Yorkshire Coast News
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Whitby Museums Work Together for Fish and Ships Festival
Whitby's Annual Fish and Ships Festival gets underway tomorrow.
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East Riding Councillors Back Devolution Plan
The creation of an elected Mayor for The East Riding and Hull took a step forwards yesterday as East Riding Councillors voted to back the proposed devolution plan.
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Council Seeks Details of Woodsmith Mine Changes
North Yorkshire Council says it is seeking more information on the situation surrounding Whitby's Woodsmith Mine.
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Punctuation Will be Staying on North Yorkshire's Road Signs
The question mark over apostrophes on North Yorkshire's road signs appears to have been bought to a full stop.
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Council Landlord Meetings in Scarborough
A new series of landlords’ forums to provide key advice about the private housing sector will begin in Scarborough next Tuesday (21st May).
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NHS Humber & North Yorks Cancer Group Hails Tobacco & Vapes Bill
NHS Humber & North Yorkshire Cancer Alliance stands in support of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill as it clears committee stage and moves towards its third reading.
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Help Clean Up Eastfield Says Community Group
Residents, community groups and local businesses who want to rid their local environment of litter are being asked to roll up their sleeves as part of an annual tidy in Eastfield.
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Police Appeal After Seamer Theft
Officers have issued camera footage of a man following a theft from Proudfoot Supermarket in Seamer, near Scarborough.
Top Stories
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About 100 sub-postmaster convictions separate to Post Office cases may be 'tainted'
Prosecutions of sub-postmasters by the Department for Work and Pensions could be "tainted", a Sky News investigation has found, as officials worked with now discredited Post Office investigators to secure convictions.
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French police shoot dead armed suspect who 'planned to set fire to synagogue'
French police have shot and killed an armed suspect who appeared to be planning a synagogue attack, the interior minister has said.
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Georgia: Peaceful protesters beaten by police squads as Kremlin's shadow looms
The shadow of the Kremlin looms darker over Georgia at the end of this week, just as it does over Ukraine.
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Starmer's plan shows Labour are focused on election campaign - but Sunak didn't get the memo
It's mid-May, we have just completed the local and mayoral election races and the Prime Minister, to all intents and purposes seems to be going for an election anytime from October onwards.
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Cristiano Ronaldo tops Forbes list of highest-paid athletes
Cristiano Ronaldo has topped Forbes' list of highest-paid athletes for the fourth time in his career.
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Slovak PM shooting suspect named as 71-year-old writer and poet
A man charged with attempted murder following the shooting of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has been named as 71-year-old Juraj Cintula.
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Three Macarthur FC players arrested for alleged illegal betting in Australia's A-League
Three players for an Australian football club have been arrested for allegedly manipulating the number of yellow cards they received in several A-League matches last year.
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Donald Trump trial star witness Michael Cohen accused of lying about hush money phone call
Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former "thug" and "pit bull", has been accused of lying about a phone call he says he made to the former US president about payments to ex porn star Stormy Daniels.
National News
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About 100 sub-postmaster convictions separate to Post Office cases may be 'tainted'
Prosecutions of sub-postmasters by the Department for Work and Pensions could be "tainted", a Sky News investigation has found, as officials worked with now discredited Post Office investigators to secure convictions.
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Bodies left to decompose in NHS hospitals due to inadequate storage and lack of freezer space, inspectors warn
Bodies of deceased patients have been left to decompose inside NHS hospital mortuaries across England, inspectors have warned.
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Kent: 25 workers 'poisoned' at Swaleside prison by 'inmates working in staff canteen', union says
More than two dozen staff at a prison in Kent were "deliberately poisoned" with the drug spice, a union has said.
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Jeremy Hunt to promise further tax cuts as pre-general election battle hots up
Jeremy Hunt will promise further tax cuts if the Tories win the next general election and will accuse the Labour Party of not being honest about how it will fund its spending pledges.
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Ed Sheeran surprises Sheffield College music students with impromptu gig
Ed Sheeran surprised a group of music students by giving an impromptu gig at their college.
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Colin Pitchfork: Double child killer's parole hearing to be held in public in July
Notorious child killer Colin Pitchfork's next parole hearing will be held in public.
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Devon: South West Water refuses to say when boil water notice will be lifted after disease outbreak
A South West Water boss has refused to give a timeline on when a notice to boil tap water will be lifted after a parasite was found in a key reservoir.
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What is cryptosporidium? The diarrhoea-causing parasite found in Devon drinking water
An outbreak of a waterborne disease in Devon has prompted urgent warnings for residents to boil their tap water.
World News
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Kharkiv: Ukraine's second city hit by drones during country's longest air raid alert
Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, has been struck by several drones during the country's longest air raid alert since Russia launched its invasion.
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Georgia: Peaceful protesters beaten by police squads as Kremlin's shadow looms
The shadow of the Kremlin looms darker over Georgia at the end of this week, just as it does over Ukraine.
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Donald Trump trial star witness Michael Cohen accused of lying about hush money phone call
Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former "thug" and "pit bull", has been accused of lying about a phone call he says he made to the former US president about payments to ex porn star Stormy Daniels.
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Cristiano Ronaldo tops Forbes top 10 list of highest-paid athletes
Cristiano Ronaldo has topped Forbes' list of highest-paid athletes for the fourth time in his career.
Entertainment News
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Tom Brady vows to be 'better parent' after Netflix roast tore into divorce
Tom Brady has promised to be "a better parent" after a Netflix comedy special poked fun at his divorce.
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Ed Sheeran surprises Sheffield College music students with impromptu gig
Ed Sheeran surprised a group of music students by giving an impromptu gig at their college.
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Kings Of Leon's Caleb Followill on 'scary' AI, sponsoring a darts player, and taking on Taylor Swift
"When you first start out, it's you versus the world," says Kings Of Leon's frontman, Caleb Followill, speaking from his home in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Australia's richest woman Gina Rinehart 'demands' gallery removes her portrait
Australia's richest woman is reported to have made a demand that her portrait be removed from an exhibition.
Video
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Sir Keir Starmer unveils promises to 'change Britain' - but warns it may take 10 years
Sir Keir Starmer has promised to change the country "for the better" if Labour wins the next election - but warned his plan for "national renewal" may take a decade to see through.
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Sir Keir Starmer insists he is 'trustworthy' - as new voter offer compared with abandoned leadership pledges
Sir Keir Starmer has insisted he can be trusted to deliver his six pledges to voters - despite abandoning many of the promises that saw him elected Labour leader.
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Devon: South West Water refuses to say when boil water notice will be lifted after disease outbreak
A South West Water boss has refused to give a timeline on when a notice to boil tap water will be lifted after a parasite was found in a key reservoir.
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Royal Mail 'minded' to accept £3.5bn takeover proposal by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky
The owner of Royal Mail has said it is "minded" to accept a revised takeover bid by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky.