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A new housing development linked to a community’s bid to secure the future of an allotments field has been given the go-ahead. North Yorkshire councillors today agreed with planning officers who recommended they should be […]

​An expert hired by local residents to assess the safety of a proposed battery energy storage system (BESS) in the North Yorkshire countryside says the plans have “fundamental deficiencies” and should be rejected. Opponents of […]

A dilapidated farmhouse and barns in the North Yorkshire countryside could be turned into a boutique hotel and spa. A full planning and listed building consent application has been submitted to North Yorkshire Council for […]

Emergency services were called after a light aircraft crashed in Grewelthorpe near Masham today. North Yorkshire Police confirmed they received the report at 12.21pm. Scores of emergency vehicles attended the scene, as well as a […]

A senior North Yorkshire councillor has stressed that his authority would have no say on whether a visitor levy was introduced in York and North Yorkshire as the region’s mayor sets out the next steps […]

North Yorkshire councillors have backed plans to redevelop a former high school to provide places for children and young people with specialist educational needs. Members of North Yorkshire Council’s executive have voted in favour of […]

Work has begun on a new crematorium on the outskirts of York which is set to offer state-of-the-art funerals. The building of the North York Crematorium and Memorial Gardens, in Sand Hutton, is underway ahead […]

Councillors have agreed to provide £150,000 to Citizens Advice in North Yorkshire to reduce winter deaths and help vulnerable people stay warm in cold weather. Members of North Yorkshire Council voted to give £50,000 a […]

Senior North Yorkshire councillors have denied claims that an opposition member was removed as chair of an influential committee due to her questioning of a controversial policy change on home-to-school transport. Liberal Democrat councillor Barbara […]

Police are continuing to search for Neil Kendrew, 63, who has been missing from Northallerton since early December. North Yorkshire Police say Neil was last confirmed to have been seen in the town on Sunday, […]