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Yorkshire Water has begun a £2m project to replace 4.5km of water mains in Dishforth. The company says the pipes will be replaced to improve reliability of drinking water supply, reduce leakage and prevent water […]

More than 1,000 people have objected to two battery energy storage systems (BESS) planned for the North Yorkshire countryside. Parish councils and countryside groups have also criticised the proposals at South Kilvington, near Thirsk, and […]

Firefighters were called to an unattended campsite fire near Thirsk yesterday. The incident in Westfield Lane was reported at about 5.20pm. A crew from Northallerton responded to the campfire left unattended in a woodland. The fire […]

Two North Yorkshire councillors have spoken of their delight at being recognised in Rishi Sunak’s resignation honours. North Yorkshire Council division member for the Upper Dales, Yvonne Peacock, has received an MBE for her political […]

A nurse has been sentenced to life in prison after trying to kill a Northallerton record shop owner. Darren Harris, 58, of Amesbury Crescent in Middlesbrough was a nurse at the time of the incident […]

Police are appealing for information after a serious collision on the A19 near Bagby. It happened at 5.20pm on Tuesday and involved a white Citroen DS and a blue Kia Picanto. The drivers of both […]

A record shop owner who was attacked by a nurse armed with a syringe filled with a deadly drug says he still has no idea why he was targeted. Darren Harris, 58, had been browsing […]

A Thirsk man has been sentenced to 26 years and four months after using an “EncroChat” phone to sell drugs and offer automatic weapons to other criminals. Nathaniel Thomas Hollywood, 39, of Dondeen Avenue, Thirsk, […]