Year: 2019

Roads in Northallerton remain shut this morning after firefighters dealt with a large fire at an industrial unit in the town. The fire was at Northallerton Tyre and Battery Company. Crews from across the area […]

A drive to stem the rising number of pupils being excluded from schools and cut costs has been approved, despite a warnings it would hit vulnerable youngsters, mainstream schools and society at large. North Yorkshire […]

Hambleton District Council is to launch a commercial investment arm to protect key services. A £40 million fund will be launched to raise up to £800,000 a year – income that will be needed as […]

A move to introduce a tough measure to combat a long-standing issue of lorry drivers using an area as “an open toilet” has been approved for one of North Yorkshire’s leading centres of industry. Hambleton […]

Free wifi is now available for staff, patients and visitors at the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton. Officials say the new service, also available at James Cook Hospital in Middlesbrough, has been launched in response to […]

A man has denied causing the death of two teenagers in a crash. Luke Ridley faced seven charges when he appeared at Teesside Crown Court today. George Thomas Turner, from Sowerby, and Mason Pearson, from […]

North Yorkshire Police has launched a campaign to reduce speeding and dangerous driving on three routes that see the most serious collisions. Roads policing officers and safety camera vans will be out in force on […]

North Yorkshire County Council bosses, who are facing having to complete £197m of cuts, say it is set for a “watershed budget” which will see spiralling demand for services replace austerity as its principal pressure. […]

Two people were injured after a a tractor and minibus collided on the A19 northbound this morning. The collision occurred on the A19 near Ellerbeck and Osmotherley junction. The drivers of the bus and tractor […]

Councillors have voiced frustration over housing developers “land-banking” in villages, saying the practise is making planning the future of settlements difficult. Members of Hambleton District Council’s planning committee raised concerns over the volume of housing […]