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A new ambulance station is set to be built in a North Yorkshire market town after the old building was damaged by a falling tree. Documents on the proposed demolition of the current station in […]

Police have issued a security alert to quad bike owners following the theft from the Castleton area yesterday. Officers believe a stolen Honda quad was moved across the moors towards the Cleveland border following the […]

The number of children being educated at home in North Yorkshire has risen sharply, a council report has found. North Yorkshire Council’s annual schools update has also revealed an increase in the number of pupils […]

A senior councillor has told a government minister she is “staggered” at how undemocratic the process to close a North Yorkshire village school has been. Councillor Annabel Wilkinson has written to Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson […]

Police have issued an appeal after being called to a pony and trap race on Saturday. The incident took place at about 8am on the A168, near Dishforth, with reports of a number of vehicles […]

Firefighters were called out to rescue four people trapped in a bathroom at the weekend. The incident happened at about 7.45pm in Thirsk. A crew from Thirsk released the occupant’s bathroom after the locking mechanism […]

A driver has been arrested after a collision between a car and a motorbike left the rider in hospital. It happened on West Lane, between Stillington and Easingwold at around 9.20pm last night. A silver […]

Parents will urge councillors to be “big enough to admit when they’re wrong” at a meeting next week to discuss controversial changes to home-to-school transport. Campaigners will return to the council chamber on Monday to […]