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PLANNERS have unanimously approved a decontamination scheme for York’s former British Sugar site, giving a major boost to plans to build 1,100 new homes. City of York Council planning committee members sought and received safety assurances today

THIS year marks the 50th anniversary of the Leeds West Indian Carnival, the northern answer to the Notting Hill Carnival that locals will tell you is better than the southern summer street gathering. West Yorkshire Playhouse, where Geraldine Connor

YORKSHIRE face a huge day tomorrow in their bid to avoid Specsavers County Championship relegation having been made to follow on by Surrey at the Kia Oval. Defeat on day four could see the White Rose slip into the Division One’s bottom two places

A SPONSORED dog walk has raised vital funds for York’s St Leonard’s Hospice.A total of 140 dogs and their owners took part in the hospice’s annual Paws for a Cause fundraiser at the University of York Heslington East campus to raise money for patient

NOMINATIONS are now open for York’s outstanding apprentices and employers of apprentices.Led by City of York Council and The Guilds of York and training providers, the annual York Graduation and Awards Ceremony recognises the city’s best apprentices and

HOTEL staff are hosting a coffee morning to raise money for a cancer charity.Guests and visitors to the Dean Court Hotel, in Duncombe Place, York, will be asked to make a small donation to Macmillan Cancer Care during the World’s Largest Coffee Morning

MY TIME with the Yorkshire Academy has come to an end and next year I will be playing my league cricket on a Saturday for my home club Sheriff Hutton Bridge.It's been a long stint with the Academy, something I've loved and believe has been very

AN ACOMB Village Forum is launching for the area, and the first meeting has been arranged for Thursday, September 28 at 6pm.Anyone interested in Acomb’s character is invited to attend, and the meeting at Acomb library include information from City of

PLACES are still available to join manager Gary Mills and past-and-present players at York City’s Official Golf Day on Monday, October 9.The event will be hosted at Forest Park Golf Club in Stockton-on-the-Forest with registration taking place between

A MAN was spat on by a cyclist as he walked along a cycle path in Tang Hall.Police are appealing for witnesses about the assault on the path between Fifth Avenue and James Street. It happened at around 5pm on Monday, July 10, when the victim, an individual

YORK’S Little Festival of Live Music is in the running for a fistful of honours in the 2017 Yorkshire Gig Guide Awards. The award organisers have announced their top five nominees in each category and Ellen Cole's York festival had made the list

DOZENS of local residents have objected to plans for new homes on a wooded hillside in York.Yorkshire Housing Association has said previously that its scheme for 43 homes at Severus Hill, off Bouthwaite Drive, Acomb, will help tackle the city’s housing

YORKSHIRE must reach 443 if they are to avoid having to follow-on against Surrey at The Oval – and they reached tea on day three on 375-8 from 116 oversThe White Rose county advanced from 290-4 at lunch, scoring 85 runs in the session.They lost Jack Leaning

IAN Reddington, one of only two actors to star in both EastEnders and Coronation Street, will play the title role in Son Of A Preacher Man, on tour at the Grand Opera House, York, from October 3 to 7. The Sheffield actor, who turns 60 during the

DAVID Ford is on the charge once more with his fifth studio album on the way and a tour that finds the Eastbourne singer-songwriter changing his performance mode again. After his shows earlier this year with The Magic Numbers' Michele Stodart and

A TEENAGE boy has been arrested after an Audi TT was stolen in Humberside.North Yorkshire Police said they received reports of the vehicle travelling in the area on false number plates on Wednesday, September 13.The silver Audi had been stolen from a

THE National have come a long way in their 16 years as a band both sonically and physically. The Ohio-born, Brooklyn-based dive bar specialists, now Grammy-nominated festival headliners, have members living as far from the USA as Copenhagen. Any

JON Parkin is ready to make more FA Cup memories and is in no mood for this season to be his last in the competition. The 35-year-old York City forward has played against the likes of a Liverpool team boasting Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso and Javier

HERE comes the latest chance to win a family ticket – four seats in total – to this winter’s pantomime, Beauty And The Beast, at the Grand Opera House, York. All you have to do is be the first to find the golden rose hidden in a budding location

A GROUP of deaf people from all over the UK enjoyed a sightseeing cruise along the River Ouse.City Cruises York hosted a group of 35 deaf passengers on Saturday.The team arranged for British sign language interpreter, Matt Dixon, to receive a copy of

USUALLY within eight months of starting a band, they are on their third drummer, fourth name, fifth rehearsal, and come nowhere near to playing in anger, but not York newcomers The Receivers. Where many new bands learn a few Kings Of Leon covers

SIR Alan Ayckbourn's gala celebration of his 60 years with the Stephen Joseph Theatre Company continues with the second evening of A Brief History Of Plays on Sunday at the SJT in Scarborough. The 78-year-old playwright, director and former SJT

PETER Duncan, the former Blue Peter and Duncan Dares presenter, returns to the York Theatre Royal stage to lead the company in the first week of the autumn tour of Million Dollar Quartet from Tuesday to Saturday. Duncan, who appeared in The Original

AN Evening With Pam Ayres at York Theatre Royal tomorrow night (September 15) will involve a combination of the old and the new from the doyenne of observers of the absurd details of everyday life. "What happens is I look at what I did the last

A SURVIVOR from a golden age of Sixties and early Seventies' folk, Martin Simpson has been quietly prolific. Trails And Tribulations is customarily plush in production, beautifully recorded. While there is no sense of going over the ledge, Simpson

RYAN Adams calls Phoenix, Arizona country discovery Courtney Marie Andrews "a phenomenal songwriter"; Damien Jurado employs her as his lead guitarist; and she has been on the restless road from the age of 16. You may have seen her on Later...With

CITY Screen, York, is to join the 60th anniversary celebrations of York's twinning with the city of Münster with a screening of Maren Ade's delightfully quirky German comedy Toni Erdmann (15) on Monday at 5.15pm. York was one of the first cities

ADIL Rashid has not given up hope of an Ashes call-up – despite admitting it is "unlikely".The Yorkshire leg-spinner has been leapfrogged in the pecking order by Mason Crane, with the Hampshire player now likely to tour Australia as second spinner

A FLU clinic will open later this month at Helmsley Medical Centre for all registered patients.Patients aged 65 and over, pregnant women, and anyone suffering from heart disease, kidney disease, diabetes and asthma are entitled to a free flu vaccination

A CARE home has celebrated with a local cycling hero following fundraising efforts for the charity Macmillan.Jim Bumby visited Sowerby House in Thirsk after raising £3,500 with his brother-in-law Simon by cycling from Land’s End to John O’Groats in 15

OMD, or Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark as they were better known, have always had a way as much with a grandiose title as a persuasive synth tune. "The Punishment Of Luxury" is borrowed from an 1891 painting by the Italian Giovani Segantini

ACCORDING To McGee will celebrate the "elemental energy of the north" in its early-autumn exhibition, Elementals: David Baumforth and Freya Horsley, at the Tower Street gallery in York from Saturday. "It's not as enigmatic as it sounds,", says

YORK City boss Gary Mills wants to keep alive one of his three targets for the season by knocking Salford out of the FA Cup. The National League North’s two most high-profile clubs meet at Moor Lane on Saturday in the second qualifying round –

EIGHT North Yorkshire breweries have been included in this year’s edition of the Good Beer Guide for the first time.The annual publication, set up by the Campaign For Real Ale (CAMRA), is now in its 45th year, and includes 33 new Yorkshire breweries and

UNIVERSITY of York scientists believe molecules brought to earth in meteorite strikes could potentially be converted into DNA.They found that organic compounds, called amino nitriles, were able to use molecules present in interstellar ice to trigger the

FREE compost is on offer at Harewood Whin recycling centre.York residents can collect compost between 8.15am and 12pm on September 24 and October 8 and 22, but need to take their own shovels and containers to take the compost home. Only cars, pickups,

A TEENAGER with a one in a million condition is attempting to raise £75,000 for a prosthetic limb after he chose to have his left leg amputated. Jordan Teodori-Faith, 17, from Harrogate, has Proteus Syndrome, a condition characterised by overgrowth

YORKSHIRE lost Shaun Marsh, Alex Lees and Gary Ballance during the third morning against Surrey at The Oval while advancing to 290-4 from 85 overs in reply to 592.The White Rose side must reach 443 to eliminate the possibility of following-on, thus ensuring

KEEN photographers are being invited to enter a competition which could win them exhibition slots and cash prizes of up to £250.The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has launched its Photography Competition, aimed at professional and amateur photographers

YORK RI Ladies started their season in Women's National Challenge North East One with a 31-5 win over Littleborough Ladies.Littleborough provided tough opposition for a team fielding several new personnel plus others playing out of position.But RI

PROTESTORS outside the Kirby Misperton wellsite where fracking is due to take place have held a candle-lit vigil: complete with Buddhist songs and "teachings from 'first nation' origins". Around 200 demonstrators gathered at the site at dusk yesterday

A COMPANY from Selby has played a vital role in the £60m refurbishment of Meadowhall shopping centre.Evergrip, which is based in Selby, have installed a kilometre of glass reinforced plastic (GRP), as a 'service raceway structure', at the Sheffield

TWO colourful displays celebrating harvest-time and autumn will go on display at Helmsley Walled Garden this autumn.The Fruits of Autumn display, from Sunday, September 17 to Sunday, September 24, showcases the decorative fruit and vegetables and autumn

TALENTED youngsters are to be recognised with an award in memory of two young jockeys. The Bright Young Star Award, sponsored by McClarrons insurance brokers, will be presented at The Pride of Malton & Norton Awards 2017. Nominations are

FOR more than 20 years, Mogwai have pretty much owned their own style of music. Sweeping, soaring, intense melodies, few words, soundscapes that open the listener’s mind to all kinds of wanderings, but which - if we’re being honest - are pretty

A SERIES of schemes will take place in York to help the city's jobless. Employment figures released yesterday showed the UK had an all-time high employment rate of 75.3 per cent - 32.14 million people in work, an increase of 379,000 on last year

THE water levels of the River Ouse have risen following the recent heavy rain. A flood alert was issued for the Upper River Ouse, but was removed at about 10.50am today. The Ouse in York peaked at approximately two metres this morning, which

IN recent weeks the media has been full of Princess Diana. Many of those reporting would be in nappies, at primary school, or secondary school during her time. I was not a fanatical supporter of Diana but as she was a member of the Royal family

MY name’s Jenny and I am the local fundraising engagement manager at CLIC Sargent, the UK’s leading charity for children and young people with cancer, and their families. You may not know but September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month (CCAM)

THANK goodness common sense has prevailed when it comes to the suggestion for the police and fire brigade to integrate. The police and fire service have always respected each other’s roles, especially in dealing with incidents. This is even

THERE must be something in the air at the moment. For years we’ve been told there are not enough new homes being built but now almost everywhere you go seems to have one of those little yellow arrows that point you in the direction of more burgeoning

IF cyclists are to be charged a road tax as mentioned by Iris Jordan (Letters, September 4), should not pedestrians also? Robert Stevens, Bootham Crescent, York

MEMBERS of Parliament reconvened on September 5 having had a six week holiday - nice for some. They break again on September 16 until October 9 to enjoy the jollies of party conferences - nicer still. When finally at work in mid-October one

WHY, when folk who are with one of the big six energy companies are notified of impending price hikes, don’t they switch to one of the many smaller, cheaper companies? If they all did this, wouldn’t the six be in a pickle. Don’t opt for a standard

HAVING been almost mown down on a number of occasions by cyclists with blatant disregard for the “no entry” sign in Davygate, I think it’s high time that cycle registration is made mandatory with an appropriate tax fee so that culprits can be traced

SEAN ATKINSON is absolutely right to deplore the amount of rubbish in the River Foss and the careless, selfish attitudes that put it there (Letters, September 11). The route of Sean’s regular walk from Hungate Bridge to Layerthorpe looks particularly

From our archives: 85 years ago A ceremony took place at York Minster for the unveiling of the Fairfax Window, the last to be preserved in a scheme which had taken the best part of 12 years to complete. The Chapter House window had been

FOUR people, including three from the York area, have been arrested in connection with the suspected murder of a man whose body was found more than two years ago. Stephen Pollard, 58, was reported missing from his home in Wakefield on February

DUBKA failed to fire in the Ebor but a step back up in class would not be beyond her in the DFS Park Hill Stakes, the highlight of day two of the St Leger meeting at Doncaster.Sir Michael Stoute's charge looked potentially well treated in last month

STARBECK stole back into the top flight of the Tyke Petroleum Men’s Tennis League, pinching promotion from Fulford thanks to a comprehensive win at David Lloyd 2. Ryan Carrick and Simon Dickinson scored 3-29 for Beck, who still have a match left and could

NEW Earswick All Blacks ARLC take the next step on the road to a potential quadruple on Saturday - with cross-city rivals York Acorn 'A' standing in their way.All Blacks, in their first season in summer rugby, lifted the Yorkshire Men's League

YORK Acorn ARLC boss Leigh Paul-Rientoul has demanded his promotion-chasing side show more hunger again after their five-match winning run came to an abrupt end.Acorn lost 22-6 at Normanton last week and, while they have stayed fourth in National Conference

A PHONE company says York has the potential to become a "Digital Super Town". "Digital Super Towns: Unlocking the UK’s Digital Potential", a report by a former Bank of England economist which is being launched by the digital minister Matt Hancock

A FATHER fears decontamination plans for York’s former British Sugar site could expose residents to toxic chemicals. He claims a similar thing happened to his family when an old gasworks site near their home was remediated more than a decade ago

A PREDATORY paedophile is today starting 19 years in prison for sexually abusing two young children. It is the second time David Michael Rispin, 54, has been jailed for crimes against children. In 1999, he was jailed for five years for a serious