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Yorkshire Water says it is spending £3.3m at its Carthorpe wastewater treatment works near Bedale to improve water quality in Holme Beck. Work is underway to reduce the amount of phosphorus entering the watercourse by […]

The public is being asked to help to shape the next stage of a strategy to promote arts, heritage and culture across North Yorkshire. Culture, such as museums, heritage and the creative arts, enriches lives, […]

Firefighters from Northallerton responded to reports of a fire in the open today. Crews used two knapsack sprayers to extinguish a small campfire, which had been left unattended. The incident in Osmotherly occurred at around […]

Wensleydale Railway has hosted members of the Northallerton & District ME/CFS Support Group. Sue Hill, one of the railway’s volunteers and living history interpreters at Leeming Bar station, is secretary of the local group. The […]

A proposal for a large-scale solar farm should be rejected due to its “cumulative landscape impact” while a similar scheme about 2.5km away should be approved as a single carriageway road and a railway line […]

Leaders of communities featuring rivers which have repeatedly been polluted by sewage have called on Yorkshire Water’s chief executive to refuse her £371,000 annual bonus. Richmond councillor Stuart Parsons and Pateley Bridge and Nidderdale councillor […]

A blue Land Rover Discovery was stolen from Sutton near Thirsk. The theft took place between 10pm on Tuesday, July 16 and 5.30am on Wednesday, July 17. The vehicle registration number was YE68 UXT. It […]

The owners of a Northallerton ice cream shop have issued an appeal for information after three drunken thieves attempted to rob the business yesterday. The inside happened at the Dolcie Dessert Emporium in Zerland Street […]

Police and fire officers are investigating the cause of a fire in Northallerton early this morning. Firefighters from the town were called to extinguish two cars on fire on a driveway at about 3.40am. The […]

An appeal has been launched after Bedale Sports Club and Community Centre was hit by thieves twice in a week. The first incident in May saw thieves take grounds maintenance equipment. Despite efforts to secure […]