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A North Yorkshire transport boss has announced the county’s bus network is “facing a really grave situation”. North Yorkshire County Council’s executive member for highways and transportation Councillor Keane Duncan issued the stark warning after […]

Pressure is mounting on a rural district council to reconsider handing four male senior managers pay-offs averaging about £190,000 after an employment expert warned the legal basis for such payments “is at least unclear if not […]

Funeral directors, celebrants, members of the clergy and representatives within the bereavement sector came together this week for a service of dedication at the new crematorium at Maple Park in Thirsk The multi-million-pound Hambleton District […]

North Yorkshire County Council has rejected calls to limit the millions of meals it offers every year to vegan ones to help cut carbon emissions and costs while improving people’s health. The authority’s deputy leader […]

Police are trying to trace three men after a car was damaged in Bedale at the weekend. The incident happened behind the Market Place leading to Bridge Street Car Park at about 11.45pm on Saturday, […]

Campaigners have projected a video about the cost of living crisis on to the North Yorkshire home of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The video was shone onto the front of the Richmond MP’s £1.5m house […]

North Yorkshire has become the country’s first area to adopt a mandatory 100 per cent council tax premium for second homes as part of efforts to tackle the housing crisis blighting communities across swathes of […]

Police have arrested three teenage girls in connection with a violent incident in Northallerton. It happened in Bullamoor Park at around 9pm on Friday. It was reported that the victim, a teenage girl, was knocked […]

A rural council which faced criticism over a move to award its chief executive a £225,000 exit payment looks set to pay settlements averaging over £190,000 to each of its four remaining chief officers. Hambleton […]