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Police are appealing for information after a boy was assaulted by a group of 15 teenagers in Sowerby. The incident happened at The Flatts land behind the leisure centre in Sowerby, Thirsk.  A North Yorkshire […]

Hambleton District Council chiefs say they are still waiting for the Government to make a decision on whether asylum seekers will be housed at the former RAF base at Linton-on-Ouse. The authority has threatened legal […]

A blueprint which could see Alfred Wainwright’s 190-mile Coast to Coast route join the country’s top long distance routes as a National Trail looks set to be submitted to the government within weeks. Natural England, the […]

A council finance boss has revealed North Yorkshire’s new unitary local authority is facing a possible black hole of close to £50m a year, largely due to deficits it will inherit from district councils and […]

Changes to ways of working at the region’s biggest employer following the Covid-19 pandemic is saving the public purse millions of pounds a year, freeing up huge amounts of staff time while also producing significant […]

An MP has described a series of plans being put forward in North Yorkshire to site solar farms on good quality farmland as “bonkers”, saying approving such schemes would see the country swap its energy […]

A pilot scheme designed to provide public transport in rural areas with little or no services looks set to be extended for a year amid concerns restrictions deterring key potential customers will make it unsustainable. […]

A 12-month extension is being recommended to the trial of a demand responsive bus service. North Yorkshire County Council’s corporate director of business and environmental services, Karl Battersby, and senior councillors will be asked to […]

Police are appealing for witnesses and information in relation to a fatal collision which occurred this morning near Ingleby Arncliffe. The collision happened at just before 8am and involved a car and a motorcycle. The […]