Year: 2021

Education bosses in North Yorkshire have rejected calls to lengthen schools days and cut school holidays to enable pupils to catch up following lockdowns. A meeting of North Yorkshire County Council’s executive heard the authority […]

The public is being urged to avoid the footpath connecting St James Green with Marage Road in Thirsk which is in danger of collapsing into the river. North Yorkshire County Council has closed the public […]

Hambleton District Council’s says return from its commercial investment is on track despite the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. The authority says that in the last 12 months its investment in the Treadmills development in […]

The Covid-19 vaccination hub at the Forum in Northallerton will no longer be needed from June, NHS bosses say. Instead, officials say a local pharmacy is set to play a larger role in the vaccination […]

Rishi Sunak MP has praised a school’s project to create a community garden and increase outdoor learning. Aiskew, Leeming Bar Church of England Primary School is establishing a Natural Wellbeing Community Garden. The school invited […]

North York Moors National Park bosses have pledged to strike a balance between working towards climate change targets and its objectives to increase the number of people who visit the area and help its communities […]

An ambition to retain a road at a controversy-hit airfield has been recommended for approval, despite villagers claiming it could put children at a nearby playground at risk. Hambleton District Council’s planning committee will meet […]

The current chairman of Hambleton District Council has been re-elected for another year. Councillor Mike Barningham has been a district councillor since 2015, representing the Bedale Ward. He will continue to be accompanied by his […]

A woman was arrested after an elderly pedestrian was hit by a car at the weekend in Thirsk. Police are appealing for witnesses and information about the serious collision on the town’s Castlegate. It happened […]

A community lifeline for the elderly has reopened in Bedale. Rishi Sunak called in at the Dales Centre as it was readied to welcome its clients back after the relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions. The MP […]