Year: 2020

Residents have spoken of their frustration after developers lodged plans to build houses on farm fields on the edge of a market town despite already having had proposals at the site rejected. A year after […]

Police are urging residents in rural areas to take extra steps to secure their heating oil after a theft in Hambleton. Between 8pm on Sunday 24 and 3pm on Monday,May 25, oil was stolen from […]

Community champions in North Yorkshire are being celebrated for doing their bit to help others during the coronavirus lockdown. Ahead of Volunteers Week (1 to 7 June), the county council is celebrating the selfless acts […]

The Wensleydale Railway has received £50,000 in emergency funding from the National Lottery. The Heritage Emergency Fund grant will be used to ensure railway survives the Covid-19 pandemic and will allow it to prepare for […]

Hambleton District Council is reopening its markets next week as lockdown rules are eased. The markets in Thirsk and Northallerton have been running with just food stalls since lockdown was imposed. But from June 1 […]

Firefighters were called out today to help after a dog got its head stuck in a cat flap. The Northallerton crew was called out to the incident in the town involving Jock the Staffordshire bull […]

A small Hambleton village hall has undergone a complete transformation thanks to the local community and some council cash. The Ainderby Steeple building had fallen into disrepair and with no parish council or village hall […]

North Yorkshire County Council, which has faced criticism over its efforts to develop transport solutions in rural areas where commercial services are not viable, has submitted two bids for government funding to create demand-responsive services. […]

A council leader has spoken of his confidence that a crucial phase of a multi-million pound sports development will get completed after caution was raised over the scheme’s funding. Ahead of Hambleton District Council’s chief […]

A motorist caught speeding at 121mph on the A19 near Northallerton was among the examples of “appalling” driving the county at the weekend, North Yorkshire Police say. On Friday, the force announced a high-profile roads […]