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Space-themed quizzes, treasure hunts and a date with the popular code-a-pillar are among the events on offer at North Yorkshire libraries to celebrate the wonders of science. This year marks the 30th anniversary of British […]

More than 90 per cent of parents and carers in North Yorkshire secured their preferred secondary school for their child, education bosses say. A total of 90.11 per cent secured their first preference with 95.82 […]

A Conservative-led local authority has been urged to up its environmental influence by challenging all the firms featuring in its £4.9bn pension fund to regularly report their climate change credentials. Councillor Paul Haslam, North Yorkshire […]

Police are appealing for information and urging people to be vigilant about a car linked to fuel theft. A silver Honda has been connected to recent offences of making off without payment from garages in […]

A proposal to create a solar farm beside an ancient woodland which could provide the energy needs of 15,000 homes has been met with a wave of objections over its potential environmental and ecological impact. […]

A motorist crashed into an empty building and then fled the scene last night. The incident happened in Yarm Lane, Great Ayton, at about 9.55pm. Police and firefighters from Stokesley attended the incident. A spokesperson […]

Schools across England’s largest county have forecast they are likely to be facing a collective annual deficit of more than £11m in just over two years, councillors have heard. A meeting of North Yorkshire Council’s […]

A war of words has erupted between the owners of several pizza outlets overlooking each other on a narrow one-way street in Thirsk which regularly sees numerous delivery vehicles cause obstructions. Manor Italia, which launched […]

Police have issued CCTV images of two men they want to speak after a theft and burglary incident at a builders merchants. At 4.20pm on Tuesday, February 6 two males entered Jewsons, in Swain Court, […]

Mobile coverage in rural parts of North Yorkshire has been improved after EE revealed it has upgraded or built more than 40 masts in the county in the last two years. Five masts have been […]