News

The future of a primary school is set to be considered at a meeting next week with the permanent closure of a secondary school sixth form also due to be decided. Education bosses say Hackforth […]

Police issued a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to following a theft in Masham. It happened on October 17 at 10.15am, in the Co-op, Leyburn Road, and involved the theft of […]

A North Yorkshire council chief has described a Government decision to increase the bus fare cap from £2 to £3 “penny-pinching from rural areas”. Cllr Keane Duncan, executive member for highways and transport at North […]

A ban on disposable vapes has been welcomed in North Yorkshire amid an ‘alarming’ rise in use by children. Confirmation that the sale of single-use disposable vapes will be banned from next June has been […]

A Carlton Minniott man has been jailed for his part in a large-scale plot to distribute drugs. Craig James Kent, 43, of Carleton Minniott, Thirsk, was the up-stream supplier/wholesaler of cannabis products to Daniel Butler, […]

Rishi Sunak has said how impressed he is by the work of Northallerton Samaritans as the branch celebrates its 60th anniversary. Mr Sunak called at the organisation’s base in Crosby Road to meet some of the […]

Rishi Sunak joined the team at the Friarage Hospital Maternity Centre to help celebrate its 10th anniversary as a midwife-led unit. The Richmond and Northallerton MP met members of the unit which has brought more than 2,000 […]

Residents in North Yorkshire are being asked if they would like to see a council tax rise to tackle a projected £48 million budget shortfall. Residents are being encouraged to take part in the Let’s […]

Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA) has paid tribute to a Northallerton couple who have raised £9,000 for the charity. Wilf and Marjorie Gill, who transform their Northallerton home into a festive wonderland each Christmas, won the […]