Month: January 2022

Police say they will target speeding drivers on a road near Bedale in February which has seen some of the highest speeds. North Yorkshire Police says 24hr enforcement activity will take place across the county […]

North Yorkshire County Council has revealed it is mapping all non-public right of way cycle routes for the first time to make it easier for people to swap their cars for their bikes. The authority’s […]

North Yorkshire County Council has been urged to recognise the cost of living crisis by abandoning proposals to charge some pupils up to £100 more for home to school transport from September and drop all […]

North Yorkshire residents are asked to carry on being considerate towards each other now Covid-19 restrictions have been lifted. Covid rates in North Yorkshire remain high at 999.1 per 100,000 population and 371 beds in […]

A secondary school has announced measures to tackle a rise in poor and aggressive behaviour by pupils “head-on”, saying lost learning during the pandemic had not simply been about the curriculum. In a letter to […]

North Yorkshire County Council, which was among the country’s first to announce it would suspend the traditional democratic process of face-to-face meetings with elected members due to Covid-19, should not return to holding all meetings […]

North Yorkshire County Council looks set to approve a 3.99 per cent rise in its council tax demand, despite its leadership acknowledging numerous residents would struggle to afford the increase alongside soaring energy and food […]

The election for North Yorkshire’s new unitary authority will be held in May, it has been announced. Residents will be able to vote for 90 new councillors who will represent 89 new divisions. The announcement […]

A study assessing the traffic impact of a proposal to import 3.6 million tonnes of inert waste to restore an exhausted quarry site, the owners of which have applied for a large-scale extension to, has […]