Month: February 2025

A horse was rescued from a septic tank by firefighters today. A crew from Northallerton and an animal rescue team from Ripon were called to the village of West Rounton at about 2.45pm. They arrived […]

Speed limits outside every school in the county are being reviewed as North Yorkshire Council takes action to improve road safety. The council will be assessing all 400 plus education sites across the county, including […]

North Yorkshire Council has been accused of causing chaos and confusion for parents by using two different systems to determine school admissions and free home-to-school transport eligibility. The issue was highlighted this week after a […]

Rishi Sunak has called for a national screening programme to tackle prostate cancer. The Richmond and Northallerton MP raised the urgent need for the measure at this week’s Prime Minister’s Questions. He said: “Prostate cancer […]

An unscrupulous solar panel installer who received almost £25,000 for work he had no intention of carrying out has been jailed after an investigation by North Yorkshire Council’s trading standards officers. Sean Berry, 34, ran […]

Police searching for the body of murder victim Rania Alayed have discovered human remains in the Thirsk area. Mother-of-three Rania Alayed, 25, went missing in June 2013. Her husband Ahmed Al-Khatib, 35, was convicted of […]

A council’s legal action against the government over a loss of funding could cost taxpayers more than £250,000. But North Yorkshire Council leader, Carl Les, today told colleagues he believed the loss of the £14.3m […]

Leading councillors have been told they should be ashamed of their refusal to back plans to give greater protection against discrimination to care leavers. One North Yorkshire councillor became visibly upset as it emerged a […]

North Yorkshire Police is encouraging people who can spare 16 hours a month to join the force as a special constable. The force said it was looking for adults of any age, and from all […]

Parents have urged a government minister to reconsider her decision to allow the closure of a North Yorkshire primary school. Campaigners have pledged to fight to save Kirkby Fleetham Church of England Primary School, near […]