Chris David, who was visiting Saltwick Bay near Whitby, said he saw the whale, which he believed was about 16 ft (5m) long, ...

Whitby has a deep heritage which spans more than a thousand years that inspired Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula - here is its history ahead of the Yorkshire town’s annual event Whitby Steampunk Weekend.

On August 13, a fishing vessel at Saltwick Bay had lost power and was drifting towards the shore. The vessel was successfully ...