A horse was rescued from a septic tank by firefighters today. A crew from Northallerton and an animal rescue team from Ripon were called to the village of West Rounton at about 2.45pm. They arrived [...]

Speed limits outside every school in the county are being reviewed as North Yorkshire Council takes action to improve road safety. The council will be assessing all 400 plus education sites across the county, including [...]

North Yorkshire Council has been accused of causing chaos and confusion for parents by using two different systems to determine school admissions and free home-to-school transport eligibility. The issue was highlighted this week after a [...]

Rishi Sunak has called for a national screening programme to tackle prostate cancer. The Richmond and Northallerton MP raised the urgent need for the measure at this week’s Prime Minister’s Questions. He said: “Prostate cancer [...]

An unscrupulous solar panel installer who received almost £25,000 for work he had no intention of carrying out has been jailed after an investigation by North Yorkshire Council’s trading standards officers. Sean Berry, 34, ran [...]