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The campaign to save maternity and children's services at the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton has been stepped up after new research.

The results from a survey of 19 other small hospitals, similar to the Friarage, show the majority are confident in sustaining services in their local areas.

The NHS plans to transfer the maternity unit services and overnight paediatric care to James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough. Part of the reason, it says, is because of a lack of doctors.

But campaigners now say the survey reinforces their claim that there's no need for that to happen.

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North Yorkshire Police: We are now able to name the man who died as a result of the fatal road traffic collision which occurred near Northallerton on Tuesday 31st July 2012.

He was Christopher Paul Sharpe, who was 19-years-old and from Dalton near Thirsk.

The inquest was opened and adjourned in Northallerton on Wednesday 1st August 2012.

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Northallerton's Joanne Jackson was unable clinch a medal for Team GB in the Women's 4x200m freestyle relay final this evening.

The 25-year-old was one of the four British ladies who finished 5th with a time of 7:52.37 at the Aquatics Centre.

United States won the gold medal, while Australia and France snatched silver and bronze.

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• North Yorkshire

Today is the final day of the team eventing at the Olympics and a big day for Nicola Wilson from Northallerton.

She rode a clear round at the cross country on Monday, helping the British team into second place with only the showjumping round to go.

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Volunteers at a North Yorkshire railway are trying to collect 40 miles of coins to pay for an extension to the track.

The Wensleydale Railway, which runs between Leeming Bar and Redmire, re-opened nine years ago.

There are now plans to refurbish the track from Leeming Bar to Northallerton. The county town was once the end of the line. It will cost up to £40 thousand to do the work and the group has raised around half of that so far.

Members of the Wensleydale Railway Association are hoping they will collect enough coins to extend the service in time for its tenth anniversary next summer.

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13 year old George Conway carried the Olympic Torch through Northallerton.

George has a rare muscular disorder, and helps others with disabilities.

His father walked with him as he was cheered on by the crowds, before passing on the Olympic flame for the next stage of the relay.

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Friends and neighbours hosted a Jubilee street party on Valley Road in Northallerton yesterday.

Around 100 people turned up for the afternoon festivities, which had crown making, a bouncy castle, and an egg and spoon race.

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