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A new “joined-up approach” for council-owned leisure venues in the county will be considered by councillors next week with a focus on unifying services for customers. The recommended proposals would see leisure centres owned by […]

Senior councillors have given the go-ahead for a major investment into outdoor learning centres at Bewerley Park and East Barnby near Whitby. North Yorkshire Council’s executive met yesterday to approve spending £4.2m on an 84-bed […]

“Don’t shatter lives’ is the message from the York and North Yorkshire Road Safety Partnership this December. The empty chair at the table, the unopened gift under the tree, and the memories of Christmas past […]

Bedale High School held its annual presentation of awards recently. The joint chairman of governors Steve Ingram spoke about the success of the school, and the year-on-year increase in numbers on roll, something with which […]

Firefighters tackled a chimney fire in Romanby yesterday. The incident was reported at about 5.30pm. Northallerton firefighters attended and extinguished the fire in a chimney. Crews worked with tools to cut away fire board above […]

A temporary road closure will be in place at the James Cook University Hospital this week to enable a new urgent treatment centre (UTC) to be built next to the hospital’s emergency department. The UTC, […]

Police have issued a CCTV image after the theft of more than £600 from a café. Costa Coffee at Leeming Bar services was burgled and money was stolen between 9pm on Saturday, and 11 9am […]

Firefighters were called to reports of a large fire close to the A19 at Borrowby on Saturday evening. They arrived to find the blaze was controlled burning under supervision. Advice was given to the landowner. […]