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A major repair project is under way on a popular footpath in Thirsk which acts as a key link to the town centre. The footpath connecting St James Green with Marage Road was closed in […]

The A167 is blocked at Great Smeaton by a fallen tree. Motorists are being urged to avoid the area. A spokesperon for North Yorkshrie County Council said: “A fallen tree is currently blocking the A167 […]

Church and council leaders have been told a housing developer’s plan to remove gravestones from an early Victorian churchyard without moving the bodies would be “vaguely sacrilegious and a little distasteful”. Dozens of residents in […]

A proposal to site a solar farm that generates enough power for nearly 10,000 homes across more than 70 hectares of best quality farmland has divided a rural community. Scores of residents in the Scruton […]

A 62-year-old woman reported missing from Brandsby, near Easingwold, this morning has been found safe and well. An appeal was issued this afternoon amid concerns for the woman’s welfare.

Bedale AFC have taken a battering before the season even starts with the delivery of a new toad-in-the-hole themed kit. The first team will take to the field for their matches in the North Riding […]

Two men who kidnapped a businessman at knifepoint, threatened him with power tools and told him to pay £20,000 in a “truly terrifying” blackmail plot have been jailed for more than 17 years between them. […]

Customers of North Yorkshire’s pilot on-demand bus service will soon be able to pre-book their journeys a day in advance at no extra cost. A recent survey carried out by North Yorkshire County Council of […]

A man is in custody after police uncovered a cannabis grow in the basement of a rural property situated between Northallerton and Darlington. Officers discovered the grow of around 60 plants along with hydroponic equipment used […]