caused power cuts to 800,000 homes.

A man who died after being hit by a falling tree in Scotland during Storm Boelo has been named.

Microsoft is reportedly offering voluntary severance packages to 60,000 of its staff, including some in the UK.

Two strangers who killed a mother and her four-year-old daughter as they raced their high-performance cars along a city centre road have been jailed for 16 and 12 years.

Senior Sudanese commanders allegedly implicated in a campaign of rape during the country's conflict have been sanctioned by the UK government.

London's Oxford Street is now traffic-free, with mayor Sadiq Khan hailing it "a truly momentous occasion for the capital".

Tonight's Ballon d'Or is one of the most anticipated in years, with Harry Kane the favourite to be named the world's best men's footballer.

Senior doctors in England plan to go on strike for two days in November over pay, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said.

Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic, the company behind the popular Claude chatbot, has filed papers to sell shares to the public for the first time.

"Everyone in Ukraine should know how to apply a tourniquet and how to stop someone's bleeding," Anatolii says.

Senior Sudanese commanders allegedly implicated in a campaign of rape during the country's conflict have been sanctioned by the UK government.

Tonight's Ballon d'Or is one of the most anticipated in years, with Harry Kane the favourite to be named the world's best men's footballer.

Nicki Minaj said Donald Trump "has given us a future to look forward to" as she joined the US president on stage at a rally in Michigan.

They looked like a modern-day Morecambe and Wise. But at least they weren't sharing a bed like the famous comic duo.

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.

Britain's energy supplies are secure for winter, national grid operators have said, despite expected higher gas demand at peak times and possible "tight days" for electricity.

Andy Burnham says that an "honest discussion" is needed about readopting the EU's free movement rules.

The Met Office has issued a new wind weather warning after Storm Boelo pummelled the UK with gusts of up to 84mph, flooded streets and caused power cuts to 800,000 homes.

Nicki Minaj said Donald Trump "has given us a future to look forward to" as she joined the US president on stage at a rally in Michigan.