Month: June 2023

Water voles and small pearl-bordered fritillary butterflies are the focus of a new project in the North York Moors National Park because the two species happen to be ‘clinging on’ in the same local areas. […]

An ex-charity trustee has been sentenced for fraud while he oversaw a privatised probation organisation which received money from the public purse. Hugh Morgan Williams took £26,966 the from Durham and Tees Valley Community Rehabilitation […]

The Yorkshire Party has put forward its candidate for the North Yorkshire mayoral election in 2024 – and he has promised 2,000 households three chickens each. Keith Tordoff MBE has announced he will be the […]

A move to press North Yorkshire’s police commissioner to resign, amid claims she has failed in her duty to hold the force’s leadership to account, appears to have been swept aside. The Opposition leader on […]

Residents have objected to revised plans for a housing estate on a greenfield site, saying there is already too much traffic near their homes. Newett Homes’ proposal to develop the 1.2-hectare site south of Yafforth […]

Police have issued CCTV images of several suspects after a man was knocked unconscious in Northallerton. The incident occurred at approximately 1.30am on Saturday, March 11. It involved a large group of men fighting outside […]

A new NHS website for North Yorkshire aims to help people find the right support if they are struggling with mental health issues. Let’s Get Better provides people with a range of resources that are […]

The Prime Minister’s local political opponents have criticised his decision to donate $3m to a college in the US. Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty paid for a computing lab at Claremont McKenna in […]

People in North Yorkshire have seen their incomes boosted by a total of more than £50 million as a result of work by local authority benefits advisors, say council chiefs. Officials say they have helped […]