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The Prime Minister’s local political opponents have criticised his decision to donate $3m to a college in the US. Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty paid for a computing lab at Claremont McKenna in […]

People in North Yorkshire have seen their incomes boosted by a total of more than £50 million as a result of work by local authority benefits advisors, say council chiefs. Officials say they have helped […]

Firefighters were called out after a report of a fire in the open in the Sutton Bank area today. A fire crew from Easingwold were called to the incident at about 11.30am on Sunday. On […]

Concern about wildfires in the North York Moors National Park is growing as the dry weather continues across the UK. The low levels of recent rainfall, coupled with very dry ground vegetation such as heather […]

Firefighters have urged visitors to Cod Beck Reservoir to heed warnings about not having camp fires. The message comes after the fire service attended a smouldering fire at the beauty spot on Friday morning. Firefighters […]

Libraries in North Yorkshire are on the lookout for enthusiastic volunteers to get involved in this year’s Summer Reading Challenge. Every year, young people aged between 13 and 24 help to coordinate the challenge, which […]

Elected community representatives have called on a council serving England’s largest county to press on with finding innovative solutions to improve public transport access after the “failure” of its flagship demand-responsive bus service trial. A […]

A thief tried to steal a watch from an elderly man in Easingwold, police say. North Yorkshire Police is appealing for witnesses and information in relation to the attempted robbery which happened at about 11.40am […]

The North Mowbray Group of Women’s Institutes celebrated the return of its annual Handicraft and Produce Show. The North Mowbray Group of WIs is made up of members from 12 local WIs. Ainderby Steeple, Dalton […]