Year: 2022

The Government is yet to make a final decision on plans to open a controversial centre for asylum seekers at the former RAF base at Linton-on-Ouse, council chiefs say. Hambleton District Council said it was […]

Library bosses are examining whether the Covid-19 pandemic has caused permanent changes to people’s reading habits. A meeting of North Yorkshire County Council’s partnerships scrutiny committee heard while library visits in the year to April were […]

A woman was rescued by firefighters after a collision near Northallerton yesterday. The incident happened at about 8.30am yesterday in Darlington Road. Two fire crews from Northallerton responded to reports of a two-vehicle collision. They […]

Hambleton District Council has been accused of unequal treatment of its market towns after rejecting a request to spend an extra £104,000 on essential repairs to a high street just two months after approving spending […]

A Thirsk model and dancer has become the first deaf contestant on the ITV2 dating show Love Island. Tasha Ghouri, 23, told contestants she had been completely deaf from birth and she wore a cochlear […]

Some Ukrainian refugees have been placed in such remote rural locations in North Yorkshire that they are “entirely dependent” on host families to do anything. A meeting of North Yorkshire County Council’s corporate and partnerships […]

A trailer left on a Northallerton street for more than eight months is set to be moved, council officials say. The trailer, which appears to be carrying a fairground stall, was left in Mount View […]

The first chief executive of North Yorkshire’s unitary authority should be paid less than £200,000 a year, a meeting has heard, as the kudos of the council and lifestyle opportunities in the county should also […]

Police are asking for help to identify the men in these images following a burglary in Great Ayton on May 1.  Officers believe they may have important information that could assist the investigation.  if you […]