Latest news from North Yorkshire County Council

Northallerton market

Drivers reminded of market day parking rules

Published 22 March 2019

Visitors to Northallerton High Street are being reminded to follow the parking restrictions on market days.

Mowbray School children with Tour de Yorkshire trophies

Bedale bid to be Makaton friendly in time for the Tour

Published 20 March 2019

ORGANISATIONS from Masons Yorkshire Gin to a town council and a beauty salon are embracing a project to learn Makaton sign language - to ensure they can provide a warm welcome to people with communication difficulties.

Child stacking bricks

Success for county in bid for Selby special school

Published 18 March 2019

A special free school is to be built in Selby following a successful bid to the Department for Education.

Tadcaster bridge debries

Council to remove flood debris from Tadcaster Bridge

Published 18 March 2019

Debris that has built up around the arches of Tadcaster Bridge due to high river levels from the weekend’s heavy rain will be removed from the water today or pushed through the bridge downstream.

a vehicle activated sign

Communities set to be able to buy own speed signs

Published 18 March 2019

Town and parish councils, whose members and residents believe vehicles are exceeding the speed limit through their community, are likely to be given an additional option to combat the problem from next month.

Mowbrey school teacher and children.

Moorside merger paves the way for special needs provision for Ripon

Published 18 March 2019

Ripon’s Moorside infant and junior schools have been given the go-ahead to merge into one primary school in a move which will bring about significant educational improvements for the town and wider area.

Friarge Hospital Northallerton

Health watchdog to scrutinise plans for the Friarage

Published 14 March 2019

North Yorkshire’s health watchdog will meet tomorrow (Friday March 15th) to review plans for changes to critical care services at the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton.

The knives bought in the test

Warning to retailers after knives bought by 16-year-old

Published 13 March 2019

A warning has been issued to retailers after six out of ten sold knives to a 16-year-old in test purchases by North Yorkshire Trading Standards.

Tour de Yorkshire trophies at Yorkshire Bank Bike Library

Tour de Yorkshire trophies visit Scarborough

Published 13 March 2019

The Tour de Yorkshire winners’ trophies toured the Borough of Scarborough today (Tuesday, March 12), where they visited a local school, a bike bank which is helping change lives through cycling and a distillery making Yorkshire’s first ever whisky.

Grade II listed Masham Bridge spanning the River Ure.

Essential resurfacing to begin for Masham and Middleham

Published 12 March 2019

Essential and long-awaited resurfacing and drainage improvement works will take place in the Masham and Middleham areas of North Yorkshire from the end of this week.

Fostering families and Fostering North Yorkshire staff involved in delivering the Mockingbird model on the coast

New approach supports family-based foster care

Published 12 March 2019

A new and exciting way of delivering foster care using a family hub network is being set up in North Yorkshire.

child on a farm visit

Stay safe on farm visits

Published 11 March 2019

Visiting open farms with young children can be great fun, but it’s important to avoid picking up infections. Following a few simple health care steps can reduce the risk.

the councillors at a rehearsal

County Councillors provide dramatic role models

Published 11 March 2019

Harrogate Dramatic Society has welcomed some additional expertise for its forthcoming touring production, Let Us Entertain You, which will be performed in locations in and around Harrogate.

Headteacher Colin Scott in science lesson with Risedale pupils

North Yorkshire working to bring down exclusion rate

Published 8 March 2019

At a time when the rising tide of school exclusions is hitting the national headlines, North Yorkshire is beginning work with its schools to reduce the exclusion rate.

Mowbray school pupils with Tour de Yorkshire trophies

Tour trophies arrive in Bedale

Published 7 March 2019

The coveted Tour de Yorkshire winners’ trophies have visited a special school in Bedale, where youngsters have developed a keen passion for cycling.

Children record seaside sounds

Join the science fun at Scarborough library

Published 7 March 2019

Young people will be able to inspect fossils, make music, master Morse code and find out about computer code when Scarborough library celebrate British Science Week with free drop-in events on Saturday, 16 March.

Two people in work environment

North Yorkshire offers workplace wellbeing award

Published 7 March 2019

Businesses in North Yorkshire are being encouraged to improve their employees’ health and reduce sickness absence with support from a new workplace wellbeing initiative.

Cawood Primary school bikeability class with the trophies

Tour trophies provide taste of excitement to come

Published 5 March 2019

Young cyclists were given a glimpse of sporting glory when they were given the opportunity to view the Tour de Yorkshire winners’ trophies.

Home-to-school stansport arrives for students

Proposals on home to school transport changes

Published 5 March 2019

A consultation is to be considered on home to school transport in North Yorkshire as the County Council looks to make the system fair, consistent and more efficient.

Children using computer in school

Large majority of families gain preferred secondary school place

Published 1 March 2019

More than 88 per cent of parents in North Yorkshire secured their first secondary school preference for their child, continuing the high percentages of recent years.

left to right on the bridge are Neil Longden (Environment Agency) Cllr Don McKenzie David Kerfoot Councillor Mark Robson and Roy Fishwick

Dalton Bridge opening celebrated

Published 1 March 2019

Business and council leaders have celebrated the success of a massive £4.1m redevelopment project - Dalton Bridge near Thirsk.

Twiddle muffs are passed on to voluntary agencies and community groups at the Dementia Friendly Richmondshire meeting

Comforters for people living with dementia

Published 1 March 2019

A local support group has been working with voluntary and community organisations across Richmondshire to distribute brightly-coloured twiddle muffs to people whose lives have been affected by dementia.

A645 Hensall

£1m scheme to repair subsidence damage to road

Published 28 February 2019

A stretch of road in Selby district that has been blighted by mining subsidence is to be resurfaced.

Pickering Bridge

Maintenance to start on Pickering Bridge

Published 27 February 2019

Essential maintenance is due to start on Monday, 4 March, on the Grade II listed Pickering Bridge.

Otley Road

£1.6m investment to improve commuter routes to begin

Published 26 February 2019

A £1.6m investment in improvements to roads in Harrogate district will get under way next week.

County Councillor Derek Bastiman with Scalby and Newby Bowling Club president Richard Thompson and bowling club member Stuart Stamford

Bowling club moves smoothly into the future

Published 26 February 2019

Members of a bowling club can look forward to a smooth run of fortune in future after essential maintenance work to its green.

LED street light

LED street lights replacement scheme reaches 23,000

Published 26 February 2019

A three-year scheme to reduce energy consumption has so far resulted in 23,000 street lights being replaced with energy-efficient LED lighting.

Northallerton library

Library to close for two-day maintenance work

Published 25 February 2019

The library in Northallerton will be closed on Thursday 14 and Friday 15 March for essential building maintenance. It will reopen on Saturday 16 March.

the opening of Tadcaster library pod

Pop to the pod for meetings and work in Tadcaster

Published 25 February 2019

A multi-functional “pod” is now available at Tadcaster Community Library as a meeting room, quiet study space or work space for home workers.

Volunteers busy fixing bikes outside the community workshops in Thirsk

County’s cycling reputation brings year-round boost for businesses

Published 22 February 2019

North Yorkshire’s growing reputation as a top cycling destination is bringing with it a year-round boost for independent businesses and community groups in the county.