Road error cost student her life

9:48am Saturday 18th May 2013

An “error of judgement” cost a university student her life as she crossed a major road with her boyfriend, an inquest heard.

Business park plan brings new jobs hope

9:33am Saturday 18th May 2013

A HUGE business park could be built next to an airfield near Selby and developers say it will bring new jobs to the district.

Plumber wins £20,000 on TV game show – but it could have been £50,000

Bryan Sellars with wife, Joanne, and daughter

7:52am Saturday 18th May 2013

WHO Wants To Be a Millionaire contestant Bryan Sellars missed out on a £50,000 question – despite giving the right answer to host Chris Tarrant.

Police to hand out home security kits

9:31am Friday 17th May 2013

NORTH YORKSHIRE Police will be giving out free home security kits as they host a series of crime prevention roadshows across the Selby area.

Transformation in pipeline after Selby villages get cash

9:05am Friday 17th May 2013

A NEW youth club, a relaunched Scout group and a community centre revamp are on the cards for two Selby villages after they secured a £20,000 funding boost.

Decision is shelved on Selby ‘3D’ pub

9:04am Friday 17th May 2013

A DECISION on whether to demolish a Selby pub and replace it with eight homes has been put on hold.

Man, 77, found safe

9:03am Friday 17th May 2013

POLICE have thanked the public for their help after a 77-year-old Selby man was found safe and well.

Jewellery and cash stolen in Selby burglary

11:05am Thursday 16th May 2013

THIEVES have stolen thousands of pounds of jewellery and hundreds of pounds in cash in a house raid near Selby.

Police concern for missing Selby man, 77

10:31am Thursday 16th May 2013

North Yorkshire Police sent out a twitter alert when a 77-year-old Selby man went missing yesterday afternoon.

Car vandalism spree in Selby

9:17am Thursday 16th May 2013

A SPATE of car vandalism attacks have been reported in Selby.

Patient in court over altered prescription

9:18am Thursday 16th May 2013

A MAN with back pain spent a night in a police cell after he altered the date on his prescription form, York magistrates heard.

Coun Michael Dyson takes over reins at Selby council

Coun Crawford, left, hands over the chain of office to Coun Dyson

8:59am Thursday 16th May 2013

A councillor who succeeded his mother on Selby District Council has been elected its new chairman.

Vital change for asbestos families

Fran Milner and her father, the late Peter Bason

8:31am Thursday 16th May 2013

THE daughters of two asbestos victims have spoken out about new Government compensation plans – as they pepare to stage a charitable fundraising ball.

Award for licencees of Ye Old Sun Inn in Colton, near Tadcaster

From left, Ashley and Kelly McCarthy with British Institute of Innkeeping chief executive Tim Hulme

9:19am Wednesday 15th May 2013

LICENSEES at a North Yorkshire pub are celebrating after they were crowned the best in the country.

Orphaned animals put wildlife centre under pressure

Annette Pyrah feeds the baby starlings which were brought to her at Selby Wildlife Rescue after a fire in a loft left them without a home

8:25am Wednesday 15th May 2013

A WILDLIFE sanctuary in North Yorkshire has been overwhelmed with tiny orphaned animals.

Antisocial crackdown for village near Selby

9:27am Tuesday 14th May 2013

NEW rules could be brought in to crack down on antisocial behaviour and drunknenness in a village near Selby.

Brewery loses car park fight

The Samuel Smith’s brewery at Tadcaster

10:32am Saturday 11th May 2013

A TADCASTER brewery has failed in a long-running High Court challenge to plans to resurface the town’s main car park in tarmac.

Kellingley deep mine bosses ‘remain positive’

9:18am Friday 10th May 2013

THE owners of Kellingley deep mine have said its focus is on preserving jobs as the business faces an uncertain future.

Selby District Council chairman's parting gift to York Hospital

At the handover of the donation to the Breast Care Unit at York Hospital are Andrew Proctor, consultant medical oncologist, Karen Crawford, council chairman Coun Jack Crawford, the chairman's lady Kathleen Crawford, and consultant Ben Mancey-Jones

8:36am Friday 10th May 2013

THE breast cancer unit at York Hospital has been handed a cheque for £2,600 by the outgoing chairman of Selby District Council.

Surprise for Selby man after South American rhea escapes from nursery

The rhea in John Cattanach's garden

8:08am Friday 10th May 2013

THEY can grow up to five-and-half feet tall and are normally found wandering the grasslands of Brazil and Argentina.



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