3+ day, 19+ min ago   (290+ words) O & G Wind (SPV 7) Ltd want to build the five megawatt capacity turbine at Reaps Moss, close to an existing windfarm which caused controversy on both sides of the Lancashire/Yorkshire border when it was first proposed almost 20 years ago....

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (324+ words) A report to North Yorkshire Council’s standards and governance committee reveals 183 complaints were received during 2025/26, up from 133 the previous year and nine more than during the first year following local government reorganisation. A further 46 complaints were received between April 1 and…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (419+ words) Labour City of York Council Leader Cllr Claire Douglas said the significant costs that came with the city being a hugely popular visitor destination could be mitigated with levies on overnight stays. Cllr Douglas added she looked forward to working…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (518+ words) That may sound like a change for next year’s diary, but commercially it is already here. Employees recruited before late June 2026 will reach the new year with rights many employers have not yet built into their processes. Six months’ probation…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (386+ words) Eastbrook Hall on Leeds Road is one of Bradford city centre’s most imposing buildings and was once known as the “Methodist Cathedral of the North.” After years of dereliction in the early 00s, the “meddling” of then Prince Charles helped pave…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (268+ words) The Highlander Hotel overlooking Scarborough’s South Bay has lost its appeal against North Yorkshire Council’s rejection of its “harmful” retrospective redecoration works. However, after planners said the redecoration led to “unjustified harm to the architectural significance” of the building and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (375+ words) North Yorkshire Council’s Thirsk and Malton area planning committee agreed to defer the outline application for land adjacent to The Pastures, off High Street, in Sherburn, to allow officers more time to assess the implications of the government’s new national…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (270+ words) It lies in one of the city’s industrial areas, where chemical storage tanks loom over the nearby River Hull, but back in the reign of Edward III the site was a small monastic community dedicated to St. Michael built outside…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (225+ words) ​The ground floor of the former Durham Hotel pub in Scarborough’s North Bay will be turned into flats following North Yorkshire Council’s approval of Thomas Atkinson’s proposal. ​Six flats currently exist on the first and second floors of the building…...