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Cider and apple juice producers in an area historically known as the Orchard of North Yorkshire are hopeful that lots of sunshine, warm conditions and the lack of strong winds in April could lead to […]

A housing association has confirmed it will continue appealing against a decision to refuse its plans for a huge extra care development in Bedale, despite having lodged a revised planning application for the scheme. Broadacres […]

Free mental health support sessions are being made available to Hambleton residents during the Covid-19 pandemic. The service is being run by the Heartbeat Alliance, which is made up of GP surgeries in Richmondshire and […]

Hundreds of key workers have been tested for coronavirus this week at a mobile facility in Northallerton. The MOD, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) worked with Hambleton […]

The leader of North Yorkshire County Council has warned that it is spending an extra £65 million during the coronavirus pandemic. The council’s leader Cllr Carl Les said that the £26 million in funding it […]

The High Sheriff of North Yorkshire made a virtual visit to a Hambleton village primary school which is supporting the children of key workers. This would normally be a busy time for the recently appointed […]

A community fund set up to support local projects is helping a group of North Yorkshire volunteers making scrubs for NHS staff in Yorkshire during the Covid-19 crisis. Residents on Broadacres Housing Association’s Community Development […]

The Nightingale Hospital at Harrogate has not yet taken in any patients. A spokesperson for NHS England said there was still capacity at existing hospitals in the area to treat coronavirus patients. But that the […]

A temporary Covid-19 testing station will operate in Northallerton over the next two days. As part of the national roll out of the key worker testing for COVID–19, a military run drive-through mobile testing unit […]