THE TEAM behind an East Yorkshire beef business is celebrating after winning an award for its ribeye steak. The Yorkshire Wagyu Company, in Driffield, won the Best Meat Category in the third combined East Yorkshire Local Food Network and Beverley
A YORKSHIRE publisher is celebrating 70 years of publishing books. The Story of the Pennine Walls was the first venture into the world of books by Dalesman Publishing, publishers of the Dalesman magazine. The company has gone on to produce
A BAR in York city centre will reopen on Friday following a £380,000 refurbishment. The Slug and Lettuce in Low Ousegate has been overhauled, to include new cocktail masterclass stations. Bosses at the bar chain say ten new jobs have been created
I was sad to hear that York City Knights RL Club cannot be promoted because they can’t get a settled venue for their home games. The Knights have represented York magnificently in their efforts to rise up the leagues without any satisfactory support
“VIDEO recording is strictly prohibited”, we’re told before the show begins. It’s a (not so) subtle reminder of the show that welcomed ballroom dancing into the living rooms of many people who might never have seen dance before. Keep Dancing sparkles
THE lawyer who prosecuted the Great Heck train crash trial will be the most senior judge in North-East England and Yorkshire from January 1. Mr Justice Goss, now a High Court judge in the Queen’s Bench Division, will be the presiding judge of the
A SCHOOL boy has gone back to class after he suffered a minor head injury when he was hit by a car in York. North Yorkshire Police said the 11-year-old was struck by a Mini in Tang Hall Lane at 3.45pm on Tuesday. He suffered a head injury and
A MARCH will mark the first anniversary of the closure of Bootham Park Hospital - and push to keep mental health services in the heart of York. The ‘Walk back to Bootham’ march will gather at the Minster at 6pm on Friday, before heading to Bootham
MORE than a dozen North Yorkshire Police officers took to the streets of York in a day-long operation to trace wanted people. Operation Surestart was aimed at locating offenders who were known to and wanted by police, but had failed to answer bail
The owners of a North Yorkshire home for the elderly have been fined £1.6 million for the “systematic and systemic” failures that led to a 91-year-old grandmother freezing to death in their care. The Honorary Recorder of York, Judge Paul Batty
MORE than 15,000 homes and businesses were flooded in areas across northern England in last year’s devastating storms, new analysis shows. Councils are still helping flood-hit homes recover from the disruption caused last winter as storms Desmond
REDUCING the impact on the environment and providing jobs for local people were among the key factors behind a decision to extend an NHS waste management contract. Waste management and recycling company Yorwaste has won a two-year contract extension
A SUPER-FIT mum will complete a 569-mile journey on bike and foot when she crosses the finish line of the Yorkshire Marathon this weekend. When Carol Smith picks up her finisher’s medal she will round off a mammoth challenge she started back in
VOTING is under way for the 2016 North Yorkshire Police Public Choice Awards. The awards celebrate the work of officers who have gone above and beyond the call of duty in order to serve the public. This year’s nominees include the teams who dealt
The countdown to Christmas has begun at York Minster, with its Christmas carol concert tickets now on sale. Nearly half the tickets for last year’s concerts were sold on the first day of sales with the prized seats at the front of the nave completely
BUSINESSES are being encouraged to learn more about the benefits of corporate social responsibility at an event hosted by Langleys Solicitors and Handelsbanken.Speakers include Steve Burkeman, trustee of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation; Chris Leech, community
CHRIS GEE first visited York as a Salford schoolboy in the 1980s. His local authority chartered a train to take schoolchildren across the Pennines for a day out in the Yorkshire capital. "I can still recall details from that day trip," he writes
THESE will be anxious times for the elderly residents of Willow House, off Walmgate. The council-run care home is the fifth to be targeted for closure in the city council’s ongoing shake-up of care provision. Eight of the authority’s nine care
OUR latest nostalgia gallery looks at Davygate in York city-centre. Browse the photos above. The first five photos are from the late Hugh Murray's collection. The remainder are all from our own archives.
The swans have done well again on the Foss. The pair have reared seven cygnets to adult size (six last year) and with the biggest danger to them being discarded fishing tackle swallowed as they graze the weeds in the river bed they have been lucky
Threat to children greater than ever It has never been easy being a parent in any generation, but I do not envy parents of young children in today’s technological age. The case of pervert Darren Simpson (The Press, September 27) is appalling. How easy
DIGITAL marketing agencies WMG and Ingenuity Digital, divisions of the IDHL Group, have expanded in Harrogate and taken on a larger office space at Central House. IDHL is a fast-growing digital group, targeting £10.5 million in revenues and £3 million
I have recently joined with my neighbours to stop Holgate Community Garden being destroyed to make way for a road to service the proposed York Central development. So I was interested to read the assurance given by City and Environmental Services Director
THE expansion of a legal firm means that an office building in the centre of York is now fully occupied.Pryers Solicitors LLP, which already occupies space on the ground floor at Quartz Point, has signed a new ten-year lease for an additional 2,500 sq
AGE is no barrier when it comes to rallying it seems as septuagenarians take on teenagers at the Trackrod Rally Yorkshire over the classic North York Moors stages this weekend.As reported by the Gazette, none other than 1984 world champion Stig Blomqvist
THE Russian State Opera return to York Barbican tonight and the Scarborough Spa Grand Hall tomorrow with Georges Bizet's Carmen. The North Yorkshire audiences are invited to feel the thrill and passion of love, jealousy and violence of 19th century
A CAR crashed in North Yorkshire this morning, with the driving claiming he lost control after braking hard to avoid a fox. The car came off the A168 in Walshford, between Harrogate and York, and crashed at about 4.15am. The driver was not
THE world’s leading cable cleat manufacturer, Ellis, has handed Tony Conroy a global sales remit.Mr Conroy, who joined the Rillington-based company in 2001, was appointed export sales director in 2012, and has now been promoted to the newly created role
SQUATTERS have set up new home yards from a property they have been ordered to leave. A group moved into the former That’s Entertainment shop, in Coppergate, at the end of August, but a County Court ruling to evict them was made two weeks ago.
THE head teacher of a school involved in two misconduct cases has sought to reassure parents. Christopher Stephenson, 32, was head of maths at Fulford School until recently, and was jailed on Monday over a sexual relationship with a girl at a previous
GORING should not be discounted when he takes an intriguing descent in class at Salisbury.The four-year-old hardly looks a handicap snip but did enough at Ayr last time to warrant support as today's nap selection in the Alford Investments Ltd Handicap.Eve
A MOTORIST was taken to hospital after a crash between a car and a stationary van in East Yorkshire. The collision, involving a blue Peugeot 207 and a Mercedes Sprinter van, happened in Selby Road, Holme-on-Spalding Moor, at about 10.30pm last
A MOTORIST has been arrested on suspicion of drug driving and for possessing cannabis and a knife in public. A 25-year-old man in a vehicle was spoken to by a PCSO in Whitewall, Norton, near Malton, at 11.30pm last night. He was subsequently
LAST season’s York Conservative Clubs Carlsberg UK Snooker League champions Acomb 'A' continue to find the going tougher this term.The title holders suffered a 5-2 defeat at Bootham, with Rob Barron getting the hosts off to a flier after compiling
with Alastair Byrne of JWP CreersTHOUSANDS of non-UK domiciliaries could face a steep hike in tax payments owing to HMRC without careful planning, ahead of reforms set to be introduced on April 6, 2017.They will apply to non-domiciles who have been resident
JASON Gillespie says Yorkshire's top-order batting must improve as they bid to regain the Specsavers County Championship title next summer.The White Rose county failed to make it three championships in a row last week when they suffered a third defeat
OUR nostalgia series on local schools takes us this week to Lady Lumley's School in Pickering. We have 407 photos. You can scroll through them above. For galleries from 28 other local schools, see this list.
CITY of York Ladies recovered from a 4-0 half-time deficit to go within one goal of earning a point at home to opening Northern Premier League opponents Durham University II.New coach Paul Evans gave debuts to Hannah Smith, Frances Livera, Phil Jalland
omom TOM FEASBY’S goal could not prevent City of York losing their opening North Hockey Men’s League premier division fixture 2-1 at home to Bowdon seconds.The hosts enjoyed a promising start under new head coach Simon Law at the University of York with
A TEAM from City of York Council’s Register Office has raised £5,000 for York Hospital’s Special Care Baby Unit. The money has been raised thanks to new parents in the city, as they are asked to donate £2 for a folder in which to keep their new
HOT on the heels of Great Britain’s Paralympic success, York Goalball club are taking part in a national drive to involve more sighted people in the sport as players and officials. From the end of September and throughout October, clubs across the country
FROM time immemorial people have gathered around a campfire to share stories; the fascination of the flickering flames amid the enveloping darkness and the whiff of wood smoke may have been critical factors in the evolution of human creativity.Now York
SHOPPERS who know their cunning plans from their geofizz will have the chance to meet a knight of the realm when Sir Tony Robinson visits Monks Cross Shopping Park. The actor turned television presenter who played Baldrick in the BBC comedy series
A NORTH Yorkshire man has been banned from keeping animals for life, after badly beating a dog just days after rehoming it. Stanley Thomas Collins, of Seamer Road, Scarborough, was charged with causing unnecessary suffering to Charlie, a Staffordshire
A DRINK driver who drove down narrow country lanes at speeds reaching 80 mph has been jailed and banned from the roads for five-and-a-half years. Joshua Richardson, 24, had already served one driving ban for drink driving when he left a pub near
A DOORMAN at Yorkshire’s only five-star hotel, has been honoured with an award.Wayne Brady is a doorman at The Grand Hotel & Spa in York, and was named Splendid Family Member of the Year this week, out of employees at all 20 of the hotel chain’s venues.Judges
A FUNERAL director is using a therapy dog to make the process of arranging a funeral more relaxed and stress-free for its bereaved clients. Barney, a friendly and loving Cockapoo, is proving a popular addition to the team at the family-run Rowley
A CAMPAIGNER calling for a public inquiry into alleged abuse at a children's home has come to York to gather support. Darren Furness says he was a victim of abuse while at St William’s Care Home in 1985 and 1986 and has spent the last 30 years
THIS month has seen a string of successes for one of North Yorkshire Police's newest teams. The Rural Policing Taskforce was launched earlier this year, and is the largest unit of its kind, dedicated to tackling rural crime in England. So far
PEOPLE in York are more satisfied but also more anxious about their lives than most other Brits, new data shows. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published data about personal well being, and broken it down by area. The figures
SCHOOL children have been left without a bus to school after the company running them closed. Tower Travel, of Askham Bryan, told parents of St Aidan’s and St John Fisher Catholic High School, both in Harrogate, they were no longer able to continue
REALITY television star Millie Mackintosh has visited the Designer Outlet to promote the opening of a new 'pop up' shop at the centre. American brand Brooks Brothers is stationing a shop in a truck at the centre until October 9, which will specifically
IT’S a time for people to inspire, grow and celebrate.York Business Week is set to brighten up the darkening days of November with a series of enlightening events - and the organisers are keen for others to join in.Running from November 14 to 18, it will
A YORK restaurant has been awarded the three AA Rosette Award for Culinary Excellence. Hudson’s restaurant at The Grand Hotel & Spa, already had two AA Rosettes, but was awarded its new status at a ceremony in London on Monday, which takes
A DRIVER with an “attitude problem” towards a police community support officer has been jailed for using his vehicle as a weapon. Paul Alan Chilton, 59, drove at her when he was banned from the roads, a jury at York Crown Court heard. Some days
NEIGHBOURS have spoken of their anger after a Government official gave Sainsbury's permission for evening deliveries at a new store near their homes. A planning inspector has over-ruled City of York Council and given the supermarket permission
CALLS are being made for more volunteers to help run libraries in the area.Both Pickering and Norton libraries are hosting special volunteer sessions this week in a bid to encourage people to get involved with managing the facilities.Under proposals put
A SOLDIER who abused a young girl after pretending to be a zombie and a murderer is today behind bars. Dean Whittaker, 19, sexually abused the girl of primary school age by using children’s games in which he played a zombie and a murderer in a
THE owner of a rescue dog that was seriously injured by a dog whose owners have been jailed has welcomed the sentence and thank those who helped authorities investigate. Joan Byron was visiting York with her son Stuart, 32, and their eight-year-old
A DRINKER who fractured another drinker’s jaw with a single punch has been ordered to pay the victim £500 compensation. Andrew Gamble, 38, and the victim were strangers to each other, said Louise Pryke, prosecuting. They were with separate
A COMMUNITY club in North Yorkshire will receive a royal visit. Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, will visit the Chain Lane Community Hub and The Wilf Ward Family Trust’s new development, Sherburn House, on Wednesday, October 12. The community
