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Traffic could be banned on streets directly outside many schools at drop off and pick up times as part of efforts to improve safety, encourage active travel and cut pollution if a pilot study proves […]

A plan to build a housing estate on a derelict farm featuring creatures such as herons, kingfishers, otters and owls will rob Thirsk of its rural identity, while proposed measures to offset ecological damage are “laughable”, […]

Thirsk is one of the latest towns to benefit from the introduction of free public access WiFi. North Yorkshire County Council in partnership with NYnet is rolling out the scheme in 18 market towns across […]

Firefighters were called to a blaze in a carpentry workshop today. Crews from Stokesley and Northallerton and appliances from Middlesbrough, Coulby Newham and Saltburn attended the fire in a two-storey unit in Station Road, Stokesley. […]

A Hambleton man has been jailed for numerous child sex offences in Milton Keynes. Neil Francis, 46, formerly of Conyers Road, East Cowton, was sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment at Amersham Crown Court on Tuesday. […]

The new owners of a Hambleton holiday business say they are delighted to have received an award. Phil, Lisa and Jude Downey became the new owners of holiday cottages just outside Bedale now known as […]

Funding is now available to help Hambleton businesses to offer apprenticeships to new and existing staff. North Yorkshire County Council and the county’s schools are required to pay an apprenticeship levy at the rate of […]

Leaders of educational partners, University of Sunderland and York College, have visited their new campus in Northallerton. The million pound Campus@Northallerton (C@N) sees Hambleton District Council join forces with the two providers to bring new […]

A row over unauthorised changes to approved developments at a controversy-mired airfield looks set to rumble on after councillors agreed those behind the works had not proved some of them were needed. Hambleton District Council’s […]

Teaching staff and young people in secondary schools and further education in Hambleton can now access wellbeing support and advice from a new service. The service supports schools and colleges to evaluate and develop their […]