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A man has been convicted of fraud after advertising a tractor for sale online. Aaran Wallis, of Greenhill Crescent, Northallerton, appeared before magistrates in York on Monday. The 31-year-old admitted a single charge of fraud […]

A woman was given a suspended prison sentence after refusing to give a breath test. Elizabeth Law, of Hillside, Danby Wiske, appeared before magistrates in York on Wednesday. The motorist pleaded guilty to failing to […]

A campaign group pressuring for a blanket 20mph limit across the towns and villages of England’s largest county has been accused of using misleading and ruthless tactics and of being blindly ideological. North Yorkshire’s transport chief Councillor Keane […]

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 […]