Yorkshire Coast News from Friday, October 17th, 2025

The Member of Parliament for Scarborough and Whitby, Alison Hume, is urging North Yorkshire Council (NYC) to ensure that the new government-funded Best Start Family Hub is established within her constituency.

Three local friends laced up their running shoes for a 24-hour challenge of running around their village cricket field in Sherburn — covering more than 155 miles between them and completing over 600 laps.

A coastal holiday park can build bases for 10 new static caravans after plans were amended due to neighbours’ concerns.

North Yorkshire Council is looking to move forward with plans to increase the annual charge for its opt-in garden waste collection service, proposing a rise from £49 to £52 for the next season.

An East Riding Councillor has called on Yorkshire Water to explain its environmental performance after new data showed storm overflow discharge hours in Hull and the East Riding have doubled since 2021.

A community drop-in event is taking place in Whitby today, designed to support individuals and businesses affected by the recent summer moorland fires.

All our major sides are in action including Whitby, Scarborough and Bridlington.

Saturday sees a fleet of tractors setting off from Whitby past the former site of the Langdale Fire with residents invited to come out and greet farmers who fought the blaze.

Staff and volunteers from Scarborough Hospital received major accolades at the York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s annual Celebration of Achievement Awards evening, which took place yesterday.

Pikes are at Bottesford Town in Northern Counties East Premier, on Saturday.

Bridlington Town are back on home turf on Saturday.

The remarkable achievement of students from Scarborough University Technical College (UTC) at the global STEM racing championships has been formally acknowledged in the House of Commons this week.

The Blues come into the game on the back of successive victories for just the second time this season.

Boro are at in-form West Midlands side AFC Telford on Saturday.

Filey Town Council has faced an ‘unprecedented’ wave of resignations this month, leaving just enough councillors for the council to remain legally quorate.

Campaigners wanting the A64 upgraded to a dual-carriageway will find out next year if the scheme will be added to the government’s list of priority work.