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Hambleton households could see their council tax bills increase as local authority chiefs look to introduce a unified approach to council tax across North Yorkshire. The advent of a new council covering the whole of […]

Hambleton District Council looks set use a special regulation for local authorities which are set to be scrapped to bestow four of its members, including its leader, with a rare honour. It has been proposed […]

Rishi Sunak has welcomed the completion of a £3.7m flood defence scheme in Stokesley. The Richmond (Yorks) MP saw how the completed scheme has improved the protection for more than 500 homes and businesses in […]

North Yorkshire Police have urged the public not to hunt online paedophiles through so-called vigilante groups. Police say there’s been numerous instances in North Yorkshire — including several in Hambleton— where groups have live-streamed or […]

A son is organising a charity fundraising ball following his mum’s cancer diagnosis. Matt Ascough, 35, from Yearsley, near Easingwold, will run his sixth Macmillan Hopes and Dreams Ball at York Racecourse later this year. […]

A district council embroiled in a long-running row with a town council over cobbles has taken the extraordinary step of withdrawing its £110,000 grant offer for repairs to the feature at the heart of a […]

A leading GP has appealed for the support of local authorities following elected representatives of communities claiming that doctors’ surgeries are “not delivering for patients they are supposed to be serving”. Dr Brian McGregor, secretary of […]

Councilllors have defended a move to award a redundancy package of about £225,000 to the chief officer of a council with an annual revenue budget of £11.3m, describing criticism of it as “absolutely ridiculous”. A […]

Rishi Sunak is supporting villagers campaigning to keep the famous Coast to Coast Walk coming through the heart of their community.  The MP met parish councillors and businesses in Ingleby Arncliffe and Cross who fear […]