Year: 2026

A councillor breached North Yorkshire Council’s code of conduct by using a council pool car at weekends for personal business, a panel has ruled. Councillor Andrew Lee, Conservative member for Appleton Roebuck and Church Fenton […]

Councillors have voted not to take action despite being told that parents have been denied free school transport to their child’s catchment school due to incorrect information in North Yorkshire Council systems. Senior officers have […]

Police are appealing for help to trace a 63-year-old man who has been missing from Northallerton for several weeks. Neil Kendrew was last confirmed to have been seen in Northallerton on Sunday, 7 December 2025, […]

Plans to bring a former high school in Northallerton back into use to support children and young people with specialist educational needs are set to be reconsidered by councillors next week. Members of North Yorkshire […]

A 38-year-old man from Thirsk who was the subject of a police appeal earlier this month has been arrested. North Yorkshire Police confirmed that Liam Baker has now been located and arrested following the public […]

Firefighters from Thirsk, Ripon and Northallerton were called to a wagon fire on the A19 between Ellerbeck and Jeater Houses on Monday afternoon. Crews were alerted at 3.15pm to reports of a lorry carrying fertiliser […]

Police are appealing for help to trace a man wanted for breaching court bail. David Glover, who also uses the name David Jukes, aged 28 and from Bedale, is wanted by officers in connection with […]

A North Yorkshire holiday park has changed its expansion plans to include more static caravans. Fox Hill Holiday Park, near Claxton, between York and Malton, was granted planning permission for five static caravans, seven holiday […]

Emergency crews were called to Station Road in Topcliffe at 6.20am today following reports of a lorry carrying livestock that had overturned, leaving the driver trapped inside the cab. Fire crews from Thirsk and Ripon […]

North Yorkshire Police are appealing for the public’s help to locate a man who has been recalled to prison for breaching his licence conditions just one day after his release. Timothy Horrigan, aged 42, was […]