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- 'It makes you really proud of York'- traders on first day of Christmas Marketby joe.gerrard@newsquest.co.uk | Joe Gerrard on 12th November 2026 at 4:29 pm
York Christmas Market traders have spoken on the first day of the event about their expectations and hopes this year.
- Person dies after incident on railway line – services to York cancelled and delayedby dylan.connell@newsquest.co.uk | Dylan Connell on 12th November 2026 at 4:24 pm
A person has died after emergency services were called to an incident on a railway line near Wakefield. Passengers travelling from Manchester to York are facing delays and cancellations.
- Legal action looms over Traveller site as 21 caravans remain on siteby joe.willis@newsquest.co.uk | Joe Willis on 12th November 2026 at 4:15 pm
North Yorkshire Council is preparing legal action after 21 caravans remained at the Bridge House Traveller site near Biggin despite expired enforcement notices.
- School forced to close after burst pipe left it without waterby karen.darley@gazetteherald.co.uk | Karen Darley on 12th November 2026 at 4:14 pm
A primary school was forced to close for the day after a burst water pipe left it without a reliable water supply.
- New gifting business puts Yorkshire makers in spotlightby francis.redwood@newsquest.co.uk | Francis Redwood on 12th November 2026 at 4:00 pm
Thoughtfully Yorkshire curates gift boxes filled with handmade products from small, independent makers in the region.
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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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