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North Yorkshire County Council looks set to ask the Government to allow it to “top slice” mainstream schools’ budgets to cover the spiralling costs of educating high needs pupils, despite mainstream headteachers saying the move […]

A Hambleton leisure centre has been recognised for the quality of its pool water. Following a one day assessment by the national body STA (Swim Teachers Association), the centre in Bedale achieved ‘Excellent’ in all […]

A bizarre situation unfolded at a council planning meeting as councillors voted against every possible decision on a proposed housing development site. Hambleton District Council’s planning committee rejected proposals to approve, reconsider at a later […]

Conservative election candidate Rishi Sunak has urged North Yorkshire residents to keep pushing for 24/7 emergency care at the Friarage Hospital. A consultation on the opening hours of the Northallerton hospital’s enhanced urgent treatment centre […]

Police are appealing for information after a stolen car was involved in a collision. The incident occurred on Saturday, November 16. It involves a moving vehicle and a stationary vehicle at the mini roundabout, junction […]

A Northallerton man has been jailed after a high-speed police pursuit in a stolen Audi. Nathan Terrance Adams, 27, of Knotto Bottom Way, Northallerton, was sentenced to five years and nine months in prison and given a […]

A community of 300 residents which lost its school due to a lack of pupils appears close to achieving its long-standing ambition to revive the number of families living there. A meeting of North Yorkshire […]

A new restorative justice service has launched in North Yorkshire to help victims receive answers and rehabilitate offenders by helping them to understand the hurt and fear they have caused. The aim of the North […]

Police are appealing for information after a pedestrian died a month after being struck by a van in Northallerton. The incident happened on October 17 around 10.10am on High Street, close to the entrance to […]

Contractors working on the Treadmills development in Northallerton are warning motorists of possible traffic delays in the town. In order to safely complete the demolition of the former prison gatehouse there will be a partial […]