Year: 2026

A North Yorkshire cheesemaker is celebrating after winning the top prize at this year’s Great Yorkshire Show Cheese and Dairy Awards. Shepherds Purse Cheeses, based near Thirsk, was named Supreme Champion Cheese for its Organic […]

North Yorkshire residents are being reminded never to throw batteries or electrical items containing batteries into household waste or recycling bins after six bin wagon fires were recorded in the past year. The latest incident […]

North Yorkshire Council is facing a call for an independent review of the £1.4bn contract with the Allerton Waste Recovery Park (AWRP) after the plant failed to meet its recycling target for the seventh consecutive […]

North Yorkshire Council has decided not to pursue a judicial review over the way York and North Yorkshire Mayor David Skaith allocated road maintenance funding, but has warned it will not hesitate to challenge future […]

Campaigners fighting plans for an asylum centre on a former North Yorkshire RAF base have spoken out after their bid to petition the government over the plans was rejected due to it being a “local” […]

Police are appealing for information after a quad bike was stolen from the Chop Gate area near Stokesley. Officers are trying to trace a Polaris 570 EPS quad bike, registration YY21 CUH, which was stolen […]

Plans for a motorway service area (MSA) off the A1(M) in North Yorkshire have been approved despite a claim the scheme amounts to the “rape of the countryside”. North Yorkshire Council has granted planning permission […]

Firefighters were called to reports of a combine harvester fire near South Otterington on Monday evening. Crews from Northallerton and Thirsk were dispatched to the incident at 5.43pm. On arrival, firefighters found the combine harvester […]

Cuts to a 24/7 emergency helpline for elderly North Yorkshire residents have been pushed through without consulting users of the service, say critics. North Yorkshire Council is overhauling its Lifeline service with the aim of […]

Campaigners opposing the proposed Vale of York motorway service area (MSA) have urged councillors to consider what they describe as “serious unresolved legal questions” before determining the application. Kirby Hill Residents Against Motorway Services (RAMS) […]