A PLAN to create a large extension to a water treatment works on the edge of a village has been recommended for approval, despite concerns it could damage the landscape and limit residents’ privacy. North Yorkshire County Council’s planning committee
A CLAMPDOWN on blue badge fraudsters in Stockton has been delayed – but will be rolled out “in the very near future”. Stockton Council vowed to train up its enforcement staff to prosecute disability badge abusers on the back of a review published
WELCOME to Yorkshire says improvements are being made following the conclusion of two independent investigations into the organisation's culture and expenses. The group, which promotes tourism in Yorkshire, was hit by scandal earlier this year after
A CONSERVATIVE-run council which saw the number of opposition members swell by 300 per cent after the May elections has denied setting out to humiliate a Tory turned Independent councillor. Councillor Andrew Robinson, who overcame competition from
THE leaders of a council facing a £2.5m overspend on home-to-school transport have agreed measures to strip back the service to the legal minimum. North Yorkshire County Council’s executive unanimously approved a series of measures which will see
THE future uses of an 800km network of historic lanes across England remains uncertain as an influential body hit deadlock over a proposal to automatically ban non-essential vehicles if they damaged the routes. Green lanes – unsealed tracks that
HER Royal Highness, The Princess Royal will be at the seaside on Friday as she pays an official visit to Redcar and Saltburn. Princess Anne will be visiting the Zetland Museum on Redcar's Esplanade to celebrate the return to its home of The Zetland
AN 'UBER'-style bus network could be launched in Darlington and Teesside to ease transport woes in more rural areas. Original plans to franchise the region's bus network, giving civic leaders more of a say over bus rates, are expected to be shelved
TALKS are being held to turn a former community hospital into a desperately needed hospice for the Hambleton District. Residents in Thirsk were devastated when the Lambert Memorial Hospital which was gifted to the community of the area 100 years
