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Rishi Sunak joined young footballers in Northallerton to support a growing coaching programme founded by an Army veteran. Visiting Total Control Soccer during its Friday evening session at Oakbridge Church of England Primary School in […]

A new housing development linked to a community’s bid to secure the future of an allotments field has been given the go-ahead. North Yorkshire councillors today agreed with planning officers who recommended they should be […]

​An expert hired by local residents to assess the safety of a proposed battery energy storage system (BESS) in the North Yorkshire countryside says the plans have “fundamental deficiencies” and should be rejected. Opponents of […]

A dilapidated farmhouse and barns in the North Yorkshire countryside could be turned into a boutique hotel and spa. A full planning and listed building consent application has been submitted to North Yorkshire Council for […]

Emergency services were called after a light aircraft crashed in Grewelthorpe near Masham today. North Yorkshire Police confirmed they received the report at 12.21pm. Scores of emergency vehicles attended the scene, as well as a […]

A senior North Yorkshire councillor has stressed that his authority would have no say on whether a visitor levy was introduced in York and North Yorkshire as the region’s mayor sets out the next steps […]

North Yorkshire councillors have backed plans to redevelop a former high school to provide places for children and young people with specialist educational needs. Members of North Yorkshire Council’s executive have voted in favour of […]

Work has begun on a new crematorium on the outskirts of York which is set to offer state-of-the-art funerals. The building of the North York Crematorium and Memorial Gardens, in Sand Hutton, is underway ahead […]

Councillors have agreed to provide £150,000 to Citizens Advice in North Yorkshire to reduce winter deaths and help vulnerable people stay warm in cold weather. Members of North Yorkshire Council voted to give £50,000 a […]

Senior North Yorkshire councillors have denied claims that an opposition member was removed as chair of an influential committee due to her questioning of a controversial policy change on home-to-school transport. Liberal Democrat councillor Barbara […]