Month: July 2020

A £3.7 million plan to expand and upgrade a popular leisure centre almost 30 years after it was built could see it closed for several months for the works to be completed. Hambleton District Council’s […]

The number of GP patient appointments in North Yorkshire and York carried out using video consulting has soared during the coronavirus pandemic. NHS North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and NHS Vale of York CCG […]

A man died last night in a crash on the A61. Police are appealing for witnesses after the fatal accident at around 9.20pm. It involved a red Lexus coupe that was travelling in the direction […]

Police are appealing for help to trace a thief who stole sandwiches and a bottle of rum. The incident took place on Thursday at about 4.30pm at the Leeming Bar Co-op. A CCTV image of […]

Police and the RSPB are appealing for information after a buzzard was found poisoned near a Hambleton village. The dead bird was found on Live Moor, in the North York Moors National Park, close to […]

A community which is proud to own its own shop and village hall is making further improvements to the hall thanks to council cash. The village of Huby near Easingwold is using £3,500 from Hambleton […]

Battle lines are being drawn ahead of a government-imposed reorganisation of local government in North Yorkshire and York, with district and borough councils ploughing £175,000 of taxpayers’ money to employ consultants to come up with […]

North Yorkshire Police say they will only issue fines for people refusing to wear face masks in shops as a last resort. The force is also asking people to report people for not wearing a […]

A £59,000 programme of improvements has been completed at two of Hambleton’s leisure centres during lockdown. All four of the district council’s centres – in Northallerton, Thirsk, Bedale and Stokesley – reopen to the public […]

Police are appealing for information after a vehicle was deliberately damaged. The vehicle was parked in Knotto Bottom Way, Northallerton, when the incident happened between 3pm on Friday and 10am on Sunday. The vehicle was […]