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North Yorkshire will welcome some of the world’s top cyclists in an unforgiving uphill route in the Tour of Britain 2022, which is returning to the county for the first time in 13 years.

The challenge is on for residents in Ryedale - Keep Britain Tidy has launched the Great British Spring Clean encouraging #LitterHeroes to join forces as part of the #BigBagChallenge. Communities record how many bags of litter they have filled from their picking pursuits and inform Keep Britain Tidy to see how much has been collected across the country.

Communities in Ryedale always step up to the challenge and this year Ryedale District Council is encouraging everyone to join in the Great British Spring Clean which started on 25 March and ends on 10 April.

Ryedale District Council is doing what it can to help visitors with motorhomes or camper vans visit Helmsley safely this Easter. 

Ryedale District Council is reassuring residents that its officers are on hand to help them and visitors enjoy Helmsley safely this Easter.

A Ryedale fuel poverty alleviation project has won the Energy Management Project of the Year award at the largest celebration of sustainability in the country.

Ryedale District Council has boosted the amount of funding available to citizens in need of energy efficiency grants or funding.

Ryedale District Council has been shortlisted at the Yorkshire and Humberside Energy Efficiency Awards for its work on fuel poverty.

While many country villagers might feel lucky to find their favourite brand of chocolate bar locally these days, in the heart of rural Ryedale - one of the most sparsely populated parts of Yorkshire – chocolate-lovers can enjoy a 20-mile golden circle of Wonkaesque chocolate micro-workshops, all independent, all highly individual, where thousands of extraordinary Easter delicacies are handcrafted each year.

Residents in Ryedale are being invited to the first of a series of virtual locality roadshows to learn more about planning for the new North Yorkshire authority that will be in place from 1 April 2023.

Senior officials from the eight district, borough and county council from across North Yorkshire have joined forces to hold the virtual events, which take place via Teams Live next month. Residents will be able to hear direct about the changes to local government and how plans are taking shape for the new authority.

Grant Thornton UK LLP, as External Auditor to Ryedale District Council, has given notice that the audit of the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 has been completed and an unqualified opinion on the Accounts has been issued.

Ryedale residents are urged to make their vote count in elections for County Councillors who will shape services affecting everyone across the county.

On Thursday, 5 May, residents will be able to vote for the person they want to represent them. There will be 90 Councillors who will be elected to 89 new divisions.

Ryedale District Council is playing its part to support residents to ‘get green fingers’ by launching its garden waste service for 2022-2023, which costs £38 a year.