Year: 2022

Plans to create a solar farm large enough to power 15,621 homes close to two designated environmentally-protected areas have divided a community. Scores of residents living in the Husthwaite area have lodged letters of support and […]

Before having her knee replacement 78-year-old Rosemary Hawkins had never visited the Friarage Hospital. But after undergoing major surgery there she has nothing but praise for the Northallerton hospital and for those who work in […]

Communities in Hambleton can apply for road closures free of charge for celebrations marking the Queen’s platinum jubilee. The nation will mark the Jubilee with a four-day bank holiday weekend from Thursday 2 to Sunday […]

A man who raped and sexually assaulted a girl two decades ago has been jailed today. Nicholas Dalby, 50, formerly of Thirsk, was sentenced at York Crown Court after pleading guilty on the day his […]

Tourism agency Welcome to Yorkshire (WtY) has been places in administration, it has been announced today. The announcement comes after the leaders of Yorkshire councils decided at a meeting yesterday not to provide more funding […]

An award-winning tourist information centre facing its third threat of closure in a decade looks set to be given the publicly-owned building it operates from to secure its long-term future and enable it to develop […]

An official naming ceremony has been held at the new crematorium near Thirsk. The multi-million-pound, council led development which has been named Maple Park in memory of the members of the Royal Canadian Airforce who […]

North Yorkshire’s plateauing vaccination rates have been raised as a concern by health officials as all remaining Covid legal restrictions come to an end. A meeting of the North Yorkshire Outbreak Management Advisory Board today […]