Conservative MP Kevin Hollinrake has backed his party’s call for increased defence spending to be funded in part through reductions in welfare spending. The proposal was raised during an Opposition Day debate in Parliament, where [...]

Pollution found in a tributary of the River Ure and River Ouse in North Yorkshire has been described as a “small-scale environmental disaster” amid concerns that wildlife has already been killed off. The Environment Agency [...]

Firefighters tackled a small woodland fire near Kildale after a campfire spread into the surrounding undergrowth and peat. Stokesley and Danby fire crews were called out at 12.48am this morning to reports of an area [...]

A contest to lead North Yorkshire Council into next year’s local elections has been cancelled after agreement was reached between two senior Conservative councillors. The current leader of the authority, Carl Les, has announced he [...]

The Mayor of York and North Yorkshire has announced funding to help tackle the growing problem of “banking deserts” in communities across the county. Communities are being invited to bid for a new fund designed [...]