LEEDS took over top spot in the Sky Bet Championship as a thrilling 2-2 draw at Swansea maintained their unbeaten record under Marcelo Bielsa. Oliver McBurnie twice gave Swansea the lead as the striker returned to haunt his hometown club. But
A WOMAN has been sexually assaulted in an alleyway near York city centre. The victim was walking along an alley between Nicholas Street and Milton Street on Monday, August 13, when a man approached her and touched her inappropriately. The incident
MOEEN Ali starred with bat and then ball during day three at Scarborough as Worcestershire head towards a Specsavers County Championship victory over Yorkshire. The White Rose have significant work to do if they are to avoid their fourth defeat
THE last chance to see Moonbeam’s Magical Mission, the magical Tiny Times Tales show for pre-school children at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, comes on Saturday morning at 10.30am. The elf Moonbeam Quicktrick has the most important job
THE SALE of National Lottery tickets at the WHSmith store on Coney Street, York, has raised £726,425 for good causes. A spokeswoman said: "We are delighted to have achieved such a huge amount. A huge thank you to our customers for their support.
COUNCILLORS have been asked to approve the route of the access road to the York Central site at a meeting next week. The western option, which would see cars, pedestrians and cyclists turn off Water End to access the site, was chosen as the preferred
Gig of the Week Gary Stewart presents Graceland – A Celebration of Paul Simon’s Classic, The Crescent, York, tomorrow, 7.30pm SCOTTISH singer-songwriter and Hope & Social drummer Gary Stewart is to re-create Paul Simon's Graceland album for
A £1 MILLION road resurfacing scheme in Harrogate is progressing well, according to North Yorkshire County Council. The scheme to target key routes with heavy traffic is part of a larger investment in Harrogate's roads. NYCC has further approved
TEACHERS, young families and key workers are being prevented from coming to work and live in York because senior councillors are “failing” to deliver affordable homes, according to the Labour group. Labour councillors are calling on the Conservative
THE BBC One series ‘Shop Well For Less?’ is looking for a York family to take part. A spokesperson for the show said the programme helps people to manage their finances. They said: "With a few simple tricks, we can all learn to buy better and
LIFELONG Freddie Mercury fan Gary Mullen brings his One Night Of Queen tribute show to the Grand Opera House, York, on Saturday night. Always a keen singer, Mullen began his Mercury act in 2000 when his wife and his mother secretly applied to the
INTREPID staff members from a York shop have braved the elements on a challenging charity walk. A hardy trio from York's Chocolate Story, Ben Rosenfield, Mark Watson and Kieran Wade, pulled on their hiking boots for a 23-mile trek along the North
SHIRLEY Teed: Mother Love, Part 2, a retrospective memorial exhibition of oil paintings, will run at the School House Gallery, Peasholme Green, York, from September 1's 3pm to 6pm launch to October 6. Curated by the late Shirley's son, Robert Teed
A SCHEME to tackle litter hotspots in the Sherburn-in-Elmet area has been launched in conjunction with local haulage businesses. The Clean Driver Scheme will see Selby District Council work with local businesses to make sure their drivers dispose
YORK Racecourse's famous Ebor Festival gets under way on Wednesday, August 22 - and it is an event steeped in history. The Press has taken a delve into the archives to find some photos from over the years - dating as far back as 1908. Some
YORK Stand Up To Racism will hold a counter protest in the city at the weekend. UKIP's Mike Hookem is expected to be among the speakers at a rally to protest against prosecution of Northern Ireland veterans. Stand Up to Racism will meet in
SHERIFF Hutton Bridge have been the stand-out team in Hunters York & District Senior League division one for almost the entire season – but their advantage at the top has been reduced once again. Their lead was 50 points less than a month ago
TODAY marks the first anniversary of a York charity shop. The St Leonard's Hospice shop in Fossgate will celebrate with balloons, cake and a half-price sale throughout the day. Manager Lesley Holmes said the shop She said: "Over the year we've
STAND And Be Counted, the first British theatre company of Sanctuary, will present a wild and vivid vision of the future, combining storytelling, movement and live music, at the York Theatre Royal Studio on September 15. In this touring show, five
OLD Malton St Mary’s were beaten 1-0 on Saturday as Huntington Rovers maintained their 100 per cent start to the York Minster Engineering League premier division season. A screamer from the evergreen veteran hitman Chris Dyson in the 88th minute
FORMER Icelandic top-flight manager Gregg Ryder has declared his interest in the York City managerial vacancy. Ryder, who hails from Newcastle, became the youngest-ever manager to take charge of a team in the Nordic Island’s top two divisions when
POLICE investigating a cash machine theft said a telehandler used to steal an ATM in Selby had been stolen in the local area. Detectives urged anyone who has seen any telehandlers "left overnight in strange places, such as laybys, fields, disused
NEW York City trio Sunflower Bean will stay up north after their Leeds Festival appearance on Sunday to play Central Library, Hull, on Monday and Hebden Bridge Trades Club on Tuesday. Jacob Faber, Julia Cumming and Nick Kivlen, who released their
YORK is set to be inundated with thousands of glamorous women sporting amazing headwear. The flagship meeting at York Racecourse, the Ebor Festival, gets under way on Wednesday, August 22. The four-day festival, which runs until Saturday, will
YORK actor and director Andy Love's Wildgoose Theatre will present the York premiere of Laura Wade’s Colder Than Here at Friargate Theatre, Lower Friargate, from October 18 to 21. "Death is the ultimate fact of life, but in an age when many of us
THE second instalment of the Inspired By...Gallery's exhibition prompted by the landscape and folklore of the North York Moors and Tees Valley is on show at Danby until August 28. Part of the Great Exhibition of the North’s Inspired By programme
CELEBRITY lifeguard Trent ‘Maxi’ Maxwell, star of the Australian TV programme Bondi Rescue, is visiting a North Yorkshire seaside town on Wednesday to champion water safety. The Royal Life Saving Society UK ambassador will join partners Swim England
A MEN’S accessories business based in York is in the running for two national awards. Cuffs & Co, which has a shop on the Shambles, has been shortlisted for a Draper’s Independent Award. The awards celebrate the most influential brands and
A COUNCILLOR who fought a High Court battle against plans for a visitor centre below Clifford’s Tower has reached the half-way point in efforts to recoup his £55,000 legal bill. Now Johnny Hayes is launching a fresh drive to raise as much as possible
YORK Open Studios is open for applications from York artists seeking to take part in the 2019 event. Artists and craftspeople who work in any medium and are at any stage of their career are invited to apply. In particular, the organisers are keen
POLICE are on the lookout for a wallaby which has escaped from an animal park in North Yorkshire. North Yorkshire Police said the wallaby has gone missing from Filey Bird Garden and Animal Park, on Scarborough Road, Filey. Anyone who sees the
A MAN who stole more than £16,000 from his elderly parents to pay off his mortgage and go on holidays has been jailed. Brian Horsley, 67, of Wisbech in Cambridgeshire pleaded guilty to four charges of theft from his parents, who are aged in their
I am totally disgusted as to how the ECB and Joe Root have handled the Ben Stokes situation. The ECB should not have allowed him to be considered for Test Match selection until after the disciplinary investigation and Joe Root the captain should not
With reference to recent articles and letters on the subject of good or bad grammar (Nit-picking on grammar issues, Letters, August 17) may I add a couple of things which I find irritating? I think it may be a trend among the younger folk to start
I was interested to read June Hutt’s letter (Grayling has no idea on public transport, August 17) as I travelled on the Cross Country service from York to Edinburgh Waverley last Friday. My husband and I had been lucky to find seats and to keep
THE 2018 York Mystery Plays still need to raise " a few thousand" towards their £5,000 Crowdfunding target by August 31 to help the wagon wheels to roll out on September 9, 12 and 16. After Arts Council funding was not forthcoming, the York Festival
YORK'S musicians, magicians, comedians and dancing dogs have a chance of making the big time next month when Britain’s Got Talent stages auditions in the city. The TV talent show is hitting the road once again on its search to find talented acts
ARSONISTS are believed to be responsible for a fire in a stubble field near Selby. A crew from Selby was called to the fire in Eggborough at 5.55pm yesterday (August 20) and put out the flames. "The fire was approximately 20sqm and is believed
FIREFIGHTERS helped a farmer rescue two cows which had got stuck in deep mud in a village in the North York Moors. A crew was called to the scene in Danby at around 7.35pm yesterday (August 20). They used strops and small tools to assist a farmer
JAMES Doyle has acclaimed Poet's Word as one of the "toughest horses he has ridden" ahead of a high-class Juddmonte International at York Racecourse tomorrow. Sir Michael Stoute's stable star, who has already won the Prince of Wales's Stakes and
MORE than £39,000 of taxpayers’ money has been spent on the Lord Mayor of York’s car in the past three years, according to a campaign group. Figures obtained by the TaxPayers’ Alliance found City of York Council spent £39,242.51 on leasing, fuelling
THE workshop area of one of York’s best known garages is set to be demolished to make way for an apartment block after the business announced it would close. Eleven flats could be built on the workshop at Glen Garage Suzuki, off Hawthorn Street
LONG-SERVING volunteers for a York community transport charity have been recognised after clocking up 95 years of service between them. Nigel Rhodes, Dave Turpin and Erica Deighton were among the volunteers who received long service awards for their
TWO new teams are putting the finishing touches to their mean machines as they gear up for this year’s Micklegate Run Soapbox Challenge. York BID street rangers are taking part in next weekend's event to raise money for volunteers at York Rescue
WALK ON Walter can return to winning ways back over six furlongs and on turf in the ABF The Soldiers Charity Handicap at Brighton today. David Simcock's three-year-old tried to make all over seven furlongs at Chelmsford four weeks ago until his
MORE than 250,000 patients in the York area will soon be able to visit or talk to a GP or other healthcare professional in the evening, at weekends and on bank holidays. NHS Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has awarded Nimbuscare
