Posts by yorkshire reporter

Knaresborough Lions are thrilled that the Great Knaresborough Bed Race will take place this year after two years of pandemic-affected suspension. The event, held since 1966 and described as one of the largest community events held on the public streets in the North of England, will be staged on Saturday…

Executive county councillors unanimously supported a revised 20mph speed limit policy for North Yorkshire that will place a greater focus on active, sustainable travel, such as cycling and walking, and encouraging a sense of place. The revised policy, which follows a review and recommendations by the council’s Transport, Economy and…

The hugely successful census primary school campaign Let’s Count! is heading back to classrooms across England and Wales for 2022. Last year more than 9,000 primary schools took part in the Census 2021 education programme, which reached 2.2m pupils and parents. Now, with Census 2021 results due out later this…

Ambitious proposals to transform the town centres of Harrogate, Selby and Skipton are moving forward after members of North Yorkshire County Council’s Executive gave their unanimous backing to preparing detailed designs and final business cases for each scheme. The £42m package of transport improvements is a huge investment in the…

The world’s largest garden wildlife survey returns, with hundreds of thousands of people watching and counting the UK’s garden birds over the last weekend in January for the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch.  Over a million people took part in 2021, counting 17 million birds – making it the biggest Birdwatch…