A FAMILY event is being held to showcase honourable work in communities. The PCVC Celebration of Local Superheroes event will return for 2019 to thank real-life superheroes who went above and beyond to help others in the community. Hosted by
TWO local authorities look set to pool nearly £650,000 to create a single domestic abuse refuge and accommodation-based service. North Yorkshire County and City of York councils are due to approve commissioning a single specialist service to providing
A FAMILY event saw hundreds of people visit a historic castle for a day of farming fun. More than 900 people visited Raby Castle at Staindrop, County Durham, for their LEAF open farm Sunday, on June 9. The free event was part of the LEAF movement
SCORES of schools and children’s centres are facing escalating maintenance backlogs as funding for repairs has dropped by 12 per cent this year. North Yorkshire County Council education bosses said only the “highest priority” remedial works had
NORTH Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service is recruiting new whole-time firefighters for the first time in ten years. The service is launching an awareness campaign this week before the application window opens on the July 1. Chief Fire Officer
A TALENTED young rider has qualified for the finals of the National Riding for Disabled Dressage Championship. Laura Curson, who has a rare metabolic condition, will be up against the best in the country when she takes part in the finals at Gloucester
A POPULAR food festival is returning to Northallerton at the end of June. Now in its eighth year, the Northallerton Homegrown Food Festival will take place in Applegarth Park on Sunday, June 30. Over the course of the festival there will be a
IT was a busy few days for members of the Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team. In the last five days, the volunteers were called out to two serious incidents, took part in a water training session with the Coastguard and collected two generous donations
