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Fire crews were called to a chicken shed on fire this morning. The incident in Sowerby, near Thirsk, was reported at about 2.55am on Saturday morning. A crew from Thirsk were initially mobilised after multiple […]

Firefighters were called due to a strong chemical smell coming from a fridge. The incident was reported at about 10.50pm on Friday. Crews from Thirsk and Northallerton attended the incident in a residential property. On […]

North Yorkshire Police have defended their decision not to manage traffic at smaller Remembrance Day events. Assistant Chief Constable Elliot Foskett has spoken out following what he called “misleading interpretations” of the force’s decision to […]

Five people who were arrested after they climbed on the roof of Rishi Sunak’s North Yorkshire home have been released on bail. The activists were arrested yesterday following the stunt by Greenpeace, which was protesting […]

A parish council responsible for a Doomsday Book village beset by smells of raw sewage has hit out at Yorkshire Water for failing to tackle the issue. Residents of Topcliffe, near Thirsk, and its parish […]

Five people were arrested after activists climbed on the roof of Rishi Sunak’s North Yorkshire home in protest at the Government granting new oil and gas licences. Greenpeace members used ladders and ropes to scale […]

Controversial plans for 53 new houses which will be classed as ‘affordable’ are set to be approved. Mulberry Homes wants to build the properties on fields off Ainderby Road, in Romanby, Northallerton. The developer’s application […]

A day nursery has been rated ‘good’ in all the key areas by Ofsted with the inspector noting the enjoyment and happiness of the children who attend. This was Baldersby Park Montessori Nursery School’s first-ever […]

Six men have been arrested on suspicion of producing cannabis after a report of suspicious activity near Northallerton this morning. At about 4.35am, police received a report by a member of the public of men […]

A driver who caused serious injuries to three people in a crash near Easingwold has been sentenced. Chelsea Carten, of Glastonbury Avenue, Blackpool, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment, suspended for a year, at York […]