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A new county-wide strategy is to be adopted in a bid to make electric vehicle charging available to all, despite the challenges posed by North Yorkshire’s vast rural areas.

Homes in some of the most rural parts of North Yorkshire are benefiting from superfast broadband connections as an ambitious project spanning more than a decade is entering its final stages.

Whitby residents will be serving and volleying in time for Wimbledon after their local tennis courts re-opened after more than a decade following a restoration as part of a £730,000 investment project.

Residents can now nominate their local heroes for prestigious awards to honour volunteers who make a difference in their community.

A £400,000 revamp of three play parks in Filey has been completed as part of a 10-year vision for the town.

A six-week consultation on a neighbourhood plan which will guide all future developments in the Pannal and Burn Bridge area near Harrogate is under way.

A proposal to amalgamate two schools in North Yorkshire to ensure the “best education” for pupils amid falling numbers of students with major savings used to widen the curriculum, has been given the go-ahead.

The civic traditions of Scarborough have been preserved following the election of a Charter Mayor for the town today.

A farmer has been banned from keeping livestock after an investigation by North Yorkshire Trading Standards officers revealed appalling neglect and suffering.

A successful scheme to protect more than 100 homes in one of North Yorkshire’s worst flooding blackspots is set to be rolled out to more communities.