A MASS of people whose lives were touched by an outspoken and long-serving councillor are set to attend a service to celebrate his life. The celebration of North Yorkshire councillor John Blackie’s life has been changed from the 350 maximum capacity
A MAN, who spent more than 30 years living on Britain's streets, is celebrating after his suggestion to create a stone replica of a Big Issue North vendor on York Minster, was completed. As part of an ongoing £11m scheme to restore some of its exterior
A BITTER row between a council leader and its clerk was laid bare to the public as allegations of ‘bullying’ and ‘intimidation’ resulted in her resignation. Lyn Casey stood down as the chairwoman of Yarm Town Council and as a councillor after she
AN internationally renowned artist is returning to his roots with his 30th anniversary exhibition. Mackenzie Thorpe is marking three decades of working in his own gallery, Arthaus, in Richmond, North Yorkshire. Following a world tour, the Middlesbrough-born
CONCERNS have been raised about the noise impact of expansion plans for a new business park that will soon be home to a major online retailer. Darlington Borough Council's environmental health department have recommended applying a planning condition
A YOUNG chef reached the semi-finals of a TV cookery competition, which sees the very best of the country's young attempt to run a restaurant. Joe Hewitt, 13, from Kirkby Malzeard in North Yorkshire, managed to get through several rounds on CBBC's
