BRIMHAM Rocks boosted his sales value when winning the £100,000 Unibet Handicap at York Racecourse this afternoon.Richard Kingscote was wise to the fact the pace was red hot on the front end and came with a race-winning run on the inside with over a furlong
TWO "ruthless" cowboy roofers preyed on the elderly and vulnerable and persuaded them to hand over cash, a court heard.The fraudsters' victims were aged 86 and 70, said Richard Bennett, prosecuting at York Crown Court.Conmen Michael Henry
TRIBUTES have been paid to one of Ryedale’s unsung heroes.Ruth Hardy, died on Saturday, September 30, aged 51, following a battle with cancer.Chris Newsam, one of Ruth’s friends, said: “Many in Malton and Norton knew Ruth in her many and various roles
FAMILY-OWNED spice specialists Rafi’s Spicebox has scooped a prestigious award.The business, which has a shop in York’s Goodramgate, was awarded best independent retailer at the 2017 Observer Food Monthly Awards. Co-owner Lee Fernandez said: “We’ve always
AUTUMN in the garden can be a time for reflecting on the successes and failures in the plant world. A surprise for us in the garden this year has been the sweet peas. We plant them annually and they always produce a good show. This year they flourished
CROWDS gathered for day one of York’s final meeting of the year which was worth a record £465,000.Racegoers of all ages, including a group of students from York High School, enjoyed the warm weather and racing action as York Racecourse hosted its final
A NEW community association has been formed for the Walmgate area of York - with members’ number one priority being to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour.The Walmgate Community Association was launched at a meeting on Thursday evening at the Indigo
HERE in York, all the talk in the rock world is of Shed Seven's imminent return with their first album in 16 years. Just as the Sheds were once mocked by Noel Gallagher but now share a BBC Radio 2 studio yesterday morning with Les Zeppelin's Robert
YORK City’s new chief scout Harry Dunn will be assigned with running the rule over potential signings and assessing forthcoming opponents. Dunn, 64, will head up a national network of scouts for City, having fulfilled the same role for new Bootham
TICKETS are on sale for a Diwali celebration which will be held in York next weekend. The event, in its 10th year, will be at Temple Hall, York St John University on Saturday, October 21 from 4pm-8pm. Organised by the Hindu faith advisers of
RATTLE Snake is an unflinching new play based on the real-life stories of women who have faced and survived coercive control in domestic abuse. "Imagine a life where you live with your doors and windows locked, one where you can’t breathe the air
A YORK charity fighting antibiotic resistance has called on the Government to work with the pharmaceutical industry, medical researchers and academics to prevent deaths. Antibiotic resistant infections are predicted to lead to 10 million deaths per year
REASONS to be tearful can be found in Zinnie Harris's (The Fall Of) The Master Builder downstairs in The Quarry but sex and drugs and rock and roll and much more besides are all Reasons To Be Cheerful in The Courtyard. Graeae, the company that
FAMILIES will be urged to make the most of their leftover pumpkins this Halloween by turning them into meals.More than a quarter of all Halloween pumpkins end up in landfill – that’s 18,000 tonnes of food – and many more go straight into the compost bin
YORK City youth-team keeper Ryan Whitley went back to his roots to coach young players at his former club. The 17-year-old who signed a two-year professional deal at Bootham Crescent in August returned to Fulford FC to train the U9s squad.
POLICE have cordoned off a home in Barlby after a man died suddenly in the early hours of this morning. Officers were called to Derwent Drive by Yorkshire Ambulance Service at 1.50am and have put a protective white tent in place while they examine
IT could be snowing in Yorkshire’s favourite street this Christmas - regardless of the weather. In a bid to bring some festive cheer this year, Shambles Area Traders’ Association is hoping to fundraise money to buy artificial snow machines.
THE University of York Women’s Football teams opened their British University and Colleges Sport campaigns in contrasting styles.In BUCS Football Northern 1A, the first team lost 4-1 at Northumbria University II.The hosts took an early lead through a
YORK City’s new loan signing Bailey Peacock-Farrell is hoping his temporary switch to Bootham Crescent can help win him a place at this summer’s World Cup! Peacock-Farrell, who has one Championship appearance under his belt for parent club Leeds
Russell Brand’s Re:Birth tour, York Barbican, ThursdayStriding onto stage with his signature charismatic grin, in his trademark leather trousers and black t-shirt, Russell Brand was met with laughter and adulation as his new tour Re:Birth came to York.Fatherhood
YORK and District Table Tennis division one leaders York RI 'B' won 6-4 at home to Coneysthorpe ‘B’ to maintain their 100 per cent record, with Andy Fletcher playing the starring role.Coneysthorpe ‘A’ lost 7-3 at home to York RI ‘A’, despite Martin
TONIGHT the Georgian Theatre in Richmond will play host to the second of six performances of a new play where three men in the audience are cheered even louder than the cast of six. Those men are the last three remaining York Normandy Veterans,
YORK City keeper Jon Worsnop is switching to a coaching role at Bootham Crescent, but will still be called upon in a playing emergency. New boss Martin Gray is poised to hand Leeds United shot-stopper Bailey Peacock-Farrell his City debut at Leamington
A MURDER is announced and will take place on Friday, October the thirteenth, at little Paddocks – at six-thirty pm, the newspaper advert reads. In reality, A Murder Is Announced will take place from Tuesday, October the seventeenth until Saturday
CYCLISTS in York are being urged to "light up and be seen" as winter approaches.The city council is reminding cyclists to be prepared for the clocks going back at the end of the month.Cyclists at the University of York, York St John University
SCHOOLS in York are being urged to enter a nationwide science competition with £45,000 worth of prizes up for grabs.Shell have called for schools across Yorkshire and Humber to enter The Bright Ideas Challenge, its national schools’ science competition
POLICE are urging witnesses to come forward after a 15-year-old boy had his mobile phone taken from him. The robbery happened in Poplar Grove, Harrogate, at 9.15pm on Wednesday. Police said it involved two men, one described as a white man
POLICE want to trace a group of people who allegedly left a restaurant in York city centre without paying for food and drinks. It happened at Masala Craft Indian Restaurant, in King Street, at 11.15pm on October 7 and involved a group of eight
THE FURRY face of Selby District Council’s anti-dog fouling pledge - Paws and Pick it Up - has been chosen. Husky ‘Lola’ received more than 420 votes in the final of the council’s competition, which started in July when the authority’s Don’t be a Waster
IT is hard to understand the kind of mentality that makes some people think it is OK to just dump their unwanted rubbish. Fly-tipping is a scourge. It blights neighbourhoods, and ruins pristine countryside. And it’s all because those responsible
YORK’S a beautiful city. But getting around it on foot isn’t always as easy - or as enjoyable - as it should be. Have you ever tried walking into the city centre from the railway station? Or walking up beside the Foss Basin, coming out onto Tower Street
POLICE negotiators have successfully talked a man down from a York rooftop after a six and a half hour stand off. North Yorkshire Police said it was called to the incident in The Werkdyke, off Aldwark, just before 8am today, but have now taken
A NORTH Yorkshire spa is being named the best in the UK just five months after it opened.Rudding Park, near Harrogate, has been ranked as the best spa hotel in the UK in the new edition of The 2017 Sunday Times Best Places to Stay, to be published this
ST George’s Old Boy’s Association will be holding their annual reunion on Friday, November 3, at our usual venue, Tramways Working Men’s Club, from 7.30pm. There will be a buffet and raffle and, as always, donations to the raffle will be welcome
FORMER York City favourite David McGurk believes old Bootham Crescent team-mate Michael Coulson will be the biggest obstacle as Hyde United hope to reach the first round proper of the FA Cup at Scarborough Athletic.McGurk is now assistant manager to fellow
SOMETIMES one wonders at the reasoning behind politics be it local or national. At present we have the Labour Party baying for the resignation of the Prime Minister and saying they are ready for power. Just take a look at their latest newsletter
NATIONAL figures from the Department for Education show that 6,685 pupils were permanently excluded from schools in 2015/16, marking a 40 per cent increase over the past three years. A study by the Institute for Public Policy Research thinktank
From our archives: 85 years ago A pitched battle in which sticks, staves and a sporting gun were used had its day in court. Easingwold Police recalled the remarkable story of how a gang of nine York youths, who had been gathering
SHOT-SHY Leamington are hoping last weekend’s 3-2 win at National League North title favourites Salford has helped them find their scoring boots, ahead of a home clash with York City tomorrow.Only bottom-of-the-table North Ferriby, with seven goals, have
THE Government’s new education funding formula leaves York in the unenviable position of being placed bottom of the national pile when it comes to average per pupil funding. The fact that York schools, on average, received an increase and moved
A FIRE is believed to have been started deliberately in a shop doorway in York city centre this morning. Fire crews were called to the scene in High Ousegate at about 4.55am and put out the flames outside the Ann Summer shop. A spokesman for
GOLD Star can bring up his hat-trick in the Unibet Handicap at York this afternoon.He impressed with a bloodless three-and-three-quarter-length win at Wolverhampton last time, assuming control inside the distance in a 12-furlong heat and there is no reason
A YORK MP has accused Government ministers of “intransigence” over the Yorkshire devolution debate.Rachael Maskell, Labour MP for York Central, has called for “grown-up” talks, and she has warned that the region is seriously lagging behind areas like
AN annual review of the nation’s legal sector has seen eight law firms with offices in York ranked among the best in the region.In its review of the Yorkshire market, this year’s Legal 500 cited Leeds as being the region’s “epicentre”, though said firms
FASTPACK Ltd York Sunday Morning League side Bishopthorpe travelled to the interestingly-named Drop Trou Boxershorts for their North Riding County Cup clash.And a high-scoring encounter eventually saw Bishopthorpe take the victory 8-4, and proceed to
SELBY Town manager Christian Fox has promised that his side will continue playing to win and entertain.His side currently occupy sixth spot in the Northern Counties East League division one, but have the second-best goalscoring record in the league, after
DERRICK Dennington - one of the biggest points scorers in Pocklington's history, and one of the rugby club's most loyal supporters - has died at the age of 74.Never missing a match, despite his reduced mobility following a severe stroke a few
A FORMER city council care home is set to be sold off to student housing developers in a multi-million pound deal. Empiric PLC wants to build a new 126 bedroomed student housing block on the site of Willow House, close to Walmgate Bar, and the
HUNDREDS of people living in North Yorkshire have either sought help to stop viewing sexual images of children online or tried to get support for a loved one. The Stop it Now! Get Help website was visited four hundred and ninety three times from
ONE hundred and forty houses - including social rented homes and bungalows for older people - are to be built on the site of an old York school. City Council bosses have revealed their firm proposals for Lowfield Green - the Acomb site that was
NORTH Yorkshire has been ranked first in the region - and is within the top 15 per cent of local authorities nationally - for the GCSE results at its schools.The provisional figures, published yesterday by the Department for Education, were described
RADICAL proposals to improve traffic flow in York include scrapping the Fishergate Gyratory, closing Micklegate Bar to outbound traffic, diverting cars away from Bishopthorpe Road - and giving a greater priority to pedestrians. The proposals are
THE closure of York's Inner Ring Road has been put back to tonight after sewer repair work took longer than expected. The inbound carriageway of Fishergate was due to shut completely at 9pm last night, with traffic diverted along Foss Islands Road
