EMERGENCY services are on the scene of a crash on the A171 near Whitby, and the road is closed in both directions.

The death of a walker who was run over at a farm in North Yorkshire was accidental, an inquest jury has ruled.

Dog owners have been warned by police they "may be prosecuted" if their pet attacks livestock.

A police investigation has been launched after a large flock of sheep were stolen from a farm in North Yorkshire.

The National Park Authority has announce the alert ahead of the bank holiday weekend as recent dry conditions have led to an increased risk of moorland and forest fires.

Jacob Grant Chambers, of Ashton Street, Easington Colliery, was said to be travelling from Borrowby flyover to Leake crossroads at Borrowby, near Thirsk, on February 18 this year when police officers from North Yorkshire Police attempted to stop the Mercedes he was travelling in.

A QUAD bike and petrol-powered tools were among several high value items stolen from a farm in Richmondshire.

A LOCAL authority says it will explore options to clear rubbish beside a trunk road dubbed the "corridor of shame" after being accused of overlooking it for 15 years and an agreed initiative to clean up the area's verges.

North Yorkshire Police is appealing for witnesses and information about a commercial burglary that occurred in Ripon.

Archie, a seven-year-old red cocker spaniel, was taken in a burglary at his home in the Barden area of Leyburn during the early hours of Friday 8 April.

A MAJOR redevelopment of a leading Middleham racing stable appears to have overcome a hurdle after councillors called on walkers of a popular footpath that crosses a new gallops to use common sense.

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to help the nine-year-old girl who slipped on a footpath and fell through a hedge down into Gayle beck, Hawes.

The county's officers worked alongside officers from six other forces in one of North Yorkshire's biggest intensive operations against those who prey on countryside residents and businesses.

The woman driving the Fiat sadly died at the scene despite the best efforts of paramedics to save her.

North Yorkshire Police are appealing for information about an incident of livestock worrying which took place near Harrogate on Thursday 24 March 2022.