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Photographs taken by the fire service show the extent of the damage caused by a fire at a farm in Carthorpe, near Bedale, this week. The incident happened on Monday night with around 40 firefighters […]

A housing association is investing £7 million as part of a 12-month programme to further improve its existing homes across North Yorkshire. Broadacres is conducting a range of work across its housing stock in 2023/24. […]

Pressure is mounting on North Yorkshire Council to increase funding to boost national parks, such as by establishing a public transport network and maintaining rights of way, following Government move to force local authorities to […]

The succession of rural primary school closures across England’s largest county are “only likely to get worse” with a looming oversupply of places, despite attempts to prevent an increasing number of schools going into the […]

National park bosses have warmly welcomed a last-minute amendment to legislation which looks set to see public bodies and firms with statutory powers such as utility firms forced to demonstrate how any works in protected landscapes […]

Around 40 firefighters were called in to tackle a major barn fire last night. North Yorkshire Fire and rescue Service said they received a large number of calls to the blaze at Carthorpe, near Bedale, […]

An evil sex offender and career criminal has been jailed yet again after he breached a sexual-harm prevention order designed to protect children. Garry Dover Afflick, 57, formerly of Northallerton, was under a strict order […]

Firefighters were called to extinguish a fire in a bin caused by a firework yesterday. The incident happened at the Treadmills complex in Crosby Road, Northallerton, at about 4.30pm on Sunday. The Northallerton crew extinguished […]