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Liberal Democrats are calling on the Conservative-led North Yorkshire Council to place a moratorium on school closures until the first county-wide Local Plan development blueprint is adopted in 2028. Members of the 14-councillor political group have […]

Openreach is urging people living and working in some small rural communities in Hambleton and Richmondshire to get behind a bid to bring ultrafast, ultra-reliable full fibre broadband to more than 1,500 local homes and […]

Community leaders in a designated National Landscape area renowned for its tranquillity have welcomed an agreement between a controversy-hit animal feeds firm and a council’s planning department to restrict the hours its HGVs can operate. […]

Opposition groups are calling on North Yorkshire Council to reconsider a move to increase the basic home-to-school transport charge for post-16 students to nearly £800 a year, saying access to education is supposed to be […]

An innovative partnership between councils allowing for economies of scale looks set to take a fresh direction with the establishment of a new company for the provision of audit, counter fraud and information governance services. North […]

A horse was rescued from a ditch by firefighters last night. A crew from Stokesley was called out to the incident near the A172 at 11.10pm. They worked with a vet to free Rosey the […]

A local education authority which has repeatedly been accused of failing to protect small rural schools from closure has advised the 11th closure of a primary in five years would help ensure “children are provided […]

Bedale and Richmond fire crews were called to a chimney fire in a residential property in Langthorne today at about 1pm. Firefighters discovered a small fire behind the wooden mantlepiece. Using tools, they removed the […]

The Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) is making a final fundraising push to reach the goal of becoming a 24/7 service across the whole of the North. The charity has launched several fundraisers on […]

Police searching for missing 20-year-old Middlesbrough woman Annie Dryden say a body has been found. The body was discovered at around 1.10pm today in woodland near Battersby, North York Moors. Officers had been carrying out […]