Month: May 2023

North Yorkshire’s third police fire and crime commissioner has declined to respond to a call for her to resign following a Government watchdog finding some vulnerable children “remain at risk unnecessarily” due to delays in […]

Firefighters were called to a tumble drier on fire in Beadle today. The incident happened in Queen Annes Drive at about 1.30pm Crews from Bedale and Northallerton responded to the incident. Crews used breathing apparatus, […]

A man has been jailed for dangerous driving after a pursuit through North Yorkshire which ended near Northallerton. Jason Ryder, 45, of Evenwood, Bishop Auckland, was arrested back in August 2022 for drug driving. He […]

A decision over whether to permit a wedding venue business to welcome up to 150 guests to a remote farm has been postponed after councillors concluded there were “too many unknowns”. North Yorkshire Council’s Richmond […]

North Yorkshire Liberal Democrats seeking to gain more ground after last week’s local polls have unveiled their plan to unseat Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in what has traditionally been viewed a safe Tory seat at […]

The emergency services were called last night after a ceiling partially collapsed on an elderly woman. The incident happened in Hutton Sessay near Thirsk. The emergency services were alerted at about 11.30pm. Firefighters from Thirsk […]

Grants of up to £5,000 are on offer in the North York Moors National Park for the creation and enhancement of hedgerows and the repair of dry stone walls. The Traditional Boundary Fund, which is […]

North Yorkshire Councill is looking to delay the implementation of weekly food waste collections because the government has not said  how much funding it would give the service. Several members of North Yorkshire Council’s executive […]

North Yorkshire Council is facing a call to temporarily hand over some of its decision-making powers to the Government amid claims one of the authority’s senior officers stands to financially benefit if a scheme to […]

Police are appealing for witnesses to a serious road traffic collision that occurred on the A1(M) north bound carriageway at Boroughbridge. It happened at around 10.20pm on Monday and involved a blue BMW 1 Series […]