Year: 2024

Wensleydale Railway has purchased a diesel locomotive from The Harry Needle Railroad Company in Derbyshire. The locomotive, number 47714, is a British Rail Class 47 or Brush Type 4 diesel. The design was developed in […]

A woman whose crimes cost her employer hundreds of thousands of pounds has been jailed for more than three years, following a police investigation. Louise Chambers, 41, from : Stoneybrough Lane, Thirsk, worked as finance […]

A new committee at the Riverside in Bedale is determined to return the more than 100-year-old building to its rightful place as a focal point for the community. New signage makes clear you don’t have […]

Firefighters were called to a hedge on fire in Aiskew yesterday. A member of the public contacted fire control at about 6.10pm to report a fire in Love Lane. A Bedale crew attended to find […]

Firefighters were called out after a log was placed under a children’s slide and deliberately set alight. The incident happened in a play park in George Long Mews, Easingwold, at about 4.45pm on Saturday. Easingwold […]

Firefighters were called to rescue a squirrel today. The incident happened at about 4.30pm in The Stripe in Stokesly. Following a call from the public and RSPCA being unable to help, firefighters from Stokesley responded […]

Police investigating a burglary in Hornby near Northallerton are appealing to anyone who has seen a stolen motorbike. The bright orange KTM 125 SX motocross bike has a number of stickers on it. It has […]

A good food project aims to ensure youngsters not only enjoy the benefits of a hot meal – they also learn how to prepare one as well. Northallerton Youth Space allows young people aged from […]

A long-held community-led ambition to allow the change of use of two highly protected parcels of land in a conservation area in the Howardian Hills National Landscape has been approved. North Yorkshire Council’s Thirsk and […]