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A warrant has been issued for a man charged with defecating in a public place. Benjamin Weatherill was due in York Magistrates’ Court on Monday but failed to appear. The 51-year-old, of Cockpit Hill, Brompton, […]

The emergency services are training at Dishforth Airfield today. Officers from North Yorkshire Police, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, Yorkshire Ambulance Service and the Royal Air Force are taking part in the exercise. A […]

Rishi Sunak says he has received assurances from the Post Office that reductions in the opening hours of the Northallerton High Street branch are temporary. The MP wrote to the Post Office after sudden and […]

The mother of Northallerton teenager Leah Heyes — who died tragically after taking MDMA— has met the mother of the boy who sold her daughter the drugs. Kerry Roberts’ 15-year-old daughter collapsed after taking the […]

TV viewers have reported the return of their signal after a temporary mast was switched on at Bilsdale. The transmitted was tested yesterday with the full switch on planned for 6am this morning. A number […]

Education chiefs are urging the Education Secretary to reconsider a decision to close a primary which has seen its roll dwindle to 19 pupils. North Yorkshire County Council’s executive has agreed to appeal to Nadhim Zahawi […]

A former Royal Air Force reservist who stole £50,000 of aircraft parts from RAF Leeming has been spared jail. Cameron Milburn, 25, stole Tornado parts, an air throttle, two bikes, ID cards, flying helmets and […]

A study into the potential impact of a temporary mast to provide a television signal for hundreds of thousands of homes has concluded the scheme has a range of potential consequences for England’s largest continuous tract of […]

Firefighters attended a kitchen fire in Thirsk yesterday. Crews from Thirsk, Ripon and Northallerton were called to the incident in the Norby area at 1.19pm. The occupants were out of the property and safe on […]

The temporary TV transmitter at Bilsdale is due to go live this week. Engineers say that with the good weather forecast, Arqiva, which operates the mast, is planning to test the new, temporary Bilsdale transmitter […]