The jury in the trial of two former friends accused of chopping down the Sycamore Gap tree has been sent out to start deliberations. Groundworker Daniel Graham, 39, and mechanic Adam Carruthers, 32, ...

Pilot Officer William McMullen was captaining a training flight in a Lancaster Bomber on January 13 1945 when the plane caught fire above Darlington.

A former Britain’s Got Talent finalist who landed a lucrative record deal with Simon Cowell has been cleared of raping two women. Andrew Johnston, 30, who competed as a singer on the television ...

The GMB, Unite and Unison unions said 80% of members backed strikes while 94% backed industrial action short of strikes in a consultative ballot to be followed by a formal vote, with the figures an ...

A petition calling for the government to rethink changes to the Winter Fuel Payments has been signed by more than 150,000 people, with a recent surge following speculation that the policy may be ...

Scarborough’s Cask Inn is set to close later this month despite a campaign for community ownership of the pub.

This year's Slingsby Scarecrow trail organised by Friends of Slingsby School had a bumper 34 scarecrow entries to find around the village.

The minister was accused of ‘dismissing concerns’ of victims in comments she made during a BBC radio appearance.

BURGLARS have struck at a home in Harrogate, taking a designer handbag and other items. North Yorkshire Police said it happened in St John’s Road between 7.30pm on May 5 and 4.30am the next morning, ...

Victoria Atkins asked whether Steve Reed will ‘on a point of principle’ resign if Labour does not change its approach to inheritance tax.

Black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday morning, signalling a new pope has yet to be chosen. Cardinals resumed their voting in the secret conclave, having already failed to choose a ...