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A housing association has unveiled plans for a new energy efficient affordable housing scheme. Broadacres is hoping to build 14 new homes in Brompton, near Northallerton. Nine of the 14 homes will be allocated to […]

Police searching for a missing Pickhill man say he has been found safe and well. The man, who is aged 50, was reported missing yesterday morning and police said were very concerned for his safety. […]

Rural communities are facing a host of new challenges that are compounding deeply-ingrained problems that have blighted the countryside for decades, the chairman of a taskforce has warned. Countryside areas of North Yorkshire are at […]

Two villages have received over £10,500 from Hambleton District Council’s Making a Difference Fund to help improve their communities. Following a village survey, Aldwark Area Parish Council realised that children under the age of six […]

A Northallerton man who drove like a “madman” through Scarborough town centre, forcing people to scurry for cover, has been jailed for eight months. Drew Mattocks, 19, drove on the wrong side of the road […]

A retired Army major from Thirsk has been honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the 2022 Soldiering On Awards. The awards also recognised the achievements of Thirsk businessman Lee Harris-Hamer, from the White Horse […]

Residents of the Howardian Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) have claimed the ancestral owners of a 12th century stately home are “trying to extract a quart from a pretty pint pot” by building […]

A proposal for a large-scale expansion of one of North Yorkshire’s leading industrial estates, which could lead to the creation of 100 jobs, has been put on hold after locals complained they had not been […]

A decision over a proposed “industrial-scale” chicken production facility on farmland has been postponed amid concerns residents of several villages could be overwhelmed by HGVs transporting live birds. Hambleton District councillors have called for further […]