Year: 2023

Residents of North Yorkshire and York are being encouraged to share their views about the area’s nature to help to shape and protect its assets for future generations. To address the decline of nature and […]

Police in the Hambleton area are taking part in a crackdown on uninsured drivers. The force-wide operations has seen dozens of vehicles taken off the road in recent week. A spokesperson for North Yorkshire Police […]

Firefighters were called out after animal feed caught fire in Great Smeaton today. The incident was reported at about 3.45pm. A crew from Northallerton attended a fire in the open which involved approximately ten tonnes […]

National park custodians have been urged to consider the needs of its communities after a proposal by mobile operator Three to erect a telecoms tower in one of the country’s most protected landscapes looks set […]

The country’s largest Conservative-led local authority has voted against pressing the government to reconsider delaying climate change actions, despite hearing concerns they would be disastrous for the area’s leading industry and condemn residents to suffering […]

Non-North Yorkshire residents are set to be banned from using the county’s household waste recycling centres (HWRCs) as part of changes to the service. Changes to the way commercial waste is handled at recycling centres […]

Candidates contesting a by-election have voiced views over a controversial proposal to build a commercial and light industrial complex across a designated “local green space” and “green infrastructure corridor” at the gateway of a market town. Just […]

Housing developers have been given consent for a highly unusual move to increase the amount of affordable housing on an estate where they had been given consent to create scores of open market homes, A […]

A Conservative-led council has been accused of copying Rishi Sunak’s Government in delaying action to tackle climate change by “watering down” a motion calling for the authority to pressure decision-makers over a 13-year delay facing […]

North Yorkshire Council says it wants to improve waiting times for autism assessments after being told by parents that delays of more than three months are harming the mental health of children. The council is […]