Month: December 2019

Tackling the issues of high employment but low wages linked to tourism and agricultural jobs is next up before North Yorkshire’s independent Rural Commission. Following this month’s evidence session on food, farming and the environment, […]

A rogue builder has been sentenced for shoddy workmanship and failing to provide fixtures and fittings for which he had been paid thousands of pounds. The hearing took place at York Crown Court following an […]

Twenty one members of staff have clocked up a massive 610 years of service to Hambleton District Council. Chairman of the council, Councillor Kevin Hardisty, presented them with certificates and vouchers at the full council […]

Bedale Tennis Club has put a grant of £5,000 towards the resurfacing of its courts and installation of floodlights. The money came from Hambleton District Council’s Making a Difference Awards. “We are a very active club […]

North Yorkshire Police has donated hundreds of pounds worth of food and household essentials to local foodbanks thanks to the roll-out of a force-wide reverse advent calendar. Reverse advent calendars work by filling boxes every […]

Firefighters were called out this morning after a man got his head stuck in a window. The incident occurred in Romanby at about 5am. Crews released him using crew power and a triple extension ladder. […]

Many of the North’s most prized landscapes will deteriorate and a chance to tackle climate change will be lost unless London-based bureaucrats loosen their grip on initiatives designed to conserve and restore habitats, it has […]

A dog taken by thieves has been reunited with its owners after it became “too hot to handle” when details of the theft was shared on-line. Black Labrador Alfie was stolen when his owner’s Isuzu flatbed […]

Nursery and reception children from Keeble Gateway Academy have performed their Christmas nativity at St Oswalds Church Sowerby. There were tears of joy in the audience as children aged between three and five performed at […]

A Northallerton woman has won the Great North Air Ambulance Service’s (GNAAS) annual £10,000 raffle prize. This year, the GNAAS annual raffle generated over £120,000 with £100,925 in ticket sales and a huge £22,923 in […]