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The governing Conservative group on North Yorkshire Council has seen its working majority slashed to just one following the defection of a long-serving councillor to Reform UK.

A Conservative party councillor in East Yorkshire has announced her defection to Reform UK.

A hotel in Seamer could build a two-storey extension for ten more rooms if its plans are approved.

Around 10,000 videos of dangerous driving have been sent to Humberside Police as members of the public take on the role of road-side watchdogs.

EIGHTY-FOUR out of the 102 maintained schools in the East Riding of Yorkshire are currently reporting an in-year deficit for the 2025–26 financial period, highlighting significant financial strain across the local education sector.

There are concerns that an increase in the number of new homes being built in the Cayton area is being done without suitable improvements to local infrastructure and services.

Forming community gritting partnerships is among the recommendations in a report on keeping pavements clear of snow and ice during severe winter weather in North Yorkshire.

A Yorkshire Coast MP has called on council chiefs to use more discretion when implementing a controversial home-to-school transport policy.

Plans to convert a Scarborough town centre pub into flats have been approved by the council despite earlier objections.

The Seasiders are back in NPL East action on Tuesday at the Mounting Systems Stadium.

A councillor representing a Scarborough division of North Yorkshire Council has called for an urgent revision of the area's Experimental Traffic Regulation Order (ETRO) relating to overnight campervan parking

Councillors have been asked to approve ‘outline’ plans for a large housing development in Whitby despite dozens of objections.

Kemi Badenoch has repeatedly refused to say whether she admires Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.

A woman has been filmed cutting yellow ribbons tied to a gate in London, put up in commemoration of Israeli hostages.

The Crown Prosecution Service says it will appeal against the chief magistrate's decision to throw out the terrorism case against a member of the band Kneecap.

One of Stephen Lawrence's killers has begged the victim's family for forgiveness in a bid to be freed from prison - but he refused to reveal who stabbed the teenager to death.

The Danish government is proposing a ban on several social media apps for under-15s, according to the country's prime minister.

UK steel manufacturers are to be hit by another round of tariffs, even higher and more impactful than those levied by the US, representing "an existential threat" to the industry.

Tonight, the spectacular harvest moon is set to reach its fullest in UK skies. 

A British scientist was among three awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday. 

Kemi Badenoch has repeatedly refused to say whether she admires Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.

A woman has been filmed cutting yellow ribbons tied to a gate in London, put up in commemoration of Israeli hostages.

Ineos, the chemicals group founded by Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe, has hit out at the government after cutting a fifth of the workforce at a factory in Hull.

An experienced surfer had to be saved from rough seas by the RNLI after a rip current pulled him more than half a mile away from the shore.

The Crown Prosecution Service says it will appeal against the chief magistrate's decision to throw out the terrorism case against a member of the band Kneecap.

Tonight, the spectacular harvest moon is set to reach its fullest in UK skies. 

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Up to half of patients booking COVID vaccines through the online National Booking System (NBS) are not eligible for the jab - leading to pharmacies turning people away. 

For a long time, Rita Lifshitz would come back to Kibbutz Nir Oz every week, sit outside the house of her father-in-law, Oded, and have a drink.

There are families wearing T-shirts picturing their loved ones and friends holding plant pots and flowers.

The incoming mayor of a German town is said to be fighting for her life after being stabbed multiple times.

More than 200 people left stranded by a blizzard near the eastern face of Mount Everest are being evacuated, Reuters news agency reports.

The daughter of late actor Robin Williams has begged people to stop sending her AI-generated "slop" of her father.

Jimmy Carr, Jack Whitehall and some of America's biggest comedians are being criticised for performing at the inaugural Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

A 61-year-old man has been found guilty of stalking Myleene Klass by sending her an air gun, handcuffs, a police uniform and "disturbing" unwanted letters.

Author Dame Jilly Cooper has died, her publisher has said.

Kemi Badenoch has repeatedly refused to say whether she admires Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.

The Danish government is proposing a ban on several social media apps for under-15s, according to the country's prime minister.

UK steel manufacturers are to be hit by another round of tariffs, even higher and more impactful than those levied by the US, representing "an existential threat" to the industry.

Half of all Conservative members think Kemi Badenoch should not lead the party into the next election, according to an exclusive Sky News Tory members poll.