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A man has been arrested after a delivery driver’s car was stolen while they briefly left it running outside a takeaway in Thirsk Market Place. The incident happened just before 8pm yesterday when the driver went […]

A  man branded “a significant risk of very serious harm to women” has been jailed. Jack Bell, 22, of Balmoral Road, Hartlepool, was jailed for four years with an additional two years on extended licence […]

A former North Yorkshire councillor is facing prosecution for allegedly sending antisemitic social media posts. Pat Marsh, 77, has been charged with displaying threatening, abusive or insulting written material with intent to or likely to stir […]

A large-scale cannabis factory worth more than half a million pounds has been discovered at an agricultural premises in Sessay, near Thirsk. Neighbourhood officers uncovered over 1,100 cannabis plants alongside dried cannabis packaged in 500g–1kg […]

Police have released a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to following the theft of a trolley full of groceries from Asda. It happened at the store on Brompton Road, Northallerton, […]

Heavy rainfall from Storm Amy has delivered a further boost to Yorkshire’s reservoir levels, marking the fourth consecutive week of improvement, Yorkshire Water has confirmed. Reservoir stocks rose to 52.9%, up from 46.2% the previous […]

A North Yorkshire Conservative councillor has defected to Reform, declaring the Conservative Party “over”. The departure of Councillor Karl Arthur leaves the controlling Tory group on North Yorkshire Council with a majority of just one. Cllr […]

Forming community gritting partnerships is among the recommendations in a report on keeping pavements clear of snow and ice during severe winter weather in North Yorkshire. North Yorkshire Council conducted a review after the county […]

Visitors to Kiplin Hall and Gardens are being invited to take part in a celebration of a festival not typically marked in the UK — Thanksgiving. The Jacobean mansion, which shares its early 17th-century origins […]

Police are appealing for help to find 31-year-old Aaron Telford, from Thirsk, who is wanted for questioning in connection with an incident of criminal damage and for breaching bail conditions. Telford is also believed to […]