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A controversial proposal for a solar farm the size of 154 football pitches which could generate sufficient energy to power 15,000 homes should be approved, planners say, despite mounting concerns over the cumulative impact of […]

The heir to the title of 9th Baronet Sheffield has unveiled a proposal to open up his family’s historic home more to help fund the conservation of one of its designated heritage assets. Robert Sheffield, whose […]

A charity is seeking volunteers in Hambleton to help combat loneliness among older people. Age UK North Yorkshire and Darlington is issuing an appeal as part of Loneliness Awareness Week, which runs from June 10 […]

The Liberal Democrats have called for a new protected status for local rivers after figures revealed that Yorkshire Water dumped sewage 5,114 times in the Richmond and Northallerton constituency area in 2023. Analysis of official […]

Firefighters were called to extinguish a deliberate field fire in Fairfield Road, Stokesley, yesterday. A crew from Stokesley attended at about 6.50pm. Firefighters extinguished the small fire using a bucket of water. In a separate […]

Police are appealing for information about criminal damage at St Mary’s Church in Thirsk. It happened between Friday, May 24 and Sunday, May 26 when numerous windows of the church were broken. The windows are […]

The politically polarised leadership of a new combined authority for York and North Yorkshire have voiced harmony at the first meeting with an elected mayor at the helm. Conservative leaders of North Yorkshire Council and […]

A dog started a fire when it jumped onto a cooker hob today. Fire crews from Northallerton and Thirsk were called to reports of a fire at a house in Thirsk at about 1.15pm today. […]

SOUTH Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is celebrating the success of its first nursing degree apprenticeship programme with Northumbria University. Fifteen apprentices from The James Cook University Hospital have qualified as registered nurses with a […]

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 […]