Month: May 2024

A North Yorkshire police officer who drove at 154mph weeks after featuring in an anti-speeding video has been sacked. PC Adam Smith admitted there was no policing purpose for driving at the speeds on the […]

The number of home schooled children in North Yorkshire has hit a record number, climbing at the fastest rate since the pandemic, new figures have revealed. Some 1,093 children were recorded as being electively home educated […]

A cocaine dealer has been jailed for 18 months after police in Northallerton caught him by chance. Thomas Horrigan, 21, who is from the town, was a passenger in a tipper van which was stopped […]

North Yorkshire Council, which has seen a “markedly higher” than the national average rise in demand for plans for children and young people aged up to 25 who need more than special educational needs support, […]

Residents of a village linked to the signing of the Magna Carta have raised concerns over proposals to expand one of North Yorkshire’s biggest industrial estates beyond boundaries agreed two years ago. Topcliffe residents say […]

Up to 30 jobs are set to be created when the Friarage Hospital’s new £35.5million surgical centre opens its doors next year. With work on the new facility at the Northallerton hospital well underway – […]

A Northallerton student’s film and TV work has been selected by the BBC. Videos filmed and edited by Darlington College students Jess Frew, Katie Arkwright and Lara Morris will feature on the BBC’s ‘Socials’ platform […]

An influential committee is to examine how to increase the uptake of NHS health checks for 40 to 74-year-olds amid concerns a significant proportion of the population have undiagnosed health conditions. North Yorkshire Council’s scrutiny […]

A public health boss has underlined the importance of investing taxpayers’ money into funding stopping smoking services after being told it appeared “a bit pointless” spending funds trying to change the habits of a hardcore […]