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  • Pickering Town's FA Vase derby win is Taylor-made

    PICKERING Town are through to the second round of the Buildbase FA Vase, thanks to an 88th-minute penalty.Lewis Taylor's spot-kick gave them a 1-0 derby victory at Bridlington Town today in front of 334 spectators.The previous day Harrogate Railway

  • CONFIRMED: York City Knights NOT in 2017 fixture list - yet

    YORK City Knights have NOT been included in the 2017 fixture list for Kingstone Press League One amid uncertainty over their future.However, as predicted by The Press last week, Rugby Football League chiefs have confirmed the door is open for them to

  • Daughter stole to help mum

    A daughter stole £3,800 from the post office where she worked to help her mother out financially when her father left the family home, York magistrates heard. Susan Sanders, prosecuting, said store manager Joyce Zhao set a CCTV trap when she realised

  • Protest at power plant

    CLIMATE change groups opposed to Drax Power Station burning coal and wood have staged a mass protest outside the plant. Around 60 people from groups including Biofuelwatch and Coal Action Network are against the site’s use of fuels, which they

  • New petition calls for the Dean of York Minster to be sacked

    A PETITION calling for the Dean of York Minster to be sacked has been signed by almost 300 people. Supporters of the former bell ringers who were stripped of their prestigious duties on health and safety grounds have set up the online campaign

  • York toy shop opens doors in time for half term holidays

    A TOY shop has opened its doors in York just as every child is considering what to put on their wish list to Santa. With the Christmas shopping season upon us, the timing could not have been better for the Toymaster shop, in Market Street, to meet

  • Massive pumpkin is true giant

    GIANT pumpkin growers displayed their prized fruit to York Maze for the North of England heat of the International Giant Pumpkin Competition. The giant Hallowe’en symbols were also used as part of a carving competition at the York attraction, which

  • Green is the colour as 'Houses snatch point in thriller

    THE match of the day in the York Minster Engineering League premier division was an end-to-end thriller between Sporting Knavesmire and Dringhouses. Andrew Simpson and Danny Owers scored early goals for Knavesmire but determined Dringhouses battled back

  • Car catches fire after crash, 3 taken to hospital

    FIRE fighters have put out a car fire after a crash near Malton. Crews from Malton and Huntington were called to Mains Lane, Whitwell on the Hill, at 12.50am on Sunday when the hatchback carrying three people lost control and burst into flames.

  • Have you seen these people?

    POLICE have appealed to the public to help find these three people. - Gavin Karl Rutherford, 23, from Clifton, is wanted in connection with public order offences and an assault. - Laura Jane Docking, 30, has connections across York and is wanted

  • Public schoolboy exchanged naked phone photos with girl, 14

    A PUBLIC school sixth former from East Yorkshire exchanged a series of “obscene” messages with a 14-year-old girl over a period of more than four months, a court heard. Their exchanges also involved them sending intimate pictures of each other

  • York in the 1980s: 148 photos

    This gallery proved really popular when it was first published. So we have gone back to our archives, and added yet more. Here are 148 photos of 1980s York. Scroll through the pictures above. Enjoy!