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A pilot scheme designed to provide public transport in rural areas with little or no services looks set to be extended for a year amid concerns restrictions deterring key potential customers will make it unsustainable. […]

A 12-month extension is being recommended to the trial of a demand responsive bus service. North Yorkshire County Council’s corporate director of business and environmental services, Karl Battersby, and senior councillors will be asked to […]

Police are appealing for witnesses and information in relation to a fatal collision which occurred this morning near Ingleby Arncliffe. The collision happened at just before 8am and involved a car and a motorcycle. The […]

A Stokesley man has been jailed for a catalogue of sexual offences against children and teenagers who he targeted through social media. Mark Anthony Wilson, 35, previously of Allen Grove, pleaded guilty to 27 offences […]

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 […]