PAY-PACKETS in York have fallen by almost 10 per cent in the last 12 months - the largest drop in the country. Figures compiled by the Office for National Statistics show the city's wages have plunged by 9.1 per cent, placing York at the bottom
Who is Ian Burns? As the potter tells STEVE CARROLL, he is hoping everyone will know his name by the time the UK Snooker Championship - which starts tomorrow - comes to a conclusion WHEN Ian Burns wanted his Coral UK Snooker Championship campaign
YORK City boss Russ Wilcox has ruled out bringing Bristol Rovers forward Ryan Brunt back to Bootham Crescent before Thursday's 2014 transfer deadline for loan signings. Brunt was recruited from the Pirates by Wilcox's predecessor Nigel Worthington but
A SELBY man who abused a girl for nearly a decade has been jailed for 15 years. Peter Philip Wallis, 59, now of Thornden Buildings, Selby, pleaded guilty at York Crown Court to six counts of rape, three counts of indecent assault and one count
A CITY-CENTRE pub is set to be refurbished and re-opened under a new name. Mitchells & Butlers, the owner of O'Neill's in Low Ousegate, want to turn it into The Merchant Tavern. They have submitted planning applications to City of York
THE Coral UK Snooker Championship in York is on course to break box office records. The tournament starts at the Barbican tomorrow and runs until Sunday, December 7, with top stars like Ronnie O’Sullivan, Mark Selby and Neil Robertson gunning for
A MISSING elderly woman was found on a river bank by emergency services this morning. Fire crews, police and paramedics were called to the scene close to North Bridge, in Ripon, at 2am today when the pensioner was spotted close to the stream
THE achievements of pupils at a York secondary school were celebrated at an awards ceremony. Joseph Rowntree School in New Earswick held its annual prize giving and this year BBC Radio York presenter, Adam Tomlinson, was the guest speaker.
SOARING use of smartphones and tablets is increasing pressure on police investigating pornographic offences, a senior officer has said. Detective Chief Superintendent Simon Mason, North Yorkshire Police's head of crime, said demand on high-tech
A NEW report by the York-based Joseph Rowntree Foundation has revealed a rapidly changing picture of poverty in the UK as the economic recovery gathers pace. It says there has been a big rise in the proportion of under-25s living in poverty but
POLICE took to the streets of Clifton to highlight the dangers of opportunistic crime. The York North Safer Neighbourhood Team walked more than 60 streets on Thursday, checking vehicles for items which could prove tempting for thieves. The
CITY of York Council spends four per cent of its public health budget on mental health, it has been revealed. The figure is higher than the local authority average spend - which is less than 1.5 per per cent - but it is still very low, experts
SEASONED racegoers, aged 50-plus, may well remember Polly Peachum. She was a high-class sprinter, racing in the mid-1970s for Sheriff Hutton trainer Mick Easterby. It is a sign of age creeping up when the same name comes around again and the present-day
HOSPITAL staff will go on strike across the region today as part of an ongoing pay dispute. Staff, including nurses and midwives, are to stage a new four-hour strike nationally between 7am and 11am over the Government’s decision not to accept a
