North Yorkshire Council will need to pay £233,000 a year to operate a new community building being built in Catterick Garrison.
Talk of wider participation in democracy is never far whenever there’s an election on the horizon and it is clear that more needs to be done to engage people in the democratic process.
A rural village in Yorkshire will become suburban following the approval of 300 homes.
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