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Hambleton District Council which is set to be abolished has voted to hand four of its directors a total of £770,000 in exit payments because they do not wish to work for the incoming unitary […]

Police have issued an appeal to find wanted man Richard Clark. Clark, 29, is of no fixed address but is known to stay in Thirsk or Northallerton. He is wanted for recall to prison. He […]

A North Yorkshire transport boss has announced the county’s bus network is “facing a really grave situation”. North Yorkshire County Council’s executive member for highways and transportation Councillor Keane Duncan issued the stark warning after […]

Pressure is mounting on a rural district council to reconsider handing four male senior managers pay-offs averaging about £190,000 after an employment expert warned the legal basis for such payments “is at least unclear if not […]

Funeral directors, celebrants, members of the clergy and representatives within the bereavement sector came together this week for a service of dedication at the new crematorium at Maple Park in Thirsk The multi-million-pound Hambleton District […]

North Yorkshire County Council has rejected calls to limit the millions of meals it offers every year to vegan ones to help cut carbon emissions and costs while improving people’s health. The authority’s deputy leader […]

Police are trying to trace three men after a car was damaged in Bedale at the weekend. The incident happened behind the Market Place leading to Bridge Street Car Park at about 11.45pm on Saturday, […]

Campaigners have projected a video about the cost of living crisis on to the North Yorkshire home of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The video was shone onto the front of the Richmond MP’s £1.5m house […]

North Yorkshire has become the country’s first area to adopt a mandatory 100 per cent council tax premium for second homes as part of efforts to tackle the housing crisis blighting communities across swathes of […]