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A council leader has revealed how he and his family have been victims of bigots and bullies and pledged to root out “discrimination, prejudice hate in any form”, following the horrific death of unarmed black […]

Hundreds of residents and traders are calling on Hambleton District Council to abandon its plan to buy 70 acres of farmland for a major expansion of a leading industrial estate, saying there are many other […]

Staff at the Dales School, in Morton-on-Swale, have put together a video to keep in touch with pupils during the pandemic. The video features staff singing and miming to Electric Light Orchestra’s Mr Blue Sky. […]

Police are appealing on behalf of the coroner’s office to trace the family of Graham Freer, who lived at Croft Close, Easingwold. Police attended Mr Freer’s address on Friday, June 5 due to a welfare […]

Plans have been submitted for a new development in Northallerton featuring ywo drive-thru restaurants or coffee shops. Business owner Simon Bailes has submitted an application for outline planning permission for a scheme that he says […]

Rishi Sunak has condemned the violence which has taken place at some Black Lives Matter protests but has given his support to those who have protested peacefully and within the law. The Richmond MP said […]

A bag of curly kale was reported to North Yorkshire Police yesterday by a member of the public who was worried it was cannabis. Officers were called to the A6055 at Pickhill, between Northallerton and […]

On-street and off-street parking enforcement operations are to return to normal next week. Since the start of the lockdown, enforcement has targeted only dangerous and obstructive parking, but full enforcement will be reintroduced from 15 […]

Primary schools across the county are beginning to return into the brave new world created by the Covid-19 pandemic. For many youngsters, it’s the first time they will have been in a formal learning setting […]

A former children’s commissioner for England has said lessons “needed to be learned” and improvements to professional practice “continue to be made”, following an lengthy inquiry into the case of two teenagers who plotted to carry out […]