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Drug dealing is taking place in villages with children as young as 13 now involved in drugs, the county’s police commissioner has warned following the death of a Northallerton teenager who police had taken ecstasy. […]

Bedale’s swimming pool has reopened today after a six-day closure due to vandalism. A roof tile was forced into the boiler’s flue which caused it to overheat and burn out – and leave the centre […]

A Northallerton man has been arrested after threats were made to kill fans during the League One play-off game between Portsmouth and Sunderland. The 22-year-old was arrested in the early hours of this morning and […]

A 70-year connection between the Rotary movement and Northallerton has been marked. The loop road surrounding Hambleton District Council’s civic centre and the town’s leisure centre has been named Rotary Way. Northallerton Rotary Club was […]

A councillor who was once told by a judge he was unworthy of holding public office after cheating on his expenses looks set to achieve a remarkable reversal of fortunes by being handed the most […]

Two of the communities on the Tour de Yorkshire route received special plaques to celebrate the visit. Chairman of Hambleton District Council, Councillor David Blades presented them to Exelby and Bedale. Exelby staged a weekend […]

The mother of teenager Leah Heyes, who died after collapsing in Northallerton at the weekend, has paid tribute to her daughter. Kerry Roberts described 15-year-old Leah as her “best friend”. She added: “She was a […]

Residents have vowed to battle to the bitter end to stop a proposal to transform a historic mansion in a quiet village into a 550-bed children’s holiday centre, despite being promised noise levels will be minimised. […]

Citizens Advice Mid North Yorkshire has received funding to keep running an outreach service and extend a rural advice bus (RAB) into Hambleton. The organisation has announced that due to a £255,000 grant from the […]

Members of Northallerton Bowling Club have shown their support to St Teresa’s Hospice by selling tickets for an annual car draw extravaganza. For the past weeks members of the public have been buying prize tickets […]