West and North Yorkshire Chamber welcomes Budget support for small businesses, business rates and skills, but warns significant employer cost pressures remain.

SCARBOROUGH’S TGJones is set to close permanently alongside the loss of the town’s main post office, the company has confirmed.

British Horseracing Authority chief executive Brant Dunshea has warned the five per cent rise in machine gaming duty for betting shops announced in the Budget will have “devastating impact” on the ...

Nearly 3,000 guinea pigs will be involved in the Big Pig Health Check, taking place at Bishop Burton College, as part of Guinea Pig Awareness Week.

National Highways the A66 is closed eastbound between the A67 at Bowes and the A1(M) Junction 53 at Scotch Corner, with ...

York Liberal Democrats welcome £100 energy support and a higher business rates threshold, but warn fair funding changes could mean a £240 council tax rise.

A councillor is calling for action after residents said they are being left 'terrified' by daytime street drinking in a North Yorkshire town.

A York health watchdog service has been saved after the government dropped plans to axe it. Health secretary Yvette Cooper has ditched plans to abandon Healthwatch England, meaning Healthwatch York is ...

The State Pension is expected to rise by 3.9 next April, taking the full new payment to around £250.70 a week and more than £13,000 a year.

The Chancellor pledged £100 for millions of households in England, with the devolved nations to receive ‘their share’.

The Office for Budget Responsibility said UK inflation is set to rise to a peak of around 3.75 by the start of next year.

A suspected drink-driver was stopped by a stinger after failing to pull over for police near Malton last night. North Yorkshire Police received a report at around 9.30pm that a "heavily intoxicated" ...