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North Yorkshire Council’s chair, Cllr George Jabbour, has completed the Coast-to-Coast walk, raising thousands of pounds for his chosen charity of the year, Yorkshire Air Ambulance. The 190-mile route, which runs from St Bees in […]

A video showing three people in North Yorkshire removing and stamping on a St George’s flag has gone viral, as council chiefs warn that painting flags on roundabouts is illegal and a public safety hazard. […]

National financial and firefighting assistance will be delivered to help tackle the blaze on Langdale Moor, where a major incident has been declared. Emergency services are set to receive national support to help tackle the […]

North Yorkshire Council’s commercial arm made a pre-tax profit of £3.2m last year — despite losses of the same value made by its housing division. The Brierley Group delivered around £300,000 more in profit in […]

Firefighters from four stations were called to a woodland fire near Kilburn on Tuesday evening. Crews from Ripon, Bedale, Stokesley and Northallerton attended the incident at 7.53pm. On arrival they found a deep-seated fire within […]

North Yorkshire Council is meeting national targets for dealing with planning applications despite not having enough planning officers, councillors have been told. Members of North Yorkshire Council’s executive committee heard this week that the department […]

North Yorkshire Council is looking to cut tooth decay in children by funding a programme to oversee a supervised teeth-brushing programme for the under fives. The authority wants to commission a provider to run a […]

Council chiefs have rejected requests from North Yorkshire residents to make roads in their communities a high priority for winter gritting. North Yorkshire Council declined 20 out of 21 applications for amendments to its winter […]