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Scores of North Yorkshire schools and children’s centres are facing escalating maintenance backlogs as funding for repairs has dropped by 12 per cent this year. North Yorkshire County Council education bosses said only the “highest […]

Two local authorities look set to pool nearly £650,000 to create a single domestic abuse refuge and accommodation-based service. North Yorkshire County and City of York councils are due to approve commissioning a single specialist […]

Campaigners battling against the closure of the accident and emergency unit at the Friarage Hospital have been granted permission to challenge the decision in the High Court. Lawyers for the Save Friarage Hospital group appeared […]

Police have named two motorcyclists who died in a collision near Chop Gate on the B1257 on Sunday. They are Paul Dee, aged 63, from Redcar and Graham Bowen, aged 56, from Stockton on Tees. Paul’s […]

North Yorkshire Police officers and members of the public have received awards for their actions which saved the life of a man in Great Ayton. Inspector Jon Grainge, PC Michael Wilson, PC Lisa Jones, Matthew […]

Bedale has won an award for being the best dressed host town during this year’s Tour de Yorkshire. The winners of the 2019 Tour de Yorkshire Best Dressed competition have been confirmed by race organisers […]

Thirsk is preparing for the return of the Northern Dales Farmers’ Market later this month. The market is one of the UK’s largest organisations of its kind, running local food markets at locations almost every […]

Transport campaigners have voiced dismay after North Yorkshire County Council confirmed it had spent the lion’s share of grants to develop innovative rural transport solutions on replacing old vehicles. The criticism of North Yorkshire County […]

Police are appealing for information after two motorcyclists died in a collision near Chop Gate at the weekend. The crash happened on the B1257 just south of Chop Gate at around 11.50am on the morning […]

Insects in Sowerby are feeling snug thanks to three hotels built specially for them. Volunteers from The Clock (pictured) have created three bug hotels at the Sowerby Environmental Space Project – to attract a wide […]