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  • Man who raped young girl jailed for 20 years

    NORTH Yorkshire Police’s Online Abuse & Exploitation Team has helped to secure justice against a man who raped and sexually abused a 12-year-old girl. Matthew Lee Scaife, 36, of Crown Terrace in Scarborough, was sentenced to 20 years in prison

  • Man rescued from stream by firefighters

    A MAN had to be rescued from a stream last night. North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (NYFRS) responded to the incident in Easingwold at 12.39am.  "Crews from Easingwold and Helmsley responded to a report of a male who had fallen into a

  • New exhibition captures autumn delight at arboretum

    A NEW exhibition showcasing the work of 2019 International Garden Photographer of the Year winner Jill Welham has opened at the Yorkshire Arboretum. Sunlight Through the Leaves will run until Sunday, November 8 and is a display of Jill’s cyanotype

  • Rider swaps a horse for a bike in gruelling cycle challenge

    A SHERIFF Hutton man has swapped horses for a bike to raise thousands of pounds for a life-saving charity. Jack Jordan collected more than £2,500 for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance by cycling from Land’s End to John O’ Groats in five days - a route

  • East-west model for unitary plan goes to councils

    A STUDY showing an East and West model of two unitary councils has gone before councillors. Councils have been invited to submit an outline bid to the government by November 9, proposing how unitary authorities could be created within North Yorkshire

  • New Covid-19 advice signs urge people “do their bit”

    MALTON Town Council has installed 100 coronavirus signs around the town in a bid to protect residents and traders. The council has provided the signs to encourage people to “do their bit” to ensure the area remains in tier one, the lowest of the