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Members of York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority have voted against making the former RAF Linton-on-Ouse base a mayoral development zone (MDZ) amid plans to build an asylum centre on the land. Following a debate […]

Rural communities have been “let down and left behind” by governments of all parties, the Mayor of York and North Yorkshire said as regional leaders agreed a new plan to deliver 5,000 rural homes and […]

People living, working and running businesses in the North York Moors are being invited to help shape the future of the National Park as work begins on a new Local Plan. The North York Moors […]

Homes for locals rather than accommodation for migrants should be built on a former RAF base, according to the Mayor of York and North Yorkshire. David Skaith has agreed with local residents and community leaders […]

North Yorkshire Council says its planning department — previously branded as “diabolical” — is seeing staffing improvements. A number of new planning officers had joined the council to cover the Richmond constituency area in recent […]

North Yorkshire Police are appealing for information following an incident in Northallerton in which a woman was verbally abused and assaulted by a man known to her. The incident happened on Saturday, 21 June 2026 […]

Campaigners say they are “dusting down the banners” in preparation for a new fight over plans to build an asylum centre on a former North Yorkshire RAF base. Linton-on-Ouse Action Group has reformed after the […]

A government minister has defended plans to reopen the former RAF base at Linton-on-Ouse as an asylum centre. Alex Norris, Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum, told the House of Commons yesterday (MONDAY) […]

A Northallerton man who subjected his partner to “emotional torture” and severe beatings over a two-year period has been jailed for over three years. Jack Allinson, 30, bit, strangled and punched his partner and once […]

Police have launched an operation to tackle anti-social behaviour caused by young people arriving in a North Yorkshire town by train from Middlesbrough. North Yorkshire Council’s Richmond area committee heard today (MONDAY) that Great Ayton […]