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