Year: 2026

Emergency crews were called to Station Road in Topcliffe at 6.20am today following reports of a lorry carrying livestock that had overturned, leaving the driver trapped inside the cab. Fire crews from Thirsk and Ripon […]

North Yorkshire Police are appealing for the public’s help to locate a man who has been recalled to prison for breaching his licence conditions just one day after his release. Timothy Horrigan, aged 42, was […]

Tourism businesses’ concerns about the introduction of a visitor levy in York and North Yorkshire have been revealed as the region’s mayor describes the proposal as a “game-changing opportunity”. Of the 277 responses to a […]

Police are appealing for help to trace two men as part of an investigation into criminal damage in Northallerton. The incident happened at around 11.30pm on Boxing Day in the High Street near the town […]

The Conservative and Independents group on North Yorkshire Council is having to give up 13 seats on the authority’s committees after it lost its majority. The political make-up of committees has been reviewed following the […]

A Bedale man who led police on a high-speed pursuit through rural North Yorkshire while more than twice the legal drink-drive limit has been jailed. Connor Richard Lacey Ham, 31, of Nattrass Walk, Bedale, was […]

​It is “deeply, deeply dangerous” for public servants to worry about possible criticism from politicians when raising child safeguarding concerns, York and North Yorkshire’s Deputy Mayor has warned. Jo Coles was speaking after Thirsk and […]

Police in North Yorkshire have seized more than 50 e-bikes and e-scooters amid concerns from community leaders that “nut jobs” riding the machines will kill and seriously injure someone. Concerns about the illegal use of […]

Taxpayers in North Yorkshire are receiving some of the best value for money in England, according to independent research which has ranked the county council among the top-performing local authorities nationally. An analysis published this […]