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A HGV driver died in a collision on the A19 near Northallerton yesterday, police have confirmed. Emergency services, including ambulance, air ambulance, the fire service and the police, were alerted to the southbound carriageway – […]

The emergency services are dealing with a serious HGV collision on the southbound carriageway of the A19 about one mile from the Osmotherley junction. The southbound carriageway is expected to remain closed for several hours […]

Thousands of members of the Armed Forces and military veterans have been pledged vital support through a covenant that will be adopted by a new council to serve the whole of North Yorkshire. The county […]

Residents of a Domesday Book village have claimed a plan to build a housing estate across open grassland which they have been allowed to use to graze animals and for recreation represents “an eradication of local history”. […]

A commissioner responsible for a police force with the country’s highest proportion of Police Community Support Officers making up its staff has revealed a plan to leave more than 120 jobs vacant this year to […]

Community representatives serving a swathe of North Yorkshire from Filey to Thirsk are set to vote on whether to join other areas of the county in pressing for a 20mph speed limit to be trialled […]

Barclays has announced the closure of its Bedale branch. The facility is due to shut on April 26. Barclays in Leyburn is also closing on May 5. Barclays says the Bedale branch is used by […]

Roads bosses are seeking to put the brakes on a leading carpet retailer’s ambition to build an expanded commercial gateway into a market town, featuring distribution centre and showroom, industrial units, a 74-bedroom Travelodge hotel and a […]

Leaders North Yorkshire County Council who are pushing forward a move to charge residents the maximum council tax increase say they can see no alternative if key services are to be retained. The authority’s executive […]

A suspected drink driver was arrested after a tyre fell off their vehicle while it was being followed by police. The incident happened in the Sowerby area on Saturday morning. Police say they were on […]