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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 […]

Community leaders have accused GP practices of “not delivering for patients they are supposed to be serving”, as people struggle to get appointments, particularly face-to-face ones. A meeting of North Yorkshire County Council’s Thirsk and […]

Concerns have been raised over the likelihood of North Yorkshire receiving its fair share from the Levelling Up Fund and about financing key transport schemes, following the government announcing its departments would be asked to make […]

Firefighters were called out yesterday after a female got stuck to as swing by superglue. The Bedale crew attended the incident in the town’s North End at about 5.30pm on Sunday. A spokesperson for North […]

Union leaders say Hambleton District Council’s proposed £225,000 golden goodbye for its chief executive has left staff “dismayed and angry”. The five local government branches of UNISON that cover the eight district, borough and county […]

Police are appealing for witnesses after a collison on the A19 this morning. Around 7.45am this morning police received reports of a collision between a car and a stationary HGV on the A19. The incident […]