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A plan to create one of the country’s biggest private aviaries, dedicated to providing a forever home for neglected, unwanted and abused parrots, has been approved. Former primary school teacher Tricia Phillips has been granted […]

A former North Yorkshire Police officer who worked in Richmondshire has been handed an 18-month community order after pleading guilty to making indecent images of children. Christopher Douglas Groom, aged 41, of Main Street, Claxton, […]

Hambleton District Council has launched a publicity campaign to promote the markets in Northallerton on a Saturday and Wednesday and Thirsk on a Saturday and Monday.   The aim of the campaign is to encourage […]

A housing association has apologised after tenants described the grass cutting in communal areas as an “absolute disgrace.” Dozens of people living in Broadacres Housing Association properties in Hambleton and Richmondshire have commented about the […]

A machine that can repair potholes and other road damage in a matter of minutes is being evaluated by North Yorkshire’s highways engineers. NYHighways is the arm’s-length company responsible for maintaining roads on behalf of […]

An examination of artefacts found alongside human bones buried under a former police headquarters points towards the remains dating from about 2,000 years ago. Children’s holiday firm PGL said while work to fully understand the […]

Police are appealing for information after the theft of a Volvo nine-tonne excavator. It happened at the roadworks on the A172, close to Great Ayton, between 11pm and midnight on June 6. Police believe the […]

Uncertainty surrounds the future of a plan to build an 88-home estate some eight months after being granted planning permission, following a series of safety-related concerns being raised by residents and councillors. Hambleton District Council’s […]

The Government is yet to make a final decision on plans to open a controversial centre for asylum seekers at the former RAF base at Linton-on-Ouse, council chiefs say. Hambleton District Council said it was […]

Library bosses are examining whether the Covid-19 pandemic has caused permanent changes to people’s reading habits. A meeting of North Yorkshire County Council’s partnerships scrutiny committee heard while library visits in the year to April were […]