Month: August 2023

North Yorkshire Council looks set to focus hundreds of thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money on taking on specialist ecology staff to meet biodiversity and nature recovery ambitions. Senior North Yorkshire councillors look set on […]

Firefighters were called to report of a house on fire this morning in Easingwold. Crews from Easingwold and Acomb attended the incident at about 5.30am. Firefighters confirmed there had been a minor fire but it […]

The new-look Croft Historic Race Weekend and Show will take place at Croft Circuit next weekend (2/3 September). The fixture has been running for over a decade in the guise of both the Croft Nostalgia […]

Thousands of North Yorkshire children who signed up this year’s Summer Reading Challenge are being encouraged to complete their mission. More than 8,700 children have taken on the challenge at North Yorkshire’s libraries. This year […]

A man was rescued after falling around 30 metres down a bank near the White Horse at Kilburn on Saturday. Firefighters, ambulance crews, the Yorkshire Air Ambulance helicopter and volunteers from the Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team […]

Firefighters were called after a bonfire got out of control last night. The incident happened at Maunby, south of Northallerton, with the emergency services alerted at about 9.20pm. Thirsk crews responded to the incident. The […]

A man died and two others have been arrested following a collision on the North York Moors. It happened on the night of Sunday 20 August at around 8.20pm on the road known as Blakey […]

North Yorkshire Police is set to take part in the National Police Chiefs’ Council weekend of action on motorcycle safety. The operation will run across the August Bank Holiday weekend. Several other forces from the […]

Time-critical conservation work to prevent the collapse of a national park’s leading cultural heritage landmark has stalled despite the Government agreeing to bankroll the £1.5m needed for the project. Talks are ongoing between the North […]