Year: 2020

Plans to significantly expand Leeming Bar Industrial Estate are taking shape. Hambleton District Council’s chief executive is expected to use his delegated authority during Coronavirus restrictions to help develop land at Leeming Bar, near Bedale […]

NHS staff, carers and other key workers are currently proving that not all superheroes wear capes – but they now also officially have the backing of Iron Man, Spiderman, Captain America, Batman and Deadpool. In […]

A consultant working on Covid-19 wards at James Cook Hospital says he is “sickened” by his local MP’s support for Downing Street adviser Dominic Cummings. Neurologist Dr Neil Archibald has written to Rishi Sunak saying […]

Hambleton’s household waste recycling centres (HWRCs) are now reverting to their normal opening hours. The HWRCs have been open seven days a week, including Wednesdays, when they would normally close, for a temporary period to […]

Hambleton District Council has been urged to help turn around the fortunes of its best known high street by offering empty premises at a very low cost to people who have lost their jobs due […]

Police are appealing for witnesses after a serious collision on the A1(M) in North Yorkshire in the early hours of this morning. The collision occurred at about 2.15am today on the northbound carriageway between junctions […]

A scheme which provides emergency food parcels for people facing temporary financial hardship has seen the need for parcels increase due to the current Covid-19 situation. Last month, Hambleton FoodShare more than quadrupled the number […]

A number of Hambleton primary schools have announced plans to hold a teacher training day on the first day the government has said they could reopen following lockdown, leaving some parents nonplussed. While North Yorkshire […]

Residents of Sowerby have been busy tending their new allotments. Eighteen plots have been created as part of Hambleton District Council’s Sowerby Sports Village development – and handed over to the local parish council to […]

Major work to widen Tanton Bridge near Stokesley is under way despite the coronavirus outbreak causing delays. North Yorkshire County Council is carrying out the work with the aim of reducing accidents and providing a […]