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The sale of former council offices to a care home operator is a “win, win, win” situation, a senior councillor has declared. Members of North Yorkshire Council’s executive committee have agreed to dispose of the […]

A pedestrian who died in a collision in Carlton Miniott has been named. Christine Whiting, 78, died in the incident in Carlton Road, Carlton Miniott, near Thirsk, at around 2pm last Wednesday. Her family said in […]

A Thirsk man who pocketed £1m by running three illegal streaming websites has been jailed. Stephen Woodward sold illegal access to copyrighted content through the websites IPTV Hosting, Helix Hosting and Black and White TV. […]

Police have issued CCTV of a man they want to speak to following an assault. It happened at 1pm on Saturday, May 31 at the Oaks Fishing Lakes at Sessay, near Thirsk. A North Yorkshire […]

Police have issued a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to following a shop theft in Northallerton. It happened on Tuesday, June 10 and involved the theft of alcohol from Tesco in […]

Firefighters were called to a baler fire which had spread to the surrounding field and bales. The incident was reported at about 5.25pm on Saturday near Potto. A fire crew from Stokesley was the first […]

A horse called Hovis had to be rescued after getting stuck in a bog yesterday. The incident at Cod Beck Reservoir near Osmotherley was reported at about 6.30am on Saturday. A fire crew from Stokesley […]

A minibus was destroyed by fire on the A1(M) this morning. The incident happened on the northbound carriageway near the Leeming junction at about 11.30am. Fire crews from Harrogate, Stokesley and Richmond responded to the […]

Eighty-year-old nurse Anne Lamb was today given the honour of officially opening the Friarage Hospital’s new “world-class” £35.5m surgical centre. NHS staff and patients came together to celebrate the opening of the hub which has […]

Fire crews from Thirsk, Ripon and Northallerton responded to a combine harvester on fire yesterday. The incident on the A168 at Sowerby, near Thirsk, was reported at about 6.45pm. The owner had extinguished the fire […]