"A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT" of cannabis has been seized from youths in York tonight.North Yorkshire Police said "brilliant proactive work" by PCSOs and members of the city's York South team led to a number of youths being dealt with
DUNCAN Oakley tops Friday's Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club bill at York Barbican with his infectious mix of musical comedy and stand-up. "With an eye and ear for the silly, rude, playful and downright irritating occurrences of life, Duncan musters
A MAN who defrauded a scheme for the most needy has been given a community punishment. Paul Garratt, 49, cheated his way to a cooker and fridge freezer he didn't need from the York financial Assistance Scheme and then disposed of them, York magistrates
YORK company Common Ground Theatre present a Great Yorkshire Fringe Free Fringe night at the 1331 café bar in Grape Lane, York, on July 23 from 8pm to 9pm."It will be an evening of story, spoken word and music with work-in-progress extracts from
PATIENTS who smoke are being “discriminated against”, according to research by a charity.The British Lung Foundation said Clinical Commissioning Groups are cutting back on stop smoking treatments and said in York, services are only open to those who are
SWARMS of flying ants are plaguing York. Reports of large numbers of the winged insects - otherwise known as alates - came in from around the city on Monday, including Holgate. One resident, Abbie Woodward, said: "Is anyone else having horrible
A HOSPITAL in York has launched a new programme to encourage staff to challenge anyone - including senior colleagues - who may be putting patients at risk.Clifton Park Hospital’s ‘Speaking Up for Safety’ programme is intended to empower employees to tackle
Yorkshire County Cricket Club have appointed Robin Smith as their new club chairman.Smith, who held the role between 2003-06, replaces Steve Denison, who resigned from the position last week.A statement from the club said the board had met today and were
YORK Mediale, the city's new international media arts festival, is calling on Yorkshire media artists to submit ideas for city-centre installations at the September 27 to October 6 event, but hurry because Friday is the deadline for applications.
POLICE are concerned for the wellbeing of a missing teenager. Dre Clark is 15, and is missing from Pocklington. Humberside Police said Dre is about six feet tall and was last seen wearing a green Adidas top, green tracksuit bottoms and Nike
A STATEMENT concerning the future of York City Knights boss James Ford is imminent, The Press understands.Ford, currently regarded as one of the brightest young bosses in the British game, was appointed an England Academy assistant-coach in May this year.He
THOUSANDS of racegoers enjoyed glorious sunshine at York Racecourse this weekend.Saturday saw the 2018 John Smith’s Silver Cup meeting, with high temperatures and good weather leading to a near-record attendance.James Brennan, head of marketing for York
THE RUGBY Football League has announced the appointment of Ralph Rimmer as its new chief executive.Rimmer has worked as interim chief executive since Nigel Wood left the position in January after a decade in the role."The Rugby Football League (on
YORK Theatre Royal is looking for artists and companies to support through its Ignite artist development programme. Over the next nine months, the St Leonard's Place theatre will invest £10,000 to help spark a new wave of artists making and showcasing
A MAN was tasered by police following an incident on the A64. North Yorkshire Police said a 40-year-old man from Leeds was tasered and arrested by officers near Bilbrough Services at 12.50pm on Monday, after failing to stop while heading west in
POLICE officers based at York Station will be patrolling trains along the East Coast mainline as part of a crackdown on thieves who steal luggage and valuables from passengers.British Transport Police officers will also be targeting thieves at stations
FRESHER weather is on the way in York and North Yorkshire, heralded by outbreaks of rain in place later today and tonight. The Met Office has warned of a risk of thundery rain in York this evening, before a slightly cooler night than recent warm
A MAN was assaulted near a railway footbridge close to York City football stadium. Police are appealing for information after the incident, which took place near Newborough Street at about 1.50am on Saturday. The suspect is described as a white
AMERICAN country singer Dawn Landes will back up the September 14 release of her fifth album, Meet Me At The River, by playing The Basement, at City Screen, York, on October 16.Landes, 37, was raised in Louisville, Kentucky, and has since spent many years
CONTINUING our series of York primary school galleries, it's the turn of Carr Infants in Acomb. There's some great photos here from our archives to enjoy.
Review: Ryedale Festival, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Hovingham Hall, Hovingham, July 13THE first day of this year’s Ryedale Festival saw a visit from the Royal Northern Sinfonia, directed from the violin by the bubbly Bradley Creswick.Last Friday's
IT is no laughing matter. The Hyena Lounge Comedy Club will play host to shows in York for the last time at the 2018 Great Yorkshire Fringe."We're making a welcome return to the GYF with four laughter-packed shows on the two Friday and Saturday
AN INCREASE in the number of suspected drink or drug drivers has been blamed on the World Cup, hot weather and "effective enforcement" on North Yorkshire's roads.North Yorkshire Police's summer road safety campaign has seen 118 drivers
A YORK solicitor is hitting all the right notes as part of events to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War.Emma Ladd, a director and head of commercial law at Coles Solicitors, sings with the York Military Wives’ Choir, on Remember 1918
PUPILS helped celebrate the completion of a new affordable housing scheme at a village near York.York Housing Association marked the end of construction work on a development at Sheriff Hutton, which includes 12 properties.The commemorative event was
A CITY secondary school has been rated outstanding after a religious inspection.Inspectors visited Manor CE Academy in the west of York earlier this month as part of the Church of England Education Office’s Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist
JORDAN Thompson enjoyed a memorable senior debut for Yorkshire as Travis Head became his first scalp. The Bradford Premier League player had the former Tykes overseas batsman, Big Bash winning captain and current big-hitting Australia limited overs international
A MAGISTRATE has been told to step down by judicial chiefs after "misusing" a disability parking badge.Margot Conyers, who heard cases in North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire, had been the subject of a complaint to the Judicial Conduct Investigations
Review: York Early Music Festival, Boxwood & Brass, Decline And Fall, National Centre for Early Music, York, July 13THIS concert by Boxwood & Brass and a very fine Andrew Durban on double bass was certainly interesting. I loved the sheer variety of instrumental
CELLIST Steven Isserlis and Friends will perform the Fifth Anniversary Gala Concert at the 2018 York Chamber Music Festival on September 20.Joining festival patron Isserlis at the Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York, will be Anthony Marwood
HAMZA Bencherif hopes scoring in pre-season will lift his York City goal “curse” but admitted that clean sheets still give him more satisfaction. The 30-year-old centre back had netted 28 times in professional football before he joined the Minstermen
HERE'S a gallery of old photographs looking back at the Galtres Festival. The live music, arts, beer and family festival ran first at Crayke near Easingwold and then moved to Duncombe Park, Helmsley, running annually over the August bank holiday
KANE Williamson has spoken of his fantastic memories of previous spells with Yorkshire, and the New Zealand captain is hoping to create some new ones having returned to Emerald Headingley ahead of his latest overseas stay.Williamson has landed in Yorkshire
TWICE in the last century we fought Germany for reasons that had nothing to do with us, ie when she invaded Belgium and Poland.Now Germany has learned that continental dominance is more easily achieved by political and economic means than militarily so
After a tumble in the Museum Gardens my goddaughter Coleen received a knock to her forehead, causing a grape-sized dark blue lump. She was advised to get it checked out at A&E. The kindness, expertise and professional help offered was out of this world
Recently in The Press Police and Crime Commissioner Julia Mulligan complained that North Yorkshire Police had lost a considerable amount of money in trying to catch speeding motorists with their latest expensive acquired equipment, namely camera vans.The
A few weeks ago City of York Council expressed their concern about traffic pollution. Since then they have decided that the new link road through the Nestlé site connecting Wigginton Road to Haxby Road will be for pedestrians, cyclists and non-existing
Geoff Robb tells us that David Cameron promised to call the EU referendum not to deal with splits in the Conservative party, but to prevent losing votes to Ukip (Letters, July 12). This argument contains a fundamental logical error: it wasn
What a breath of fresh air President Trump brings to politics: extremely proud to promote his country, telling other world leaders “facts of life” they would prefer to kept hidden... What a shame Great Britain lacks a leader with similar characteristics
Further to Ginnie Shaw’s letter (June 27) I’m writing to alert readers to the Government’s intention to make fracking as easy as putting up a garden shed. Permitted development is the part of UK planning law that allows people to carry out improvements
THREE passengers were slightly hurt when their bus collided with a taxi in York city centre today. The bus collided with the back of the black hackney carriage in Low Ousegate, near Ouse Bridge, at just before 9am. Police and paramedics were
JEWELLERY was stolen in a burglary at a house in North Yorkshire which took place during broad daylight.The burglary happened on Oakdale, in Harrogate, at around 1.30pm on Friday, North Yorkshire Police said.The force added that a man wearing a blue shirt
FOR those of a certain age, the Eighties seem as though they were just yesterday. Astonishingly, thirty years have passed since the decade of Thatcher, the miner's strike, big shoulder pads and even bigger hair. Much has changed in those three
QUEEN Street has been in the news recently, thanks to proposals to revamp the entrance to York Railway Station and possibly demolish the Queen Street Bridge. The consultation on those proposals closed just a week ago. We'll wait with interest to
FIREFIGHTERS have tackled a fire at a stubble field in Ryedale. Crews from Malton, Sherburn, Knaresborough and York were called to the fire in Norton, near Malton, at around 5.20pm on Sunday. North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said the
THREE people were rescued by fire crews from the River Ouse in York in the early hours of this morning (July 16). At around 4.20am, crews from York with the boat and crews from Acomb, along with a fire officer, were called to reports of two women
CITY of York Council is set to discuss its arrangement with the city's destination management organisation Make It York, including plans to cut £100,000 of funding for the company.Under the plans, the council will ask Make It York to continue to promote
A COUPLE are looking to bring new cosmetic technology to the UK with the launch of their new venture in York. Minster Clinic has been launched by husband and wife team Daniel and Sarah Theo, and is based in Nunnery Lane. The duo, who have extensive
PLANS for a new 64-bed care home in Fulford have been given the go-ahead by City of York Council. Octopus Health wants to build a new facility on the site of the old council-run Fordlands Home on Fordlands Road, and got planning permission in November
YORK could become the first city in the country to use a digital avatar to help deaf visitors explore tourist attractions. An academic at the University of York has been working on a project to create a virtual signer, which can translate text
NORTH Yorkshire Police lost 58 officer roles in just six months, according to Home Office figures. Between March 2017 and September 2017 the number of officers employed by the force fell by 4.2 per cent - the largest reduction of any police force
A FORMER international businessman has been banned from driving for five years and given a suspended prison sentence. Mark Anthony McDonnell, 53, was four times the drink drive limit when police found him slumped over his wheel at the side of the
WOULD you like to see your photographs on this page?More than 1,000 readers have joined The Press Camera Club, which launched in June 2017 and brings together talented amateur photographers from across York and North and East Yorkshire to share their
From our archives:80 years agoThe “Yorkshire Herald” had been officially informed by Mr Norrison Stead, of Driffield, that the terms of the purchase of 285 acres of land at Cottam House Farm, near Driffield, had been finally settled by the Air Ministry
