THEY might not have been top of the list on the flyers but York’s mighty Shed Seven were certainly the main attraction at the latest of their summer extravaganzas. The five-piece Britpop stars, complete with three-pronged brass section, lit up
A FORMER York council leader is stepping back into front-line politics to fight next month's crucial Westfield by-election. Liberal Democrat Andrew Waller was leader of City of York Council until he dramatically lost his seat when Labour swept
A man and a woman will appear before York magistrates tomorrow charged with murder. The 42-year-old man and the 28-year-old woman are alleged to have killed Stephen Eastwood, who was attacked in Lawrence Street, just outside the bar walls, on March
A woman who worked in schools advising children about the dangers of alcohol was nearly four times the drink-drive limit when she crashed into two parked cars. Marcella Restrick, 40, was "out of control" on a busy bank holiday weekend in Robin
POLICE are appealing for information after a woman was knocked down by a cyclist on a pedestrian crossing in York. Davinia Bevan, 28, of Fulford, was crossing Rougier Street over to Lendal Bridge last Friday morning when a cyclist allegedly went
A MOTORIST was stopped in Selby yesterday after a short police pursuit. Officers from North Yorkshire Police attempted to pull over the car at about 1.45pm, but when the driver failed to do so, called for backup. Several vehicles eventually
THE latest speed camera locations for North Yorkshire have been announced. North Yorkshire Police's mobile speed camera vans will be at the following locations for one week from tomorrow. A1237 Monks Cross, York
A CONSULTATION has begun into the future of children’s heart surgery in England after a review last year was dismissed by the Government as flawed There was strong opposition to the NHS Safe & Sustainable review, which suggested the service
A baker has been prosecuted for head-butting a sausage roll machine in anger when it stopped working properly. Shane Thompson, 22, was working on the £27,000 computer-controlled machine when he lost his temper and head-butted the display screen
A RUNNING coach has handed out some pearls of wisdom to those soon to tackle a gruelling marathon. With only 25 days to go before the starter pistol goes off at the Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon, one man with the know-how has offered guidance to those
A MULTI-MILLION-POUND bid to develop hundreds of homes and shops has taken a huge step forward. The team behind ambitious plans to revamp a forgotten part of Selby by constructing a new Olympia Park site has secured £16 million to go-ahead with
YORK Lokomotive ARLC suffered immense agony as a try with the last play of the match - the last play of the season - denied them their first-ever piece of silverware. The Lokos entered the replayed final match of the campaign last night knowing
A MAN has been arrested after a vulnerable pensioner was targeted in Selby. Yesterday, North Yorkshire Police said an odd job man had taken £80 from a 71-year-old woman in Bright Walk for fence repairs that were never carried out. Today, a
A BUSINESSMAN has kept his driving licence despite seriously injuring a pedestrian in York city centre. Resham Singh Dhesi should have given way to the female pedestrian in Church Street, York Magistrates Court heard, but instead, his car hit her
AN MP has persuaded a bank to refund a couple from the Selby district who lost their life savings through a sophisticated banking scam. Now Selby and Ainsty MP Nigel Adams is calling on the Government and banks to improve protection for customers
A NATURE reserve in York has received a major funding boost for a new project. St Nicholas Fields' latest scheme aims to improve the habitat of the local water vole population, and the reserve approached independent funding body the SITA Trust
AN AUTHOR from North Yorkshire is hoping to fund a children's book to help under-tens speak out about abuse. Christina Gabbitas, from Selby, is the author of the Felicity Fly series of books, which made the shortlist of a national competition earlier
CAMPAIGNERS dismayed over long term housing proposals for York are threatening to turn to the courts to stop highly controversial plans being made formal in York. The Earswick Action Group is fighting plans for a major housing scheme close to their
ACADEMICS in York have helped create a new resource for helping the families of people with severe brain injuries. The online resource features more than 250 interview films looking at the family experiences of having a relative in a vegetative
HOLDERS Jill McCreedy and Jill Rounce retained their IT Sports Trophy after the league’s ladies doubles tournament was held after a year’s break. Nine couples took part at Bishopthorpe Tennis Club, where Wigginton’s Sue Espiner and Denise Crane
YORK'S CAB has won the award for Campaigning Bureau of the Year, in recognition of its social policy and campaigning work over the last year. The Citizens Advice Bureau has campaigned on local and national issues affecting York residents, particularly
ROWNTREE Park are the 35th champions of the Tyke Petroleum Men’s Tennis League. Their top pair Sam Davies and Steve Spaven again put on the style with 3-30 in an impressive away defeat of Wigginton to take the trophy with a match to spare.
TADCASTER ALBION climbed to the summit of the York Minster Engineering Football League premier division with a 2-0 win at Easingwold Town, writes Graham Ireton. The victory, which came through goals from Scott Nicholas and Robert McDermid, kept
LOW cost housing could be built on a York business park if a decision is taken to remove historic development rules restricting the site. An empty 12,500 sq ft office block, which businesses have turned away from, could become 21 one-bedroomed
Two men deny they were part of a group of people in balaclavas seen heading towards a Tadcaster cannabis factory capable of producing nearly £500,000 of the drug. Nick Adlington. prosecuting, told a jury fingerprints and other evidence linked Carl
TRACEY FARMEARY gamed in 19 darts, including 140 and 100, to give York John Smith's Ladies Darts League division one3 pace-setters City Supporters a 3-2 advantage at Marcia 'B'. The Marcia ranks had held a 2-0 lead through Shelagh Kenny and Linda
LOOKED after children in York do worse in school than their peers, and their achievements fall behind looked after children in the rest of the country, according to council figures. However, the attainment gap between them and their York peers
York ace Jonny Bairstow is hoping Yorkshire’s LV= County Championship title triumph can be the first of many for a group of players primed for long-term success. Bairstow, an Ashes winner with England last summer, basked in the glory of his first
THE York graveyard where notorious highwayman Dick Turpin is thought to be buried is set for a revamp. York Cares, a charity which runs a volunteering programme for businesses, is sending a team of corporate volunteers to the closed graveyard at
Wednesday marked the 250th birthday of one of York’s greatest sons. The deaf astronomer John Goodricke, who from his flat in Treasurer’s House observed a type of variable star that ultimately helped us measure the size of the universe, was born in
100 years ago After having two horses shot under him, Private Carter was wounded by a shrapnel shell which had struck his stirrup and a portion of it entered his foot. He was taken to a school which was being used as a hospital, and which already
