Year: 2026

A senior North Yorkshire councillor has stressed that his authority would have no say on whether a visitor levy was introduced in York and North Yorkshire as the region’s mayor sets out the next steps […]

North Yorkshire councillors have backed plans to redevelop a former high school to provide places for children and young people with specialist educational needs. Members of North Yorkshire Council’s executive have voted in favour of […]

Work has begun on a new crematorium on the outskirts of York which is set to offer state-of-the-art funerals. The building of the North York Crematorium and Memorial Gardens, in Sand Hutton, is underway ahead […]

Councillors have agreed to provide £150,000 to Citizens Advice in North Yorkshire to reduce winter deaths and help vulnerable people stay warm in cold weather. Members of North Yorkshire Council voted to give £50,000 a […]

Senior North Yorkshire councillors have denied claims that an opposition member was removed as chair of an influential committee due to her questioning of a controversial policy change on home-to-school transport. Liberal Democrat councillor Barbara […]

Police are continuing to search for Neil Kendrew, 63, who has been missing from Northallerton since early December. North Yorkshire Police say Neil was last confirmed to have been seen in the town on Sunday, […]

Councillors have re-approved a second home council tax premium in North Yorkshire despite calls for it to be scrapped. ​North Yorkshire Council has voted to keep its 100 per cent council tax premium on second […]

A 28-year-old man from Bedale who was the subject of a police appeal earlier this week has now been arrested. North Yorkshire Police confirmed that the man was located and taken into custody following the […]

A proposal to spend £100,000 a year supporting North Yorkshire’s town and parish councils to take on additional responsibilities has been rejected. ​Opposition parties on North Yorkshire Council (NYC) tabled an amendment to the annual […]