Month: March 2019

A £500,000 plan to transform a historic bridge to make it suitable for a busy commuter route has been recommended for approval, despite concerns from heritage bodies. North Yorkshire County Council officers said action is […]

A hard-hitting and thought-provoking presentation left students at Stokesley School and Sixth Form College in no doubt about the dangers of gang culture. The initiative was spearheaded by Stokesley Rotary Club who decided to do […]

The A&E at the Friarage Hospital changes to an urgent treatment centre from today. Although the change has been labelled as temporary by the South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, senior doctors admitted at a […]

Speeding in villages is partly “an issue of residents’ perception” a council’s leadership has insisted, as it finalised a scheme to allow parishes to take action themselves. As North Yorkshire County Council’s executive passed details […]

A £500,000 scheme which will provide free heating to more than 100 North Yorkshire homes – including around 30 in Hambleton – has been launched. The county’s Warm Homes Fund will help homeowners and private […]

The chair of Welcome to Yorkshire (WTY) says he will resign if an independent review into the conduct of former chief executive Sir Gary Verity finds that he has personally “fallen short of the standards […]

A consultation on a shake-up of school transport in North Yorkshire which will mean an end to door-to-door pick-ups has been launched. North Yorkshire County Council is proposing a raft of changes to reduce the […]