FOUR fire crews have been tackling a blaze in a flat in York. The fire was in Monkton Road at around 9.30pm on Tuesday. Firefighters believe the fire began in a microwave. A spokeswoman for North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said
BORIS Johnson's referendum battle-bus encountered some unexpected opposition on Tuesday - in the form of a diligent Yorkshire traffic warden. The bus was parked near Betty's in Harrogate town centre when it was ticketed by a traffic officer from
YORKSHIRE’S preparations for the forthcoming NatWest T20 Blast suffered a setback with a heavy warm-up defeat against a Yorkshire Premier League North Select XI at York’s Clifton Park last night. The Vikings fell to 7-4 batting first against a
BOXER Ricky Hatton will host an event in North Yorkshire in November.Hatton, nicknamed The Hitman, will appear at Scarborough Spa on Thursday, November 10, to share stories from his life.Tickets for An Evening with Ricky Hatton are on sale now from £25
YORK City have signed former Manchester United junior Ben Barber from Premier League club Stoke City. The left-back, who spent much of this last season in non-League football, has become the Minstermen's third signing of the week after penning
HEROICS by York RI duo Tasmin Putt and Freya Wilde were not enough to send Yorkshire women into the final of the women's rugby union County Championship as they lost 12-10 to Lancashire.Both teams were previously unbeaten this season and the game,
GLASS is the theme for a new exhibition at Pyramid Gallery on Stonegate, York. "We're showing a joyful riot of colour and form in work by some of the UK’s most talented exponents of casting, blowing and sculpting and engraving, alongside rising
"PLAY the course and beat the grass" - a mantra that helped Jane Shiels gallop to Fulford Rose Bowl glory.The Aldwark Manor Golf Club player fired a nett 74 at Easingwold to edge past the Malton & Norton pair of Pat Ruddock and Pat Hague on
TEACHERS spend a great deal of time putting their pupils first. But who looks after them? Huntington School deputy head Alex Quigley reckons every debate seems to be about ‘academisation’ or tests, but not teachers themselves. So he's published
THE six year prison sentence handed down to restaurant owner Mohammed Zaman following the death of customer Paul Wilson should serve as a stark warning to all involved in the food industry about the seriousness of nut allergies. Mr Wilson died
Hooray! The Press has won Regional Newspaper of the Year in a national contest (May 21). I have always rated it an excellent newspaper since moving to the area and am really pleased it has received the accolade it richly deserves. Keep up the good
ONCE again the question of the obstruction of walkways in and around York by the dreaded A-boards is highlighted in The Press (May 16, Letters, May 23) and yet there is no mention of the obstructions in most street and walkways caused by overhanging
OUR street like many others around the city, is in urgent need of repair however, I now fully understand why we are not a priority, when the council need this valuable commodity, Tarmac, to patch up one of our main tourist attractions, Stonegate. I
I WAS appalled to read Mr Ogilvy’s letter (May 18), and want to point out that being gay could get you arrested or even executed in at least 78 countries. In the UK, thanks largely to the Human Rights Act 1998, the repeal of Section 28 (2003) and the
I was for a long time, in favour of ‘fracking’, not least, to prevent the prospect of being held to ransom by Putin (and China). House prices crashing and the catastrophic effects on the environment I perceived as simply scaremongering. Until, that
TWO people have been taken to hospital after a serious crash in Tadcaster. Police and paramedics were called at 12.10pm to reports of an accident involving a blue Mazda and silver Vauxhall Astra in Rudgate, near Tadcaster Grammar School. The
A PIONEERING medical science firm which recently moved from York has hailed a year of "significant progress" as it announced its latest results.Highlights for the Tissue Regenix Group of the year ending January 31 included moving its UK operations
JONNY PRESLEY wants to sing along to Simply The Best after Saturday's iPro Sport Cup final - to bring back happy memories of his first-ever knockout triumph two decades ago.The veteran half-back will be a key on-field organiser as York City Knights
NORTH Yorkshire artists Richard Barnes and Rob Shaw, with Richard's two Labradors in tow, decided to start 2016 with a winter month of painting in Staithes. Richard has since enjoyed short stays every other month in the East Coast fishing village
A CHARITY which helped families in York affected by flooding has won a national award. York Community Furniture Store was named Reuse Organisation of the Year in the Furniture Reuse Network's annual awards, with more than 200 organisations represented
A SUPPLIER of high-quality British produce has appointed York accountancy firm Garbutt + Elliott to manage its finances and tax affairs.The London Deli Co, which sells products including luxury biscuits, crisps, conserves and confections, selected the
RECORDED under the midnight sun, this anti-folk record is unlike pretty much anything you’ll hear all year. Brinks is the latest pseudonym for Andre Herman Dune, that half Swedish half Moroccan purveyor of some of the most joyous cult folk pop
A SCHOOL in East Yorkshire will close its doors for the final time at the end of this term, to continue only as a nursery only. Newlands School in Pocklington will close on Friday, July 8, to children aged four to eleven. Plans have been made to
YORK gallery According To McGee is collaborating with Staithes Gallery on the Yorkshire coast for an exhibition by "two of the most exciting, collectible painters of the North", Richard Barnes, from York, and Rob Shaw, from Staithes. "We've never
ICKYMASHO looks set to give a bold account in the Family Fun Day Monday 8th August Fillies' Handicap at Wolverhampton.The Jonathan Portman-trained four-year-old made noteworthy progress when switched to the all-weather towards the end of last year
BEN Coad will look to keep knocking in the birdies and eagles if he is given the nod to start Yorkshire's NatWest T20 Blast campaign later this week.Seamer Coad is line to form part of a youthful bowling attack when the Vikings take on Leicestershire
HELEN Butters has a great expression to describe the return to normal life after completing the astonishing challenge of rowing across the Atlantic. "It's an adrenaline hangover," says the mum of two from Cawood, who admits adjusting to family
SCOTT Lincoln secured shot put victory at the Loughborough International just 24 hours after competing against some of the world's finest field stars at the prestigious Halle Throws event.The City of York ace's whirlwind weekend saw him finish
YORK's city council and parish councils have signed a new agreement over how they will work together. The city council's deputy leader Cllr Keith Aspden, and the chairman of the York branch of Yorkshire Local Councils Associations (YLCA) Cllr Peter
BOARD four produced the best darts of the night as the semi-finalists of the John Smith's Ladies Darts League Elsie Bell Drawn Pairs competition were decided. Burnholme's Sarah Jackson and Sharon Lyons, of Saddle, eventually booked their last-four
NETWORK Rail has installed safety cameras at a level crossing near York to deter drivers from crossing the tracks when trains are approaching. The company has applied to City of York Council for retrospective planning permission for the cameras
BRITISH astronaut Tim Peake will return to Earth on June 18, when his 6-month spell on the International Space Station comes to an end. He travelled to the ISS in December, with American Tim Kopra and Russian Yuri Malenchenko. During his time
A THUG who fled to Costa Rica to evade justice for biting two men and nearly blinding a third is today starting a 40-month sentence in a British jail. Ashley Fulcher, 25, was on parole from an earlier prison sentence for violence when he attacked
YORK are the new leaders of IT Sports Mixed Tennis League division one after a comfortable win over Fulford.Paul Whurr and Jill le Pla debuted for the first team and top-scored with 28 games, just ahead of Paul Blackett and Wendy Stirk. Wigginton’s new
POPPLETON continued to struggle in Fulford Ladies Invitation Tennis League division one, going down 31-77 to York’s second team, who benefited from consistent scores from all three couples. Pocklington 1 had a resounding win at Starbeck, Rebecca Hill
THE two biggest clubs in the Tyke Petroleum Men's Tennis League faced off at Clifton Park, with the honours going to York as they beat David Lloyd in divisions one and three.York 1sts consistently edged the rubbers in a keenly-fought top-table contest
IN the ever-changing world of teaching, Huntington School deputy head Alex Quigley has published a book all about providing the confidence needed to make it in the profession. Mr Quigley is an English teacher of nearly14 years experience and director
A COUPLE who collected a lorry-load of aid for York flood victims from the people of Norfolk have been nominated for the York & District Medal. Karen Henry, of Dilham, Norfolk, originally decided to send a parcel of items after watching York's
STAFF from Aviva in York have raised £750 for the Jack Raine Foundation by completing the Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge. The team, whose efforts are being match-funded by their employer, hope that total will reach £1,000. Lewis Harrison,
YORK-based supermarket group Costcutter has reported a fall in revenues though second half performance saw a return to year-on-year growth.The Dunnington-headquartered group, which operates predominantly as a franchise business, saw revenues fall from
STUDENT dancers showed off their skills with a range of unique displays at various York landmarks.As part of York St John University's Arts Festival, dancers performed freestyle and group shows during a dance trail around the city.Performances started
A GROUP of York pupils have returned from an "eye-opening" and "life-changing" trip to South Africa. The Year 10 students from Archbishop Holgate's CE Academy spent two weeks volunteering with churches and community projects in the Anglican Diocese
OFFICERS and staff from North Yorkshire Police are set to take part in new mental health training to help them deal with vulnerable people. As part of a collaboration between the University of York, North Yorkshire Police and the College of Policing
A KNIFEWOMAN banged on her neighbours windows threatening to stab him, leaving his daughter terrified he was going to die, a court heard. Katie Bedford, 24, took the 18-centimetre kitchen knife to the home of her neighbour Charles McDonagh, after
