Year: 2025

The site of a proposed solar farm in North Yorkshire sits within an “extremely significant” historic landscape with evidence of prehistoric, Roman and medieval activity, critics of the scheme claim. Residents and consultees have urged […]

The former Hambleton District Council offices could be sold to a care home provider. The civic centre at Stone Cross in Northallerton served as the headquarters for the district council before the authority was merged […]

Rishi Sunak is supporting a 175-year-old moorland cricket club’s plans for a new pavilion. Chop Gate Cricket Club, founded in 1850 in the heart of the North York Moors, wants to build a new pavilion […]

Funding for the A66 Northern Trans-Pennine route has been confirmed by the Government. The announcement means work will progress on dualling the remainder of the key route to increase capacity, improving journey times and boost […]

Yorkshire Water has announced a hosepipe ban to protect water supplies as forecasters predict a warm summer ahead. The company said Yorkshire had experienced both the driest and warmest spring on record this year with […]

Thirsk and Bedale school pupils were among almost 100 children to have been given key advice on healthy living after gathering to celebrate a scheme aimed at promoting wellbeing from a young age. Almost 100 […]

Legalising assisted dying while failing to ensure universal access to high-quality palliative care would create a dangerous imbalance, a North Yorkshire hospice chief has warned. Tony Collins, chief executive of the Thirsk-based Herriot Hospice Homecare, said […]

Police are investigating the theft of sheep in the North York Moors and surrounding areas. The most recent report is from June 24, near Crag Bank in Kildale, where suspects were seen trying to steal […]

Developers behind Scotch Corner Designer Village say the complex will now open in sping 2027 — four years after the original launch date. But the company behind the scheme say a host of new household […]

Protests over changes to home-to-school transport policy in North Yorkshire spread to Glastonbury Festival at the weekend. 11-year-old Ciel held up a placard containing the message ‘North Yorks Council Stole My Bus Pass!’ in front […]