Post office closures - was the consultation a worthless exercise?

10:22am Friday 28th March 2008

CONSULTATION over plans to close a large number of rural and suburban post offices in North Yorkshire and the Tees Valley has now closed. Has the consultation been sincere?. Will the Post Office listen?

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Are sonic alarms an infringement of youngsters' rights?

9:38am Friday 28th March 2008

A Cleveland vicar is using a sonic audio device to stop youths congregating in his church porch. Is this a reasonable way to deter young people from gathering?

Should parish councils have to pay for extra policing?

12:36pm Friday 21st March 2008

Seven parish councils in North Yorkshire have agreed to pay for additional police patrols in their areas. Should residents pay twice - through their council tax and their parish council - for police services?

What should be done for the North's stricken hill farmers?

9:21am Friday 29th February 2008

A DELEGATION of Yorkshire hill farmers has delivered a stark message to the Government this week - intervene with immediate help, or watch the entire upland economy collapse. How should the Government respond to the hill farmers' plea for help?

Hambleton's parking charges - are they fair?

4:07pm Thursday 21st February 2008

Hambleton District Council plans to introduce parking charges in Northallerton, Thirsk, Bedale and Stokesley for the first time. Will this be the ruination of the four towns?

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Should upper Weardale keep all its ambulance stations?

4:21pm Thursday 21st February 2008

Ambulance chiefs chief want to move an ambulance based at St John's Chapel down the dale to Stanhope. Should the move be resisted?

Great Ayton: are the yobs taking over?

3:56pm Thursday 21st February 2008

Crime fighters have signed up to a new initiative to rid Great Ayton of anti-social behaviour. But how bad is the problem?

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Should a supermarket be built on Northallerton's Applegarth

9:46am Monday 18th February 2008

Hambleton councillors have rejected an approach from a supermarket firm which wanted to build a store on Northallerton's Applegarth car park. Was that the right decision?

A1 upgrade is delayed again

4:18pm Thursday 7th February 2008

The Government has announced that work to upgrade the A1 between Dishforth and Barton to a three-lane motorway has been put back at least six months. Should the work start as promised?