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The leader of North Yorkshire Council has dismissed a call to change the way decisions are made at the authority. The council has been urged to move towards a modern committee system by Green Party […]

No further action will be taken against a senior councillor who missed three meetings in a row. Members of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) have agreed that Councillor Simon Myers should not face […]

North Yorkshire Council is to get more than £1.4m to provide free holiday activities for children. The government money will fund thousands of places for children from low-income homes as part of the Department for […]

Police are appealing for information after a horse trailer was stolen from a farm in the Crathorne area in the early hours of Monday. The trailer, a Cheval Liberte was bearing the number plate AJ53 […]

A senior North Yorkshire councillor could face disciplinary action for failing to attend important meetings. Councillor Simon Myers missed three meetings of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority’s (YDNPA) finance and resources committee in a […]

A growing North Yorkshire company which makes elaborate sets for events such as the London Olympics and Ed Sheeran concerts has drawn up plans to expand its premises. Stage One Creative Services wants to extend […]

A campaign group is considering legal action over a controversial change to home-to-school transport policy made by North Yorkshire Council. The School Transport Action Group (STAG) says it is taking professional advice on whether the […]

A Northallerton man who killed two friends in a horror crash has now been jailed for eight years for raping a teenage girl more than a decade ago. Luke Jack Ridley, 29, of HMP Holme […]