NORTH Yorkshire Police has halted an auction sale of scores of medals, crests, trophies and other artefacts following protests by retired officers. The items from the former HQ at Newby Wiske- including a silver engraved with the Green Howard insiginia
THE Chancellor has reduced the delay for people in getting their first universal credit payments from six to five weeks.The move followed reports that many people were getting into rent arrears, problem debt or having to use food banks while waiting to
YESTERDAY’S Budget announcement has been dubbed “business friendly” but did little to cause any great waves in the nation’s finances. After moving the traditional Spring Budget to the Autumn, the Chancellor told ministers he wanted to build a Britain
THE half way point in York Business Week saw up to 100 delegates gather to launch the first report into the city’s Top 100 Business. The 48-page report, published in The Press yesterday, was produced by York St John University’s Business School
POLITICIANS and the region’s local authorities greeted the chancellor’s budget with dismay.York Central MP Rachael Maskell said the statement set out “a seriously worrying state of the economy” and North Yorkshire County Council said they face “the bleak
YORK City youth-team coach Steve Torpey promised to deliver his honest appraisal of a 7-1 reserve defeat at Walsall to Bootham Crescent chief Martin Gray.Torpey took charge of the Central League North away fixture that saw City’s second-string comprehensively
FESTIVE artists have sprinkled some modern Christmas sparkle onto a traditional decoration. Crafty York residents created a wreath with recycled materials as part of a challenge set by St Nicks Eco-Crafters Club. Judging was carried out yesterday
CANADIAN international and former Premier League striker Simeon Jackson hit a hat-trick as York City reserves crashed to a 7-1 Central League defeat at Walsall.Ex-Norwich forward Jackson was joined on the scoresheet by Will Shorrock (two), Jordon Sangha
NORTH Yorkshire-based golf coach Steve Robinson has picked up another honour to cap a fine season. Robinson, who is a nominee for the High Performance Coach of the Year accolade at next week's 2017 UK Coaching Awards, will go into that ceremony having
CHARTERED building surveyor Rob Harper has re-joined property and construction consultants The LHL Group,as an associate director.Mr Harper, who has a BSc (Hons) in building surveying, re-joins LHL Group’s Harrogate office.He first joined Lightly & Lightly
THE Ryedale Citizens Advice Bureau is merging with services in the surrounding districts. From this month, the Citizens Advice service in Ryedale will merge with Hambleton, Richmondshire and Selby Citizens Advice to create one big organisation.
A TEACHER has become an ambassador for the region after backing a campaign to boost the profession’s reputation. Beth Hartwell, the director of Initial Teacher Training at Ebor Teaching Schools Alliance in York, which supports schools by delivering
A TEENAGER has been found safe after going missing for nine days. Kianna McCarthy, a 14-year-old from Selby, went missing after she was last seen on Monday, November 13, on the A19 by Silver Street, Whitley. She was on foot and believed to
A TOP ambulance official has been invited to switch on the Christmas lights in a North Yorkshire village as part of its commitment to recognise ‘local heroes’. Yorkshire Ambulance Service Divisional Commander Paul Mudd will be following in the
CITY of York Hockey Club’s men's first team climbed to third spot in North Hockey League division one as they won 5-0 at basement side Gateshead.The visitors looked comfortable as they eased into the game in windy conditions, but they lacked decisiveness
BRITISH drivers can soon look forward to hassle-free toll payment in Spain and Portugal, thanks to the expansion of an automatic toll payment system from a North Yorkshire firm.Sanef Tolling, based in Harrogate, already provides 155,000 UK customers with
A YORK solicitor has been chosen to represent Great Britain in Freestyle Kayaking. Rebecca Skirrow, who works for Minster Law in Fulford Road, will now work towards competing in the 2018 World Cups and securing a place at the European Championships
WORK has started on a project being led by Malton and Norton Area Partnership (MNAP) to revitalise a riverside path network. The boardwalk, in Lady Spring Wood, will be closed until mid-December while work is under way. Afterwards the route will
TWO young children were approached by a man on their way to school on Wednesday.The youngsters were on Back Lane, Copmanthorpe, at 8.35am when police say they were spoken to by a man described as white, with a chubby build, around 5ft 7ins tall, and bald.The
WHAT a divided nation we have become since David Cameron decided to appease eurosceptic Conservative MPs by sanctioning the EU referendum back in June 2016. How chaotically the time in between has seemed to pass. Yet here we are, less than a year
A TRAIL of freezing festive sculptures is making a frosty return to the streets of York. Anyone setting foot in the city over the weekend of December 9 and 10 can follow a path of icy artwork scattered around some of York’s renowned streets.
CITY of York Hockey Club Ladies I won 3-0 at Didsbury Greys to move up to fourth place in North Hockey League division one.The match started evenly, but a determined City soon began working as a unit to apply pressure on the home back line, forcing them
A NORTH Yorkshire horticultural nursery has become one of the UK’s biggest net contributors to the nation’s tree population after growing and supplying more than 2.5 million trees in the last 12 months.Johnsons of Whixley, a family-run plant nursery,
VINTAGE postcards of Pickering sold for hundreds of pounds at a recent auction.The postcards and photocards, split into three lots, went under the hammer at a Tennants Auctioneers’ sale of Stamps and Postcards on November 3.The majority of the Pickering
A NORTH Yorkshire law firm has appointed two new directors.Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors, who have an office in Malton Market Place, announced the appointment of Belinda-Jane Poulter and Ian Barnard from November 1, which takes the number of directors
A CRUCIAL part of Malton and Norton’s emergency flood plan has been completed.The new pipeline, which goes under the railway line between the two towns, allows Yorkshire Water to deploy their emergency pumps during flood events. Previously pumping had
AN expanding national builders merchant has chosen York for its latest branch – creating 50 jobs in the city.The new Selco Builders Warehouse will be based in Osbaldwick Link Road, with the doors due to open in February.Selco already has branches in Bradford
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DEDICATED terrorism specialists are now working in North Yorkshire to provide security advice to businesses and residents. The Counter Terrorism Security Advisors (CTSAs) work for the North East Counter Terrorism Unit and offer physical, electronic
A CHRISTMAS "get-together" is being organised for people who often feel isolated at this time of year.E & AR Agar Funeral Directors is hosting the Christmas dinner on Wednesday, December 6, at Oscar’s restaurant at Ryedale Community Leisure
A GRANT of more than £40,000 has been awarded to a York tech firm to help it develop automated systems for the food industry.BakePlan Software, based in King Street, is receiving £43,600 from the UK’s innovation agency Innovate UK as part of its Emerging
A FAMILY run York brickwork firm has been named as the best in the country for its work with apprentices.Mitchell & Urwin Stone & Brickwork, based in Bishopthorpe, which works for the UK’s largest house builders, has beaten more than 4,000 other construction
A GLOBAL running event which sees hundreds of people pull on their trainers in York every Saturday is preparing to double in size. The popular Parkrun around the Knavesmire regularly attracts between 500 and 700 runners of all abilities, as they
A SECOND generation Malton fuel company has been sold from its founding family after more than 50 years, in a “perfect fit” deal with a Hull-based counterpart.Stones Fuel Oils, based in York Road Industry Estate, has been owned and run by Geoff Stones
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a burglary in North Yorkshire to come forward. North Yorkshire Police said it happened at a house on Abbey Crags Way, in Knaresborough, some time between 10.30pm last Thursday and 7am the following day.
TIME is running out to get tickets for a cancer charity’s Christmas concert.Yorkshire Cancer Centre will host the event on Thursday, December 14, in The Atrium at St James’s University Hospital, in Leeds, from 7.30pmThe Inspiration Choir will perform
THIEVES ripped a cash machine from the wall of a bank in Pocklington before dumping it near a roundabout on the outskirts of the town. Humberside Police said the ATM was stolen from the wall of the HSBC in Market Place this morning and that a police
A TEENAGE girl and a young man were badly hurt in a crash in North Yorkshire at the weekend. North Yorkshire Police said it happened at 1.30am on Saturday on the B6451 Brame Kane, near to the Sun Inn pub, in Norwood, near Harrogate. The force
A PURSE containing sentimental photographs and cash, a handbag and an iPad have been stolen during a burglary in York. North Yorkshire Police said the burglary happened at a property in the Woodthorpe area of Acomb on Friday evening last week.
YORK’S 100 best performing businesses have been collated and analysed in a first of its kind report - published today in The Press. A new algorithm devised by York St John University’s Business School has produced a comprehensive list of the Top
From our archive: 85 years ago Another death from typhoid fever had been reported in Malton, Mrs Doris Smith, of Settrington, bringing the death toll to 14. With a staggering total of 244 effected by the epidemic there was great need
ACCIDENTAL AGENT can post his best effort yet by winning the British Stallion Studs EBF Hyde Stakes at Kempton's evening meeting.Eve Johnson Houghton's charge was on fire during the closing months of the Flat campaign, winning two of his last
GEORGIA ROTHWELL and Angus McMillan completed an impressive double for City of York Athletic Club in round three of the West Yorkshire Cross Country League.The pair, both aged 17, won their respective women’s and men’s races at Cleckheaton to lead another
HEAD coach James Ford has revealed York City Knights are keeping tabs on "one or two" local amateur aces - with Heworth playmaker-in-chief Liam Jackson likely to be offered a trial this pre-season.It has today been confirmed that the Knights
A PARTNERSHIP between the Hollywood giant Luscasfilm and a US virtual reality specialist has turned to York-based Continuum Attractions to operate its debut UK Star Wars experience in London.Continuum Attractions has won the contract from American start-up
YORK’S Fairfax House is celebrating The Keeping of Christmas with a festive installation inspired by the traditions of the 18th century. Visitors can see the Georgians’ love of the natural world as they decorated their homes for Christmas, as well
A FAMILY have been left "devastated" after their beloved cat was shot and had to be put down at the weekend. Lexi, a four-year-old white moggie, is one of two cats that have recently been shot with air weapons in York and put down because of their
A COUPLE will stage their 14th annual open house and coffee morning in aid of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance in their York home tomorrow.Former teacher Muriel Foster, of 4, Muncastergate, Malton Road, said that she and her husband Dennis, had so far raised
A FUNDING package totalling almost £5 million has been approved to upgrade a footbridge used by thousands of pedestrians and cyclists everyday. City of York Council has received £4.9 million from a range of organisations to help revamp the walkway
A TAXI driver who allegedly hit and killed a student who was lying in the road thought we was driving over a bin bag, York Crown Court heard. A jury has seen CCTV footage of the moment the Ford Mondeo driven by Frank Norman, 71, hit Robert Stephenson
THE biggest annual political statement affecting Britain’s finances is to be announced today as chancellor Philip Hammond delivers the Autumn Budget. Due to be announced in the House of Commons at around 12.30pm this afternoon, the Budget is this
