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North Yorkshire News 01.04.2026

A woman with long dark brown hair and wearing a dark blue long-sleeved top and grey leggings smiles at a man as they walk outside a building with a leisure centre sign in white lettering. The man has short grey hair and is wearing dark-framed glasses, a blue polo-shirt and dark trousers. A silver car is parked behind the pair outside the leisure centre building.

From giving you a healthy new start to keeping children entertained this Easter, spring is full of fresh opportunities

In this new edition of Your North Yorkshire, we look at how our Healthy You programme is transforming lives and there is the chance to sign your children up to our popular programme of holiday activities.Our leader also warns about a multi-million pound cut to our highways budget. There’s an archives feature on farming over the years and a competition to win tickets to see music stars in Scarborough.

A yellow coloured resurfacing vehicle is pictured on a country lane with green fields behind it and a blue sky with white clouds above. A section of the road has been dug along the side of field.

Warning over work to maintain your roads as £20 million in vital highways funding has been cut

A decision to reduce our highways budget by £20 million will have a severe impact on maintaining the county’s roads, the council leader has warned.

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A woman with long dark brown hair and wearing a dark blue long-sleeved top and grey leggings crouches down in front of a man who is seated while using gym equipment. The woman has her hands outstretched and is giving advice to the man, who has short grey hair and is wearing dark-framed glasses, a blue polo-shirt and dark trousers.

A fresh start – Learn more about our Healthy You programme to bring a new chapter to your life

Find out about one man’s inspirational story after he took part in our Healthy You sessions that are available at the county’s health and wellbeing hubs.

Watch here

News in brief: From a landmark sculpture to improving high streets

Catch up with the latest council news and updates

 

A man with dark brown hair and wearing a black top, blue trousers, climbing shoes and a climbing harness around his waist stands in front of an indoor climbing wall with his hands outstretched while talking to a group of six children. The children are wearing T-shirts or hooded tops with dark coloured tracksuit bottoms and trainers. 

Holiday activities to help keep your children active and entertained

Our FEAST programme of holiday activities has supported thousands of children and young people, and a new programme is available this Easter.

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A black wheelie bin with a light blue lid is pictured in the foreground with a white coloured logo saying North Yorkshire Council printed on the front. A refuse collection lorry is pictured behind the bin on a residential road. The lorry is mainly light grey in colour with bright orange hydraulic equipment at its rear. 

Find out how your services with be delivered during the Easter period

Learn more about changes to your services such as recycling collections and opening times of our health and wellbeing hubs over the Easter break.

Details available here

Find out what’s on in North Yorkshire

Read our Visit North Yorkshire listings for what’s happening across the county.

See what’s on

A black and white photo of a young boy who is pictured holding out a feeding bottle while surround by four lambs. One of the lambs is looking up and feeding from the bottle. The young boy has short hair and is wearing a jumper, black shorts, white socks and black shoes.

Farming matters – How agriculture has been so important for our communities over the decades

North Yorkshire has a long and proud history with farming, and we take a look in our archives at how agriculture has been a part of life in the county.

Explore the archive 

A montage of images including a photo of a woman with her left arm above her head and her right hand on her hips. She has long blonde hair and is wearing a light blue denim jacket and a black T-shirt with a yellow motif with an abstract image of a face on it. She is also wearing a red and maroon coloured headscarf and sunglasses with orange-tinted lenses. Another image is a black and white photo of three men with long hair sitting down on a sofa playing guitars. Another man dressed in a black top and black trousers in standing in the background playing a silver-coloured snare drum. A third photo shows a crowd of people watching a performance on a stage in the distance that is illuminated with bright lights. Giant screens are either side of the stage and are showing a band performing.

WIN tickets to see Anastasia or The Kooks in Scarborough

Enter the competition here

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