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The owner of a controversy-hit airfield has dismissed claims he is ignoring planning restrictions and developing the site to welcome jet planes. It has emerged that since Hambleton District Council approved Martin Scott’s plan to […]

A hung-over driver who was still over the limit when he caused a fatal crash 19 hours after his last drink has been jailed. Tradesman Peter Newbrook fell asleep and ploughed his van into the […]

A housebuilder says they are investigating whether a minor earthquake on Teesside could have caused a porch on a home 25 miles away near Bedale to collapse. The porch collapsed at the home of Caryl […]

A small village, which has been the ancestral home of the Crathorne family since the early thirteenth century, is making its play area safe thanks to council cash. After eight years of work by Councillor […]

North Yorkshire Police say the county continues to have the lowest crime rate in the country despite a 12 per cent rise in recorded offences — including a sharp 26 per cent increase in violent […]

A 52-year-old woman has been arrested following the discovery of 25 cannabis plants in Northallerton. The drugs were found following a drug seizure at a house in the town on Wednesday. Police searched the property […]

A Thirsk man has been jailed for twice assaulting a woman. Wayne Thomas Johnson, 32, appeared before magistrates at York yesterday charged with two counts of assault. The 32-year-old from School Garth, Thirsk, was jailed […]

North Yorkshire County Council is examining increasing a range of demand-responsive public transport solutions as part of its drive to cut carbon emissions, councillors have heard. As Prince Charles outlined an initiative to encourage rapid […]

Police have appealed for information after a church was vandalised. The incident happened at the Church Of St John The Baptist in Leeming, near Bedale, between 4pm on Saturday and 10.30am on Sunday. The vandals […]

An initiative to support people with a learning disability to get out and get active in a way that is flexible, fun and empowering has been launched in Hambleton. Mencap’s Round the World Challenge is […]