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The departure of another senior officer from North Yorkshire Council has been announced. Gary Fielding, the corporate director for resources, is set to leave his £160,000 a year job with the authority to join Lancashire […]

A Bedale dentist is preparing to ride more than 4,000 miles from the Yorkshire Dales to West Africa in memory of her late mother — and to raise funds for Yorkshire Air Ambulance. Teresa Robinson, […]

Funding is being sought for a bridge over the A19 to stop Coast to Coast walkers risking their lives crossing the dual-carriageway, although national park chiefs admit the bid is “speculative”. North York Moors National […]

Opposition councillors have criticised a rise in parking fees set to cost North Yorkshire motorists more than £3.5m a year in extra charges. North Yorkshire Council has set out plans to increase parking charges by […]

Rishi Sunak joined young footballers in Northallerton to support a growing coaching programme founded by an Army veteran. Visiting Total Control Soccer during its Friday evening session at Oakbridge Church of England Primary School in […]

A new housing development linked to a community’s bid to secure the future of an allotments field has been given the go-ahead. North Yorkshire councillors today agreed with planning officers who recommended they should be […]

​An expert hired by local residents to assess the safety of a proposed battery energy storage system (BESS) in the North Yorkshire countryside says the plans have “fundamental deficiencies” and should be rejected. Opponents of […]

A dilapidated farmhouse and barns in the North Yorkshire countryside could be turned into a boutique hotel and spa. A full planning and listed building consent application has been submitted to North Yorkshire Council for […]

Emergency services were called after a light aircraft crashed in Grewelthorpe near Masham today. North Yorkshire Police confirmed they received the report at 12.21pm. Scores of emergency vehicles attended the scene, as well as a […]

A senior North Yorkshire councillor has stressed that his authority would have no say on whether a visitor levy was introduced in York and North Yorkshire as the region’s mayor sets out the next steps […]