Year: 2021

North Yorkshire County Council, which has claimed as much as £260m of council tax-payers money would be clawed back over five years if its proposal for a single unitary council is approved, has been warned […]

Northallerton library will be offering a reduced service and will require a temporary closure due to essential refurbishment later this month. The select and collect service will not be available from Wednesday, March 10, until […]

North Yorkshire NHS bosses say the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out is now expanding to include everyone aged over 60 and people with underlying health conditions. Officials say the push to protect people from the virus is […]

The  Government’s plan for a safe return to schools could be seriously undermined if pupils opt to sidestep Covid tests and decide not to wear masks, a North Yorkshire County Council meeting has heard. Multiple […]

The Wensleydale Railway Association Trust (WRAT) has launched two surveys to get the public’s views on how best to share the heritage of the line. The Government announced in October last year that the railway […]

A long-running row over an airfield between two villages looks set to erupt again after campaigners compared council planners to the Keystone Cops and insisted stricter controls need to be exerted over the site. However, […]

The last call for nominations to find Hambleton’s heroes has gone out. All entries for Hambleton District Council’s scheme to recognise people who went above and beyond during 2020 must be made by March 1. […]

The A1(M) has reopened after a car overturned this afternoon. The incident happened on the northbound carriageway between J49 Dishforth and J48 Boroughbridge. Two occupants were taken to hospital with minor injuries. Traffic was diverted […]

North Yorkshire’s police commissioner has welcomed moves to reopen schools after revealing evidence suggesting offences against children have soared during the pandemic. Ahead of many children returning to classrooms from March 8, North Yorkshire Police, […]