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North Yorkshire County Council, which has faced a sustained campaign to create “a level playing field” over high street parking charges looks set to reject the call and instead examine introducing smart parking in Northallerton. […]

Welcome to Yorkshire has announced that chief executive James Mason is to leave the tourism agency after less than two years in charge. Mr Mason was hired in December 2019 to replace Sir Gary Verity. […]

A two-year-old girl has died after falling from a pony at a hunt. The toddler was riding with members of the Bedale Hunt on Wednesday when she fell. Emergency services were called to the scene […]

A protest against the cut to universal credit was held outside Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Northallerton constituency office today. The protest was organised by trade union Unite. Members delivered a letter calling on the Government to […]

Northallerton High Street is set to re-open to traffic on market days. The temporary order which has closed the road on Wednesdays and Saturdays for the last 15 months – ends on September 29. Officials […]

Engineers building a temporary transmitter to replace the mast damaged by fire at Bilsdale say the work will take three weeks. Operators Arqiva gave the update this morning after work started on the transmitter on […]

A new safety strategy and action plan to cut road deaths and injuries across North Yorkshire and York will see a range of public bodies develop a more systematic approach, featuring initiatives from redesigned streets […]

Police are investigating several bike thefts in the Northallerton area. The bikes were stolen despite being secured with locks. A spokesperson for North Yorkshire Police said: “We are urging anyone who has bikes to ensure […]

A woman who stole more than £33,000 of Lottery scratch cards from her employer has been spared jail. Sheila Hancock, 60, was working as a shop assistant at Bytheway Stores in Thirsk, York Crown Court […]

Work has started on a temporary transmitter to replace the mast damaged by fire at Bilsdale. Site owner Arqiva said a team of around 100 people began construction work at Bilsdale on Monday. Materials have […]