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A proposal to build a housing estate beside the Wensleydale Railway has been recommended for approval by a new unitary authority just nine months after a similar scheme was roundly rejected by a district council. […]

Covid-19 has been a factor in more than a thousand patient deaths at the South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust since the pandemic began three years ago. Figures produced by the trust said there had […]

Residents of a rural village have submitted the “shocking” results of a vehicle speed survey to a council considering a proposal to build 23 houses, saying building extra homes will only exacerbate road safety issues. […]

The decision of an outgoing council to commission a celebrated artist to create an £85,000 sculpture depicting the youngest female inmate incarcerated in Northallerton’s former prison has been questioned ahead of councillors on a new […]

A Northallerton man has admitted possessing indecent images of children and extreme pornography featuring an animal. Charlie Boocock, of Bullamoor Road, appeared in York Magistrates’ Court on Thursday. The 21-year-old has admitted six charge of […]

A car rolled down an embankment after a two-vehicle collision on the A1(M) yesterday. The incident happened on the northbound carriageway near Leeming at about 6pm. One of the vehicles rolled down the bank and […]

The occupants of a Fiat 500 suffered serious injuries after their vehicle collided with a HGV on the A1(M). Police are appealing for witnesses and information to the collision which occurred just before junction 49 […]

The phrase “the luck of the Irish” is commonly used to describe good fortune or success. However, the origins of this phrase are somewhat of a mystery. Some theories suggest that the phrase is actually […]

The A1(M) has fully reopened after a crash this morning. Police were called to a collision on the A1 northbound carriageway prior to junction 49 (Dishforth) at around 5.50am. It involved a car that collided […]

North Yorkshire’s new unitary authority which will serve residents 57 miles to the east, south and west of its headquarters has underlined its ambition to be considered a truly local council. Ahead of North Yorkshire Council […]