Year: 2026

North Yorkshire Council says its planning department — previously branded as “diabolical” — is seeing staffing improvements. A number of new planning officers had joined the council to cover the Richmond constituency area in recent […]

North Yorkshire Police are appealing for information following an incident in Northallerton in which a woman was verbally abused and assaulted by a man known to her. The incident happened on Saturday, 21 June 2026 […]

Campaigners say they are “dusting down the banners” in preparation for a new fight over plans to build an asylum centre on a former North Yorkshire RAF base. Linton-on-Ouse Action Group has reformed after the […]

A government minister has defended plans to reopen the former RAF base at Linton-on-Ouse as an asylum centre. Alex Norris, Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum, told the House of Commons yesterday (MONDAY) […]

A Northallerton man who subjected his partner to “emotional torture” and severe beatings over a two-year period has been jailed for over three years. Jack Allinson, 30, bit, strangled and punched his partner and once […]

Police have launched an operation to tackle anti-social behaviour caused by young people arriving in a North Yorkshire town by train from Middlesbrough. North Yorkshire Council’s Richmond area committee heard today (MONDAY) that Great Ayton […]

A banking hub could be open in Stokesley by the end of August, a meeting heard this week. North Yorkshire councillors were given an update on the new service today (MONDAY) at the Richmond area […]

Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was assaulted by a group of youths in Stokesley. The incident happened at about 11pm on Saturday, June 20, near the High Street. According to North Yorkshire […]

Police have released CCTV images of a man and two women they would like to speak to following an alleged make off without payment at a hotel in Great Ayton. North Yorkshire Police said the […]