Residents of a Domesday Book village have claimed a plan to build a housing estate across open grassland which they have been allowed to use to graze animals and for recreation represents “an eradication of local history”. […]
A commissioner responsible for a police force with the country’s highest proportion of Police Community Support Officers making up its staff has revealed a plan to leave more than 120 jobs vacant this year to […]
Community representatives serving a swathe of North Yorkshire from Filey to Thirsk are set to vote on whether to join other areas of the county in pressing for a 20mph speed limit to be trialled […]
Barclays has announced the closure of its Bedale branch. The facility is due to shut on April 26. Barclays in Leyburn is also closing on May 5. Barclays says the Bedale branch is used by […]
Roads bosses are seeking to put the brakes on a leading carpet retailer’s ambition to build an expanded commercial gateway into a market town, featuring distribution centre and showroom, industrial units, a 74-bedroom Travelodge hotel and a […]
Leaders North Yorkshire County Council who are pushing forward a move to charge residents the maximum council tax increase say they can see no alternative if key services are to be retained. The authority’s executive […]
A suspected drink driver was arrested after a tyre fell off their vehicle while it was being followed by police. The incident happened in the Sowerby area on Saturday morning. Police say they were on […]
Campaigners are calling on the incoming North Yorkshire Council to become the first local authority in England to reject the first-past-the-post electoral system as part of its ambition to become more responsive to and representative […]
A Thirsk man has been jailed for an assault and possessing a knife. Michael Brown, 29, of Long Road, appeared before magistrates in York on Friday. He pleaded guilty to several charges including possessing a […]
North Yorkshire County Council’s leadership has defended the make-up of its decision-making executive, amid claims that its largely older male membership has not experienced the impacts of motorists speeding through market towns and villages. Knaresborough […]
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