Villagers

North Yorkshire Council\'s headquarters, County Hall, in Northallerton Picture: LDRS

Yorkshire farming business faces enforcement

Walkers passing the church at Hawnby, part of the new Upper Ryedale Parish Trail

Villagers who designed own North York Moors walking trail plan to expand route

A central processing area would be linked to nine underground caverns where hydrogen would be stored

Construction of huge coastal hydrogen storage project could start in 2026

The holiday park would be off Back Lane, Barmby Moor

Developers look to tweak 'grotesque' holiday park plan

An example of the brilliant scarecrow creations by villagers in Minskip near Harrogate as they prepare for their the annual Scarecrow Competition. (Picture contributed)

Harrogate village is gearing up for scarecrow extravaganza this weekend

One of the proposed battery farm sites will be located around here, off Barnsdale Road

Yorkshire villagers to fight against plans for battery store farms

Despite tourists bringing noise pollution and traffic chaos to the quaint nearby village of Alton, locals living near Alton Towers say it has major benefits.

Alton Towers: Why residents living next to theme park ‘love’ it

Sheriff Hutton, where plans for a 32-lodge holiday park are being battled by residents Picture: Google

Villagers object to plans to double size of holiday park in speeding blackspot

Residents\' placards in Thornton le Beans Picture: Stuart Minting

"Cluck off chicken factory": Joy as giant egg farm appeal is rejected

Catfoss Industrial Estate where the new asphalt plant will be based

Decision day looms on controversial asphalt plant in East Yorkshire

The Croft Hotel Picture: Google

Late-night changes approved at historic hotel

Dismay at plan for massive factory on prime farmland

Villagers voice dismay as leading soft drinks firm unveiled factory plans

The crack visible on the bridge parapet

Grade II-listed 17th-century bridge in Yorkshire closed after crack appears

Villagers call for Scotch Corner public inquiry to assess impact of developments

Villagers call for Scotch Corner public inquiry to assess impact of developments

Head chef Matt Hind celebrating with chef/owner Lionel Strub after winning a national award for their game dishes

The Yorkshire Dales pub that sources 80 per cent of its menu from the village

The Diddly Squat farm shop sells local produce from the farm and neighbouring local producers in the Cotswolds (Picture: Clarkson's farm)

Workers at Jeremy Clarkson's Diddly Squat Farm must now wear body cams

Local demonstrators object to the development

Villagers fight plans for 'concrete jungle' 400-home development on farm

PGL bought Newby Wiske Hall from North Yorkshire Police

Residents of village claim PGL have breached planning conditions

Imber and Tyneham are two villages that were abandoned during World War Two

England’s ‘lost twin villages’ frozen in time since World War Two

The Oakenshaw cross, which is a 18th century memorial to the wife physican Richard Richardson, was removed in March 2022 after it was deemed a risk following a HGV hitting and damaging the base.

Anger among villagers as Grade II listed cross future uncertain

Residents are calling for their bus services to be reinstated

Villagers plead with councillors to reinstate their axed bus service
Residents have pleaded with their local council to reinstate a bus to their village, claiming they have been “left out in the cold”.

The Black Lion in Skelton-on-Ure

Villagers battle to save pub as school and shop also on the brink of closure

The windmill in Garton

Villagers oppose holiday park next to 200-year-old listed Yorkshire windmill

A view over Warkworth Castle and the surrounding village which has topped the list of British villages which have risen in value for 20 years straight.

20 British villages with property value increases for last 20 years

One of Finningley's iconic peacocks has been killed after a hit and run crash.

Anger as one of Yorkshire village's iconic peacocks killed in hit and run smash

A mast disguised as a tree has been fitted near South Queensferry.

Locals angry at phone mast disguised as a tree - but looks like a toilet brush

How Heronby could look

Villagers launch campaign against 'damaging and unnecessary' new settlement

Diana, Princess of Wales, who was killed on August 31, 1997 in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris. Picture: John Stillwell/PA Wire

Diana showed women we could all do it our way - Christa Ackroyd

Villagers object to “ludicrous” plans for ‘safari’ glamping which could hold “two thirds of population”

Villagers object to “ludicrous” plans for ‘safari’ glamping

Rowley Road in Little Weighton

Villagers launch bid to stop holiday park expansion

Volunteer with the Darley Beck Curlew Project, Barry Carter (www.bazcarterphotos.com)

Villagers' dramatic findings over curlew chicks' decline in survey of 500 fields

Councillors are to decide plans to convert the Crown Inn into housing Picture: Google

Villagers call for 170-year-old East Yorkshire pub to be turned into housing
Plans to turn a 170-year-old riverside pub into housing, which locals say is desperately needed, are being recommended for refusal due to flood risk - four years after new £5.2m defences were completed.

The Home Office wants to convert the old RAF base in Linton-on-Ouse into a centre for up to 1,500 men, despite a furious backlash from villagers.

Villagers to wait another two weeks for final decision on asylum seeker centre

Gerry and Lyn Grant are pictured with Anthony Dew at the Platinum Jubilee mural in Fangfoss. photo submitted

Versa-tile East Yorkshire villagers create mural to celebrate Platinum Jubilee

More than 100 protestors chanted “Wrong Plan, Wrong Place,” ahead of a parish council meeting in the village attended by several civil servants and managers from security firm Serco, in a bid to allay a raft of concerns about launching the centre at the former RAF Linton on Ouse base on May 31.

Linton On Ouse asylum centre: Home Office officials jeered at village meeting

Leeds Golf Club wants to build 35 cottages for overnight stays

Yorkshire villagers 'really angry' after golf club seizes protest signs

The biomass incinerator is close to the coastal village of Aldbrough in East Yorkshire Credit: Google

Villagers protest against concreting over farmland to store waste wood

The base - which could be used to house hundreds of people seeking refuge - is a short walk away from the heart of the village, some 10 miles from York.
Photo: Tony Johnson

Villagers react as Linton-on-Ouse reported to be new home of asylum centre

Committee Member John Helm getting the Egton Show signs out of the store ready for the Egton show with a backdrop of the North York Moors

Villagers' outrage at plans to build homes on site of rural show

Previous festivals have been held at Leeds East Airport, including Mint Festival

Yorkshire music festival could ruin Platinum Jubilee celebrations for village

The boarding kennels business helps to keep the animal sanctuary afloat

Dog lover who turned rundown boarding kennels into Maylower Animal Sanctuary

The campsite will be off Main Street in Lissett Credit: Google

Inspector overturns refusal of campsite plans off A165 to Bridlington

A huge number of residents have objected to the plans

'We do not want this' - Villagers to hold meeting over plan to build 450 homes

Mone Bros in Eggborough

Plan to restore former quarry for agricultural use hit by villagers' objections

Easington has lost many of its local businesses over the years

The Yorkshire village that's one of the most isolated communities in England

The large trees have sat in the heart of Westwood in Wiltshire for over 30 years

Villagers anger as council launches 'ludicrous' plan to chop down apple trees

The elderly residents of a stunning 15th century moorland hamlet have been told to fork out £30,000 to get connected to mains water supply after their well ran dry.

Villagers told to pay £30,000 for water supply after their well ran dry

Garbutts Lane in Stokesley

Anger over plans to build housing estates on open farmland in North Yorkshire

One of the giant gas storage facilities at Easington

Dangers of Londoners land-grabbing parts of rural Yorkshire – David Behrens

The site is a designated Scheduled Monument and contains a series of dispersed fighter pens, a pillbox, two gun posts and a battle headquarters, together with remains of support buildings and sections of the runway.
Known as Leeds East Airport, it is now run as a private airfield and has regular shows of vintage planes including Spitfires and Hurricanes.

Owner of RAF airfield near Tadcaster investigated after villagers allege damage

Marsden Mechanics, founded 160 years ago, started to fall into disrepair and it was taken over by a community trust. Recently a major new Lottery grant has helped to secure its physical upkeep and Marsden Community Trust's role in looking after the building for the community for the foreseeable future. Plans are now being drawn up to begin the restoration work, on the clock tower, interior and exterior building works. Pictured Felicity Fuller and Louise Warwick. Image by James Hardisty

The 'long slog' to save Yorkshire village hub with its roots in Luddite uprising

Villagers have saved the Trawden Arms

Villagers buy 126-year-old local pub to save it from closure

Staithes Harbour

Archaeologists discover lost tunnel during BBC filming in Staithes

Signs protesting against the planned egg farm have been placed around the area

Plan for £10m free range egg farm in North York Moors set to be revised

Staithes from above. Picture: BBC/Purple Productions.

TV show to explore Staithes - and how villagers' urine was used for business

There are 10 members of the Skeeby Community Pub Society's committee

Meet the Yorkshire villagers who have raised £250,000 to re-open their local pub

Villagers are mounting a legal challenge against plans to extract millions of tonnes of fly ash, which are stored on a 300-hectare site at Gale Common

Villagers appeal for help to halt plans to truck ash waste near school and homes

Children learning a longswords dance at Goathland Show

The North York Moors village where all generations keep a pagan tradition alive

Market Place, Bedale

Villagers welcome council's move to drop part of industrial expansion plan

Colton, near Tadcaster

Yorkshire Water to upgrade pumping station in village where homes flood