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Communities on the Hambleton leg of the 2019 UCI Road World Championships in September can apply for cash help for their celebrations. The district council has opened up a community funding pot for towns and […]

Residents will have no incentive to start accessing council services online if a local authority continues to improve its call answering times, a meeting has heard. North Yorkshire County Council’s executive was told while the […]

Hambleton District Council has a new chairman. Councillor Kevin Hardisty has taken over as civic leader of the authority for the coming year. He has been a district councillor since 2011, representing Romanby ward. He […]

Firefighters were called to a house fire in Crakehall last night. Bedale and Leyburn crews attended and extinguished the blaze on the ground floor of the residential property. One hose reel was used to extinguish […]

Firefighters were called to a fire at a property in Kilburn, near Thirsk, last night. The blaze at The Forresters Arms pub and B&B is believed to have started in bins at the rear of […]

Two MPs have welcomed news that further dangerous central reservation gaps are to be closed and work will take place to make junctions safer on the A19. At a briefing attended by Mr Hollinrake and […]

The leader of Hambleton District Council has pledged to maintain key services in the face of declining funding after being elected to the role for four more years. The first meeting of the authority since […]

Police have removed a fake speed camera from a Hambleton lamppost. The yellow  wooden box with a screen on top was taken down from a post in Crakehall, on the A684, between Bedale and Leyburn. […]

Families with children in post-16 education are facing a big increase in the cost of home-to-school transport charges. North Yorkshire County Council is reviewing the amount it asks parents to contribute towards post-16 transport to schools […]

The owners of a partially sighted dog missing have offered a reward for his return. Black Labrador Twiga went missing from a garden in Felixkirk Road, Thirsk, on May 6. Several large searches have taken […]