Month: February 2024

Schools across England’s largest county have forecast they are likely to be facing a collective annual deficit of more than £11m in just over two years, councillors have heard. A meeting of North Yorkshire Council’s […]

A war of words has erupted between the owners of several pizza outlets overlooking each other on a narrow one-way street in Thirsk which regularly sees numerous delivery vehicles cause obstructions. Manor Italia, which launched […]

Police have issued CCTV images of two men they want to speak after a theft and burglary incident at a builders merchants. At 4.20pm on Tuesday, February 6 two males entered Jewsons, in Swain Court, […]

Mobile coverage in rural parts of North Yorkshire has been improved after EE revealed it has upgraded or built more than 40 masts in the county in the last two years. Five masts have been […]

The North York Moors National Park Authority is seeking an artist or artists to create permanent interactive trails at both the Danby Lodge and Sutton Bank National Park Centres. The trails will take art out […]

More than 20 firefighters battled a fire in an agricultural building today. The blaze in Sandhutton, near Thirsk, was reported at about 10.50am. Crews from Thirsk, Northallerton, Stokesley, Ripon and a water bowser from Boroughbridge […]

Firefighters were called to a commercial premises in Northallerton High Street yesterday after smoke was reported to be coming from the building. A crew from Northallerton Fire Station was called to the scene at about […]

North Yorkshire Police has announced a two-week crackdown targeting motorists who use their handheld device at the wheel. Operation Contact targets distracted driving which is one of the “fatal 5”. Police say it is a […]