Year: 2026

Illegal tobacco products have been seized during a joint enforcement operation in Northallerton and Thirsk. Officers from North Yorkshire Police worked alongside Trading Standards to carry out targeted visits aimed at removing illicit goods from […]

North Yorkshire Council has defended its planning department after it was found to have one of the worst records in the country for making decisions deemed unreasonable by the Planning Inspectorate. Since 2019, inspectors ruled […]

A motorist was stopped by police just minutes after leaving court despite being handed an immediate driving ban. Kalamehan Puvanathayatharan, 43, of Middlesbrough, appeared at Harrogate Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, March 24, where he was […]

A teenage boy has been arrested after a police pursuit involving a 4×4 ended in a field near Stokesley. At around 9.05pm on Monday, an officer on patrol near The Green, Stokesley spotted a silver […]

Firefighters were called to reports of smoke and sparks coming from a garden fence in Northallerton on Monday evening. A crew from Northallerton attended The Crescent, Northallerton at 9.17pm. On arrival, crews discovered the remains […]

The chairman of North Yorkshire Council says the county is “standing side by side” with the Jewish community following an apparent anti-Semitic incident in London. Four ambulances belonging to a Jewish charity were destroyed in an […]

North Yorkshire residents with a moth infestation will now be charged more for treatment by the council than households with rat or mouse problem. North Yorkshire Council has reviewed its pricing structure for pest control […]

A man has been jailed after breaching a court order designed to prevent persistent anti-social behaviour in Northallerton. Bradley Grimes, 31, of Wicklow Street, Middlesbrough, was sentenced to six months in prison after failing to […]

A woman who stole nearly £90,000 from her poorly grandfather has been ordered to repay just under £2,000. Madline Shaw, 33, from Borrowby Village, near Thirsk, was jailed for 18 months in November last year […]

Motorists are being warned of major disruption after a serious collision closed a key route in North Yorkshire. North Yorkshire Police said the incident happened at around 2.15am this morning on the A19 near Knayton, […]