Year: 2021

Jasmine Harrison — the youngest woman to row solo across the Atlantic — has talked about the challenge with the Duchess of Cambridge. Speaking on International Women’s Day, the Thirsk 21-year-old told Kate she hopes […]

A leading care home boss has laid bare how fresh pressures are threatening services for some of society’s most vulnerable people due to Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic. Mike Padgham, chairman of the Independent Care […]

The family of missing man Gerrard Burrell-Hodgson have thanked the public for their “incredible support” as the search to find him continues. Mr Burrell-Hodgson, 53, from Deighton, near Northallerton, has been missing since the morning […]

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been accused of favouring his own constituency in giving Richmondshire preferred access to a £4.8bn ‘levelling up’ fund. But Hambleton has not been given the same preferential treatment by the Government. […]

Funding from a Government programme to provide children with nutritious food and stimulating activities during school holidays will be insufficient, North Yorkshire County Council analysts have concluded. When the Government launched its £220m Holiday Activities […]

The leader of North Yorkshire County Council has claimed it is “more local” than any other authority in the region because it employs more staff and delivers more services in each district. Councillor Carl Les […]

Police have issued an urgent appeal to find missing Deighton man Gerrard Burrell-Hodgson. 53-year-old Gerrard was last seen at his home address on Deighton Lane, Deighton around 10am yesterday. He is 6ft 1in with a […]

A new fleet of electric waste vehicles have taken to Hambleton’s road this week. The six new trucks are part powered by electricity – the first time Hambleton District Council has employed this technology.  They […]