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Residents have raised concerns over the piecemeal expansion of North Yorkshire’s county town amid uncertainty over education, open space and recreation, cultural and community facilities, public transport and social housing provision in the area. Hambleton […]

Searches are continuing to find missing 75-year-old Hambleton man Colin Leggat. Colin was last seen at his home address in the village of Thornton Le Street on Thursday. Colin’s vehicle remains at his home address […]

A major search is underway searching for a missing 75-year-old man. Colin Leggat was last seen in his home village between Northalleton and Thirsk a couple of days ago. He has been reported missing and […]

Plans to create a solar farm large enough to power 15,621 homes close to two designated environmentally-protected areas have divided a community. Scores of residents living in the Husthwaite area have lodged letters of support and […]

Before having her knee replacement 78-year-old Rosemary Hawkins had never visited the Friarage Hospital. But after undergoing major surgery there she has nothing but praise for the Northallerton hospital and for those who work in […]

Communities in Hambleton can apply for road closures free of charge for celebrations marking the Queen’s platinum jubilee. The nation will mark the Jubilee with a four-day bank holiday weekend from Thursday 2 to Sunday […]

A man who raped and sexually assaulted a girl two decades ago has been jailed today. Nicholas Dalby, 50, formerly of Thirsk, was sentenced at York Crown Court after pleading guilty on the day his […]

Tourism agency Welcome to Yorkshire (WtY) has been places in administration, it has been announced today. The announcement comes after the leaders of Yorkshire councils decided at a meeting yesterday not to provide more funding […]

An award-winning tourist information centre facing its third threat of closure in a decade looks set to be given the publicly-owned building it operates from to secure its long-term future and enable it to develop […]