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An inquiry by publicly-funded bodies into the circumstances surrounding two schoolboys plotting a Columbine-style massacre looks set to conclude in the coming months, it has emerged. Parents have welcomed an announcement by former Children’s Commissioner […]

A meeting to decide whether a plan to create an outdoor activities holiday centre for 500 children close to people’s homes was acceptable was dramatically halted – due to the noise of two youngsters playing nearby. […]

A cloud of uncertainty has enveloped Newby Wiske Hall and the surrounding rural area it dominates for seven years. After being selected as Tory candidate to become North Yorkshire’s first police and crime commissioner in […]

Residents of Crakehall have called for measures to tackle what they describe as a ‘huge speeding issue’ in the village. Crakehall with Langthorne Parish Council has highlighted official data which shows more than a third […]

Climate change be the main topic of conversation at the Stokesley and Villages Community Partnership’s annual general meeting on Wednesday, June 5. All residents from across Stokesley and the surrounding villages are welcome to attend […]

The outgoing chairman of Hambleton District Council has handed over £830 charity. Councillor David Blades chose the Yorkshire Air Ambulance which has a base at Topcliffe near Thirsk to support during his year in office. […]

An education boss has defended a decision to raise school transport charges by 22 per cent for pupils aged over 16 without consulting the public. As opposition councillors launched last-minute action to stall the move, […]

Voters in Hambleton came out in support of the Brexit Party at this week’s European Parliament elections. The party received almost twice as many votes (10,615) as its nearest rival, the Liberal Democrats (5,389). The […]

A community café is going from strength to strength only weeks after opening in Brompton, Northallerton. The part-time café which opened in the Weavers Pavilion is now serving villagers at least three days a week, […]

Children’s safeguarding bosses are continuing to refuse to respond to parents’ concerns over an alleged serious incident at a school where two pupils were found guilty of plotting a Columbine-style shooting. A year after Thomas […]