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A group has been formed to fight against pollution in the River Ure. Stop Ure Pollution (SUP) was launched at a public meeting at Leyburn Methodist Church Hall on Tuesday evening. Over 70 people attended […]

A drug dealer has been jailed for three years and eight months after selling drugs to children as young as 14. Arron Jay Gantes, 22, of Northgate, Guisborough, offered drugs including cocaine, cannabis and ecstasy […]

The cost of living is still having a major impact on a local food bank. Hambleton Foodshare says it experienced unprecedented demand last year issuing the most parcels it has ever done, with 7,255 given […]

Four men arrested after entering the grounds of Rishi Sunak’s North Yorkshire home have been released. It has since emerged that one of the protesters apparently had a poo in the lake at the property […]

Police have arrested four people in the grounds of the Prime Minister’s constituency home this afternoon. North Yorkshire Police say officers were with the men within a minute of them entering the grounds of the […]

Wensleydale Railway has purchased a diesel locomotive from The Harry Needle Railroad Company in Derbyshire. The locomotive, number 47714, is a British Rail Class 47 or Brush Type 4 diesel. The design was developed in […]

A woman whose crimes cost her employer hundreds of thousands of pounds has been jailed for more than three years, following a police investigation. Louise Chambers, 41, from : Stoneybrough Lane, Thirsk, worked as finance […]

A new committee at the Riverside in Bedale is determined to return the more than 100-year-old building to its rightful place as a focal point for the community. New signage makes clear you don’t have […]

Firefighters were called to a hedge on fire in Aiskew yesterday. A member of the public contacted fire control at about 6.10pm to report a fire in Love Lane. A Bedale crew attended to find […]

Firefighters were called out after a log was placed under a children’s slide and deliberately set alight. The incident happened in a play park in George Long Mews, Easingwold, at about 4.45pm on Saturday. Easingwold […]