Plans have been submitted to turn an empty warehouse in Northallerton into a six-court indoor padel centre, complete with a café, fitness facilities and hot and cold therapy rooms. The proposals would see the former [...]

North Yorkshire already has planning permission or land identified for around 40,000 new homes, it has emerged amid growing anger over Government-imposed housing targets. Councillor Simon Myers told colleagues the scale of existing housing permissions [...]

Businesses and shop workers caught breaking new tobacco and vaping laws in North Yorkshire could face on-the-spot fines under powers approved by the council. New legislation that introduces fixed penalty notices for certain offences involving [...]

A small North Yorkshire village school is facing closure after pupil numbers fell to just eight with only four children expected to remain next September. The future of Bilsdale Midcable Chopgate Church of England Primary [...]

North Yorkshire councillors are set to receive a 2.6 per cent increase in their allowances next year, taking their basic annual payment to more than £18,400. North Yorkshire Council’s executive backed the proposed increase at [...]