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Major changes to the way hospital care is delivered across Teesside, East Durham and North Yorkshire are being proposed to ensure NHS clinical services remain sustainable. North Yorkshire Council’s scrutiny of health committee heard how […]

The leader of North Yorkshire Council has accused the Government of contradicting its own position on housing migrants near schools by proposing the former RAF Linton-on-Ouse base for an asylum centre. In a letter to […]

A woman has died following a two-vehicle collision on the A19 near Great Thirkleby, close to Thirsk, and police are appealing for witnesses. The crash happened at about 2.20pm on Wednesday, July 1, and involved […]

New Home Office plans for an asylum centre at the former RAF Linton-on-Ouse base were already damaging the village, campaigners have warned. Members of the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority heard today that uncertainty […]

Members of York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority have voted against making the former RAF Linton-on-Ouse base a mayoral development zone (MDZ) amid plans to build an asylum centre on the land. Following a debate […]

Rural communities have been “let down and left behind” by governments of all parties, the Mayor of York and North Yorkshire said as regional leaders agreed a new plan to deliver 5,000 rural homes and […]

People living, working and running businesses in the North York Moors are being invited to help shape the future of the National Park as work begins on a new Local Plan. The North York Moors […]

Homes for locals rather than accommodation for migrants should be built on a former RAF base, according to the Mayor of York and North Yorkshire. David Skaith has agreed with local residents and community leaders […]

North Yorkshire Council says its planning department — previously branded as “diabolical” — is seeing staffing improvements. A number of new planning officers had joined the council to cover the Richmond constituency area in recent […]

North Yorkshire Police are appealing for information following an incident in Northallerton in which a woman was verbally abused and assaulted by a man known to her. The incident happened on Saturday, 21 June 2026 […]