Year: 2026

Costs due to a rise in the number of children in care has contributed to North Yorkshire Council forecasting a £10m overspend for the financial year. The council’s latest budget report shows a projected net […]

Firefighters were called to a warehouse at Dalton Airfield Industrial Estate near Thirsk after a forklift battery caught fire. Crews from Thirsk and Ripon responded to the incident at 11.28am. The fire was already out […]

More than 70 years of residential stays at East Barnby Outdoor Centre could end after council chiefs were advised to cancel planned investment in the centre and use alternative facilities. Officers at North Yorkshire Council […]

Police have released a CCTV image of a person they want to speak to after a vehicle was damaged in a supermarket car park in Thirsk. The incident happened at Tesco in Thirsk at about […]

Police have issued an urgent appeal to find a missing woman from the Stokesley area. Tracey Smith, 57, was last seen in the area on July 24, and North Yorkshire Police say they are becoming […]

A protest has been held against controversial plans for a poultry unit capable of rearing 2.7 million chickens a year near Ripon. Around 30 people took part in demonstration on Saturday close to the site of […]

A man who terrorised his wife with a knife, hit a male family member over the head with a claw hammer and threatened to burn down his house has been jailed for over three years. […]

Firefighters were called to a single-vehicle collision near Stokesley in the early hours of this morning after reports of a burning smell coming from the vehicle. A crew from Stokesley Fire Station attended the incident […]

A person was treated for smoke inhalation after a hedge caught fire in a garden in Great Broughton this morning. Fire crews from Stokesley and Coulby Newham were called to the incident at 10.45am. Firefighters […]

North Yorkshire Council is facing fresh calls to abandon its controversial new home-to-school policy after it emerged that the authority was not following its own rules on how to assess eligibility. To determine whether a […]