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North Yorkshire Council leaders have warned against taxpayers being left to subsidise “empty buses” after further work towards potentially franchising bus services across the county was approved. York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority members today […]

Councillors have agreed to write to NHS chiefs over what they described as the “scandalous” state of governance of end-of-life care in York and North Yorkshire. Members of North Yorkshire Council’s scrutiny of health committee […]

York and North Yorkshire Mayor David Skaith has hit back after a senior North Yorkshire councillor compared the growing powers of elected mayors to those of a dictator. The Labour mayor said he found the […]

North Yorkshire Council has defended inviting a speaker who claimed the Virgin Mary “wore a hijab” to give a presentation attended by council staff. The authority said the session was intended to expose staff to […]

A Conservative councillor and Labour mayor found some unlikely common ground over Labradors and trips to the pub during a North Yorkshire council meeting today. Councillor Simon Myers raised the plight of his young Labrador […]

North Yorkshire Council has warned it faces a major challenge to draw up a blueprint that will determine where thousands of new homes are built across the county within a tight government-imposed timetable. Officers say […]

Former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has demanded answers over fears that major improvements to the A66 in North Yorkshire could be delayed by another two years. The Richmond and Northallerton MP has criticised the continuing […]

Campaigners fighting to safeguard a village pub they say was once the heart of their community are celebrating after it was officially recognised as an asset of community value. North Yorkshire Council has approved an […]

Swimmers lit up Ellerton Lake with illuminated tow floats as they took to the water at sunset to raise money for a children’s cancer charity. The sunset swim, held at the lake near Scorton on […]