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Firefighters were called to Thimbleby, near Osmotherley, at 12.42pm today after a car caught fire. A crew from Northallerton attended the scene, where they found a single vehicle well alight. Two firefighters wearing breathing apparatus […]

Three men have been jailed for a combined 18 years for an armed burglary at a house in which one man was slashed with a knife and another was struck in the head with the […]

Parish councillors say plans for 35 extra lodges at a North Yorkshire holiday park would lead to overdevelopment of the site. Leisure Resorts Ltd has applied to North Yorkshire Council to increase the number of […]

North Yorkshire council chiefs are drawing up plans to deal with the increasing number of primary school pupils permanently excluded from school. Just three primary-age children were excluded from the county’s schools in 2020/21, with […]

Parents and young people are being urged to be on their guard after a rise in scams offering fake “jobs” on social media. In the past six months, North Yorkshire Police have received around 40 […]

Celebrations went with a bang at Kiplin Hall’s Big Birthday Bash last weekend, as the Jacobean house near Scorton marked its 400th anniversary. Built in 1625 as the seat of the First Baron Baltimore, George […]

Fire crews were called to Tannery Lane, Northallerton, on Wednesday evening after reports of a fire in the open. A crew from Northallerton attended the incident at 8.26pm and found a small campfire that had […]

Recent rainfall has provided some relief across Yorkshire — but not enough to significantly improve reservoir levels, according to Yorkshire Water. Reservoir stocks across the region currently stand at 32.6 per cent, compared with an […]

A further consultation has been announced on plans to redraw the council divisions in North Yorkshire. The Local Government Boundary Commission is asking for views on boundaries for 25 divisions in the central and western […]