Year: 2026

Police are appealing for information after a large quantity of diesel and other items were stolen during a burglary near Stokesley. The incident happened at a property on The Green in Seamer sometime between 11pm […]

Better public bus services could provide a long-term solution to some of the problems facing families following controversial changes to school transport in North Yorkshire, a leading politician has said. Mayor of York and North […]

Questions have been raised over how long a proposed asylum centre at the former RAF Linton-on-Ouse base could actually operate after it emerged the site could be closed for the site to be redeveloped in […]

One of England’s steepest roads has reopened after a three-week programme of maintenance and improvement work was completed on schedule. The A170 at Sutton Bank, between Thirsk and Helmsley on the western edge of the […]

Patients could ‘lose trust and opt out of care’ over concerns about the use of US technology firm Palantir’s data platform in the NHS, councillors have been warned. A special health scrutiny meeting heard about […]

North Yorkshire Council leaders have warned against taxpayers being left to subsidise “empty buses” after further work towards potentially franchising bus services across the county was approved. York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority members today […]

Councillors have agreed to write to NHS chiefs over what they described as the “scandalous” state of governance of end-of-life care in York and North Yorkshire. Members of North Yorkshire Council’s scrutiny of health committee […]

York and North Yorkshire Mayor David Skaith has hit back after a senior North Yorkshire councillor compared the growing powers of elected mayors to those of a dictator. The Labour mayor said he found the […]

North Yorkshire Council has defended inviting a speaker who claimed the Virgin Mary “wore a hijab” to give a presentation attended by council staff. The authority said the session was intended to expose staff to […]

A Conservative councillor and Labour mayor found some unlikely common ground over Labradors and trips to the pub during a North Yorkshire council meeting today. Councillor Simon Myers raised the plight of his young Labrador […]