SOLDIERS will exercise their right to the Freedom of Entry to York with a parade tomorrow. Members of 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment will be welcomed by the Lord Mayor of York, Coun Keith Hyman, who will also grant them permission to enter the
Last summer it was York, earlier this year Scarborough, now Fountains Abbey has hosted the Antiques Roadshow as it filmed again in North Yorkshire. MATT CLARK went to see if any unknown Rembrandts turned up. THEY feared the worst, some clutching cherished
THIEVES have been condemned after they smashed their way into a York scrap metal yard and stole a hospice charity box. The culprits broke into the Horwell Brothers scrap metal merchants yard in Mansfield Street, off Foss Islands Road, in the early hours
COUNCIL bosses have denied a union’s claims that a seven-day traffic wardens’ strike in the city is costing them money and leading to complaints from residents. Most of the authority’s civil enforcement officers were today staging their fourth
AN 83-year-old man is seriously injured in hospital after being hit by a car today. The accident happened on Southgate in Market Weighton at 7.49am. The pensioner, a local man, was hurt in an accident involving a Citroen Berlingo van
TWO more people have been arrested over the attack that left boxing champion Henry Wharton seriously injured in hospital. Police say a 30-year-old man was arrested in the Doncaster area at around 8.30pm yesterday and a 28-year-old man in York this afternoon
Sentaril, who found only one too good in the Jersey Stakes at Royal Ascot last month, can go one better in the feature race at York tomorrow. Trained at Newmarket by William Haggas, the lightly-raced three-year-old contests the £55,000 tyregiant.com
A HOST of trophy holders will defend their titles when the 45th York Open Bowls Tournament gets under way later this month. The annual competition will be opened by the Lord Mayor of York, Coun Keith Hyman, at Clarence Gardens on Monday, July 23 at
A ROW is brewing over plans to fly the ‘gay’ flag above York’s Mansion House. Labour councillor Neil Barnes is proposing at a council meeting tonight that the Rainbow flag should be flown on the day of York’s Gay Pride march and party on Saturday
STILLINGFLEET made light of the poor weather to put a dampener on South Cave & Brantingham’s HPH York Vale Cricket League promotion prospects. Their division three game in East Yorkshire was the only match on Saturday to survive the previous day’s
STEVE HARMISON has revealed that he hasn’t ruled out leaving Durham on a permanent basis if he can’t force his way back into the county’s plans. However, ahead of his Yorkshire debut at Hampshire this week, the on-loan fast bowler insists he still
PLAY finally got under way this morning in Yorkshire’s LV= County Championship division two match with Hampshire. After day one was washed out, the action started on time today in Southampton. However, by lunch, Yorkshire had slipped to 83-3 at
NEW half-back Ollie Olds is in contention for York City Knights’ Co-operative Championship clash at Keighley Cougars. The 18-year-old scrum-half, who has signed on dual registration terms from Leeds Rhinos, joined up with his new team-mates at Huntington
SEASONED Conference campaigner Jon Challinor has revealed he is “so excited” about the prospect of making his Football League debut at the age of 31. Challinor has played for ten different teams in the highest echelon of non-League football, racking
ALISON was burdened by crippling debt until a team of mystery heroes stepped in. Margaret, a hard-up pensioner, was facing a cold and lonely winter – until she too was saved. Here in North Yorkshire, ten-year-old Andy, who has special
A NEW business start up programme which aims to create 6,000 new businesses and up to 10,000 jobs across the country has been launched with £15 million investment from the Regional Growth Fund. The Ready for Business programme will be delivered
CAMPAIGNERS who fought to save York’s smallest secondary school say they are resigned to its closure - but will tonight call for education chiefs to live up to promises about what happens next. City of York Council’s cabinet will next week
PEOPLE are being urged to keep an eye out for young hedgehogs which are suffering due to the recent weather. Prolonged heavy rainfall around the region has seen rain water pour into hedgehog nests and wash away the young, and the Selby Wildlife Rehab
PEOPLE in our region are losing faith in the ability of the NHS to look after us in our old age and may be willing to pay “top up” fees for care, according to new figures. Only 31 per cent of the Yorkshire public believe the NHS will provide
SEVERAL motorists have been taken to hospital to be checked over following a five-vehicle collision on the A64. Emergency services were called to the westbound carriageway of the road at Huttons Ambo at 7.50am today. Several drivers
CALLS will be made tonight for a new shopping proposal in the centre of York to include a civic park next to Clifford’s Tower. LaSalle UK Ventures Fund and its development manager Centros are looking at building a retail scheme near the historic landmark
IT may continue raining in North Yorkshire until Noah really does need an ark - but organisers of York’s Mystery Plays say audiences will remain dry. Work has started on the construction of three stands in the Museum Gardens to seat the 1,400
A REPORT comparing cities’ performance since 1901 has shown that York has always been more affluent than its northern counterparts. In 1901, 16.3 per cent of its workforce were employed in higher wage occupations, compared to 16.5 per cent in Leeds,
TWO climbers caught in an avalanche in the French Alps which has killed nine people have York connections, it has been claimed tonight. Three of those who died near the ski resort of Chamonix are from the UK, and Coun Ian Gillies, leader of
THERE is, I’m told, a phenomenon whereby recently married women can suffer from depression after their wedding day, not due to their choice of husband, but because the Big Day has finally come and gone. Although it’s something I’ve never experienced
