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The five candidates competing in Thursday’s election to become the new North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner have set out their pledges to protect the future of the county’s under-funded fire service. There have […]

A man stole a pensioner’s handbag while she was returning her trolley at a Thirsk supermarket on Saturday. Police are appealing for witnesses and information following a theft in the car park at Aldi in […]

Rural Arts in Thirsk has been awarded a grant of £45,000 from the Culture Recovery Fund, the Culture Secretary announced today.   Charity bosses say this will enable the organisation to rebuild safely and steadily […]

A new organisation is offering support and advice to unpaid carers in Hambleton. Carer Plus Yorkshire was the name chosen in July 2021 following the joining of Scarborough & Ryedale Carers Resource and Hambleton and […]

A team of NHS workers from the Friarage are walking 500 miles throughout November to help raise funds for the hospital. The money raised by the ten members of staff from the hospital’s eye outpatient […]

An ambition of the Bahrain royal family to establish a world leading centre to breed peregrine falcons and exotic birds has been put on hold after concerns the raptors could come into conflict with other […]

A court has imposed a restraining order to protect a retired racehorse from the unwanted attentions of a grandmother who refused to stop feeding him carrots. In a ruling rarely – if ever – passed […]

Councillors have overwhelmingly voted in favour of approving a pay increase for themselves after being told rejecting it could hamper improving diversity in favour of white, retired men on the authority. A full meeting of […]

Work to build a £12m bridge and road link to ease decades of traffic misery in Northallerton looks set to be completed in just over two months. North Yorkshire County Council’s Richmond constituency committee will […]