The Government’s decision to give the go-ahead for an asylum centre at a former military base in Oxfordshire has heightened concerns among residents fighting similar proposals for Linton-on-Ouse. Members of the Linton-on-Ouse Action Group fear [...]

More than £1 million is being allocated to councils in North Yorkshire and York as part of a drive to offer everyone sleeping rough a route off the streets by Christmas. York and North Yorkshire [...]

North Yorkshire Council has temporarily cancelled its planning committee meetings while it examines the impact of controversial new Government rules which councillors fear will leave local communities with less say over developments. The authority has [...]

A new banking hub has opened in Stokesley following a campaign by local councillors, residents and the town’s MP to restore face-to-face banking services. The facility has opened in a temporary home at Stokesley Methodist [...]

A record number of households are living in temporary accommodation across North Yorkshire despite a fall in the number of people approaching the council for homelessness support, newly published figures reveal. Almost 300 households were [...]