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Four men have been jailed after a man was severally injured after being hacked with shovels. A witness described the attackers as “like a pack of hyenas to meat” during the incident in Sowerby, near […]

A Stokesley man has appeared in court for drug driving. Gareth Parkinson, 28, from The Stripe, was arrested on the A684 at Leeming Bar on April 15, 2021. Tests showed he had cannabis and cocaine […]

The director of public health for North Yorkshire says she is “cautiously optimistic” that the county has seen the worst of the Omicron wave as Covid infections continue to fall. Louise Wallace told a meeting […]

An amateur rider is living his dream of becoming a racehorse jockey after being selected to take part in a prestigious charity horse race at York Racecourse. George Atkinson, 19, from Northallerton, who is deemed […]

Hambleton residents are starting to benefit from improved access to mental health support thanks to a new partnership, NHS officials say. The partnership is made up of North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group, local Primary Care […]

A retired district judge has spoken of his horror at the financial position a fire service for 824,000 people is facing due to years of years of chronic underfunding. Martin Walker, an independent member of North […]

North Yorkshire Police has apologised to two mothers whose sons died in a crash on the A61 over the actions of officers following the fatal collision. 17-year-olds George Thomas Turner and Mason Pearson died after […]

Residents living near Thirsk Industrial Estate are facing antisocial behaviour from lorry drivers on their doorsteps for an indefinite period after a council decided a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) could not be launched there […]

Calls to introduce a default 20mph speed limit in built-up areas across North Yorkshire have again been unanimously dismissed after the highways authority said it would focus spending its road safety funding on areas it […]