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New recruits with backgrounds in education, tourism and the arts have been appointed to the ranks of North Yorkshire’s Deputy Lieutenants by the Lord Lieutenant to support her work across the region. Three new Deputy […]

Knife amnesty bins will be available in police stations across North Yorkshire during a week-long intensification operation to tackle knife crime. Members of the public are encouraged to wrap bladed items safely in thick paper […]

Firefighters were called to reports of burning at an industrial site in Stokesley yesterday. Crews from Stokesley and Coulby Newham responded to the incident just after 5pm. They discovered a small electrical fire behind a […]

A Hambleon charity has secured a funding boost from a national housebuilder. Brompton Recreation Group, a volunteer-run charity group that manages the Weavers Pavilion and grounds has been awarded £3,000 from Persimmon after applying to […]

Police have appealed for information after a safe was found in Northallerton. The black safe was discovered by a member of the public over the weekend in Ashlands Rd. Anyone with information is asked to […]

Parents and carers have praised the launch of a new breakfast and afterschool club at a primary school in North Yorkshire to help them cope with the balance between work and family life. Hailed as […]

A charity which works to protect and restore the rivers, streams and catchments of the rivers Swale, Ure, Nidd, Wharfe and Ouse has launched its annual, online fund-raising auction. With prizes donated from more than […]

Police are urgently searching for missing Neil Cowton, 55, from Thirsk. Neil is described as a white, 6ft 4in, with balding grey hair. He wears glasses, and may be wearing a blue gilet with IPL […]

Rishi Sunak has pledged to fight Labour’s tax on family farms unveiled in last week’s Budget. After visiting a family farm business near Northallerton, Mr Sunak said: “Labour’s decision to change Agricultural Property Relief (APR) […]

Tickets for next year’s Great Yorkshire Show are on sale from Tuesday organisers have announced. Tickets for the 166th show on July 8 to 11, 2025 will be sold in advance only, with visitor numbers capped […]