Year: 2026

Opposition leader Kemi Badenoch joined more than 500 party faithful at the launch of the Yorkshire Conservatives’ local election campaign at an event in Harrogate on Friday. The gathering was originally planned for Northallerton but […]

North Yorkshire councillors have been called on to urge local NHS leaders to halt the rollout of a controversial data platform developed by US technology firm Palantir. Adam Rimmer, representing the campaign group No Palantir […]

Major changes to the way hospital care is delivered across Teesside, East Durham and North Yorkshire are being proposed to ensure NHS clinical services remain sustainable. North Yorkshire Council’s scrutiny of health committee heard how […]

The leader of North Yorkshire Council has accused the Government of contradicting its own position on housing migrants near schools by proposing the former RAF Linton-on-Ouse base for an asylum centre. In a letter to […]

A woman has died following a two-vehicle collision on the A19 near Great Thirkleby, close to Thirsk, and police are appealing for witnesses. The crash happened at about 2.20pm on Wednesday, July 1, and involved […]

New Home Office plans for an asylum centre at the former RAF Linton-on-Ouse base were already damaging the village, campaigners have warned. Members of the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority heard today that uncertainty […]

Members of York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority have voted against making the former RAF Linton-on-Ouse base a mayoral development zone (MDZ) amid plans to build an asylum centre on the land. Following a debate […]

Rural communities have been “let down and left behind” by governments of all parties, the Mayor of York and North Yorkshire said as regional leaders agreed a new plan to deliver 5,000 rural homes and […]

People living, working and running businesses in the North York Moors are being invited to help shape the future of the National Park as work begins on a new Local Plan. The North York Moors […]

Homes for locals rather than accommodation for migrants should be built on a former RAF base, according to the Mayor of York and North Yorkshire. David Skaith has agreed with local residents and community leaders […]