York news, North Yorkshire news and information from The Press newspaper in York

International Women’s Week events lined up

7:58am Wednesday 8th February 2012

WOMEN have “pulled out all the stops” to stage a record 78 events in York to mark International Women’s Week during the city’s 800th anniversary year.

Oh baby, your smile takes the cake

8:01am Wednesday 8th February 2012

SIX-MONTH-OLD Ruby-May Hatfield, from York, enjoys a cupcake while older girls take part in a photo shoot at a city café.

Ross the police horse retires after 15 years of service

3:32pm Tuesday 7th February 2012

EAST Yorkshire’s longest serving police horse is set to retire after dedicating more than 15 years service to the force.

£1 tourism tax branded ‘a mistake’ by York hoteliers

10:09am Tuesday 7th February 2012

HOTELIERS have attacked the possibility of York getting a “tourist tax” – claiming it will lead to visitors deserting the city for its rivals.

Roads chaos as winter tightens its grip on the region

9:51am Tuesday 7th February 2012

SNOW and sub-zero temperatures brought chaos to the region with more than 160 crashes closing roads, including the A1(M).

Selby drivers’ winter misery

9:44am Tuesday 7th February 2012

FREEZING weather conditions have continued to cause problems for North Yorkshire motorists with two crashes on roads in Selby district.

New ad campaign posters smell like hot baked potatoes

9:38am Tuesday 7th February 2012

SHIVERING bus users at stops in York will have their early-morning commutes warmed up by a revolutionary new advert.

Gun salute marks Queen's Diamond Jubilee

9:57am Tuesday 7th February 2012

GUNFIRE echoed around York city centre to mark the accession of The Queen to the throne.

£3m film project is ready to roll

9:24am Tuesday 7th February 2012

AMBITIOUS plans to make a £3 million feature film based on the acclaimed novel The Knife That Killed Me will take shape in the next few weeks in a refurbished studio in a village near York.

Celebrities pitch in to raise money for Thomas Cammack's cancer treatment

9:08am Tuesday 7th February 2012

THE campaign to send a four-year-old cancer sufferer to America for potentially life-saving treatment has received celebrity endorsement.

Hunt for cigarettes thief

9:30am Tuesday 7th February 2012

POLICE in York are looking for a man who they suspect of stealing cigarettes from a shop in Goodramgate.

Vicar of Baghdad’s message of hope

8:59am Tuesday 7th February 2012

A VICAR who works in astonishingly difficult circumstances in the only remaining Anglican church in Iraq has spoken of his experiences to a crowded church in York.

York archive project ‘to go private’

8:51am Tuesday 7th February 2012

COUNCIL bosses have called for the “urgent” appointment of a private firm to design a new home for York’s priceless archives after deciding they cannot use the authority’s own teams.

Pupils’ close encounter with director

8:32am Tuesday 7th February 2012

YOUNGSTERS at a York secondary school got a taste of Hollywood when a film director dropped in on lessons.

Friends set up tribute to computer game fan

8:15am Tuesday 7th February 2012

THE friends of an online computer game fan are marking the first anniversary of his death by setting up a fundraising internet gaming tournament in his memory.

Former headmaster dies at the age of 87

7:59am Tuesday 7th February 2012

A FORMER headmaster of Haxby Road Primary School, James Corney, has died at the age of 87.