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North Yorkshire residents look set to have to find more than £100 extra from April to pay an average council tax bill, despite their newly-launched local authority embarking on a rigorous cost-cutting programme. North Yorkshire […]

A pensioner suffered serious injuries after a collision between a mobility scooter and car in Northallerton. Police in Northallerton are appealing for witnesses and information following collision between a white Citroen C1 and a black […]

North Yorkshire’s seven district and borough councils have been told any new major spending schemes they approve will not be ratified before they are abolished. North Yorkshire County Council has written to the second tier […]

A woman found to be four times over the drink drive limit has narrowly escaped a jail sentence. Dawn Lax’s reading of 141mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath was the highest recorded by North […]

A plan to power almost a third of the households in Hambleton with clean renewable energy by creating a solar farm has met with a wall of opposition. While Lightrock Power and Econergy say their […]

Lightwater Valley Theme Park is taking down The Ultimate rollercoaster as it looks to appeal to younger visitors, it has announced. The Ultimate has been at the park for 33 years and at the time […]

More than half of recorded violent crimes in North Yorkshire and York are against women and girls, it has been revealed, as the area’s most senior police officer said the under-reporting of such offences meant […]

A tanker driver suffered serious injuries in a crash on the A19 yesterday. Police are investigating the four-vehicle collision on the outskirts between Shipton by Beningbrough and Skelton. It happened at around 11.40am on Wednesday. […]

The emergency services were called to a serious collision this morning. The incident occurred at around 5.30am in Topcliffe Road, Sowerby. A single vehicle had left the road and ended up in a field. Firefighters […]