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Long-awaited work to build a new business park in Pickering, North Yorkshire is expected to begin this summer. Planning permission has been granted for 184,000sqft of new industrial space called Pickering Park.

The development will form phase three of the Thornton Road Business Park and will be accessed off Enterprise Way.

The New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, a punk rock group and a friend who swapped a career in insurance to train as an actor at the age of 45 – these are just some of the women Ryedale District Council’s Chief Executive Stacey Burlet admires.

Ryedale District Council is thanking citizens, businesses and community groups for their swift response in support of Ukraine.

As Ukrainian people face growing conflict and violence, they will need donations that will go towards humanitarian aid, psychological support and medical supplies for paramedics and doctors on the frontlines.

An invite from the Royal Family is not something that comes many people’s way in their lifetimes, but for Joe Kent, an Operations Supervisor at Ryedale District Council, he has been honoured with an invite to the Queen’s garden party this year.

Ryedale District Councillors agreed to freeze council tax at the District Council’s last ever budget meeting, which took place on Thursday 17 February and will reconvene on 24 February.

A Ryedale District Council Community Enforcement Officer, Martyn Barker, has won a national award from environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy.

In spring, North Yorkshire residents will be able to vote in elections that will help to shape the way services in the county are run in a new era of local government.

Children in Norton can now enjoy a new, improved accessible play park, thanks to major improvements put in by Ryedale District Council.

The District Council has put in new inclusive equipment that can be used by all children at its Riverside play park on Riverside View.

Ryedale District Council is welcoming the government’s Levelling Up White Paper and is committed to making the most of the opportunities for Ryedale.

Applications have opened at Ryedale District Council for the Additional Restrictions Grant Scheme.

More than 600 low-income households across parts of North Yorkshire will receive green upgrades to make them more energy efficient and cheaper to heat with low-carbon energy.