News coverage for York, Ryedale, East Yorkshire, Harrogate, Hambleton and Selby.

Hats off to the new Lord Mayor

5:50pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

THE new Lord Mayor of York has said she aims to play a hands-on role in helping the city’s most vulnerable people.

Burglars target Howsham Mill

5:48pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

BURGLARS targeted Howsham Mill near Malton.

UPDATED: Armed police called after axe attack

Armed police called to disturbance in York

12:02pm Thursday 23rd May 2013

ARMED police were today called to a home in York after a man was attacked with an axe.

Malton couple make desperate plea after daughter excluded from three schools

Charlotte Tait with her dad, Arthur, and mum, Maxine

10:03am Thursday 23rd May 2013

A COUPLE have made a desperate appeal for help after their eight-year-old daughter’s violent behaviour spiralled out of control.

Labour accused of withholding vital study into York’s housing needs before consultation

Nigel Ayre: Alleged to have urinated in car park at Wembley

9:56am Thursday 23rd May 2013

CITY leaders have been accused of blocking a key report used to justify plans to build 22,000 new homes in York.

Tributes paid to ‘valued friend and consummate professional’

Edward Knock

9:54am Thursday 23rd May 2013

STAFF at a York estate agency have been left shocked and saddened after a colleague was found dead in woodland.

It’s a family affair for York’s new Lord Mayor

Coun Julie Gunnell, who was being sworn in as York’s new Lord Mayor today

9:38am Thursday 23rd May 2013

York’s new Lord Mayor, Julie Gunnell, is being sworn in today. Ahead of her inauguration, she spoke to STEPHEN LEWIS.

Tragedy boy’s dad in Hadrian’s challenge

Rob Oliver is setting off on a gruelling 24-hour challenge next month to run along Hadrian’s Wall to raise money for Martin House Hospice where his son Alfie died last year

9:29am Thursday 23rd May 2013

THE father of a York boy who died from a serious heart defect is to undertake a gruelling 24-hour marathon across the north of England to raise money in his memory.

Charity woman shows off her new tattoo

Emma Milligan displays her new  bicycle tattoo

9:12am Thursday 23rd May 2013

A WOMAN from York who agreed to be tattooed for charity with a design chosen at random has gone under the needle.

Trio guilty of raid on Huntington home

9:01am Thursday 23rd May 2013

Three burglars caught after a stolen car was driven back and forth over speed bumps for half an hour have been given suspended prison sentences.

Long-lost Joseph Rowntree portrait donated to school

Headteacher Carole Dickson, left, and Nestlé historian Alex Hutchinson carry the portraits of Joseph and Seebohm Rowntree in to New Earswick School

8:58am Thursday 23rd May 2013

A COPY of a long-lost painting of York chocolate boss and philanthropist Joseph Rowntree – which lay hidden for decades behind a false plaster board wall – has been presented to a York primary school to mark its centenary.

City of York Council coalition agreed

8:56am Thursday 23rd May 2013

ONE of York’s political parties has agreed a coalition with a former councillor to ensure it can stay as the city’s main council opposition group.

Visitors flocking to see Richard III ‘tomb’

The “interim tomb” in the Richard III museum

8:43am Thursday 23rd May 2013

AS campaigners battle for King Richard III’s remains to be buried in York, a city museum is enjoying a boost to visitor numbers – and has now installed its own “interim tomb” for the controversial monarch.

Acomb man’s roof misery as warranty proves worthless

Wilf Precious, of Acomb, outside his house in Woodlea Avenue, and the defective roof

8:35am Thursday 23rd May 2013

WHEN Wilf Precious got the roof on his York house replaced, he was reassured that the work came with a 30-year unconditional guarantee.

Memorial unveiling honour for niece of Normandy hero

George Hildred, 18, died in Normandy in 1944

8:32am Thursday 23rd May 2013

THE niece of a York soldier killed in Normandy in 1944 is to attend the unveiling of a memorial in France to her uncle and five comrades who also died.

Soldiers to march through streets of York

9:17am Thursday 23rd May 2013

MORE than 300 soldiers who have just returned from Afghanistan will march through the streets of York tomorrow.

Coggles premises on the market for £1.6m

9:18am Thursday 23rd May 2013

THE Low Petergate premises of fashion retailer Coggles has been put on the market for £1.6 million.

Lottery winners help to transform animal centre

Elaine Leason, Sue Brusby, Rob Leason, Sue and  Norman Harris, from the winning Driffield syndicate

7:58am Thursday 23rd May 2013

LOTTERY winners from North and East Yorkshire volunteered their time and graft to help transform part of an animal sanctuary.

Dementia Awareness Week gets on a rock ‘n’ roll

Celebrating Dementia Awareness Week with a 1950s theme in Parliament Street, York were, from left, Hudda Morgan, of Harrowells Solicitors, and volunteers Adam Tegerdine, Julie Lee and Rayner Rock and Roll’s Eileen Rayner

9:52am Thursday 23rd May 2013

A pop-up vintage rock ’n’ roll coffee bar was organised by the Alzheimer’s Society in York as part of Dementia Awareness Week.

Park&Ride work to start in York

8:28am Thursday 23rd May 2013

RESURFACING work in York is to start next week as work begins to create two new Park&Ride sites outside the city.

Jobseekers engage with employers at York Jobs Fair

Julia Davis, employer and partnership manager for the Department of Work and Pensions Job Centre Plus, Lee Davey, engagement manager at City of York Council and Council leader Coun James Alexander at York Jobs Fair

4:37pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

ABOUT 1,000 jobseekers are expected to have engaged with employers at the third York Jobs Fair.

Veterans remember fallen comrades at Minster service

Veterans remember fallen comrades at Minster service

3:33pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

VETERANS of one of the Second World War’s most important allied victories gathered at York Minster to remember the thousands of comrades who lost their lives.

Disabled man’s fury as bedroom tax hits

Stephen Doe of Helmsley says he could be forced to leave his specially-adapted bungalow under new benefits rules

1:19pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A DISABLED man has spoken of his anger over changes to the Government’s welfare benefits which, he says, are putting severe pressure on the vulnerable.

Heart attack man’s skydive challenge

Heart attack  victim Robert Gray who is planning a skydive to raise money for the British Heart Foundation

9:54am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

Nine weeks ago he almost died, now Robert Gray is going to jump out of a plane to raise money for the charity which helped to save his life.

McDonald’s to appeal over opening hours

McDonald’s in Blake Street, York

9:46am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

FAST food giant McDonald’s has appealed against a decision by York councillors to cut opening times at its city-centre restaurant.

York church window damaged by vandals

The hole in the east window of St Laurence’s Church made after an object was thrown at it during a service

9:45am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

THE CONGREGATION at a church in York escaped injury when vandals shattered a stained glass window during a service.

Police officer receives £20k payout over ‘pink gun’ jibe

9:36am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A FEMALE police officer who was subjected to sexist comments by force trainers has been awarded £20,000 in damages.

York Cycle Show cancelled

Visitors to the York Cycle Show leave a special service at York Minster

9:33am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

ORGANISERS of York Cycle Show have blamed poor weather and the economic climate for its cancellation.

Traffic police in daily effort to keep driving safe

PC Roger Walker issues a fixed penalty to a van driver caught using a mobile phone at the wheel

9:26am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

SINCE the beginning of April, there have been 85 serious collisions on North Yorkshire’s roads, including eight deaths. Crime reporter KATE LIPTROT went out with the traffic officers to find out how they try to reduce accidents.

Horse is killed on A166

Osbaldwick councillor Mark Warters

9:21am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

CITY leaders have been accused of gambling with drivers’ lives after another horse was hit and killed by a car near York.

Polish man is jailed and faces deportation after breaking into neighbour’s bedroom

8:56am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A MAN made psychotic by drink and drugs faces deportation because he broke into his neighbour’s bedroom after she had gone to bed.

Security stepped up at former Terry’s chocolate factory site

Ben Ward, senior development surveyor at Henry Boot Developments, and John Capuvanno, site supervisor for Demolition Services Ltd, at the Terry’s Chocolate Works

8:33am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

WORK has started on protecting the former Terry’s chocolate factory from vandalism and the weather.

Tributes paid to well-known 1960s charity singer

Joseph Carver

8:07am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A SINGER from York who raised thousands for charity in a career spanning six decades has died at the age of 71.

Macmillan Charity Race Day to be held at York Racecourse next month

Guests Karen Morgan, Monique Oakley, Nicola Maasdam and John and Lisa Mowforth with Macmillan events manager Lucy Robertson and organiser Tricia Sherriff, admire a dress from Kenzi of York. Lucy and Tricia are wearing hats by Jane-Ann Millinery

8:02am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

PEOPLE from around Yorkshire who have been touched by cancer gathered in York ahead of the annual Macmillan Charity Race Day.

Inspectors praise York women’s prison for low reoffending rate

An inmate’s room at Askham Grange prison

7:58am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A WOMEN’S prison near York has been hailed as “remarkable” by inspectors despite concerns being raised about the turnover of its management.

Antisocial behaviour and concerns over traveller sites in focus at meeting

Supt Lisa Winward

7:46am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

CONCERNS over travellers sites and antisocial behaviour will come under the microscope tonight at a meeting organised by a York MP.

Hundreds walk through York in aid of Crohn’s And Colitis charity

The walkers start the Crohn’s and Colitis UK York walk, which began in the Museum Gardens

7:44am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

ALMOST 400 people from all over the country walked through York to raise funds for the charity Crohn’s And Colitis UK.

North Yorkshire police chief leaves for job in Cleveland

Assistant chief constable Iain Spittal

9:31am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A LONG-SERVING senior officer for North Yorkshire Police has taken up a job with a neighbouring force.

Diversions to be put in place for A64 roadworks

9:29am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

WORK on repairing part of the A64 on the edge of York will begin next week, leading to road closures.

More people visiting York from Australia

9:51am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

YORK is experiencing an increase in Australian visitors who are making the long trip from down under to taste the city’s history and culture.



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STAFF at a York estate agency have been left shocked and saddened after a colleague was found dead in woodland.

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