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A motorist was arrested in Thirsk last night on suspicion of drug driving. Police stopped and searched four males seen running from a car. A small amount of cannabis was found. The driver was tested […]

Firefighters were called out last night after a pigeon activated an alarm. The Stokesley crew responded after the bird triggered an automatic fire alarm by flying around the premises at Stokesley Business Park. The crew […]

An appeal has been launched to find a partially sighted dog. Black Labrador Twiga went missing from a garden in Felixkirk Road, Thirsk, at about 8.30pm on Monday. The nine-year-old family pet has a white […]

Bedale’s swimming pool is to close temporarily because of vandalism. The boiler flu at Bedale Leisure Centre has been damaged. It is understood something had been put into the flu. The pool will remain open […]

Great Ayton History Society (GAHS) is helping villagers past and present to discover the village as it was 108 years ago. After more than a year of research, the society is launching its Our Village […]

Police are concerned for the welfare of a local man. Jamie Chambers-Nicholson has made no contact with family or friends since Saturday, May 4 and police say this is out of character. Jamie’s last known […]

The leader of North Yorkshire County Council, which spends £84,000 of taxpayers’ money every year on funding tourism body Welcome to Yorkshire, has criticised other local authorities for “threatening its very existence” by suspending their […]

Hambleton District Council says the delivery of some of its European Parliament election has been delayed due to an with Royal Mail. The district council, which is administering the May 23 election, says it is […]

Hambleton District Council’s Conservative leadership said it had been left stunned after losing three seats in last week’s elections. Council leader Councillor Mark Robson said while he had not been surprised to see Liberal Democrat […]