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The cost to the taxpayer of keeping a vulnerable child with complex needs in care can exceed £1m per year, council chiefs have revealed. Members of North Yorkshire Council were told that a ratio of […]

A purpose-built 66-bedroom care home is set to be built on the site of the former Hambleton District Council headquarters. A planning application for the scheme has been submitted to North Yorkshire Council by LNT […]

Parents and carers in North Yorkshire are encouraged to book places on a holiday activities programme designed to support thousands of eligible children offering enriching activities with food during the school holidays. The Department for […]

A prolific thief has been caught shoplifting in Northallerton once again – and this was one of his sneakiest thefts yet. Bryan Horrigan, 52, went into Barkers department store in High Street despite being barred […]

Police have released CCTV footage of a person they want to identify following a theft at Barkers Department Store in Northallerton. The incident happened at around 2.25pm on Saturday, October 4, when items of clothing […]

Plans have been submitted for a £10m expansion of a North Yorkshire holiday park. The proposal for Roseberry View Lodge Retreat, in Pannierman Lane, near Great Ayton, would include the construction of 66 more chalets […]

A bitter row over changes to home-to-school transport policy in North Yorkshire has escalated with accusations of the truth being misrepresented and promises being broken. North Yorkshire Council this week voted to reject a motion […]

North Yorkshire Council has launched a guide to improve support for serving personnel, veterans, and their families across the county. The North Yorkshire and York Official Armed Forces Covenant Guide has been produced by collaboration […]

North Yorkshire Council chiefs say councillors who do not agree with an increase in their allowances do not have to accept the money. Members of the authority this week voted in favour of a recommendation […]