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  • Aldi and Lidl: What's in the middle aisles from Sunday, July 31

    The middle aisle of both Aldi and Lidl is popular with shoppers keen to find a bargain on anything from children's toys to summer essentials. Whether it’s Aldi’s Specialbuys or Lidl’s Middle of Lidl, the latest offers are always worth checking

  • Scores of properties left without power until early hours

    SCORES of properties in a North Yorkshire town were without power until the early hours of today. Northern Powergrid said yesterday afternoon that 90 properties in Pickering had been affected by an unexpected problem with cables or equipment serving

  • Missing man found safe and well

    POLICE say a man who had not been seen since leaving a North Yorkshire hotel last night has now turned up safe and well. North Yorkshire Police said earlier this afternoon that it was urgently appealing for the public’s help in finding 67 year-old

  • Woman injures arm near North Yorkshire waterfall

    A WOMAN was rescued after injuring her arm near the Mallyan Spout waterfall, near Goathland, on the North York Moors. Scarborough & Ryedale Mountain Rescue Team says it was deployed on Thursday at the request of the Yorkshire Ambulance Service,

  • Driver arrested after crash in car park

    A DRIVER has been arrested on suspicion of drug offences following a minor crash in a Ryedale car park this morning. North Yorkshire Police said the man was allegedly found to be in possession of suspected Class A drugs and to  be driving a vehicle

  • 180 walkers stage 24-hour York relay to help beat cancer

    WALKERS set off this lunchtime on a 24-hour relay walk around a York rugby field to help in the fight against cancer. One hundred and eighty walkers in 17 different teams are taking part in York's Relay For Life at York RI Rugby Club, in a bid

  • One of York's smallest and oldest shops goes on market

    ONE of York's oldest and smallest shops has been put on the market. Number 72 Goodramgate is part of the historic ‘Our Lady's Row,’ a terrace of 14th century cottages which are York's oldest surviving row of houses, says property consultant Andrew

  • 19 complaints against York council upheld

    THE Ombudsman upheld 19 complaints against City of York Council in the past year. The number compares with 15 complaints upheld against North Yorkshire County Council, two against Ryedale District Council and none against Selby District Council

  • Woman treated by paramedics after chemical spill

    A WOMAN was treated by paramedics after chemicals spilled from an agricultural vehicle in an East Yorkshire village. Humberside Fire & Rescue Service said the spillage happened at 12.45pm yesterday in Broadhelm Close, Barmby Moor, near Pocklington

  • Plastic homes could solve the housing crisis

    NOT Once while my children were growing up did I ban them from playing on the lawn. Yet that was the advice given to some families during the recent heatwave. The guidance, issued through the media, targeted those with artificial lawns, warning

  • Fire crews rescue sheep

    FIRE crews have rescued a sheep which was stuck on a North Yorkshire river bank. North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service said firefighters from Tadcaster went to Ryther at just after 9pm last night to rescue the animal, which was returned to a farmer's

  • Three teenagers killed in crash - fourth seriously injured

    THREE teenagers have been killed in a crash on a country road in North Yorkshire. North Yorkshire Police said the collision happened at about 11pm last night on the B6268 Masham Road near Thornton Watlass, Bedale. "Sadly three passengers within