POLICE in North Yorkshire have urged the public to stay safe over Halloween and Bonfire Night.Officers, along with PCSOs and special constables, will be patrolling communities, and have called on children to only trick or treat in their own neighbourhood
SEX offences in North Yorkshire increased by almost a fifth last year, and burglaries were up by almost 10 per cent.Figures released this week by the Office for National Statistics showed there were a total of 37,359 crimes in North Yorkshire during the
LISTEN to the audience before the show and listen again at the interval. Aside from pantomimes, no company rivals Kneehigh for enthusiastic chatter, such is the excitement surrounding the shows of these maverick Cornish travelling players. The
LORRY hauliers have thanked the public for helping them move a mammoth load from York to Hull in double quick time. The departure of the 27m long, 4.6m wide and 4.5m high 75-tonne cargo from Portastor Ltd in Huntington where it was built was delayed by
THERE will be 100 pieces of members' work - including paintings and cards - on show at the Selby Art Society's annual exhibition at Portholme Church, next to Morrisons, tomorrrow (Saturday, October 21). The work on show includes various media,
WORK to replace a flood-blighted bridge by a North Yorkshire industrial estate is progressing well, according to the county council.The work at Dalton, near Thirsk, started in June and a new embankment has already been completed. The contractor has left
POLICE have appealed directly to a North Yorkshire man who has been missing for more than a week.Richard Taylor was reported missing from his home in South Milford on Thursday, October 12, and North Yorkshire Police has received several responses from
A COUNCILLOR has criticised the Police and Crime Commissioner for inaction on the non-emergency phone service and failure to respond to interested parties. City of York Councillor Ashley Mason is vice chair of the North Yorkshire Police and Crime
RICHARD Bean is the Hull playwright with Royal Court and National Theatre commissions, an anarchic play to kick-start Hull's year as UK City of Culture 2017 (The Hypocrite) and a smash hit everywhere with the fierce, frenetic farce One Man, Two Guvnors
YORK City have bolstered their striking options ahead of tomorrow's National League North match at Salford City by taking Torquay United striker James Gray on a 28-day loan deal. The former Northern Ireland Under-21 international, now 25, goes
A MAN was taken to hospital after he was rescued from a flat fire.Firefighters helped the man escape the fire in Eastern Terrace, Heworth, at 6.20 on Friday morning.The fire is believed to have started on the first floor.Crews from York and Acomb were
OFFENDERS working on "Community Payback" have helped clear up and revamp allotments in York.Hempland Lane Allotments Society asked for help from Humberside, Lincolnshire and North Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company (HLNY CRC), and the
YORKSHIRE chairman Steve Denison has admitted that everyone at the club was disappointed with their performances in 2017. The 2015 County Championship winners finished just two points above relegated Middlesex in Division One, and failed to make
THE DEPARTMENT for Transport has given £3 million for a new roundabout in the East Riding.The money will pay for a new four-arm roundabout on the A164, at the Riplingham Road and Great Gutter Lane staggered crossroad junction, near Kirk Ella.The £4.26m
WILL JARVIS hit a hat-trick as York Schoolboys Under-15s got off the mark in the Yorkshire League at the third time of asking.After two defeats, York - buoyed by last week's 5-2 friendly win over Sheffield - beat Calderdale 4-3 at home, with manager
THE winners of this year's Community Pride Awards were revealed at a glitzy event at York Racecourse last night. Click here to view our gallery of pictures The winners were as follows: Spirit of Youth - Megan Harris School of the Year
WILBERFOSS Mavericks lead the way in the York & District FA Under-19s League division one after winning 9-6 in a goal fest at bottom side York Cubs.Mavericks now have 13 points from five games, while Cubs are eighth with one point from four.Cubs were
HENRY’S Gym boxers Rob Magill and Miley Imeson have reached the National ABA semi-finals after knocking out two of the favourites for their respective titles.At 75kg, Magill defeated Worley ABC’s George Franklin, having been awarded victory by all the
YORK Vikings got their first-ever National League win at the third attempt - a 78-63 success away to Manchester Magic II to climb up the division four north rankings. Adam Wright top-scored with 24 points, followed by Kev Bishop on 14 and Billy Cousins
A CAT rescued from a war zone has done a disappearing act - again. Back in 2015 The Press reported how Howie the cat was originally brought to the UK by soldier Captain Alan Barker in 2014, when his tour of duty ended in Afghanistan, but that,
A MAJOR grant for York Mediale is paving the way for next year’s media arts festival. Arts Council England has awarded a grant of £99,500 to the new city-wide festival taking place from September 27 to October 6, 2018.The funding will support programming
PEOPLE are being invited to turn their crop of apples into juice at a special event this weekend. Tadcaster is hosting TadApple Day on Saturday, 10am to 3pm at Manor Farm Centre, St Joseph’s Street. The free event hopes to bring the community
A STAR of the Harry Potter franchise will return to North Yorkshire for this year’s celebration of Charles Dickens. BAFTA winning actress Miriam Margolyes, who played Professor Sprout in the series, will attend the Malton Dickensian Festival in
A missing 13-year-old girl has been found safe and sound, North Yorkshire Police have announced. Train staff spotted Elise Donoghue and told British Transport Police. The county force had earlier revealed that she had been seen getting onto
This year's York Community Carol Concert at The Barbican promises to be very special - and not just because it is the concert's diamond jubilee event, says STEPHEN LEWIS SOME time after 5pm on December 14, 1958, the Lord Mayor of York Cllr Albert
THE Royal Navy’s new Type 26 frigates are to be called the “City Class” with the first two of a planned eight already named as HMS Glasgow and Belfast. Other cities are currently vying for the honour of remaining ships to be called after their
HOW not to answer a question. Several years ago I listened to a stand-up comedian telling of the way politicians dodged answering questions when being interviewed by the media. It goes something like this... Interviewer: “Can I ask you
IT’S understandable that Diane Abbott is upset about the amount of verbal abuse she has received. What she needs to accept is that the present day ugliness in politics escalated rapidly with the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader. The
SALFORD will play host to York City having suffered their first back-to-back home defeats in 55 fixtures.The National League North title favourites followed up their FA Cup third qualifying defeat at the hands of the visiting Minstermen last month with
HOW sad it was to see the Spanish police “at war” with the Catalan people over their illegal vote on a separate Catalan state. It reminded me of our police who were instructed by our government to quash the miners’ strike in the 1980s. Ugly
From our archives: 85 years ago After five years’ work by his Majesty’s Office of Works, the renovation work on Middleham Castle was drawing to a close. Many residents, however, did not relish the idea of the old monument being preserved
AN ARTIST’S ground-breaking inter-war work which transformed the genre of British landscape painting will feature in a new exhibition at York Art Gallery. Paul Nash’s collection will reflect the violent upheaval of the pastoral and romantic landscape
SELBY Town came from a goal down to beat Emley 2-1 in the Northern Counties East League on Tuesday as they returned to winning ways.The sides came into the game at the Fairfax Plant Hire Stadium off the backs of two contrasting results – Emley had a huge
YORK Rugby Club are closing in on a record start to a season, after last weekend’s emphatic 98-7 RFU Intermediate Cup win over Newcastle Medicals took them to seven wins on the trot.Having amassed an enormous 382 points, the team is averaging just under
TADCASTER ALBION bosses Michael Morton and Simon Collins were pleased with last weekend’s 1-1 draw at Colwyn Bay in Evo-Stik North.The Brewers rescued a point through a late Josh Barrett goal in tough north Welsh weather conditions to stay a place above
IT WAS not a good week for Fastpack Ltd York Sunday Morning League side Acomb Club, who were knocked out of the North Riding County Cup thanks to a 16-3 defeat to Grangetown.In division one of the league, the top two went head-to-head with York Nomads
THE success of a new product launch from York ice cream producer Yorvale has seen the family firm invest in new production facilities at its farm-based headquarters. Diversifying its offering, away from its popular ice cream and frozen yoghurt
AN 18th Century building in York will reopen today following a £400,000 renovation. The Assembly Rooms in Blake Street first opened in 1735, and is home to the Ask restaurant. It had to close for urgent repairs to the ceiling. York Conservation
THE family of Robert Stephenson say they have been overwhelmed by the support for a trust fund set up in his memory, which has raised more than £100,000. The 21-year-old student from Pickering died after being struck by a taxi on a night out in
A TENANT cheated a friend out of a month’s wages by pretending to be the landlord of his home, York Crown Court heard. Market trader Mihai Liviu Poiana told a jury he paid Carmel Borbone £550 as deposit for a flat in Gillygate that Borbone told
YORK CONSERVATIVES are backing a scaled back version of Yorkshire devolution without Sheffield and South Yorkshire.Tory councillors are putting forward a motion to next week's full council meeting, setting out support for a "Greater Yorkshire
MORE than three quarters of all hate crimes in North Yorkshire are race-related, police have revealed. North Yorkshire Police said 76 per cent of the 282 hate crimes reported between 2012 and 2017 were racially aggravated, including abuse shouted
SIX people have appeared before York Magistrates’ Court on matters connected to the anti-fracking protests at Ryedale. Four denied that they had committed offences on Habton Road, Kirby Misperton, near the site where fracking firm Third Energy
HAYDOCK racegoers can gain immediate dividends by supporting Bow Belles in the opening race of the day.Fortune has deserted Tim Easterby's filly on her last two outings but she should make no mistake in the Racing Welfare Nursery Handicap.The young
YORK’S unsung heroes have been honoured at a prestigious award ceremony to celebrate their outstanding achievements. The finalists of this year’s Community Pride Awards, organised by The Press and City of York Council and sponsored by Benenden,
