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Yorkshire Marathon 2025 is just hours away: road closures and transport updates 

Yorkshire Marathon 2025 is just hours away: road closures and transport updates 

by Rosie Wood | Oct 18, 2025 | General News, Home Page Top Story, North Yorkshire

Yorkshire Marathon 2025 is gearing up for over 10,000 runners to take to the streets of York tomorrow morning.  Setting off at 9.30am, participants will have up to seven hours to complete the course.  A shorter 10 mile run and wheelchair event will also take...
Drink driver jailed for killing beloved mother and grandma in high speed collision 

Drink driver jailed for killing beloved mother and grandma in high speed collision 

by Rosie Wood | Oct 18, 2025 | General News, Home Page Top Story, North Yorkshire

Oliver Hartley, 24, has been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment for killing 65-year-old Linda Stockdale by careless driving near Catterick.  Linda was returning home in the early hours of the morning after baby-sitting her grandchildren. Hartley had taken his...
Blue badge holders criticise council’s traffic ban despite terror threat

Blue badge holders criticise council’s traffic ban despite terror threat

by James Cain | Oct 18, 2025 | In Focus, In Focus Top Story, North Yorkshire, Politics

Disability groups have criticised plans to limit traffic in central York during this year’s Christmas Markets. Councillors have approved a recommendation by North Yorkshire Police for an Anti-Terrorism Traffic Regulation Order (ATTRO), which will restrict all...
Police appeal to trace wanted man with links to Harrogate and Rippon in North Yorkshire

Police appeal to trace wanted man with links to Harrogate and Rippon in North Yorkshire

by Jimmy Tse | Oct 17, 2025 | General News, North Yorkshire, Uncategorised

North Yorkshire Police are appealing for information to help locate Scott Bradley, a 38-year-old man wanted on recall to prison for breaching his licence conditions. Bradley, who has no fixed address, is believed to have connections to the Harrogate and Ripon areas,...
Weekend road closure at Water End as York Central bridge lifted into place

Weekend road closure at Water End as York Central bridge lifted into place

by Jimmy Tse | Oct 17, 2025 | General News, Home Page Top Story, North Yorkshire

Water End will be closed this weekend for the installation of a new pedestrian and cycle bridge, with traffic diversions and a replacement bus service in place for residents in York. The closure will run from 9 am on Friday,17 October until 11.59 pm on Sunday, 19...
Proposed garden waste fee rise in North Yorkshire Council

Proposed garden waste fee rise in North Yorkshire Council

by Jimmy Tse | Oct 17, 2025 | General News, North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire Council is proposing an increase in the opt-in garden waste collection charge from £49 to £52 for the 2026 season, which runs from March to November. The council says the increase is necessary to keep the service accessible and support essential...
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