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World of James Herriot in Thirsk has installed new tech which gives foreign visitors a fully guided tour of the attraction on their own device in any language. Visitors simply point their smartphone or tablet […]

A General Election candidate standing in support of the Save the Friarage Campaign, who was previously planning to stand for the Brexit Party, says he will pursue a clean break from the EU as well […]

An RAF Leeming reserve squadron has reinstated a tradition of having a real goat as a mascot. 609 (West Riding) Squadron has decided to return to their animal roots as part of their current project which […]

Thirsk charity Rural Arts is just one of nine arts organisations in Yorkshire to have been awarded an Arts Council England small capital grant. The £130,000 investment will allow Rural Arts to make much-needed refurbishments […]

A plan for a 64-bedroom home to provide for frail elderly, dementia patients and nursing and palliative end of life care has been rejected, despite councillors hearing there was a desperate need for such a […]

A decision over plans to create a development purely of much-needed affordable housing has been postponed after councillors said they had been left perplexed by an experts’ assessment of how many pedestrians the development would […]

Nine months after a devastating fire that destroyed their distillery, Masons Yorkshire Gin have announced plans for a new facility. The purpose build distillery will be created on the Leeming Bar Industrial Estate. The company […]

Thirsk Farmers Auction Mart is organizing a charity Christmas show and sale of produce and exhibits to benefit Freddie’s Fight and Thirsk Hospice. The Show, on Wednesday, November 27, will include trade stalls, plus music […]

Community groups across Hambleton can once again bid for up to £25,000 in grant aid. The district council’s Making a Difference grants programme is about to open with another £125,000 in the pot. It will […]