A TEACHER who struck up a relationship with a pupil at the school where he taught has been banned from the profession for life. David Archer, 60, worked at Fulford School from 2007 to 2014, as head of curriculum for social sciences. The school
YORK City’s win-less away run was stretched to a 28th game following a 2-0 defeat at in-form Barrow. The Minstermen sussumbed to two second-half goals in six first-half minutes with home skipper Danny Livesey opening the scoring before City centre-half
A MAJOR overhaul is on the way for older people’s care in York, as council bosses try to save more than a million pounds from their stretched budgets. Residents will be encouraged to manage their own care for longer and offered council support
TWO men are being questioned by police in connection with a violent incident in Selby, which left a man and woman in hospital. The incident was reported to North Yorkshire Police at 5.16am on Saturday by Yorkshire Ambulance Service. Following
FIREFIGHTERS tackled a blaze in an industrial building in North Yorkshire last night. Four fire crews were called to the fire in Ings Lane, Kirkbymoorside, Ryedale, shortly after 11.30pm. The firefighters used one hose reel and six breathing
A CAR overturned after a four-vehicle crash on the A64 this morning. The collision happened at about 10.30am on the westbound carriageway near Tadcaster. It involved a blue Ford Fiesta, which overturned, a grey Nissan X-Trail, a white Vauxhall
ANOTHER York primary school looks set to go down the route of opting out of local authority control and becoming an academy. Clifton with Rawcliffe (CwR) is consulting parents about becoming an academy and joining Pathfinder Multi Academy Trust
ONE of the biggest arts events in York will return next month. The eleventh Illuminating York, supported by Arts Council England, runs between October 26 and 29, and will include seven newly-commissioned artworks around the city’s streets.
YORK will soon welcome the first new traditional butcher's shop within the city walls since the closure of Shambles Butchers four years ago. Independent pork butchers Appleton’s are to open a new shop in Lendal in mid-October. Established in
FORGET all that’s gone on off the field and focus on performing with pride against the odds on it. That was effectively the message from assistant-coach Chris Spurr as a threadbare York City Knights face a hiding to nothing against big guns Toulouse
A MAN who rescued a woman from a fast-flowing river has been nominated for an award. Mike and Tracey Edwards, off-duty paramedics, were walking their dogs along the River Derwent in Stamford Bridge when they heard someone cry for help. Mr Edwards
SKIPPER Simon Heslop has insisted history counts for nothing as York City aim to win at Barrow for the first time in six attempts since 1971.Heslop also lost with two clubs Torquay (4-0) and Wrexham (2-0) at Holker Street last term, while no National
THIS column has always been a fan of rustic red wine - lovely stuff that can sloshes around jugs on tables, drank freely whatever the weather.Well, Majestic has recently launched one such wine, the first in its stock to be made from the traditionally
IT seems York City Knights will not be holding an end-of-season awards ceremony this year, presumably a knock-on effect of the off-field crisis enveloping the club and the uncertainty around it's future.Either way, it's not good.The annual event
FREE agent Stephane Zubar has admitted he would love to rejoin York City for a third spell at Bootham Crescent, but does not feel now is the right time.The Guadeloupe international is currently playing on a non-contract basis for Weymouth having dropped
YORK CITY Knights' coach James Ford is demanding changes from the Rugby Football League after travelling to France for today's Kingstone Press League One play-off semi-final against Toulouse Olympique with only 13 players.Ford is furious that
AN EXTRA bus service has been added to a bus route in York following public demand. From Sunday, the First York 6 service from Clifton Moor will receive an extra bus, the company has confirmed. Additional buses will also be offered during the
MUCH-LOVED York actor Martin Barrass is continuing to improve from serious injuries he suffered in a motorbike crash. Mr Barrass, who appeared in Emmerdale in the 1980s and has been a fixture in York Theatre Royal’s pantomime for decades, spent
TWO competition winners met their pop idol before he wowed crowds in York. Friends Becky Farrell and Margaret Groom were invited to meet Ronan Keating after they correctly guessed St Leonard’s Hospice’s daily running costs of £13,000. The pair
A SCHOOL bus was taken off the roads after an inspection found it to be unsafe. Police officers pulled the double-decker over in Bramham after it dropped children off at Tadcaster Grammar School on Thursday and a spot check revealed defects.
THE equipment is in, the decorating is almost finished, and Alan and Andy are raring to go. Now, it's down to business. Barring any unforeseen late hiccups, production at York's newest brewery will begin on Wednesday. Ainsty Ales is a familiar
SMOKERS in York and across the region are being urged to take part in Stoptober. Public Health England said the mass quitting challenge - which starts on October 1 - has driven almost a million quit attempts to date. It is based on research which
CITY council bosses have denied claims they had already decided to bulldoze a community garden to make way for a new road, before talking to people in the area. Holgate Community Garden, near Chancery Rise, lies in the path of a proposed new access
A GIFTED student lost his accountancy career and his freedom because he kicked another man in the head in late-night city centre violence. Brian Koroma “saw red” and behaved as if he was kicking a football in the scrimmage on Parliament Street
GREEN campaigners want city planners to abandon suburban sprawl in favour of a whole new town in the countryside around York. The city’s environment forum has spoken out against the most recent draft of the Local Plan, which sets out housing and
SOCIAL care bosses are reviewing their services in York, to try to balance their books. The health and adult social care department at City of York Council predicts a 2016/17 overspend of £2 million and a report looks at ways to reduce it.
BARNSLEY folk nightingale Kate Rusby will release her 14th studio album, Life In A Paper Boat, on the Pure Records label on October 7. "I am so super excited about it, I can’t wait for you all to hear it," says Kate, who will showcase her new songs
YORK Theatre Royal and Pilot Theatre are to mount their third large-scale community production next June. Performed by a cast of community volunteer actors, Bridget Foreman's play will tell the largely unknown story of York’s suffragette movement
BEN Norris, the UK All Star Poetry Slam champion, visits the York Theatre Royal Studio on Wednesday with The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Family, his debut solo show. “Everyone’s dad exists as a kind of statue, frozen in a certain pose," says Norris
