Villagers have made an eleventh-hour appeal to councillors to reject plans for almost 100 homes on the edge of a North Yorkshire village. Dishforth Residents’ Group has written to councillors urging them to examine their [...]

A popular independent newsagents which served generations of customers in Northallerton has closed its doors for the final time after almost a century in business. Mitchells made its own headlines on its final day of [...]

Police are appealing for witnesses after a burglar entered a house in Thirsk while a woman in her 70s was asleep inside. North Yorkshire Police said the incident happened in the Sowerby area of the [...]

North Yorkshire Council has brought in financial investigators to look into its loss-making housing company Brierley Homes, it has emerged. Senior councillors heard this week that the company had appointed Veritau to examine decisions made [...]