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More than 60 foster carers came together at Fostering North Yorkshire’s conference to be thanked for their support and honoured for their combined long service of 65 years. This year’s celebratory event took place at […]

Valuable property such as trailers, quad bikes and GPS systems on the region’s farms will be marked with an invisible solution that will deter criminals, and help police recover stolen property. Distributed by North Yorkshire […]

Businessman David Skaith has pledged to “bring York and North Yorkshire together to grow as one” after sweeping to victory as the first mayor of a traditionally Conservative-dominated region. After weeks of speculation that the […]

Labour candidate David Skaith has won the race to become York and North Yorkshire’s first mayor. He beat Conservative candidate Keane Duncan into second place. The Labour candidate received 66,761 votes compared to the Tory’s […]

Political activists, including one of the Prime Minister’s aides, are trying to get a steer on the outcome of the first York and North Yorkshire Mayoral election as the counting of votes gets underway. In […]

A safe containing valuables was stolen in a burglary in Brompton Jewellery, cash, a purse and a watch were taken in the raid. The break-in took place in Orchard Grove between Sunday, April 21 and […]

A hospital trust CEO has angered an MP after liking a message on social media comparing Government plans to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda to the incarceration of Jews in Auschwitz. Sir Simon Clarke […]

A landowner who transformed a 60-acre farm into a riding arena and livery centre business has said he was unaware he needed planning consent. In an unusual planning application to North Yorkshire Council, Gary Vasey […]

Wensleydale Railway has received an industrial diesel locomotive on permanent loan from Hope Cement Works in Derbyshire. Owned by Breedon Group, Hope Cement Works opened in 1929 and is the largest cement manufacturing operation in […]