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The leadership of North Yorkshire County Council has vowed to “chase savings” for residents and to bolster services from local government reorganisation as it launched an implementation plan to create a single authority for the […]

A fault with a dishwasher caused a house fire in Great Ayton last night. Fire crews from Stokesley and Coulby Newham were called to the incident in California Grove at around 11.20pm. They arrived to […]

Plans have been announced to launch a Community Alcohol Partnership (CAP) in Northallerton to tackle the problem of underage drinking. The scheme will launch in the town on Friday, June 24. It will bring together […]

Pupils and staff at East Cowton C of E Primary School have been celebrating after receiving a ‘good’ Ofsted rating from the education watchdog. Following a recent visit to the village primary school located between […]

Hambleton District Council is preparing to take legal action over plans to open a centre for asylum seekers at the former RAF base at Linton-on-Ouse. The proposed centre for 1,500 asylum seekers has angered local […]

The Applegarth Community Garden project in Northallerton has received funding of £500 from Broadacres to put towards the cost of buying wood for raised beds, compost, seeds, bulbs, and plants. The garden, which is to […]

Firefighters were called out over the weekend after multiple fires were started in a derelict building in Thirsk. Crews from Thirsk and Northallerton attend at around 7pm on Saturday to the incident in Stockton Road. […]

The leader of North Yorkshire County Council has called on the government to speed up the processing of Ukrainian refugees. Councillor Carl Les, the son of a Polish refugee, said while he understood the threat […]

A water leak has been blamed for the fire at the Bilsdale transmitter which left more than a million people without TV reception. Arqiva, the company that operates the mast, has today provided an update […]

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service is looking for on-call firefighters to serve across the Richmondshire area. The service has on-call fire stations located at Bedale, Easingwold, Northallerton, Stokesley and Thirsk. Each station is crewed […]