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A council which is set to be abolished in three months’ time has broken tradition by conferring an honour previously reserved for former councillors on four serving councillors. Tanfield member David Webster, Mark Robson, who […]

Bosses of a national park facing a £485,000 black hole in its budget next year are pressing forward with plans to overcome dwindling government funding by fundamentally changing the way it works. Tom Hind, the […]

North Yorkshire Police say a missing Topcliffe man has been found safe and well in Galloway, Scotland. The man was reported missing by his family on Monday.

A proposed devolution deal, including creating an elected mayor and a mayoral combined authority for North Yorkshire and York, looks set to receive sufficient public support to progress transferring government powers from Westminster. James Farrar, […]

A woman has been arrested for being four times over the limit as the police’s annual Christmas drink and drug drive campaign gets underway. Shortly after 2pm on Saturday, December 3, a member of the […]

A district council which has agreed to pay five senior officers about £1 million in exit payments is facing further criticism over the move. Unison has challenged Hambleton District Council’s leadership to offer the same opportunities […]

A charity-run preschool has been judged to e outstanding by Ofsted. Aiskew Under Fives aims to provide affordable childcare for preschool children aged two to four. The preschool was given the rating after an inspection […]

The emergency services were called to a collision in Northallerton on Tuesday. The two-vehicle crash occurred in Darlington Road at about 12.25pm. Police and firefighters from Northallerton and Bedale attended the incident. Fire crews assisted […]

Hambleton District Council has asked that millions of pounds of property developers’ contributions it has collected in recent years be spent in its area. The council’s cabinet has approved asking for North Yorkshire County Council’s […]