Year: 2020

Pickhill Church of England Primary School, near Thirsk, has been awarded the Green Flag accolade for its work to care for the environment, becoming one of just 17 schools in the county to receive the […]

North Yorkshire County Councils looks set to press ahead with its multi-million pound extra care scheme plans for Bedale, despite seeing a scheme rejected by planners. Leading members will next week consider a proposal to […]

A Northallerton man who credits a housing association’s mental health support team with preventing him from taking his own life is now raising awareness of the need to reach out for help. Last year, Ryan […]

A well-regarded scheme designed to help children and their families make positive changes to their diet looks set to be axed following swingeing government cuts. North Yorkshire County Council’s leading members will consider decommissioning the […]

North Yorkshire County Council says it is offering help to schools after a catering company which supplied schools dinners stopped trading. Parents at schools supplied by P&A Food Management Services Limited, which is based in […]

More than a hundred people attended last week’s public consultation event for the district’s proposed new crematorium on land near Skipton on Swale. “The feedback was very positive,” said leader of Hambleton District Council, Councillor […]

A 220-metre long bank designed to stop flooding in a hamlet which has seen residents lives repeatedly threatened when nearby river banks burst looks set to be approved by planners, despite having been built without […]

A blackmailer has been jailed for four years after pleading guilty to demanding £10,000 from a man in Thirsk. Thomas James McDowell, 26, contacted the victim on 13 December 2018 using an unknown number and […]

A catering company which supplied school dinners and catering services to businesses has stopped trading, putting more than 400 jobs at risk. Parents at schools supplied by P&A Food Management Services Limited, which is based in […]

Rural residents who saw bus services to their villages cut to a single outbound service a day have submitted plans for a demand responsive “from-anywhere-to-anywhere” service to an authority seeking to investigate alternatives to traditional […]