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  • Property Focus: Bishopthorpe Road, York

    SPOT ON £450,000 Bishopthorpe Road, York Period townhouse Price £450,000 Contact: Churchill Tel: 01904 646611   EVEN if it wasn’t on Bishopthorpe Road we’d want to live in this stunning, three storey period town house. But

  • Property Focus: Bell Cottage, Bishopthorpe, York

    UNDER £400,000 Bell Cottage, Bishopthorpe, York Detached cottage Price £395,000 Contact: Naish Tel: 01904 653564   YOU’LL be having déjà vu, thanks to this picture of Bell Cottage, because it appeared a couple of weeks ago

  • Paddington steals the show at The Press Family Raceday

    YORK Racecourse welcomed some smaller than usual runners yesterday, with the annual Press Family Race Day. Action on the track started at 12.50pm, with two finals in the Charles Owen Pony Racing series - before the racehorses made their way to

  • York Acorn need to bounce back from below-par display

    YORK Acorn's hopes of a top-four finish suffered a setback when they went down 22-6 at Normanton Knights – one of their main rivals.But Acorn can have no qualms about their first defeat in six Kingstone Press National Conference League Division One

  • Fire crews snap locks after fire below flats

    FIRE crews snapped locks to check everyone was out of upstairs flats when rubbish caught fire at the bottom of a stairwell in a property in Norton this afternoon. North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service said firefighters from Malton and Pickering

  • MP backing ban on letting fees for tenants

    A NORTH Yorkshire MP who is also the founder of a chain of estate agencies has backed a total ban on fees for tenants. Kevin Hollinrake, MP for Thirsk and Malton, lead a Parliamentary debate on the topic last week, and gave his backing to the move

  • Katie’s family complete Great North Run

    KATIE Rough’s family has completed the Great North Run in memory of the York schoolgirl - despite her dad Paul injuring his knee during the race. Katie’s aunt Sarah Nockels said #TeamRough crossed the finishing line together, including Katie’s

  • The Press Camera Club - 5 of your pictures

    WOULD you like to see your photographs on this page? More than 460 readers have already joined The Press Camera Club, which launched in June and brings together talented amateur photographers from across York and North and East Yorkshire to share

  • Missing woman found after rescue boat launched

    A RESCUE boat was mobilised on York's River Ouse in the search for a misssing woman this morning. North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service tweeted that the woman was subsequently found safe and well by police under an A64 flyover.

  • Have we got moos for you: fire crews rescue trapped cow

    FIREFIGHTERS have helped members of the public release a cow whose head was stuck in a tree at Little Airmyn, near Howden, this morning. An officer tweeted after this morning's rescue that the cow had been 'given suitable advice, but it's believed

  • Crash on A64 causes long delays

    A MULTI-VEHICLE crash on the A64 caused tail backs on the dual carriageway and into York earlier today. Highways England warned drivers of long delays, and urged them to approach the area with care, after the accident near the junction with the

  • Lisa braves head shave to help friend with cancer

    A FRIEND of cancer patient Dawn Watts is planning to get her hair shaved off to help fund complementary treatment at a Spanish clinic. Lisa Harrison has already raised more than £500 in sponsorship, with a target of £1,500. She said both she

  • Dunnington miss out on return to Yorkshire League North

    THE only outstanding issue on a rain-affected final day in the Hunters York & District Senior League was which side would be runners-up and therefore join champions Sessay in the Hunters ECB Yorkshire League North next season.That was resolved after Castleford

  • York City make most prolific start to a season since 1993

    YORK City have made their most prolific start to a league campaign in 24 years. First-half goals from Simon Heslop and Amari Morgan-Smith completed a 2-0 triumph for the Minstermen over former Football League foes Stockport, taking the team’s tally

  • Talk on 'The Railway That Never Was'

    THE UNTOLD story of 'the railway that never was' will be the subject of a talk at the County Record office in Northallerton later this month.The popular series of lunchtime talks is returning after its summer break, and the ill-fated Swaledale

  • Urgent appeal for missing man

    NORTH Yorkshire Police are making an urgent appeal for help finding a man who has been missing from Northallerton since Friday. Jonathan Cowels, 38, was last seen in the town at 2pm on Friday, September 8. He was riding his silver Boardman

  • Bus services start again for stranded village

    A WEEKDAY bus service is returning to Naburn tomorrow, after the closure of Utopia Coaches. City of York and North Yorkshire councils have been working together since the bus services stopped on August 22, and new services will start tomorrow,

  • York's top six indy coffee shops praised

    YORK'S top coffee shops have been revealed in a specialist guide for independent coffee shop lovers. Six of the city's top indy cafes have made the cut in The North and North Wales Indy Coffee Guide, and are being hailed as the city's best spots

  • Remember A Charity week

    THE NATIONAL Trust is urging people to consider leaving a legacy in their will, as Remember A Charity Week begins. The week starts on Tuesday, September 12, and National Trust fundraisers say a legacy in a will can make a real difference to the