Year: 2026

North Yorkshire Police are looking for residents to join groups which help influence policing in Hambleton and Richmondshire. The force is recruiting new members for its Independent Advisory Groups (IAGs), which provide feedback to police […]

North Yorkshire Council is proposing to invest £18 million in temporary accommodation as the number of households needing emergency housing continues to rise. The authority wants to increase its programme of new temporary homes by […]

Significant changes are being proposed to North Yorkshire Council’s controversial home-to-school transport policy following a review by senior officers. Council chiefs say they have listened to parents and other critics of the policy — which […]

Concerned councillors have questioned whether North Yorkshire Council’s loss-making housing company will ever turn its finances around — despite a five-year recovery plan being drawn up. Members of the authority’s shareholder committee were today told […]

A vehicle stolen from Great Ayton High Street has been recovered by police within 48 hours. North Yorkshire Police said the vehicle was stolen on September 1 and spotted by officers carrying out proactive patrols […]

Visitors staying overnight in York and North Yorkshire could be charged £1 a night under proposals which it is estimated could raise up to £26 million for the region. A new report commissioned by York […]

Bedale Post Office has reopened following a temporary closure which left the town without a branch for more than two months. The Post Office at 6 Market Place reopened this afternoon, September 7, restoring services […]

Leyburn Town Council has hailed the town’s hosting of the Tour of Britain as a success, while acknowledging that for some businesses and residents the event was not “all raindrops and kittens”. Hundreds of spectators […]

North Yorkshire councillors are to consider whether a series of breaches involving the county’s pension fund should be reported to the Pensions Regulator. Members of North Yorkshire Council’s pension fund committee will be asked at […]