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Firefighters were called to an unattended campsite fire near Thirsk yesterday. The incident in Westfield Lane was reported at about 5.20pm. A crew from Northallerton responded to the campfire left unattended in a woodland. The fire […]

Two North Yorkshire councillors have spoken of their delight at being recognised in Rishi Sunak’s resignation honours. North Yorkshire Council division member for the Upper Dales, Yvonne Peacock, has received an MBE for her political […]

A nurse has been sentenced to life in prison after trying to kill a Northallerton record shop owner. Darren Harris, 58, of Amesbury Crescent in Middlesbrough was a nurse at the time of the incident […]

Police are appealing for information after a serious collision on the A19 near Bagby. It happened at 5.20pm on Tuesday and involved a white Citroen DS and a blue Kia Picanto. The drivers of both […]

A record shop owner who was attacked by a nurse armed with a syringe filled with a deadly drug says he still has no idea why he was targeted. Darren Harris, 58, had been browsing […]

A Thirsk man has been sentenced to 26 years and four months after using an “EncroChat” phone to sell drugs and offer automatic weapons to other criminals. Nathaniel Thomas Hollywood, 39, of Dondeen Avenue, Thirsk, […]

Town councillors in Helmsley have raised concerns that planners have disregarded a previously agreed local plan when allowing development in the town. Helmsley Town Council has written to North Yorkshire Council after the authority approved […]

Planners have given the go-ahead for 109 new houses on the edge of Northallerton. The Allerton Gate estate will be built on land between Mowbray Road and Stokesley Road by Miller Homes. The scheme is […]