Frustration is mounting over delays and uncertainty surrounding the opening of a £12m congestion-busting bridge and town centre bypass, more than five years after work to build it began.
Second home owners have slammed a proposal to introduce council tax premium in North Yorkshire, saying they are “easy targets for a complicated problem”.
Less than a quarter of children eligible for free school meals have accessed a high-profile holidays activities and food programme in North Yorkshire, largely due to a lack of public transport in rural areas, an insufficent number of groups and a perceived social stigma among parents.
BOSSES of the region’s largest employer have pledged they will not be “printing money” to boost its workforce’s wages despite facing its highest staff turnover on record and struggling to recruit staff across numerous frontline services.
A PROPOSAL by the ancestral owner of a 17th century historic house to create a sand and gravel quarry beside Yorkshire’s longest river and opposite a Yorkshire Wildlife Trust haven could create risks to human health from noise, air quality and vibration, a study has concluded.
CHANGES to ways of working at the region’s biggest employer following the Covid-19 pandemic is saving the public purse millions of pounds a year, freeing up huge amounts of staff time while also producing significant environmental benefits, figures have revealed.
MAJOR talks have begun on a North Yorkshire investment plan for almost £17m of Government funding aimed at building pride in place and increasing life chances across the county.
AN MP has described a series of plans being put forward in North Yorkshire to site solar farms on good quality farmland as “bonkers”, saying approving such schemes would see the country swap its energy and food security needs.
A PILOT scheme to be extended for a year amid concerns restrictions deterring key potential customers will make it unsustainable.
THE custodians of Castle Howard say a proposed revamp of a principal state room derelict since being destroyed in a chimney fire 82 years ago marks a “very significant moment” in the stately home’s gradual restoration.
