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A high-profile inquiry set up with the ambition of saving some of the North Yorkshire’s most rural communities from decline overlooked key issues, was overly negative and produced an “underwhelming” report which featured inaccurate figures, […]

Firefighters attended a smoke filled kitchen after cooking was left unattended in Great Ayton yesterday. A crew from Stokesley, as well as colleagues from Cleveland Fire Brigade, were called to the incident in Hollygarth Close […]

The emergency services came to the aid of a woman who fell near Sutton Bank today. The woman had fallen and injured her lower left leg while walking near Gormire Lake, below the Cleveland Way. […]

North Yorkshire County Council looks set to reduce its precautionary winter salt spreading to minimum levels set out in national guidelines. An officers’ report to leading members of the authority, which in recent years has […]

Sandhutton and Breckenbrough village hall is set to benefit from improvement work thanks to a community fund linked to the development of the new Crematorium for Hambleton at Maple Park. The funding will pay for […]

Average speed camera (ASC) checks could be introduced on rural roads in North Yorkshire, it has emerged. While authorities in the county have repeatedly ruled out using fixed speed cameras as a deterrent, North Yorkshire […]

A major expansion of Dalton Airfield Industrial Estate has been approved despite concerns it could worsen traffic issues in nearby villages. Hambleton District Council’s planning committee heard the proposal for development on an 18-hectare greenfield […]

The future of outdoor education centres which have hosted life-changing trips for generations of schoolchildren remains uncertain, despite receiving widespread support and a detailed plan being developed for a multi-million pound revamp of the service. A […]