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Burley Bank 1,100 Homes: What Hallam Land Plans
Up to 1,100 homes, 40% affordable, on 74 hectares between Burley Bank Road and Oaker Bank. Plan due late 2026; first homes late 2030. How to comment.
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Tesco Skipton Road Wins UK's Top Environmental Award
Harrogate's Skipton Road Tesco won the RICS UK Environmental Impact award on 22 October: timber frame, 20% solar power, a 32% whole-life carbon saving.
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Knaresborough Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
Knaresborough weather today: drizzle, 11°C by day and 9°C overnight, with a 100% chance of rain and winds up to 29 mph. Seven-day forecast, updated every...
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Ripon Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook
Ripon weather today: heavy drizzle, 11°C by day and 9°C overnight, with a 100% chance of rain and winds up to 29 mph. Seven-day forecast, updated every morning.
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Hepworth sculpture sold for incredible £6m at auction
A SCULPTURE by Dame Barbara Hepworth has broken records to be sold for £6.19m at auction.
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More than 160,000 people left without power as storms batter the UK
The impact of storms Austen and Boelo has left more than 160,000 people without power in the UK
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Harrogate firm Synergize wins £12.5m contract to upgrade Kent homes
Harrogate-based building modernisation firm Synergize has secured a £12.5 million contract to improve homes across Kent for social housing provider MHS Homes.
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Richard Hammond reveals expansion dreams for his city business
Richard Hammond has revealed his future hopes and plans for his Herefordshire business.
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Thousands lose power, trees fall and roads close as Storm Boelo batters York
Storm Boelo brought disruption across York and North Yorkshire as it battered the area with 60mph gusts.
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Halloween fundraiser and woodland work party planned at Rotary Wood
Local residents are being invited to a Halloween fundraising event in support of efforts to protect Rotary Wood, followed by a volunteer session to help
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Riders chew over great hay shortage
Concerned about keeping their horses fed, equestrians found themselves searching far and wide earlier this year for hay suppliers and discovering rationing signs on haylage.
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Harrogate Tesco wins national award for environmental impact
A Tesco store in Harrogate has won a national award recognising its environmental impact at the 2026 Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) UK Awards.
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Campaigners call for closure of RAF Menwith Hill after North Yorkshire protest
Campaigners have called for RAF Menwith Hill to be closed following a demonstration outside the North Yorkshire intelligence base on Saturday (24 October).
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Yorkshire theatre company brings prison deaths documentary to Leeds Playhouse
A Yorkshire-founded theatre company is bringing a production exploring deaths in custody and the experiences of bereaved families to Leeds Playhouse next month.
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North Yorkshire Council budget assumes 4.99% council tax rise for 2027/28
North Yorkshire Council is using a 4.99% council tax increase in its financial plans for 2027/28, warning that a one percentage point reduction against that
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Murder probe launched after man attacked with weapons in Yorkshire
Police have launched a murder investigation after a man was attacked with weapons outside a home in Yorkshire.
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State pension age could be cut to 65 under calls that would free up jobs
A petition calling for the UK state pension age to be cut to 65 for everyone has passed 100,000 signatures
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Watch: Ryanair flight lands at Leeds Bradford Airport in Storm Boelo’s strong winds
A Met Office yellow wind warning, which has a medium (25-50%) likelihood and a significant impact, is in force for Leeds until 9pm today (Sunday).
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'Devastated' - Cafe closed and market cancelled after Storm Boelo damages polytunnel
A Yorkshire cafe has said it is ‘absolutely devastated’ after it was forced to close and cancel a craft market due to damage caused by Storm Boelo.
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Support for Easby Loop cafe over retrospective planning application
The cafe, on a walking route between Richmond and Easby Abbey, is described as "extremely popular".
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Government emergency advice – I've tested this £29.99 survival gadget
The Government's new emergency advice recommends keeping a wind-up radio and torch at home in case power, phone and internet services fail. I've tested a compact £29.99 Amazon gadget that combines both, along with several other useful emergency features.
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More than 50 homes approved for Yorkshire village despite concerns over GP surgery
Plans for 52 new homes in a North Yorkshire village have been approved despite warnings that the local GP surgery cannot cope with additional patients and concerns about pressure on infrastructure.
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Awards for trio of innovators exploring fresh fields
Three farmers from the region have been heralded as exemplars after winning national accolades recognising their innovative practices.
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Storm Boelo: The Yorkshire attractions and events affected by high winds
A number of events and attractions in Yorkshire have been affected by the high winds brought to the region by Storm Boelo.
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'Frankly appalling' - Gun fired at Yorkshire family home with woman inside
Police are investigating after a gun was fired at a Sheffield home while a young woman was inside.
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Why we should save our phones for filming that which is truly ours to film - Christa Ackroyd
I cannot get the sight of a poor young man being mauled to death by a tiger at a Yorkshire zoo out of my mind or of the moments leading up to it when he appeared to instruct a wild animal not to come closer while seated on the ground.
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Holidaymaker jailed for raping woman during North Yorkshire visit
A woman may never fully recover from being raped by a holidaymaker during his visit to North Yorkshire earlier this year, York Crown Court heard.
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Lost village appears as drought continues at popular Ladybower reservoir
It is now almost 85 years since two villages in the Peak District were flooded to create a new reservoir.
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It’s not just a few bad apples at Reform UK, the whole orchard is rotten - David Behrens
So now we know. It was wrong of us to write off Reform UK as merely a bunch of racists; it’s so much more. It’s also misogynist, amateurish, violent and deeply, disgustingly dishonest. And it’s not just a few bad apples, as its leader tried to kid us – the whole orchard is rotten.
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Skip fire spreads to caravan in Yorkshire
Strong gusts brought by Storm Boelo resulted in a skip fire spreading to a caravan in Sherburn, near Malton.
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Person in hospital after cyclist and car crash on main road in York
A person has been taken to hospital after a cyclist and a car crashed on Boroughbridge Road in York.
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Wetherby engineering firm founder shortlisted for top manufacturing award
James McCartney, who established Enhanced Control Solutions in 2019, is in the running for the Manufacturing Leader award.
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Hundreds of homes without power in York as Storm Boelo batters area
Hundreds of homes in York have been left without power as Storm Boelo continues to batter the area.
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Fallen tree blocks main road in North Yorkshire – police on scene
A fallen tree has blocked a main road between Malton and Pickering. It comes as Storm Boelo hits the county.
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'Eyesore' - Plans for new café in historic Yorkshire village refused
Plans for a new café with outdoor seating and a milk vending machine have been refused following claims the business would be “an eyesore.”
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Inside York’s haunted pubs where some regulars never seem to leave
From ghostly landlords to Roman soldiers and eerie footsteps, we explore the spooky stories behind some of York’s most haunted pubs.
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‘Strong fish smells’ spark objections to seafood business application in Scarborough
The neighbours of a seafood company in Scarborough have said ‘strong fish smells’ are impacting their quality of life and that plans for retrospective use of the site should be rejected.
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Vacant warehouse will become new padel and pilates centre
A vacant warehouse will become a new padel and pilates centre after plans were approved by Bradford Council.
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Councillors react after Middlesbrough misses out on City of Culture shortlist
A councillor has told her local authority to get the simple things right following the town’s failure to be shortlisted for a prestigious award.
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Whitby Goths are play-acting what medieval Yorkshire folk believed to be real - Michael Carter
Covens of Goths will once again be congregating at Whitby over the Halloween weekend. Since the late 1990s, these twice-yearly weekends have been a mainstay of the town’s tourist season. With their overtones of counterculture, frisson of sensuality and danger, they also give a welcome boost to the local economy.
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North Yorkshire man admits being a voyeur
A North Yorkshire man has been put on the sex offenders’ register and given a suspended prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to voyeurism.
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Only one in five people can pass this three-question IQ test
The Cognitive Reflection Test has a pass rate of just 17 per cent, leaving the majority who attempt it boggled.
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Harrogate man praises surgeons for reattaching severed thumb
Daniel Parry, from Harrogate, North Yorkshire, accidentally cut off his thumb with a chop saw.
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Monk Fryston, North Yorkshire: Roadmap of a heritage written in stone
Two miles east of the A1(M) on the Leeds to Selby road, the 21st century trappings of a designated trunk road brush hard up against Monk Fryston’s remarkable heritage and dominate the village.
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Yorkshire village shares £1m in Postcode Lottery win - as one resident scoops £378k
A tiny Yorkshire village has scooped a £1m win in the latest Postcode Lottery draw - with one resident scooping more than £350,000.
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How new £1.25 million ‘Grand Design’ home in York village could look
Images have been released showing how a new £1.25 million "Grand Design-style" home in Upper Poppleton, York, could look.
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UK households urged to prepare for three days of disruption in emergencies
Households are being urged to prepare for up to three days of disruption during severe weather emergencies.
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Crack cocaine dealer who hid drugs in his buttocks jailed for six years
A crack cocaine dealer who hid drugs in his buttocks when caught by police has been jailed for six years.
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Man, 57, dies after two-car crash on busy Yorkshire road as police make arrest
A man has died and a woman has been injured following a crash in the early hours of Saturday morning.
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Three violent men among defendants sentenced recently at York Magistrates Court
Three violent were among defendants sentenced recently at York Magistrates Court