York News and Events
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- Man dies after ‘disturbance’ in North Yorkshire town - four arrestsby dylan.connell@newsquest.co.uk | Dylan Connell on 16th March 2026 at 7:18 pm
A man has died after police were called to reports of a disturbance in Whitby.
- Fire crews at scene of fire near main road in North Yorkshireby karen.darley@gazetteherald.co.uk | Karen Darley on 16th March 2026 at 5:48 pm
FIRE crews are currently at the scene of a fire near a main road in North Yorkshire.
- North Yorkshire school confirms reopening after gas leakby alice.kavanagh@newsquest.co.uk | Alice Kavanagh on 16th March 2026 at 5:42 pm
A NorthYorkshire school is set to reopen tomorrow after having to shut its doors following a gas leak that took place yesterday.
- Firefighters called to home in York after hair dryer starts fireby abby.backhouse@newsquest.co.uk | Abby Backhouse on 16th March 2026 at 5:27 pm
A hair dryer has caused a fire at a home in Wheldrake, near York.
- Car on its roof after ‘rolling into ditch’ in town – person cut free by firefightersby dylan.connell@newsquest.co.uk | Dylan Connell on 16th March 2026 at 5:22 pm
A person has been cut from a car after it rolled into a ditch in Harrogate, the fire service said.
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- Plan to convert historical army barracks into 1,300 homes set for approvalby Thomas Barrett on 18th February 2023 at 4:00 pm
Ripon’s army barracks, which have been used by the military for over a century, are set to be converted into 1,300 homes.
- Council spent £45,000 on outside help for failed Levelling Up bidby Thomas Barrett on 13th February 2023 at 12:00 pm
Harrogate Borough Council has revealed it spent £45,000 on outside help when it put together its failed bid for the government's Levelling Up fund.
- Rightmove's happiest places to live in the UK has been released – see the full listby lois.mackenzie@newsquest.co.uk | Lois Mackenzie on 24th November 2021 at 8:46 am
View the full list of happiest places to live in the UK, according to Rightmove.
- Teenagers aged 15 and 16 caught with heroin, crack cocaine and knuckle dusterby alexa.fox@nne.co.uk | Alexa Fox on 7th June 2021 at 1:17 pm
TWO teenage boys are the latest arrests made by North Yorkshire Police in their crackdown on county lines drug dealing.
- Missing York man found safe and wellby alexa.fox@nne.co.uk | Alexa Fox on 4th June 2021 at 5:58 pm
POLICE are appealing for any information which would help them to locate missing 38-year-old man Alex Scanlon.
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