LOCKDOWN has inspired a wave of creativity in Melsonby, near Richmond. The Sports Day Committee organised a scarecrow competition and there was an outstanding response of 115 entries. On VE Day, Melsonby’s own answer to Vera Lynn, Tanya Henderson
A LOCAL authority responsible for one of the country’s most rural areas has accepted responsibility for more than £30m of government funding to improve travel connections to towns and cities with a working population of more than 200,000. A meeting
A COUNCIL which has yet to announce when it plans to relaunch meetings with elected members is facing calls to “get the democratic process started again”. The Green Party and Independent group on Richmondshire District Council has questioned why
WITH another bank holiday on the way, people left isolated by the coronavirus pandemic are urged to be prepared. Despite the easing of some lockdown restrictions, many people are required to remain at home and over the coming bank holiday weekend
NORTHERN clergymen have welcomed the next Archbishop of York ahead of his virtual confirmation service. Bishop Stephen Geoffrey Cottrell, who has called for the Church of England to be “more joyful and less anxious”will be confirmed in the second
VISITING groups of motorcyclists didn’t endear themselves to the police or residents of the Yorkshire Dales last weekend. Despite pleas from many quarters to stay away from North Yorkshire’s scenic areas, groups of up to nine motorcyclists were
A DRUGS giant has hailed its new HIV preventive treatment after it beat the standard medication in clinical trials. Research found new treatment, Cabotegravir, trialled by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) which has a factory in Barnard Castle, is 69 per cent
