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A North Yorkshire councillor has broken national records by raising more than £17,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support after having his head and beard shaved. Councillor Arnold Warneken, who represents the Ouseburn division on North Yorkshire […]

Police have issued a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to following an alleged assault in Easingwold. The incident happened outside the Galtres Centre in Market Place, Easingwold, at about 12.30am […]

A 13-year-old boy is assisting police with their enquiries after a fire involving hay bales on farmland near Northallerton. Emergency services were called to Bullamoor Road at about 3.30pm on Monday, August 3, after reports […]

A drunken wheelchair-bound man threatened people inside a pub with a metal bar and assaulted a police officer while threatening to spread a contagious disease by throwing a sock seeped in his own blood and […]

Broadacres Housing Association has secured a major new contract to more than double the number of vulnerable people it supports across parts of North Yorkshire. The housing association has been awarded North Yorkshire Council’s new […]

A man has been jailed for sexually assaulting a young woman while he was high on drink or drugs. Tobias Harvey-Light, 31, attacked the victim at a flat in Northallerton as she tried desperately to […]

Opposition councillors are demanding a fresh vote on controversial changes to North Yorkshire’s Lifeline service after claiming disputed advice prevented a councillor from taking part in a key decision that could have changed the outcome. […]

Campaigners opposing the proposed Vale of York motorway service area (MSA) have launched a High Court challenge against North Yorkshire Council’s decision to approve the scheme. Kirby Hill RAMS (Residents Against Motorway Services) has instructed […]

Firefighters helped rescue a person who suffered a broken ankle after falling into a beck in Romanby. A crew from Stokesley was called to Chantry Road at 5.49pm yesterday following reports that a person had […]

Residents across North Yorkshire are being asked to help shape where they vote in future elections as the council launches a review of polling districts and polling stations. North Yorkshire Council has begun a 10-week […]