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Northallerton household waste recycling centre (HWRC) will reopen tomorrow. Following the successful opening of 14 North Yorkshire HWRCs on 6 and 14 May, five more will re-open on Tuesday 19 May, including the Yafforth Road […]

Thirteen Hambleton community groups have benefited from a new grant scheme set up to offer support through the coronavirus pandemic. They have received a share of £5,270 to help them support vulnerable people and emerging […]

Residents have accused council officers of bowing to pressure from a police commissioner’s office after appearing to state a police force had committed an offence by blocking a disputed public right of way. Members of […]

A prolific offender has been jailed yet again after terrorising a couple while brandishing a golf club. Darren Jon Hutchinson, 41, was waving the club around outside the couple’s home in Northallerton, shouting: “Come down […]

Almost two months after councils suspended meetings with elected members and handed decision-making powers to their chief officers due to coronavirus restrictions, some have yet to announce when the traditional democratic process will resume. While […]

Hambleton primary school pupils dug deep into North Yorkshire’s archives to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day. Children from St Peter’s School, Brafferton, joined with the North Yorkshire county record office for the project, […]

A council grant has helped build bridges and repair a footpath damaged by tree roots. The path which is the main footpath across the village of Snape, near Bedale, was so uneven that it had […]

Sowerby’s £5m sports village has won regional recognition. The Hambleton District Council project has been awarded the ‘land and rural’ prize in the inaugural North East RICS Social Impact awards. Judges said it had been […]

Fears that a legal challenge over disabled children’s access to school transport could lead to the service being withdrawn for about 900 pupils or taxpayers left with an annual £1.6 million bill appear to have […]