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A ROAD in Pocklington has been closed by a burst water main. Hodsow Lane, between the A1079 and Canal Lane / West Green, is shut in both directions, but traffic is said to  be coping well.  

TEENAGERS who were at the Manchester Arena during last year’s terror attack remembered those who died when an anniversary service was screened at York Minster. About 250 people watched the BBC’s live broadcast of the National Service of Commemoration

A PLAQUE honouring a renowned York artist has been installed at the £1.1 million house that was once her home.Mary Ellen Best, who was born in York in 1809 and brought up on Little Blake Street (now Duncombe Place), was known for her watercolours and

ORGANISATIONS including York Foodbank and Citizens Advice York are to benefit from grants totalling £166,000 from City of York Council.The money from the ‘Improving Finances, Improving Lives’ fund for 2018/19 will help ensure residents are advised on

FIVE primary schools are set to get a visit from an unusual police vehicle this summer.North Yorkshire Police's unique tractor, nicknamed Bobby and decked out in police livery, will travel to New Earswick Primary School, Forest of Galtres Anglican

BEN BURDETT powered Woodhouse Grange to a thumping win against Dunnington Academy in the Foss Evening Cricket League first division.Burdett cracked an unbeaten 56 from 38 balls as Grange stormed to a nine-wicket win.Mark Willoughby (31) top scored for

SESSAY and Sheriff Hutton Bridge maintained 100 per cent records in Pilmoor Evening Cricket League division one after beating Newburgh and Easingwold respectively.Sessay's victory came in a thriller which swung both ways, while SHB's was more

NAIL bars, hand car washes and construction sites have been visited by police as part of a crackdown on modern slavery and human trafficking.Emergency services teamed up with immigration officials and housing authorities as part of Operation Aidant.More

PHOTOGRAPHER Lucy Saggers chronicles life in her North Yorkshire village of Ampleforth in her Of Life & Land exhibition at Lotte Inch Gallery, in Bootham, York. "Featuring residents, both young and old, going about their everyday lives and

MALT Shovel have won a York Minster Engineering League double after lifting the Junior Cup with a 4-2 defeat of Rufforth United.The trophy adds to the division three title the Selby side have already sealed - with Rufforth the runners-up in that too.Shovel

Gig of the Week Bogus Brothers' Birthday Bash, with guest Kristoffer Hegelund, Fibbers, York, Friday at 8pm YORK band Bogus Brothers return to Fibbers on Friday for a special 32nd birthday bash to coincide with the release of their new album

A TAKEAWAY has been hit with a £20,000 punishment for putting its sleeping employees at risk of death or serious injury from fire. Fire officers forced Naz Spice in Heworth to close immediately on safety grounds when they discovered people sleeping

GLAMOUR Of The Kill are making a triumphant return after being on hiatus for nearly three years. The York metalcore rockers went on a break after a full-on touring cycle from 2007 to 2015 saw them on the verge of burning out, but with new album

ELVINGTON motorbike racing ace Sam Holme has finally enjoyed some luck in the British Superbike (BSB) Championship.After a difficult start to the season - including a high-speed crash at a washed-out Donington and a race-ending collision at Brands Indy

LUKE ATKIN has won a bare knuckle boxing world title - and will look to defend his crown in Manchester in the summer.Former England amateur boxer Atkin - who used to live in York, but is now based in Warrington - won the Rogue Elite BKB light-heavyweight

THE latest figures for new homes and new business space being built show that the Selby district continues to attract significant new investment as the "fastest-growing area in North Yorkshire."This is according to Selby District Council and

INDIA batsman Che Pujara is hoping back-to-back fifties in the Royal London One-day Cup can spark a run of good form in a Yorkshire shirt during the next couple of months. Pujara endured a frustrating start to his second spell with the White Rose

PEPPA Pig's Adventure is on its way to the Grand Opera House for four performances next month. Courtesy of the York theatre, What's On has a family ticket (four seats) to be won for the show of the winner's choice. Peppa Pig and friends will be

PADDY MILLER is looking to give the fans "something to celebrate" next season after returning to Tadcaster Albion.The former Brewers captain has re-joined the club from Hyde United where he opted not to renew his contract due to travelling becoming

JACK White will play the new Hull Venue on October 18 as one of five British shows on his European tour. The former White Stripes frontman will be performing with his new touring combo featuring Carla Azar on drums, Quincy McCrary and Neal Evans

I could not believe my eyes when the tremendous achievement of Harrogate Town FC only attracted a small headline in The Press, and only on the back page (Harrogate celebrate promotion, May 14). Why? They are one of our North Yorkshire towns, and

Weeks after operatives first used black wheelie bins to remix all our sorted recycling in this area it’s still happening, despite the efforts of the York Central MP and Fishergate councillors. The broken vehicle excuse is long past its sell-by date. Someone

The Bus Improvement Project to cut congestion slowing buses down outside York Hospital is indeed a waste of £200,000.Fiddling about with lanes, junctions and mini roundabouts is never going to achieve very much because it doesn’t address the fundamental

Who’d believe it? The East Coast Main Line’s services are back in Government hands again. Wasn’t it Karl Marx who said: ‘History repeats itself, the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce?’.When East Coast was renationalised after GNER failed

A VETERINARY hospital has invested in new equipment and facilities as part of a £325,000 renovation project.A new waiting room, extra consulting rooms, a dental suits and revamped wards have been built at the Minster Veterinary Practice on Salisbury Road.The

THE Bev Jones Music Company's spring production of Fiddler On The Roof opens tomorrow in memory of the late York musical director, producer, singer and leading man. "It was Bev's all-time favourite show," says his widow, producer Lesley Jones.

STAND-UP comedian Dave Johns, unlikely star of Ken Loach's film I, Daniel Blake, presents his reflective show, I, Fillum Star, at Selby Town Hall on Saturday night at 8pm. John charts his journey from little-known club comic to international, award-winning

TEENAGE striker Flynn McNaughton has signed his first professional contract with York City after graduating from the club's academy. Scarborough-born McNaughton, 17, made three appearances as a substitute for the first team this past season and

A MOTHER of two has taken to the skies over Selby to raise money for the NSPCC.Alison Aldridge, who lives in the Peak District, works for Connect Managed Services, a company which supplies technology for Childline, and through her meetings with team managers

POLICE are launching a crime prevention campaign with patrols in neighbourhoods that have been targeted by burglars.Officers, PCSOs and police volunteers will be deployed to areas that have experienced burglaries or where residents have reported concerns

AFTER the success of their Acoustic and Folk Mini-Fest in March, the team behind York’s Little Festival of Live Music are seeking 28 music acts to join the main festival line-up in the autumn.The festival will take place from September 21 to 29, except

A BUSINESSWOMAN and boss of retail giant Card Factory is set to reveal some of the secrets of her success.Karen Hubbard will be launching York St John University’s “The Business Of…” series of public talks on Thursday.Hosted by York Business School, the

A MAN was allegedly attacked with planks of wood by a group of four teenagers.Police are appealing for information after the incident, which took place on Grosvenor Terrace on April 14 between 7pm and 7.15pm.The victim was taken to York Hospital by ambulance

A TANDEM cycling club in York has launched its 2018 season and is appealing to disabled people across the city come along and take part in its weekly rides.Run by charity Open Country, York Tandem Club meets every Tuesday evening between April and September

POLICE in North Yorkshire have refuted the five most common 'myths' their officers hear about speeding, and the truth behind them.The force started its If You Saw What I Saw campaign to encourage motorists to drive more safely in summer months

ELLEN Cole, double award-winning organiser of York’s Little Festival of Live Music, is to run a music residency at the Black Swan Inn in Peasholme Green. "I've accepted an invitation to put on music events at the pub," says Ellen, who is one of

A GARDEN inspired by Yorkshire has won gold at this year's Chelsea Flower Show. The design was created by Mark Gregory, who is from West Cowick and trained at Askham Bryan College, and features drystone walls, a flower-filled meadow and a vegetable

AN AUTHOR and poet from Selby has been shortlisted for a regional prize.Christina Gabbitas has been named as a finalist in the Sue Ryder Yorkshire Women of Achievement in Education awards, in part for her campaign for more funding for education on the

THOSE readers who use Facebook, will know that about once a week, they will post a memory reminder. It will be text or a photo from some years before. Always a surprise, the reminders can induce a variety of emotions. Quite often I have forgotten the

A COLLAGE of worktops, shelving, tables and chairs has been collected to help a new community art studio get up and running.York mum and local artist Nicola Stead is launching The Creative Studio next month – and reached out to the people of York to help

Stress is a word which means different things to different people. For some it represents feelings of inadequacy and hopelessness. For others – a fortunate few – stress is positive, a mark of pushing against self-imposed limits to achieve challenges.

POLICE are appealing to anyone in the Scarborough area who has been offered a man's silver curb bracelet for sale in suspicious circumstances since Sunday morning to get in touch. The bracelet is believed to have been stolen between 11am and 4.30pm

Loved by Nigella Lawson, York boutique Maude & Tommy shows off its bright side as the weather heats up, reports MAXINE GORDON Photography: Mike Nowill IT'S amazing what a celebrity endorsement can do for your business. When Nigella

THE northbound A1(M) in North Yorkshire finally reopened this evening, more than 13 hours after a fatal crash involving a car transporter and a lorry. North Yorlshire Police said the driver of the lorry had died. The collision happened on the

FOUR people were taken to hospital after a crash in a village near Selby yesterday evening (May 21), the fire service said. The collision happened in North Duffield and involved a Ford B-Max and a grey Peugeot. Emergency services were called

GOALKEEPER Drew Brabbs headed in a stoppage-time equaliser and then proved a penalty shoot-out hero as Huntington Rovers beat champions Wigginton Grasshoppers to book their place in tonight’s York Minster Engineering League Cup final.Huntington will meet

A YORK-BASED academy trust has made a key appointment in a bid to keep standards high. Hope Learning Trust, which includes Manor CE and Vale of York Academies in the city, has appointed a new secondary school improvement lead, Katherine Humpleby

YORK City Knights boss James Ford is hoping Hull KR dual-reg duo Matty Marsh and Will Dagger will be available again next weekend - for what will be a much sterner test of his team's title credentials.Marsh and Dagger had arguably their best games

A FORMER TV Gladiator has a new role as a ‘gladiator for the gospel’ in York after becoming a Christian. Warren Furman found fame as Ace in the hit ITV show Gladiators in the 1990s, and enjoyed a celebrity lifestyle, becoming engaged at one stage

PLANS have been drawn up to create 25 new homes in two offices in York. Savills' office at 48 Bootham could be converted into 14 apartments with a new two bedroom cottage built behind, while126 Acomb Road could be converted into nine apartments

FRONTLINE police officer numbers in North Yorkshire have fallen by almost 15 per cent in the last 10 years. Figures reveal that the frontline workforce at North Yorkshire Police - including PCs, PCSOs and special constables - fell by 238 officers

ROYAL CONNOISSEUR has a fine chance at Ayr when he rocks up for a seven-furlong handicap today.Richard Fahey's representative has not won since October 2016, but he served notice at Musselburgh on May 4 that his time is near.Royal Connoisseur finished