Yorkshire Coast News from Thursday, October 15th, 2026

Whitby Town face promotion-chasing Curzon Ashton at the Towbar Express Stadium this Saturday, as the Blues look to secure their second home victory of the season.

Scarborough Athletic are desperate to bounce back with a victory against Hebburn Town, despite facing squad injuries including a potentially season-ending setback for Michael Duckworth.

North Yorkshire Council has approved a £2 million construction contract to begin work on the £6.68 million Scarborough Station Gateway project in January 2027.

A Scarborough mental health charity has secured double national recognition for its community work just weeks before opening a much-needed third centre in the town.

Whitby Town Council is exploring plans to bring its public toilets back under direct in-house control to save money and improve standards following years of financial losses.

Whitby Town Council has promised to make lasting improvements after an independent review revealed it borrowed £70,000 from the Pannett Art Gallery's reserves during a recent cash flow crisis.

Over 100 suspected illegal weapons and quantities of Class A drugs have been taken off the streets following a major 24-hour police crackdown across the Yorkshire Coast.

Thousands of students across the Yorkshire Coast are learning essential CPR skills as part of a campaign to double cardiac arrest survival rates.

A proposed tourist tax in North Yorkshire must include short-term holiday lets to avoid unfairly penalising struggling hotels and displacing local residents, according to a Whitby councillor.

North Yorkshire Council has approved new gas storage tanks at Primrose Valley Holiday Village after developers proved the local population of protected great crested newts could be safely conserved.

Construction has started on twenty-six new affordable homes in Hunmanby and Shipton by Beningbrough, funded by a council tax premium on second properties.

A recruitment drive has been launched to find a new chief executive for the Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority, offering a salary of up to £170,000 to lead the region's economic and strategic future.

Bridlington Town produced a dominant away performance to secure a 1-0 victory against Stocksbridge Park Steels, thanks to a second-half own goal.

Whitby's iconic whalebone arch is a step closer to returning to West Cliff as work gets under way to cast permanent bronze replicas of the historic landmark.