York news and North Yorkshire news brought to you from the pages of The Press newspaper in York

Property Press

Homes in and around York to buy and rent »

Your Press

Get in touch: send your photos, videos, news & views by texting YORK to 80360 or send an email »

Delivery rider set upon by gang of youths

7:46am Thursday 28th August 2008

A PIZZA delivery rider was knocked off his moped and punched repeatedly in an attack condemned by police as “vicious and mindless”.

Comments (0) | Have your say »

Popular community arts centre seeks permission to expand

7:00pm Wednesday 27th August 2008

IT may be called Space 109, but this popular arts centre in York is set to expand because it isn’t spacious enough.

Comments (5) | Have your say »

Former cancer sufferer to run 10k race

6:10pm Wednesday 27th August 2008

SHE has watched her own mother and sister battle breast cancer, she has beaten the disease herself, and now Karyn Harper must wait and see if her own four-year-old daughter will suffer the same fate.

Comments (0) | Have your say »

Last chance to see Whistlejacket in city

5:20pm Wednesday 27th August 2008

TOURISTS and York residents have their last chance this week to see one of the world’s most famous horse paintings, in the city that made its subject famous.

Comments (2) | Have your say »

Road to be repaired less than two years after resurfacing work

4:30pm Wednesday 27th August 2008

TRANSPORT chiefs are carrying out repair work on a York road – less than two years after it was resurfaced.

Comments (2) | Have your say »

Hotelier defends security record

3:40pm Wednesday 27th August 2008

A MAJOR hotel chain based in York has refuted claims that personal data of millions of customers was sold to the Russian mafia after its online booking system was accessed by hackers.

Comments (0) | Have your say »

More than 20 motorists a day caught speeding in police purge

2:50pm Wednesday 27th August 2008

A MAJOR crackdown on speeding motorists in North Yorkshire caught 152 drivers in only seven days.

Comments (17) | Have your say »

Website names on the run sex offender as most wanted

2:00pm Wednesday 27th August 2008

A FRESH appeal has been made for information on a most-wanted paedophile still on the run a year-and-a-half after his disappearance.

Missing person enquiry launched in York

1:59pm Wednesday 27th August 2008

A HUGE police search is taking place at the river at Nether Poppleton following the disappearance of an 82-year-old York man.

Comments (1) | Have your say »

New claim in Hungate row

1:10pm Wednesday 27th August 2008

BOSSES at City of York Council have been criticised for apparently ignoring their own guidelines on major developments.

Comments (1) | Have your say »

WAILING banshees, howling ghosts and restless spirits... these are just some of the paranormal sightings in York which have put the city as one of the most likely spots in the UK to catch a glimpse of the spooky.

Comments (4) | Have your say »

Council bids for ‘free swim’ for over-60s cash

11:30am Wednesday 27th August 2008

OVER-60s in York should soon be able to enjoy free swimming, as part of an attempt to improve the city’s exercise rates.

Comments (9) | Have your say »

Yorkshire Wheel may be moved to new location

11:00am Wednesday 27th August 2008

YORK’S big wheel could be set to move to a new riverside location right in the heart of the city centre, The Press can reveal.

Comments (23) | Have your say »

Crunch time for cat refuge

10:30am Wednesday 27th August 2008

PET-OWNERS who are feeling the financial bite of the credit crunch are leaving a North Yorkshire cat sanctuary struggling to cope.

Comments (5) | Have your say »

Thefts spell woe for rail travellers

10:10am Wednesday 27th August 2008

COMMUTERS were left seething with frustration after thieves stole vital cables from a railway line between York and Leeds – causing a string of services to be cancelled.

Comments (8) | Have your say »