Year: 2023

Five years after its launch, North Yorkshire and York’s hugely controversial £1.4bn billion energy from waste incinerator has been declared a success, including by community leaders who voted against it. The towering Allerton Park plant, […]

The leader of a unitary council which is looking to transfer powers to parish and town councils as part of its flagship ‘double devolution’ scheme is calling for more people to stand to represent their communities. […]

The politician charged with ensuring a range of key services are maintained for North Yorkshire’s 618,000 residents has warned unless the authority strips back £25m of annual costs its ability to fulfil a range of […]

A leading soft drinks manufacturer has unveiled further plans to expand its base, just months after villagers voiced dismay over its ambition to build a three-storey factory larger than an Amazon warehouse overlooking their homes. […]

Police say a missing Great Broughton man has been found. An appeal was issued this week after the man was last seen in Middlesbrough on Thursday 12 October.    

Police are searching for the body of a honour killing victim beside the A19 near Thirsk after receiving new information. Mother-of-three Rania Alayed, 25, went missing in June 2013. Her husband Ahmed Al-Khatib, 35, was […]

Police have issued a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to after a disturbance in a shop Stokesley. A man is reported to have acted aggressively and threatened another man in Co-op, […]

Police are appealing for information to find a burglary suspect. Liam Knight, 23, is wanted in connection with a burglary committed in the Northallerton area earlier this year. He has links to Scarborough and Lincolnshire. […]

A mum has described how moving into one of four homes which an affordable housing provider has retrofitted to make them the most energy efficient and environmentally friendly homes in its entire stock as like […]

Critics of the proposed devolution moves for North Yorkshire and York have claimed the division of Government funding is turning out as iniquitous as they feared as it emerged a disproportionate amount of money awarded […]