The RNLI is recruiting would-be lifeguards to train up for this summer on Yorkshire’s coast. Successful applicants will protect holidaymakers on beaches at Sandsend, Whitby, Scarborough North and South Bay, Cayton Bay, Filey, Runswick Bay, Bridlington
York Central MP Rachael Maskell has called for Government support for a Yorkshire-wide devolution deal. She told the House of Commons about her county: “We desperately need investment. “We will be leaving the European Union in just 14 months’ time, so
ELLAND ROAD will stage England's final World Cup warm-up friendly before they head off to Russia this summer.The Three Lions will take on Costa Rica at Leeds United's ground on Thursday, June 7 (8pm) five days after playing Nigeria at Wembley.England
THIS year’s York Residents’ Festival is set to be bigger and better than ever before. Now in its 23rd year, the festival is billed by organisers Visit York as a “thank you” to residents for helping them to give the city’s annual 6.9 million tourists
MEMBERS of the public and York taxi drivers helped North Yorkshire Police rescue a man from the River Ouse in the city. Police were called to reports of a man in the river near Skeldergate Bridge at about 9.45pm yesterday, and boats from the fire
NEW images of Drax Power Station’s proposed gas turbines are being released as the energy giant pushes on with plans to install some of the largest batteries in the world at its North Yorkshire plant.Drax is to stage a new round of community events, giving
A TEACHER at a prestigious fee-paying boarding school who had sex with a pupil multiple times has been struck off. Dr Howard Britton, 64, kissed the then 18-year-old Queen Ethelburga’s Collegiate student - named only as Pupil A - at his home after
HEAD coach James Ford insists he will have total autonomy when it comes to picking York City Knights' side this year - dispelling suggestions partner club Hull KR could overrule him.And this has been backed up by Rovers boss Tim Sheens himself, who
PROPOSALS to bolster the city’s flood defences have gone on display in an old electricity substation.The Environment Agency’s plans show changes which will be made across York, and include a new flood defence to the rear of the Memorial Gardens to reduce
YORKSHIRE Air Museum’s Allied Air Forces Memorial Day will take place on Sunday, September 2. This international event is attended by air force and defence attachés and diplomats from many allied nations, in addition to senior RAF personnel and civic
BRIDLINGTON Old Town Association is inviting traders to take stalls or their own gazebos at the town's 1940s festival on June 10.Last year the event attracted 20,000 visitors from all over the country to the famous Dad's Army film location.This
CITY of York Men IV came from two goals behind to earn a 2-2 draw at near-neighbours Acomb in Yorkshire Hockey League division two - surviving a manic end to the contest in the process.City beat the Tangerines 3-2 back in November, but had to survive
CITY of York Hockey Club Ladies I started 2018 with a 4-1 win at home to Lymm in North Hockey division one, recovering from a slow start to beat their 10th-placed visitors.The York side moved up to fifth in the table, displacing Bowdon II and Harrogate
THE cost of policing the fracking site has topped £621,000, the Police and Crime Commissioner has revealed.Julia Mulligan announced on Wednesday that the cost of overtime, mutual aid, equipment, subsistence and travel costs in December was £58,488, taking
ACOMB Men II ran out 7-2 winners as they welcomed Yorkshire Hockey League division five north basement side Scarborough II - with captain Johnny Brown netting five of the goals.The visitors came close to scoring from the opening whistle, but were thwarted
A MUCH-loved monk from Ampleforth with 50 years’ service has died. Fr Francis Dobson, aged 78, died peacefully in the monastery infirmary on Tuesday, January 9. Born in Newark, Fr Francis was educated at Ampleforth and worked in his family’
PATIENTS in Harrogate are set to benefit from improved GP services.Leeds Road Surgery in Harrogate will have one full time and one part time clinical pharmacist as NHS England looks to boost the number of surgery-based clinical pharmacists. The pharmacists
WORK to improve the A19 will start this weekend and run until May. City of York Council is carrying out the work at the Crockey Hill junction with Wheldrake Lane from Sunday, January 14, and will run until May 4, but the council said no work will
A JOURNALIST who edited the Gazette & Herald for 23 years has died aged 89. Norman Railton became deputy editor at the paper in 1962, before being promoted to editor in 1964 until his retirement in 1987. “What he doesn’t know about his
A CAMPAIGN group has criticised local authorities for failing to provide drugs to help heroin users who are overdosing.Naloxone is a drug which blocks or reverses the effects of heroin and other opioids during an overdose, and can potentially save lives
POLICE and Crime Commissioner Julia Mulligan has announced a new survey to find out how the public want North Yorkshire’s roads to be policed this year, four years on from the last survey. The announcement is part of a report before tomorrow’s
EDEN Camp Museum in Malton received a festive gift last week in the form of sections of an old second world war barrage balloon.The pieces were given to the museum by Andrew Donovan, who lives in Hunmanby.Nick Hill at the museum said: "We don’t have
A CORONER has called for safety measures on a stretch of the A64 following the deaths of four pedestrians. Speaking about the section of road between Welburn and Crambeck in Ryedale, coroner Michael Oakley said that pedestrians had to “take
I QUITE clearly remember the night I nearly killed a man. Or it may have been a woman. It was impossible to tell as they flew past me on their bike.I was driving up Green Dykes Lane from Melrosegate on a filthy night a couple of years ago. It was rainy
A PRESTIGIOUS preparatory school for Ampleforth College is to close its doors. St Martin’s Ampleforth, an independent school for children aged three to 13-years-old, is moving out of its Gilling Castle home, which it has occupied since the Benedictine
NATIONAL League North title contenders Harrogate Town missed the chance to leapfrog Salford City at the summit when they suffered a surprise 2-1 midweek loss at Nuneaton Town.Simon Weaver's side remain second in the division, two points behind the
YORK Indoor Bowls Club this weekend hosts the Short Mat Players Tour British Open 2018. A total of 142 players from all over the world, including New Zealand, United Arab Emirates, Canada and all the Scandinavian countries, will be competing.
Like many people, January has found my eye drawn to job vacancy websites. The New Year often has that effect, making us think of change, especially when it comes to a career shift. Actually, it’s surprising how many of us judge ourselves and others
CHRIS Sherrington and Chris Tuke are celebrating their fourth anniversary of taking over the Fulford Arms in York by staging four nights of "some of the best bands and artists that have graced the venue during their tenure" from tomorrow. Since
MAY I, on behalf of York Against Cancer, thank everyone who supported our recent pop-up Christmas shop in York city centre? The shop, in the former Jones Bootmaker store in Pavement, sold a magnificent £31,041.90 of brand-new goods and Christmas
AS PEOPLE may or may not be aware, fracking (hydraulic fracturing) is going to become a reality if we do not try and stop it. A large part of England has PEDLs (Petroleum Exploration Development Licenses) and beautiful Yorkshire has probably the
PAST and present staff and students of a Pocklington school will come together on Monday, February 5 for a special concert to support an inspirational teacher in her battle with cancer.The concert is to be staged to raise funds for Woldgate School teacher
BENINGBROUGH Hall has had a long and successful partnership with the National Portrait Gallery which has given local people the chance to see some of the world’s great portrait paintings right here on our doorstep. But the National Trust property
PETS at Home in York will be hosting a series of My Pet Pals Wild Bird workshops, to teach children how to care responsibly for local birds and wildlife. The workshops will cover how to help birds survive the colder months, how and what to feed
SHOPLIFTER Billy Jamieson might have thought York would be a soft touch. He was wrong. The 21-year-old drug addict and two accomplices travelled to York from Newcastle by train especially to go shoplifting in the city centre. They were spotted
I AM afraid Theresa May’s ‘I’m sorry’ and ‘nothing’s perfect’ are totally unacceptable responses to the present crisis in the NHS. A crisis that lies on her doorstep. It was a Conservative government, which she was a member of, that introduced
POLICE are investigating after a gun was found in a York road. North Yorkshire Police said a roadworker approached a police officer at just before 10am today, to report he had found what appeared to be a firearm. A spokeswoman said the gun
MORE than £30 million to upgrade roundabouts that City of York Council has already spent money on (Ring road dualling bid steps up a gear, January 8)? Really? Take a good look at the “improvements” at the Wigginton and Rawcliffe roundabouts.
A NORTON care home has celebrated the birthday of its oldest resident. Annie Scarle, who lives at Beechwood Place Nursing Home, was 105 last Thursday. Born in West Knapton, Annie was a church organist for a number of years and continues to
PUPILS at Amotherby Primary School are enjoying the great outdoors thanks to a new classroom.Amotherby School Volunteers and Awards for All Grant have provided funding to enable the school to create a purpose built outdoor classroom.The area was designed
NORTH Yorkshire Police said a guard dog which is believed to have been poisoned at the Kirby Misperton fracking site, is recovering well.Two men were arrested after pellets, suspected to be aniseed balls, were thrown over the fence into the site and a
A MONTHLY event for technology businesses in York is returning in 2018 with a relaunch to encourage growth in the city’s digital economy.Initially started last year to bring together York-based and regional technology business, Tech Scene York has gone
ALL of East Riding of Yorkshire council’s public facing venues offer a safe place where vulnerable people can be supported if they feel frightened or lost while out and about, the council has announced.The Safe Place scheme, which is led locally by Humberside
YORK Rocks Against Cancer is returning to The Grand Opera House, York, for the fourth time, with Emmerdale stars to take part.They will be on stage on March 24, alongside the Rocks House Band, featuring members of York favourites Sister Madly and The
A TEENAGER has been arrested after a police car window was smashed with a drainpipe.North Yorkshire Police were responding to reports of youths throwing objects at vehicles near St John's Church, Harrogate, at about 8.40pm on Saturday, when a six-foot
A NEW business development team is in place at a York firm of solicitors as it looks to break into the Uk’s top 100 law firms.The quartet will enhance Langleys’ CRM, digital marketing, events and PR capabilities and will report into recently-appointed
RESIDENTS are being urged to lock their homes and vehicles following a spate of burglaries. Police in Harrogate say there has been a spate of sneak-in burglaries and thefts across the town. Since January 1 they have received reports of 11 burglaries
A MAN was rescued from the River Ouse in York last night. Police were were called to reports of a man in the river near Skeldergate Bridge at about 9.45pm. North Yorkshire fire service's York boat crew and fire crews from Acomb were sent to
Police have confirmed Terrence Beadle has been found ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLICE say they are concerned for a 74-year-old man who went missing following a crash in North Yorkshire.
IF DONJUAN TRIUMPHANT can replicate his turf form on the Kempton Polytrack this evening, he will take all the beating in the 32Red Conditions Stakes.There is quite a disparity between his perch of 114 on grass and the 102 he starts off here – but he has
A YORK firm has reported its “significant contribution to increasing UK housing supply” as reveals continual upwards trends throughout its latest year.Fulford headquartered housebuilder Persimmon plc gave a trade update yesterday ahead of its final results
THE ground floor has now been laid at Spark:York - as the ambitious shipping container development begins to take shape. Scaffolders have been working at the site in Piccadilly, York, where office, retail and food and drink outlets are being created
A MAN has denied using force during sexual activity with a woman he met for the first time a few hours earlier. Andrew Keith Bulmer, 35, alleged that the woman consented to everything that happened in his bed in the early hours of November 18,
A TEAM of volunteers has said goodbye to a collection of donations to help people in need.In May 2016, The John Lally International Foundation and York Aid collected clothes, shoes, blankets and children’s toys to be sent to earthquake-hit families in
STARS of music, film and literature will be featured in a new exhibition of portraits. Judi Dench, Darcey Bussell, Amy Winehouse and J.K. Rowling are just some of those featured in a new exhibition of portraits from the National Portrait Gallery
THE time taken by North Yorkshire Police to answer a 101 non-emergency call has dropped by more than two minutes. A report to tomorrow’s Police and Crime Panel meeting says that improvements to the Force Control Room (FCR) have led to a fall in
DRUG addicts planning shoplifting expeditions have been told to stay away from York - or else. The city's most senior judge made the warning as he sentenced a shoplifter who knocked over an 87-year-old woman in the city centre. Handing out
