A MAN was arrested after allegedly fleeing the scene of a car crash which left one driver with a broken sternum. North Yorkshire Police were called at 11.30am on Sunday, September 16, to a three vehicle crash in Stockton Lane, between a Volkswagen
A MAN has been arrested after a woman was taken to hospital following a suspected drug overdose in a York park. North Yorkshire Police were called to Haxby Road Park at just after midday on Monday, where a woman in her mid-thirties received emergency
YORK City are inviting applications to join the club’s academy, with the intention of adding three more hopefuls to their under-19 squad. The youth team divide their time between training and playing at the football club for three-and-a-half days
A FORMER assistant director of music at York Minster is returning to the city to give a talk. David Pipe will be giving a talk entitled, The Organist: an Endangered Species? this Friday, September 21 at 7.30pm in St Lawrence Church Hall on Lawrence
A BOLLYWOOD action film will be filmed in York this week - and is due to feature a motorbike chase down The Shambles. Commando 3, which has been described as being a Bollywood version of the Bourne Trilogy, will see motorbike stunts filmed around
A COMPUTER security consultant who viewed indecent images of children has been spared an immediate prison sentence. Malcolm McKeating, 67, was found guilty at York Crown Court of making indecent images of children, and sentenced on Friday to four
WHEN Stephen Daldry’s An Inspector Calls returned to Yorkshire, to play Leeds Grand Theatre 20 years after its premiere at York Theatre Royal, your reviewer wrote “another 20 years would be a long time to wait for the inspector to call again”.
JUST over 100 years ago, a young man in an extraordinary self-propelling electric wheelchair became a familiar sight in Pocklington. His name was Alfred Boulton, a wounded veteran of the First World War. He'd come to live in Pocklington after the
THE head teacher at a York secondary school is set to leave after five years in post. Richard Crane has written to parents with children at Joseph Rowntree School in New Earswick to let them know he'll be leaving at Christmas to start a new job
A DECISION on whether trial use of CCTV in a York bus lane should be permanent will be made by the public. Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras have been used as part of an experimental Traffic Regulation Order (TRO), in the bus lane
A FAMILY has travelled to York from America to celebrate the life of an eminent pathologist - and thank a York charity which helped set him on his career. Former York schoolboy Walter Coulson died, aged 91, earlier this year in America, where he
LEEDS boss Marcelo Bielsa has refused to be drawn into a row with Millwall counterpart Neil Harris following Saturday's 1-1 draw at The Den. Harris described the Leeds bench's celebrations after Jack Harrison's late equaliser as "a disgrace" and
HEWORTH ARLC blew away Allerton Bywater to ensure their place in the Yorkshire Men's League division one play-off final to be held at Featherstone Rovers' ground next Saturday. With a monopoly of possession, the table-topping Villagers led 40-0
PARENTS are less likely to donate child’s organs, figures show. New figures show parents are significantly less likely to donate their child’s organs for lifesaving transplants, which limits the number of organs available for children on the transplant
YORK Dungeon is renaming its tavern The Goose & Gallows in honour of York's most problematic bird and most notorious occupant of the hangman's noose. York is said to have 365 pubs, one for each day of the year, and now there is a new name on
REALITY TV star Scarlett Moffatt has been back in York. The I’m A Celebrity champion and Gogglebox star was back to the city for a friend’s wedding wearing a stunning hat. As previously she lived here for four years while studying at York St
A TEENAGE girl was knocked off her bike in York. North Yorkshire Police said the 15-year-old girl was cycling in Poppleton Road at the junction with Lindsay Avenue at about 7.30pm on Wednesday, September 5, when she was struck by a vehicle. The
NORTH Yorkshire Police have urged residents to be on the lookout for fake emails from Netflix. The force and Action Fraud have been alerted to "an increase in reports about fake Netflix emails", which claim there is an issue with an account, or
WE have lift off! That’s the message from Zoe Partington and Dimitriy Kulyk who have opened a fitness studio with a difference. Studio Cloud Nine, at Unit 20, Rose Centre, Nether Poppleton, York offers a range of aerial workout classes and courses
1 It’s never too early to make changes In his post-match analysis, City caretaker chief Sam Collins admitted he was planning his half-time double-substitution before the first period drew to a close. Ed Williams’ second goal in the 45th minute,
A WOMAN and a teenager were treated for smoke inhalation after a fire in a bucket inside a property in Selby. Fire crews were called to the property at about 10.45pm on Sunday and the fire was out when they arrived. The fire service said a 48-year-old
PHYSICAL theatre company Le Navet Bete will travel all the way from Exeter to York in their desire to reveal The Bloody Truth about Dracula at the Grand Opera House on September 29. The Devon storytellers with a love of outrageous tomfoolery and
A YORK-BASED academy trust has grown to encompass seven schools with the addition of it's newest recruit. Baldersby St James CE Primary near Thirsk is the latest school to join the Hope Learning Trust, York which now Manor CE Academy, Poppleton
A CONTROVERSIAL application to build a large-scale housing development in East Yorkshire has been deferred. A reserved matters application was submitted to East Riding of Yorkshire Council by Linden Limited, JG Hatcliffe Associates Ltd and HS Thirsk
THIS fantastic drone footage of York from the skies takes you over the Minster and through the historic heart of the city. After taking off from the ruins of St Mary's Abbey in Museum Gardens, the drone soars off to give a bird's eye view of York
THE unsuspecting queue at York Dungeon was in for a big surprise when Dracula suddenly popped up outside the Clifford Street visitor attraction. The queuers were amused to learn that the Grand Opera House, just across the road, was promoting Dracula
YORK Racecourse turned pink, and brown on Saturday as thousands of women took part in a set of muddy races to raise money for Cancer Research UK. The Pretty Muddy event saw about 600 youngsters and 2,400 women tackle an obstacle course culminating
It’s recently been mentioned that all elderly motorists involved in an incident will be required to take an on-the-spot eye test requiring them to be able to read a number plate from 20 metres. But what about other miscreants: the people whose vision
SO the director general of the BBC warns that it may be necessary to reintroduce the annual licence fee for the old and bold, that is the over-75s. Does he not realise that many people of this age cannot even afford to put the heating on, and sit
I AM very pleased that our local MP Rachael Maskell has managed to get a delaying request/order to prevent the NHS owners from just selling Bootham Park to the highest bidder. In my view it should never have closed in the first place. Two of England
STRONG winds are expected to hit York and North Yorkshire later today and early tomorrow. The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for wind, from 6pm today to 8am tomorrow, as Storm Helene heads towards the UK. It warns to expect some delays
JUST over 100 years ago, a young man in an extraordinary self-propelling electric wheelchair became a familiar sight in Pocklington. His name was Alfred Boulton, a wounded veteran of the First World War. He'd come to live in Pocklington after the
THOUSANDS of women and children raised about £210,000 for Cancer Research UK through York’s Race for Life. The event started on Saturday with ‘Pretty Muddy’ races, which saw about 600 youngsters and 2,400 women tackle an obstacle course culminating
YORK'S Knavesmire was a sea of pink on Sunday as about 1,700 women took part in the York Race for Life. The runners raced in memory of loved ones who have died from cancer and in tribute to others who have beaten the illness and is set to raise
POLICE are continuing to investigate after a woman was allegedly raped 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
GARDENING tools were stolen from a shed in a village near York at the weekend. North Yorkshire Police said the tools were taken from a shed that was broken into on Beech Avenue, in Bishopthorpe, overnight on Saturday. The force is asking residents
A MAN allegedly exposed himself to a person in Tadcaster. North Yorkshire Police said it received a report at 10.15am on Saturday that a man, described as white, approximately 5ft 10" tall, with grey hair, exposed himself to someone that was in
WE have lift off! That’s the message from Zoe Partington and Dimitriy Kulyk who have opened a fitness studio with a difference. Studio Cloud Nine, at Unit 20, Rose Centre, Nether Poppleton, York offers a range of aerial workout classes and courses
DETECTIVES leading an international investigation into the disappearance of a man from York say they have had a major breakthrough thanks to The Press. Dennis Crook was living in Victoria, British Columbia, when he was reported missing in October
JO RICHARDS of The Wildlife Trusts looks at how some of Britain’s most loved mammals are thriving in Yorkshire In a country mostly devoid of large mammals, which were hunted out of existence during the Middle Ages, seeing deer in the Yorkshire
WELL, here's an offer that doesn't come along every day. 'Free insurance against all fatal accidents', boasts a Yorkshire Gazette banner above a stand at the 1921 Yorkshire Agricultural Show held at Knavesmire. Quite what the Gazette, today a sister
A WEEK-LONG knife amnesty starts today. North Yorkshire and Humberside Police are taking part in Operation Sceptre, encouraging people to leave their knives in ‘surrender bins’ at stations, including York, Selby Malton, Harrogate and Northallerton
DELAYS in dealing with complaints to North Yorkshire Police were an administrative error, the force has claimed. As reported in The Press on Friday, the force received fewer complaints in 2017/18 than the previous year, but took 80 per cent longer
A PERSISTENT shoplifter who for months has targeted stores across York has been jailed for eight months. Magistrates gave Nicholas Brian Oakland, 26, two chances to keep his liberty by passing community orders in October 2017 and May 2018.
SEVERAL vehicles were damaged on the same street in a North Yorkshire town. Police said there had been reports of damage to “multiple” vehicles along Longwestgate in Scarborough over a couple of days last week. Anyone who has seen or heard anything
A FUND to help to make North Yorkshire's public spaces smoke free has been reopened by the County Council. The Smokefree Places Fund was launched last October by the council as part of its work to promote a smoke-free lifestyle. The authority
A LEADING York private school has unveiled ambitious multi-million pound investment plans and vowed to bounce back from financial problems. The Mount School lost more than a quarter of a million pounds last year, with further deficits expected
ANOTHER nursing home in York is set to close, with a care home group warning that elderly care is facing a “real crisis”. Moorlands Care Home in Strensall has revealed that it will shut down, just weeks after Amelia House Care Home in Rawcliffe
From our archives: 85 years ago During the past few weeks Northern Command manoeuvres, which had taken place throughout Wensleydale, had created a considerable amount of interest amongst the dales people. The movements of the Tank Corps were
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
