Yorkshire Coast News from Wednesday, August 26th, 2026

Bridlington Town staged an late comeback at the Bradley Football Development Centre, scoring twice to snatch a fully deserved 2-1 victory over Grimsby Borough.

Fraudsters claiming to be from New Scotland Yard are targeting people across North Yorkshire in a sophisticated telephone scam designed to steal cash, valuables, and bank details.

A new dog-friendly café in North Yorkshire has applied to place dozens of chairs outside its business.

Reform-led Scarborough Town Council approved a revised 2026-27 budget which reshaped spending priorities while leaving the authority’s £380,000 precept unchanged at a meeting on Tuesday, August 25.

There were 244 reported beatings in East Yorkshire last year, a 47% rise. 

Richard Flinton, the chief executive of North Yorkshire Council, will step down from the role as the council’s most senior officer at the end of March next year following a local government career that has spanned almost 40 years in North Yorkshire.

A decision to close the care unit at Bridlington Hospital has been condemned by councillors and campaigners alike, who fear the planned closure will mean a ‘hollowing out’ of local healthcare services.

Whitby Town endured a miserable evening in Lincolnshire as a catalogue of defensive errors and lapses in concentration saw Cleethorpes Town cruise to a 6-0 victory.

Alison Hume, the MP for Scarborough and Whitby and Scarborough Mayor Thomas Murray, have joined dozens of residents in objecting to Homemore’s applications to officially designate The Redcliffe Hotel and The Lodge in Scarborough as mixed-use emergency accommodation and hotel sites.