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A North Yorkshire visitor attraction has been granted a licence to play music and serve alcohol despite concerns the venue could become a “mini-Glastonbury Festival”. Councillors have given permission for Monk Park Farm, near Thirsk, […]

Bedale High School has officially opened its new Sporting Wall of Achievement, a tribute celebrating decades of student success in sport. The wall is dedicated to the memory of Rebecca Robinson, a former pupil who […]

Police are appealing for information following a burglary on Meadow Lane in Northallerton. The incident happened between 10pm on Tuesday this week and 10pm on Wednesday when someone entered a property and stole cash from inside. […]

Police are investigating an incident that occurred at around 8.25am on Wednesday between Belgrave Terrace and Mowbray Place in Sowerby. It was reported that an altercation took place between two men, during which threats were […]

An MP has told Parliament that changes to school transport rules in North Yorkshire had thrown families into disarray. Tom Gordon, Liberal Democrat MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough, spoke this week in the House of […]

The latest North Yorkshire community to fight plans for hundreds of new homes say the county’s villages are at risk of becoming “dormitory estates”. The Protect Kirby Hill group has been formed in opposition to […]

A 60-year-old drug dealer who was caught with 5kg of ketamine and over half a kilo of cocaine as he said he was making his way back from the races has been jailed for five […]

Campaigners wanting the A64 upgraded to a dual-carriageway will find out next year if the scheme will be added to the government’s list of priority work. But in an update to North Yorkshire Council, road […]

Two men have been arrested after a double vehicle interception on the A1(M). At 9.20pm last night, officers from our Roads Policing Group and Operational Support Unit deployed to locate a suspected-stolen Ford Transit van […]