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North Yorkshire councillors should undergo a criminal records check to ensure they are safe to be alone with the public, a meeting will be told next week. A motion to be put to North Yorkshire […]

An elderly woman has died after a collision near Thirsk. Police were called to Carlton Road, in Carlton Miniott, at about 2pm yesterday following a report that a grey Kia Sportage car had collided with […]

The emergency services were called to a single-vehicle collision at Great Broughton last night. The incident was reported at about 9.20pm. A fire crew from Stokesley attended the incident along with police and paramedics. The […]

An overhaul of local government funding is set to be “not good news” for North Yorkshire, a senior councillor has warned. North Yorkshire Council leader Carl Les added that the government’s so-called fair funding review […]

Police are appealing for information about an incident that occurred on the A168 towards Northallerton from Thirsk. It happened at 7.20am on Monday and involved a blue Mercedes panel van equipped with a roof rack. […]

The site of a proposed solar farm in North Yorkshire sits within an “extremely significant” historic landscape with evidence of prehistoric, Roman and medieval activity, critics of the scheme claim. Residents and consultees have urged […]

The former Hambleton District Council offices could be sold to a care home provider. The civic centre at Stone Cross in Northallerton served as the headquarters for the district council before the authority was merged […]

Rishi Sunak is supporting a 175-year-old moorland cricket club’s plans for a new pavilion. Chop Gate Cricket Club, founded in 1850 in the heart of the North York Moors, wants to build a new pavilion […]

Funding for the A66 Northern Trans-Pennine route has been confirmed by the Government. The announcement means work will progress on dualling the remainder of the key route to increase capacity, improving journey times and boost […]