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Campaigners are set to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner over a council’s failure to provide details relating to a £120,000 government grant given to develop new models of transport for rural areas. Former […]

A farmer who dedicated 46 years to serving his community has spoken of his delight at being granted a rare honour. Geoff Ellis, who stood down from Hambleton District Council in May 32 years after […]

A consultation which NHS bosses say will help shape the future of key services at the Friarage Hospital is underway amid criticism from local campaigners. NHS Hambleton, Richmondshire and Whitby Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), in […]

Firms based Leeming Bar Industrial Estate where Hambleton District Council has launched a Public Space Protection Order crackdown on overnight parking are urging the authority to start enforcing the move. Businesses estate are continuing to […]

Health campaigners have spoken out after NHS bosses unveiled proposals to “secure the future” of key services at a general hospital which did not include an option to retain its accident and emergency department. Save […]

Police are appealing for information after a car was stolen and others were broken in to in Romanby, near Northallerton, last night. A BMW, registration YC65 DVF, was taken from Harewood Lane Garage between 8pm […]

Rishi Sunak MP has welcomed a £1.8m Government investment in maintaining the effectiveness of Stokesley’s flood defences. The cash is included in a £62m boost for England’s flood defences announced by Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers. […]

Hambleton District Council, which is working towards becoming one of the country’s most environmentally-friendly councils, is exporting residents’ plastic recycling to the country with the highest plastic pollution in the Mediterranean. The council’s scrutiny committee […]

Members of the public have been urged to lobby their county councillors over the future of the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton. Members of North Yorkshire County Council’s scrutiny of health committee will meet on Friday […]