FREE parking will be on offer across Hambleton every Thursday in the run up to Christmas.

There will be no charge in district council car parks in Easingwold, Northallerton, Thirsk, Bedale, Great Ayton and Stokesley, every Thursday in December – and each day between Christmas and New Year’s Day.

York Press:

Cllr Nigel Knapton said the initiative had worked excetionally well in the past, and added: “We hope ‘Free Thursdays’ 2016 will once again bring more shoppers into our market towns in the run up to the festive season.”

Parking time limits will apply in short stay only car parks in Thirsk Market Place and Northallerton.