It's the fortieth anniversary of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway today. They'll be celebrating with a special stream train trip from Whitby to Pickering.
The line was closed to passengers in 1965 and freight in 1966 as a result of the Beeching Report. But the North Yorkshire Moors Railway reopened the line in 1973 and is now run as a successful tourist attraction.
Moulded plastics firm Rosti McKechnie has announced plans to expand their Pickering factory creating upto 200 jobs over the next four years.
At the moment the firm employs over 400 people at the North Yorkshire plant.
Rosti McKechnie will invest in new machinery and processes along with building a new storage and logistics facility on the current site.
Work is expected to start within the next few months and the company will start recruiting additional staff later this year.
A public exhibition is to take place at Pickering Memorial Hall on Saturday 16 th March from 2.30 until 6.00pm to explain the proposed development at the firm's Westgate Carr Road site.
– John Woodhead, Ross McKechnie's Pickering Plant DirectorThis is fantastic news for the company. The investment planned can only be positive for the loyal workforce we have whilst creating further opportunities in the area”.
The family of a man from North Yorkshire held in the Central African Republic on suspicion of murder says the Foreign Office is not doing enough. David Simpson from Pickering was arrested after he reported to police that he had found 18 massacred bodies in the bush.
The family of a man being held in the Central African Republic say the Foreign Office are not doing enough to help.
Read the full storyIt has been confirmed a man from North Yorkshire who was locked up in Africa after discovering bodies is being held on suspicion of murder.
24 year old David Simpson was arrested almost six weeks ago in the Central African Republic and has been held in jail since then. It followed him reporting to police the bodies of 18 men in the remote bush.
On his family's Facebook page they have said it has been confirmed Mr Simpson is being held on suspicion of murder, but they are seeing the start of a third investigation into what happened as a positive mood.
People living in Pickering could be about to get help to protect their homes from flooding.
£100,000 is being spent to provide flood barriers for up to 29 homes in the town. Surveys on flood-hit properties have already started and steps to install non return valves for drainage pipes and repointing work has started to improve defences.
