Two men have appeared before York Magistrates' Court accused of spraying a corrosive liquid onto a man and setting him on fire. Both Joshua Strickland, 29, and Robinson Peter Fitch Binks, 26, are charged with wounding the third man with intent
Planning in York has sunk to a new low. While shipping containers continue to blight the central conservation area and a Traveller encampment remains on a public lay-by after many years, a modest hanging sign is deemed to be so detrimental it must
I’m writing to draw attention to the most ecologically pressing matter in York’s modern history. Rivers in England are suffering; no single stretch of any English river is in good overall health. According to The Rivers Trust report in 2024
POLICE and ambulance crews are at the scene of an incident in a North Yorkshire town. Three police vans and an ambulance are at the scene near Little Lane in Easingwold this morning (April 25). No cordon is in place and the surrounding streets
YORK Knights boss Andrew Henderson feels as though Sunday’s win against Bradford Bulls lifted a weight off his shoulders. The Knights were the only team without a point heading into the fifth round of the Betfred Championship season as injuries
A POLICE incident is ongoing in York city centre. North Yorkshire Police have cordoned off an area beside Jalou cocktail bar in Micklegate in York. Read next: Two York corrosive substance attack suspects charged Historic
A THIEF has struck at a shop in York. North Yorkshire Police have issued CCTV of man we would like to speak to, following a theft from Tesco Express in York. A police spokesman said: "It happened at about 8.30pm on Wednesday, March 27 when
A BOAT sank to the bottom of the River Ouse in York after a crash involving a larger passenger vessel. As reported by The Press yesterday (April 24), the incident happened at 12.25pm near Lendal Bridge. It involved a City Cruises self-drive boat
FILMING is underway for a third consecutive day in York today. On Thursday (April 25) the crew film new detective drama Patience are in the Victorian Claremont Terrace off Gillygate which will be closed from 8.30am-10.15am and then from 11.15am
TWO men have been charged and remanded in custody to appear in court following a suspected corrosive substance attack in York. North Yorkshire Police say two of the three men who were arrested on Tuesday (April 23) in connection with a violent
AN urgent appeal has gone out to find a man missing from home in North Yorkshire. The county’s police are searching in the Selby area for missing Dean Clarke, who is 40 and from Selby. A police spokesman said: “Officers are very concerned for
ON May 2, the people of York and North Yorkshire will go to the polls to choose the first-ever directly elected ‘metro’-style Mayor for the region. We have invited all six candidates to contribute a piece, in their own words, setting out why they
YORK’S North Street Gardens overlooking the River Ouse are to get a £6,000 makeover. Local charity York Cares has been awarded a grant by the Nature Hubs fund to ‘breathe new life’ into the gardens. The charity will organise volunteers to work
Residents of a village north of York with a “shrinking population” are split over whether a proposed housing estate will secure or spoil its future. While Husthwaite Parish Council and numerous residents have claimed a scheme to build housing on
A man who armed himself with a sword and a "potentially murderous" bow and arrow during a dispute has been jailed. Liam Dunn fetched the mediaeval-style weapon and an 18-inch sword from his bedroom when Zac Rhodes, 32, arrived at their communal
A NEW distillery, gin school and tasting experience has been given the green-light by council chiefs. City of York Council has approved plans for the York Distillery, a distillery, gin school and tasting experience built on the site of the unused
STAFF from a North Yorkshire power station will stage a protest in London as part of an ongoing pay dispute. Canteen workers at Drax power station, in Selby, have been striking since early December in a dispute with their employer BaxterStorey
Reporter Dylan Connell joins North Yorkshire Police for the launch of Operation Tornado - a blitz on crime in York. I’m on patrol with police in York as news breaks that a wanted man could be in the area. The car goes quiet. Voices over the radio
Nine arrests were made and five vehicles seized during a police crackdown on crime in York and Selby. Officers were out in force in York on Tuesday (April 23) as Operation Tornado started. The operation brings extra units into an area of North
AN historic building turned company headquarters in North Yorkshire has gone on the market for £1,500,000. Boston Lodge in Boston Spa near Wetherby is a Grade II listed building which dates from the late eighteenth century with later nineteenth
