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A meeting to discuss controversial home-to-school transport changes was halted this week amid claims from angry parents and councillors of a “cover-up” by council bosses. Members of North Yorkshire Council’s Richmond area committee voted to […]

An anaesthetist nurse accused of trying to murder a shopkeeper by injecting him with a potentially lethal dose of muscle relaxant did not intend to kill, his barrister claimed today. Darren Harris, 58, is accused […]

Align Property Partners, North Yorkshire Council’s building design consultancy, is welcoming applications from contractors to assist in the rollout of up to £300 million worth of energy efficiency upgrades to homes. The latest phase of […]

Households in Northallerton can now get internet speeds of up to 2Gbps after a full five service went live. Virgin Media’s services are now available to homes locally after work to bring full fibre connections […]

A prolific thief has been jailed after he fled from Mainsgill Farm Shop with a staff member clinging to the bonnet. Alan Lewis, 58, was banned from driving at the time of the shocking incident […]

Wensleydale Railway has hosted a film crew working on a new movie. Actors George Heron and Tony Chapman, cameraman Ben Dodds and Louise Heron, first assistant director, spent time at Leeming Bar Station filming footage […]

Police are appealing for information and sightings of wanted man Dean Pajor, from Sowerby, near Thirsk. The 45-year-old is alleged to have made threats to harm another man. A North Yorkshire Police spokesperson said: “We […]

Plans to close a North Yorkshire village school have been greeted with dismay by the local community. Parents and staff have been informed of a proposal to shut Kirkby Fleetham Church of England Primary School, […]