Scarborough News

Here is the latest Scarborough News from This is the Coast

• Three-Year-Old Scarborough Boy Launches National Campaign To Help Children Gain Independence

  A three-year-old boy from Scarborough has helped launch a national fundraising campaign to provide specialist mobility equipment for thirty children across the UK.

• Scarborough Athletic Suffer On The Road

  The Seadogs were comfortably beaten in Norfolk on Bank Holiday Monday.

• Scarborough Voted UK's Fourth Best Canine Hotspot

  Scarborough has been named the 4th most dog-friendly seaside town in the UK, in a new study, with Whitby coming tenth.

• Scarborough Residents Invited To Hear What’s Next For Pride in Place

  Scarborough residents are being invited to find out more about Pride in Place, the role of the  Scarborough Neighbourhood Board and the first projects beginning to move forward across the  town.

• National Energy Price Hike Hits Yorkshire Coast

  Households on the Yorkshire Coast are facing renewed cost-of-living pressure as energy prices are set to rise.

• Yorkshire Coast Holiday Park Reduces Caravans To "Remain Attractive To Tourists"

  A popular holiday park in Filey could reduce the number of static caravans at its site in order to remain “attractive to tourists”.

• North Yorkshire Mayor Backs Scarborough Seaweed Cultivation Plan

  The mayor of North Yorkshire has backed an innovative seaweed cultivation business as the county aims to become England’s first carbon-negative region.

• Yorkshire Coast Cricket Round-Up

  Just a handful of matches were completed with the wet weather around on Saturday.

• Scarborough Athletic Give Five Star Southport Showing

  Boro were in dominant form against Southport at Scarborough Sports Village on Saturday.

• Whitby Holiday Let Plan Rejected

  Controversial plans to build modern holiday let units near a Victorian landmark on the Yorkshire Coast have been refused after a backlash from residents.

• Personal Savings at Risk as Fake Police Officers Target North Yorkshire Residents

  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.

• Scarborough Council Sets Aside £45,000 Amid Uncertainty Over Town Hall Future

  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.

• Scarborough Historic Venue Nominated As Community Asset

  A historic Scarborough leisure venue has been successfully nominated as an asset of community value.

• Scarborough MP & Mayor Both Challenge Emergency Accommodation Bid

  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.

• North Yorkshire Council Chief Retires- Authority To Recruit for £200k Role

  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.

• Scarborough Café Applies To Place 24 Chairs On Narrow Shopping Street

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