Actually I believe that the BBC headline do not fit in with the photo, the clouds may have been seen over Scarborough. but not by the person who took the photo.
I think the photo was taken somewhere on Royal Albert drive, north of the town. Looking Northwards towards the Sealife centre.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.291259,-0.404788,3a,75y,336.56h,87.97t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1saId-pBBmtyJAKwEbCNi8Dw!2e0?hl=en-GB

The horizon and rails seem to match, but seem to be more lights, but then the Google pics were from 2011.