AN MP has hit out at a York school's threat to prevent children attending lessons if they are wearing the wrong trousers or skirts. York Central MP Rachael Maskell said uniform was a major expense for families, and when so many were struggling to
While politicians continue to battle it out over Brexit, York Brewery has been holding its own European trade negotiation in the universal language of beer. Discussion with Swedish based importer Jorvik Estates have been ongoing for some time, but
YORK City Knights boss James Ford as expected will ring the changes for tomorrow’s trip to minnows Hemel Stags – meaning veteran hooker Andy Ellis must wait to make his landmark 350th career outing. There is a place for Adam Robinson, though, and
YORK Musical Theatre Company will journey through the Disney decades from October 4 to 6 in When You Wish Upon A Star, a magical new show from Paul Laidlaw. After YMTC's success with devised shows over the years, such as Something Wonderful, Hooray
A WOMAN has appeared in court after police carried out a drugs warrant at her home. Jody Jacqueline Edwards, 35, pleaded guilty to possessing seven wraps of heroin. Julian Tanikal, prosecuting, said police found the drug when they raided her
A FUND aimed at helping stopping smoking in public has been relaunched. North Yorkshire's County Council's Smokefree Places Fund was first launched last year. The Council is an active member of Breathe 2025, the organisation which campaigns “to
Review: The Mysteries After Dark, Shambles Market, York, Wednesday JAMES Swanton’s Lucifer slunk off into his sunset hell even before Judgement Day, the fifth, final and most fulfilling play of an experimental night that could not have gone better
POLICE have appealed to the public to help find Antony Hargreaves. Mr Hargreaves, 53, is from Barlby but officers believe he may have been moving around the area and could be in Humberside. A spokesman for North Yorkshire Police said Mr Hargreaves
YORK City Knights still need to finish top of Betfred League One to be assured of automatic promotion to the Championship, it has been confirmed. The announcement comes after a restructuring of professional rugby league was voted through at an
PATIENTS and residents are invited to the Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group's fifth annual general meeting. People can raise issues by submitting a question to valeofyork.contactus@nhs.net. The meeting takes place at the Priory Street
THE uncategorisable Jim White could never be filed under easy listening. With songs about serial killers, loss and gnawing despair, White is a southern craftsman working mostly in the miserable form. This blue collar musician has often flirted
NEW scanners have proved to be a hit with local historians. State-of-the-art digital microfilm scanners have been installed by North Yorkshire County Council at libraries in Harrogate, Scarborough, Selby, Northallerton, Ripon, and Skipton to help
AN ANTI-FRACKING protestor has been given a 12-month conditional discharge after he changed his plea to guilty on a charge of obstructing the highway between Kirby Misperton and Little Barugh on October 2. When Adeyinka Yinka Lawal, 66, of Birdcage
SUSPECTED fly-tippers have been stopped and searched by council officers as part of a crackdown on waste offences. City of York Council worked alongside North Yorkshire Police to stop and check 23 vehicles as part of Operation Eyeball to tackle
YORK St John University has been granted University of Sanctuary status, in recognition of its work to welcome asylum seekers. The award was given by City of Sanctuary, the organisation which supports people who are seeking sanctuary, who praised
A LORRY and a van collided on the A1(M) in North Yorkshire in the early hours of this morning (September 14). North Yorkshire Police said it was called to the crash at 12.45am. It happened on the northbound carriageway between junctions 48
SHEFFIELD soul stalwart Paul Carrack follows up last Friday's release of his 17th solo album, These Days, with a diary full of 30 dates from next January to March. Carrack will return to his regular York stamping ground, the Barbican, on January
A FUNDRAISING group which has raised more than £100,000 for the NSPCC has celebrated the 93rd birthday of a founding member. The Dunnington branch of NSPCC fundraisers was set up in the early 1980s, and last week celebrated the dedication and efforts
The Friends of St Lawrence Church in Lawrence Street was founded in 1958 as an independent social society, “open to all persons interested in the welfare of St Lawrence”, and “united by a common desire to aid in its maintenance, development, and well-being
York Teaching Hospital say that staff moving to their new “company” will keep their terms and conditions (The Press, September 13). But what about any new staff? Will they be employed on lower wages and will they have access to the same NHS pension
A TEAM including North Yorkshire Police officers have placed third in a national CrossFit competition. UK Police Throwdown was a CrossFit competition set up to challenge officers from forces around the country, with 34 teams from 18 forces taking
A RYEDALE cricket club “will fold” if more players and members aren’t found, its president has warned. Kirkbymoorside Cricket Club, based just off the A170 on the eastern edge of the town, has a long history and currently has both senior and junior
YORK folk-rock musician Andy Doonan will introduce his fund-raising new single, Somebody Loves You, at York’s Little Festival of Live Music on September 21 at 7pm. His first new release in more than two years, Doonan's song can be downloaded from
STUDENTS celebrating results day at a specialist training college have achieved a 100 per cent pass rate this year. The students studying at The Academy in Norton and Scarborough have achieved the new technical qualification in hairdressing, barbering
VANDALS smashed a Landrover parked at a farm in York. North Yorkshire Police said the Landrover Defender was kept to the rear of a farm in Murton between September 9 and 12 when it was damaged. A spokesman said the driver's window and the back
EBORACUM Sessions will return for a second six-hour Acoustic and Folk Sesh at the Black Swan Inn, on Peasholme Green, York, on October 20 after a successful launch in July. Showcasing six established acts from across Yorkshire, the family-friendly
RYEDALE District Council has unanimously resolved to start pushing for a raft of improvements to traffic systems in Malton and Norton - in conjunction with North Yorkshire County Council - before the doubling of train services begins in December 2019
A FARM development in Murton has been broken into and copper cable stolen from the site. Police said the site is currently being converted into houses and thieves forced their way into the property by prising the windows open at some point between
FORGOTTEN corners and neglected green spaces in York are set to get a boost thanks to a dedicated £100,000 fund from City of York Council. Twenty-five organisations are set to benefit from the grants, with projects including plans to create a mural
A MEETING between the Lord Mayor and a University of York professor has raised the spectre of plastic pollution once again. Cllr Keith Orrell, who is keen to use his term of office to campaign about a range of environmental issues, this week met
HUNDREDS of talented students graduated from York College in a ceremony at York Minster. The event on Thursday night saw higher education students at the college celebrating their graduation in a range of subjects including art, design and crafts
THIEVES stole "a large amount of copper cable" from a farm in the Selby district. North Yorkshire Police said the cable was stolen overnight on Tuesday, September 11, from a farm in Stapleton, and offenders "walked across open fields and then broke
MARCELO Bielsa fears Leeds United's growing injury list could bite when the Championship pacesetters head to Millwall tomorrow. Striker Patrick Bamford has been ruled out for four months, joining an injury list which already includes fellow attacking
MEASURES to combat fly-tipping, including installing covert cameras, have been unveiled in a rural district where the clean-up costs have soared. The move follows Hambleton District Council’s scrutiny committee finding its policy to tackle the illegal
MORE than 11,000 complaints were made to the broadcasting watchdog about Roxanne Pallett's behaviour in an episode of Celebrity Big Brother. The former Emmerdale actress and co-host at York's Minster FM quit the reality programme following a row
OLYMPIC gymnast Louis Smith will join fellow Strictly Come Dancing stars Harry Judd and Aston Merrygold in Rip It Up, a new Sixties-themed song-and-dance show, at York Barbican next Friday. Here Louis, who also starred in Rip It Up Dancing Through
A SPECIAL dedication of the newly-restored Malton War Memorial takes place this weekend. The Malton War Memorial has undergone a transformation to mark the 100 years since the ending of the First World War. Proposals for the refurbishment of
NO longer spelling it out in so many words, the National Centre for Early Music in York is undergoing a re-branding. As can be seen on the cover of the brochure for the autumn season and beyond, the Walmgate venue now places NCEM as its masthead
RICHARD Thompson may be heading for 70, but you wouldn’t know it from this brilliantly spare, loud and intermittently dark collection of songs – 13, as indicated. Recorded in ten days using old-tech analogue equipment, and produced by Thompson
LEEDS Bradford Airport has unveiled plans for the next phase of a multi-million pound extension. The proposals will see a three-storey extension built on its terminal building, housing a "transformed" international arrivals area, baggage reclaim
DETECTIVES are investigating an allegation of rape in the area surrounding York station. The British Transport Police (BTP) said the victim, a woman in her 20s, was allegedly assaulted by a man in an alleyway leading to York station yesterday afternoon
ROD Stewart has announced his 2019 UK Tour with a date in York. A temporary concert arena will be built specifically for the event on Saturday, June 1, in the middle of Knavesmire next to York Racecourse's Clocktower Enclosure. The fully-seated
A PICKUP truck came off the A64 and crashed into trees yesterday evening (September 13). Fire crews were called to the crash at High Hutton, near Malton, at about 6.05pm. North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said the driver and a passenger
YORK City old boy Ashley Chambers will be Kidderminster Harriers’ biggest goal threat at Bootham Crescent tomorrow afternoon. Chambers, now 28, has already netted four times this season having plundered 25 goals at National League North level for
NEXT Saturday, September 22, people are travelling from all around the country to the heart of London to speak up on behalf of the truly voiceless. The first ever People’s Walk for Wildlife, in Hyde Park, has been organized by the naturalist and
YORK City Knights could mathematically win the Betfred League One crown on Sunday - but boss James Ford's focus is not for shifting. If the Knights win at minnows Hemel Stags as expected and Bradford Bulls trip up at play-off scrappers Oldham, Ford's
A CONSERVATION chief has called for "visionary thinking" in tackling the growing problem of empty shops in York city centre. Andrew Scott, chairman of York Civic Trust, says the "steady retrenchment and outright disappearance of some well-known
POLICE in North Yorkshire received fewer complaints last year, but took 80 per cent longer than the national average to respond to them. Information released on Thursday by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), showed North Yorkshire
A DRINK-driver who was texting his wife when he crashed into another car has been jailed. York magistrates told David Atkinson he was “a huge risk” to the public and banned him from driving for 18 months. Cathy Turnbull, prosecuting, told them
WOULD you like to see your photographs on this page? More than 1,000 readers have joined The Press Camera Club, which launched in June 2017 and brings together talented amateur photographers from across York and North and East Yorkshire to share
A DISPLAY of more than 1,000 poppies has been created outside a church in Pocklington ahead of the town’s First World War themed flower festival. It will be held from tomorrow to Tuesday and will commemorate the end of the war. Entitled Remember
PARENTS are furious after a York school warned that their children may be unable to attend their lessons if they are wearing the wrong trousers or skirts. More than 700 people have signed a petition calling on Millthorpe School to think again over
PICKERING Town head into their sixth consecutive away game tomorrow pleased to be off the mark, but disappointed not to have two more points. Saturday sees the Pikes make the “long, long” journey to Spalding United in the Evo-Stik League east following
From our archives: 85 years ago A new system of lighting the sea fronts, three times the candle power of the old system, was being carried out in Bridlington. The new “bottled lightning” which had been created with non-filament bulbs was now
