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21/06/2024

Around half of the jobs at Woodsmith are being cut

Excavation operations will be ‘paused’ at Whitby’s Woodsmith mine until next week amid reports of staff refusing to work.

21/06/2024

Hair-raising stuff!

Two brave charity fundraisers from North Yorkshire took on a tandem skydive for Cancer Research UK.

21/06/2024

A heartbreaking time

Natalie Lennox and Sam Booth, who live in Sowerby, near Thirsk, tragically lost their daughter Isadorah to a stillbirth in April this year.

21/06/2024

There has been a spike in claim forms that could be scams

Women Against State Pension Inequality (Waspi) campaigners warned of a “deeply concerning” spike in claim forms appearing online

21/06/2024

The plans have rumbled on for years

In December 2021, an application was submitted to North Yorkshire Council for the 100 per cent affordable housing scheme on Ainderby Road, Romanby.

21/06/2024

Your new D&S Times is out today - don't miss it for all the latest news, sport, features and farming across North Yorkshire, Cleveland and County Durham! Here's how this week's front pages look 🧐👇

21/06/2024

It's expected to draw in thousands of people 👏

Taking place on Sunday, June 23, this year’s event will include a new-look Food Theatre hosted by leading industry presenter, Cara Houchen from…

20/06/2024

The PM has previously expressed his confidence

It is 'too close to call' whether PM Rishi Sunak will see re-election in Richmond and Northallerton at the general election.

20/06/2024

No end in sight to this dispute

A row over the funding of rights of way maintenance in the Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors national parks looks set to reignite.

20/06/2024

A major slowdown is underway

Council chiefs from York and North Yorkshire say they will do all they can to help staff made redundant by cuts to a planned £7bn fertiliser mine.

20/06/2024

We're losing a few in the region! 😢

The number of pubs in England and Wales has fallen from 39,401 at the end of 2023 to 39,162 by the end of March.

20/06/2024

Can you help police?

A thief has raided Co-Op in the Market Place in Thirsk, stealing £350-worth of alcohol.

20/06/2024

A direct appeal to residents

Leaders of North Yorkshire Council have issued a stark warning to residents to use new bus services or lose them.

20/06/2024

"I just want to get from one side of Northallerton to the other, is that too much to ask?"

We interviewed Count Binface to see what his election pledges are for Richmond as he stands against Rishi Sunak.

20/06/2024

Well done to the school 👏

The appointment of a new leadership team is helping bring about “rapid improvement” at a North Yorkshire primary school, Ofsted says.

20/06/2024

This place has generated a buzz in this part of town

Iyawa Afro-Caribbean Foods & Kitchen will take its place on Tubwell Row in Darlington in late July or early August.

20/06/2024

Questions have been put forward about safety and training 😥

Sgt McKelvie, who was driving at the time, was airlifted to James Cook Hospital in Middlesbrough where he died on February 4.

20/06/2024

Good morning!
📸 A lone ash tree in a field of barley at Whitwell, by Chris Barker

20/06/2024

'A fitting salute to those who have served'

Events and ceremonies have been announced for Armed Forces Week in Stockton.

19/06/2024

A worrying time

News of ‘shocking’ job cuts at the Woodsmith mine near Whitby has been met with calls for long-term staff jobs to be saved.

19/06/2024

Water sampling could take place

An open meeting will take place in Leyburn on Tuesday to set up a citizen science group for the River Ure.

19/06/2024

A great sum considering Saturday's weather!

For the third year running the Harvey family and their friends organised a fundraising effort in support of Pancreatic Cancer UK, a charity close to…

19/06/2024

Part of Teesside's Sonic Arts Week festival

Middlesbrough Town Hall's restored courtroom will be the venue for a music, poetry and sound recordings performance inspired by Teesside's links to…

19/06/2024

What an opportunity!

A huge musical collaboration running throughout this week will see more than 1,500 schoolchildren workshop and perform Mozart's The Magic Flute.

19/06/2024

An update from police this afternoon

A man remains fighting for his life in hospital after a horrific house explosion in the Park End area of Middlesbrough.

19/06/2024

They stole the lot in the burglary 😡

Thieves have stolen a fridge, stable doors and windows during a burglary at a farm in Middleham in North Yorkshire.

19/06/2024

"The bus was melted to the floor”

Heroic teenagers helped evacuate fellow pupils after their school bus burst into flames and was destroyed by fire near Barnard Castle.

19/06/2024

It will shut from the end of August

North Yorkshire Council has announced the closure of Boroughbridge High School's sixth form provision.

19/06/2024

Welcome to Wednesday!
📸 A canopy of laburnum at Kiplin Hall, by John Walton

19/06/2024

A new addition!

The Wensleydale Railway has expanded its heritage diesel fleet with purchase of a class 47 locomotive.

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