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North Yorkshire Council is looking to cut tooth decay in children by funding a programme to oversee a supervised teeth-brushing programme for the under fives. The authority wants to commission a provider to run a […]

Council chiefs have rejected requests from North Yorkshire residents to make roads in their communities a high priority for winter gritting. North Yorkshire Council declined 20 out of 21 applications for amendments to its winter […]

Fire crews were called to a car fire on the A1 this morning. The incident happened at 7.44am today on the southbound carriageway between Catterick and junction 51 at Leeming. Fire crews from Bedale, Darlington […]

North Yorkshire Police are appealing for information – and CCTV footage – after a series of burglaries in Northallerton. The offences took place in the Romanby area during the early hours of Wednesday, 6 August […]

North Yorkshire Council has been accused of  “playing dirty” over its handling of home-to-school transport appeals with campaigners threatening to file an official complaint. Dozens of parents have lodged appeals after being refused a bus […]

Plans have been lodged for up to 484 new homes, a primary school and a neighbourhood centre in Northallerton. An outline planning application for the major development on 28 hectares of agricultural land off Stokesley […]

A woman who caused hundreds of pounds’ worth of damage by spraying graffiti on two businesses in Northallerton told police, “it’s just a bit of paint.” Kirsty Mayne, 32, sprayed a red circle with a […]

A decision by North Yorkshire Council bosses to lend the authority’s commercial house-building business an extra £1.4m was the “right thing to do”, councillors say. Senior Conservative councillors today backed the move to provide further […]

North Yorkshire Council chiefs are warning that the authority will need to use £57m from its reserves over the next three years if it does not make savings. Deputy leader and executive member for finance […]

Drug and alcohol tests have been introduced for refuse workers in North Yorkshire. North Yorkshire Council staff who collect waste from homes and businesses will face random and at-cause tests — when bosses suspect the […]