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A young woman was injured in a crash near Bedale last night. The silver Skoda Fabia left the road and crashed through a fence near the entrance to Thorpe Perrow Arboretum. The female driver was […]

A man has been arrested on suspicion of sending false communications after rumours circulated online of protests in Northallerton this evening. Police said the 35-year-old remained in custody this evening for questioning. Rumours had been […]

A man who strangled and beat his partner black and blue has been jailed for three years after claiming she had suffered her injuries by falling down rabbit holes. Charlie Clowes, 55, from the Bedale […]

Environmentalists are calling on a council responsible for an area where more than 65,000 electric vehicles (EV) are registered to urgently set a policy to enable more residents without driveways to charge their cars from […]

Yorkshire Water says it is spending £3.3m at its Carthorpe wastewater treatment works near Bedale to improve water quality in Holme Beck. Work is underway to reduce the amount of phosphorus entering the watercourse by […]

The public is being asked to help to shape the next stage of a strategy to promote arts, heritage and culture across North Yorkshire. Culture, such as museums, heritage and the creative arts, enriches lives, […]

Firefighters from Northallerton responded to reports of a fire in the open today. Crews used two knapsack sprayers to extinguish a small campfire, which had been left unattended. The incident in Osmotherly occurred at around […]

Wensleydale Railway has hosted members of the Northallerton & District ME/CFS Support Group. Sue Hill, one of the railway’s volunteers and living history interpreters at Leeming Bar station, is secretary of the local group. The […]

A proposal for a large-scale solar farm should be rejected due to its “cumulative landscape impact” while a similar scheme about 2.5km away should be approved as a single carriageway road and a railway line […]

Leaders of communities featuring rivers which have repeatedly been polluted by sewage have called on Yorkshire Water’s chief executive to refuse her £371,000 annual bonus. Richmond councillor Stuart Parsons and Pateley Bridge and Nidderdale councillor […]