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An independent panel that annually reviews allowances for councillors is recommending payments for members of North Yorkshire Council to reflect their significantly increased workload.

Northallerton father and son Howard and Tom Pattison welcomed members of the farming and business world to their dairy farm yesterday (Monday, October 16) to take them through their journey to become a net zero operation.

Work on a £150,000 extension and revamp of Selby’s skatepark starts this week (Thursday, 19 October).

A review of hundreds of polling districts and polling places is taking place across North Yorkshire as part of a push to improve accessibility and access for voters.

Volunteers involved in a wide range of conservation programmes are being heralded as key to ensuring plans to place North Yorkshire at the forefront of the fight against climate change become a reality.

Two primary schools in North Yorkshire will merge after Easter next year, creating an “exciting educational establishment fit for future generations”.

It might be slightly overstating the case to say Drax Wednesday Club is a “gateway to heaven” (27), but it is a wonderful social gathering for the 100 or so people who regularly meet there – and it has recently got even better with the arrival of a new bingo machine.

Families in North Yorkshire are being urged to get behind the nation’s biggest annual celebration of recycling by hunting for missed recyclables that make their way into rubbish bins. 

Ambitious plans to tackle some of the biggest challenges which society is facing while accelerating economic growth across North Yorkshire have been harnessed in a brand new strategy for the county.

Householders who have been contacted to say they are eligible for support to tackle the cost of living crisis are being encouraged to claim a supermarket voucher to alleviate pressures on their finances.