Month: August 2022

A review of proposed sweeping changes to local government in North Yorkshire and York has concluded having an elected mayor and a combined authority “will promote local democracy”. The claim in a report to a […]

Rowena Wallace is preparing to tackle the Great North Run for the very first time after she was inspired by her own mother’s fight against breast cancer. The mother-of-two, from Northallerton, is raising money for […]

Hambleton District Council has started work on the construction of a two-changing room pavilion at Sowerby Sports Village near Thirsk.  The pavilion is part of a £1.3m investment that includes the construction of a full […]

A recently retired Army major from Thirsk has been shortlisted for a prestigious award. Sip Powers is a finalist in the inspiration category of the 2022 Soldiering On Awards. The award honours a person who […]

A large field fire near Stokesley was started deliberately, says North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (NYFRS). A fire crew from Stokesley was called to the incident at 5pm yesterday near Hilton Road, Seamer. After […]

Firefighters were called out today to a road traffic collision amid concerns about a LPG cylinder. The incident happened on the A684 in Crakehall at about 11am today. Fire crews from Bedale and Northallerton responded […]

The Friarage Hospital’s operating theatres are to be replaced and the number increased. As part of a national announcement about investment in 50 surgical hubs around the UK to tackle the Covid 19-related backlog, the […]

A Hambleton parish council has underlined its road safety concerns near a primary school over a housing development that was rejected by local planners before being approved on appeal by government inspectors. Brafferton and Helperby […]

Four men were arrested in the early hours of this morning after officers brought a suspected stolen car to a stop using a stinger.  The vehicle was reported as stolen from the Eston area of […]

Residents have claimed an aggregate bagging depot on a narrow country lane which has been launched without planning consent is “an accident waiting to happen”. However, in a report to a meeting of Hambleton District […]