Year: 2019

A maize, sheep and cattle farmer has unveiled an unusual diversification plan which would see almost ten per cent of his land transformed into “a safe and secure dog walking facility”. Andrew Corner has lodged […]

Home-to-school transport charges for post-16 students in North Yorkshire are to increase by £110 a year. Councillors have voted to increase this fee from £490 to £600, which they say will bring it in line […]

Police have issued CCTV of two men they would like to speak to following a theft of armoured cabling in Great Langton It happened at a property in Great Langton at around 8.50am on Saturday, […]

Police in Stokesley have appealed for information after two burglaries in the area. A storage container at Strikes Garden Centre, in Meadowfields, was broken into between 7.30pm on Wednesday and 6.50am today.  Several items of […]

Communities on the Hambleton leg of the 2019 UCI Road World Championships in September can apply for cash help for their celebrations. The district council has opened up a community funding pot for towns and […]

Residents will have no incentive to start accessing council services online if a local authority continues to improve its call answering times, a meeting has heard. North Yorkshire County Council’s executive was told while the […]

Hambleton District Council has a new chairman. Councillor Kevin Hardisty has taken over as civic leader of the authority for the coming year. He has been a district councillor since 2011, representing Romanby ward. He […]

Firefighters were called to a house fire in Crakehall last night. Bedale and Leyburn crews attended and extinguished the blaze on the ground floor of the residential property. One hose reel was used to extinguish […]

Firefighters were called to a fire at a property in Kilburn, near Thirsk, last night. The blaze at The Forresters Arms pub and B&B is believed to have started in bins at the rear of […]