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The number of refugees who are given homes in North Yorkshire looks set to fall, partly due to pressures on housing. The leaders of North Yorkshire’s seven district councils and county council will consider lowering the […]

Police say a 60-tonne stone crusher reported to have been stolen from a Northallerton town centre building site was actually repossessed. Police put out an appeal this morning after the huge machine was reported to have […]

An ambitious scheme to give a new lease of life to a landmark inn with close links to one of the country’s first racecourses looks set to be approved. The North York Moors National Park […]

The first stage of a £704,000 improvement programme for sport in Stokesley has moved a step closer. Members of Hambleton District Council’s cabinet have recommended to their full council colleagues that a total of £170,000 […]

Campaigners have claimed a council which quashed its own decision to allow a former police headquarters to be transformed into a children’s holiday centre “has jumped the gun again”. Residents of the area surrounding Newby […]

North Yorkshire’s highways department says its gritting teams are ready for the challenge of keeping the district’s road clear of ice and snow this winter The fleet of 85 gritters will be supported by 107 […]

Two Hambleton charities are among six in the county which have been recognised in the Queen’s Awards for Voluntary Service. The successful groups, which include Hambleton Foodshare and Bedale Riding for the Disabled Association, received […]

Construction work has begun on the redevelopment of the former Northallerton Prison site. Now work has begun on the £17m Treadmills scheme, which will see the prison, which has been closed for six years, re-invented […]

Campaigners have been refused a bid to challenge a decision to turn North Yorkshire Police’s former headquarters into a children’s activity centre. They had sought permission for a judicially review of Hambleton District Council’s decision […]

 A Hambleton man has been found guilty of fraud following a two-day trial at Gateshead Magistrates’ Court. Robin Howe, 67, of Morton-on-Swale, near Northallerton, was found guilty on Thursday of fraud by abuse of position […]