Year: 2020

Police in North Yorkshire are urging people from areas with the highest Covid infection rates not to travel to the county during the October half-term. Officers are also asking parents to make sure they know […]

Police are appealing for any information following the theft of more than 100 6ft leylandii trees. The trees were stolen from Braithwaites Nurseries stock area adjacent to the A1 in Leeming Bar. The theft occurred […]

A community hub which has been in its present home for more than 80 years has been improved thanks to council cash. Romanby Women’s Institute (WI) has been in existence since 1928 offering a wide […]

Consultants say an ‘East & West’ model of two unitary councils in North Yorkshire is the best way to reorganise local government, KPMG was commissioned by the county’s district and borough councils to analyse the […]

Northallerton High Street is to remain closed to traffic for its twice weekly markets for the next six months, officials have announced. Since the end of lockdown the road has been closed every Wednesday and […]

Contractors have been appointed for the construction of Hambleton’s new crematorium. Contractor, Willmott Dixon, will begin work on the site on the outskirts of Thirsk in the first week of November. The multi-million-pound Hambleton District […]

Covid-19 figures in North Yorkshire have been skewed by including positive cases among university students in other areas, it has been revealed. Dr Lincoln Sargeant, the county’s director of public health, told a briefing that some […]

A long-running inquiry into introducing a blanket 20mph limit across all settlements in North Yorkshire has concluded it would be “unrealistic in such a diverse and vast area”, but found more action is needed to […]

Eight pedigree sheep have been stolen from a Hambleton farm. The eight border Leicester lambs were stolen from a field near Stokesley between October 1 and 7 October. Border Leicesters are distinctive in appearance, with […]