Vapes with flavours such as strawberry ice cream and cotton candy are being sold on the confectionery aisle of B&M in York. City of York Council’s trading standards team will visit B&M to ask why after the issue was raised by the Local
A WINDOW has been smashed at a popular restaurant in the centre of York. The attack, thought to have happened in the early hours of this morning (Friday, December 1,) left a huge hole in the window at Mumbai Lounge, in Fossgate. Restaurant
The York Designer Outlet has withdrawn plans to create a temporary car park for 210 vehicles in a field south of the shopping centre at Fulford. The move comes as the application was due to come before a meeting of City of York Council’s planning
A huge wreath has been raised in York to mark the start of advent. The three-metre wide wreath made from ivy was completed this morning (Friday, December 1) in York Minster. It contains large candles which will be lit every Sunday from this
THE 2024 Mr Q UK snooker championships are returning to York for another year. Running from November 23 to December 1 in 2024, York Barbican will host the championships for a 19th time, following on from the event being held there this year.
A MAJOR housing scheme to increase the size of a village near York by a fifth is recommended for approval, despite fears it will ‘destroy’ its historic identity. City of York planners are backing the 139-home scheme from David Wilson Homes on a
A ROW has erupted over ward funding in one of the most deprived areas of York. Westfield Liberal Democrat Councillor Andrew Waller has called on the council’s Labour bosses to honour £49,000 worth of funding committed before May’s local elections
MANY times in The Press do we read that a cyclist has collided with a car or that an action group are calling for speed limits in urban areas to be reduced to 20mph. Here in Osbaldwick, it has been 20mph for many years and there are as many as
MEMBERS of York City's Supporters' Trust have voted overwhelmingly in favour of selling a further 24 per cent of shares to co-owners Matt and Julie-Anne Uggla. At a meeting held last night, a staggering 94.47 per cent voted in favour of the move
A man was left with a 4cm hole in his leg after being ‘bitten by a false widow spider’ while waiting outside an Asda. Michael Wilkinson, 38, spent two months recovering after suffering "nine out of ten" pain. He initially thought little of
Chocolate, chicken nuggets and avocados are among the food items Brits think could vanish from our plates within 100 years, according to new research. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the London North Eastern Railway (LNER) and the evolution
Hosts of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! Ant and Dec have admitted that they thought about quitting the show, jokingly, of course. Introducing the latest episode of the ITV show, Ant shared that the pair had "thought about leaving" after
OLLY DYSON is ready to fight for his place in the York City team after a ‘difficult’ start to the season. Dyson’s game time has been limited after a tricky start to the Vanarama National League season, playing just 64 minutes in York’s last five
KEVIN Sinfield hopes to recreate the overwhelming atmosphere of last year’s visit to York when he returns to the city in his latest fundraising challenge this afternoon. The first leg of the Leeds Rhinos legend’s ‘7 in 7’ challenge will see him
Labour candidate Melanie Onn is back. Since last being MP for Grimsby in 2019, she’s revamped her ideas and is now returning for another election, saying that she can remember when people “had a right to be proud of being from Grimsby”. According to Onn
ALMOST £200 of meat has been stolen from a service station in York. North Yorkshire Police say the incident happened on Wednesday, September 20 at about 11.35pm at the Inner Space Service Station in Hull Road. A spokesperson for the force said
FIVE York schools have been ranked in the top ten state and independent schools in the north for academic performance, results compiled by The Sunday Times show. Archbishop Holgate's CE and Fulford School both landed a place in the top ten state
A WOMAN and a man have been arrested after two separate incidents of shoplifting in North Yorkshire. Police in Scarborough say they made the arrests in the town centre on Wednesday (November 29) between 4.30pm and 5pm. Following a report of
POLICE have seized a Range Rover after a roadside stop in North Yorkshire. The county’s police force say that while on mobile patrol, Whitby Neighbourhood officers came across the vehicle and stopped the driver. Read next: Man and
THE sound of sawing and banging will be replaced by the blast of hardcore punk at a popular York pub and community music venue this evening. The Fulford Arms has been closed – for music events at least – for the last two weeks, while it has been
SIX new traffic marshals have been recruited for York city centre over the busy Christmas period in a desperate attempt to try to keep traffic flowing. The announcement comes two weeks after York faced traffic gridlock on the first weekend of the
One member of a major heroin and cocaine gang was stabbed when he tried to leave and another was "used" by higher ranking members, York Crown Court heard. Both are now serving prison sentences, alongside some of their accomplices. READ
Waiting times are increasing at York and Scarborough hospital emergency departments with almost 20 per cent of people waiting more than 12 hours before being seen. The figure was presented in a monthly report to the York and Scarborough Teaching
A York council chief has hit back at opposition claims that the city's Labour administration 'blocked' mental health funding. York Liberal Democrats, who form the main opposition group at City of York Council, said its attempts to commit the Labour-run
CLIMATE activists in York have presented a seven-point ‘climate charter’ to council bosses. The charter, which was presented ahead of last week’s full council meeting by members of Extinction rebellion York (XRY), calls for free public transport
NORTH Yorkshire's Police and fire services met near York to honour exceptional public service at an annual award show. The evening saw fifteen different categories of winners announced, with Police Fire and Crime Commissioner Zoë Metcalfe, Chief
SIX members of a gang that made tens of thousands of pounds selling heroin and cocaine on the streets of York and Scarborough have been jailed. Some gang members continued dealing in drugs in North Yorkshire and elsewhere after police closed down
A woman who broke into her neighbour’s flat and stole diabetes medicine has been told she needs “help not punishment” by York’s top judge. As The Press reported, three days before the burglary Angela Montgomery, 50, had attacked her neighbour's
The Knavesmire last night (Thursday) staged one of the hottest events of the York business calendar on what was perhaps the coldest night of the year. Hundreds donned their finery for the 2023 Press BusinessiQ business awards, which showcases the
