Christmas message from the Archbishop of York

Dr John Sentamu hopes for a time of peace and joy

7:36am Monday 24th December 2012

I always hope Christmas will be a time of peacefulness and joy. A time to say thank you and a time to celebrate.

Santa visits Woodthorpe school

Santa visits Woodthorpe school

8:12am Monday 24th December 2012

PUPILS at Woodthorpe school meet York Minster Lions’ Rocking Rudolph sleigh as an end-of-term treat.

Pets who won’t be ruffing it at Christmas

8:33am Monday 24th December 2012

PAMPERED pooches have the chance to enjoy their own deluxe Christmas dinner at a North Yorkshire hotel – but it will set their owners back £105.

Cabbie clocks up gift turkey

8:33am Monday 24th December 2012

A NORTH Yorkshire taxi driver has got into the Christmas spirit by offering a free turkey – saying it is too large for him and his family.

Songs for Christmas

The orchestra from Robert Wilkinson Primary School, Strensall, play during the pensioners’ Christmas tea party at the school

11:22am Saturday 22nd December 2012

MUSIC and singing always play an important part in celebrating Christmas, as these pictures show.

Mixed message on festive sales

Christmas shoppers in Coney Street, York

10:28am Saturday 22nd December 2012

RETAILERS hope the last weekend of shopping before Christmas will be a bumper one as city-centre footfall dips in York.

Santa Claus visits school in helicopter

Youngsters at St Wilfrid’s RC Primary School, in York, watch as Santa hovers above them in a Sea King helicopter

10:25am Saturday 22nd December 2012

ALTHOUGH he more often travels by sleigh, Santa Claus surprised a York school by paying a flying visit on board a helicopter.

Carols in Holy Trinity Church, Micklegate

10:06am Thursday 20th December 2012

CAROLS will be sung in Micklegate, York, on Saturday.

Charities thank generous Press readers and shoppers

Monks Cross Shopping Centre's Katherine Sharp, and, from left, Paul Draper (York Carers Centre), Samanatha Beckett (Independent Domestic Abuse Services Refuge), Mike Laycock & Rehema Figueiredo (The Press) and Major Andrew Dunkinson (York Salvation Army)

9:53am Thursday 20th December 2012

THREE charities have thanked generous Press readers and shoppers for helping to save Christmas for hundreds of people in need.

York figures in top three for festive cheer

9:26am Thursday 20th December 2012

York has come third in a poll to find out which places are most willing to embrace the festive spirit.

Carols raise money for village groups

9:27am Thursday 20th December 2012

AN annual “carols round the Christmas tree” event outside the Old School in Wigginton has been hailed as a great success.

Seasonal music evening in Barlby

The school choir singing Christmas songs

9:38am Thursday 20th December 2012

CHILDREN provided seasonal music during a festive evening in a North Yorkshire village.

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