Year: 2023

The directors of a public transport initiative once hailed “the best recreational bus service in Europe” have condemned a move to spend £15,000 on a review of public transport in a national park rather than […]

A commissioner is being pressed to explain why a high-profile initiative to help solve funding issues for a cash-strapped fire brigade and a police force by fusing some of their back office functions has made […]

A senior fire officer has urged farmers to be take steps to avoid the types of devastating crop fires seen in North Yorkshire last summer. During an online public meeting yesterday, Zoe Metcalfe, the Conservative […]

An alternative housing scheme in which older and disabled people can access a range of support while living independently has proved “a huge success story” for North Yorkshire, a committee charged with ensuring improvements to services […]

TV viewers are being reminded that the Bilsdale Mast helpline will close on July. The new Bilsdale mast began transmitting TV services to the region on May 22, with HD services restored on June 4. […]

Wensleydale Railway has announced the return to service of its class 143 Pacer unit, number 143623. The class 143 diesel multiple unit arrived at the Wensleydale Railway in July 2021 from its previous home in […]

North Yorkshire and York’s Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner, who has faced calls to resign following successive critical reports of the police and fire services she oversees, has received support from some members of a […]

Police say a 14-year-old boy who went missing from Thirsk has been found safe and well. The boy was reported missing after he was last seen in the town’s Market Place on Monday. An appeal […]

A man had to be cut free by firefighters after a crash today. The incident happened at Picton near Stokesley at about 3.40pm. Fire crews from Richmond and Middlesbrough used cutting gear to rescue the […]