EVERY option will be considered to try to keep York’s Post Office on Lendal open, according to a union representing staff. And regional secretary of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) Paul Clays said businesses are “enraged” by proposals to
WORK to roll out an ultra-fast internet service across York “should not be a choice between either having good streets or good broadband” according to one councillor. Liberal Democrat Cllr Andrew Waller hit out at TalkTalk for failing to repair
THE first Briton to go into space has been awarded an honorary degree by York St John University in a ceremony at York Minster. Dr Helen Sharman, who went into space as a member of the expedition to the Russian space station, Mir, in 1991, was
POLICE seized a 'zombie knife' and found a motorbike and tools believed to have been stolen during a search. Humberside Police carried out a drugs warrant at a property in Westbourne Avenue on Wednesday when they found the six-inch blade and other
A CYCLIST has been rescued after falling 25m down a cliff on the North Yorkshire coast. HM Coastguard, North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service, North Yorkshire Police and the Yorkshire Ambulance Service were called to the cliff side at Scarborough
A YORK school has launched a team of anti-bullying ambassadors to provide support to any student with worries for themselves or other pupils. The ambassadors are a mixture of ages and from many different friendship groups, having been recruited
A WOMAN was sexually assaulted by a driver in York. North Yorkshire Police said the woman "hailed what she believed to be a taxi" near Pavement in York at about midnight on Saturday, October 13. A spokesman said: "A silver coloured car stopped
INVESTMENT of £155m in infrastructure for York Central will be discussed by City of York Council's Executive next week. The project will provide up to 2,500 homes and up to 100,000m2 of commercial space which developers say could grow York’s economy
A NORTH Yorkshire couple are holding a raffle with the chance to win their £500,000 house. Robert and Avril Smith are offering their Victorian property with a pool in Grosmont, near Whitby, to one lucky winner after the couple decided to move closer
POLICE will be in the Selby area in coming weeks with a roadshow to give advice on staying safe this Christmas. The roadshow will be at Sainsbury's in Selby on Saturday (NOV 24), Sainsbury's in Tadcaster on December 1, and Sherburn in Elmet's CoOp
BAKERY giant Greggs is opening another shop in York. The new branch at Foss Island Retail Park will open on Friday in the former Frankie and Benny’s, which closed in 2016. The building has stood empty ever since. Twelve new jobs have been created
A YOUTHFUL Pickering Town side were narrowly beaten 1-0 at Mill Lane by Middlesbrough Under-23s. With an important cup match on the horizon, the Pikes made five changes to last Saturday's starting line-up, fielding a side with an average age of
A THIEF who stole a decommissioned ambulance and abandoned it on railway tracks after a high-speed chase has been jailed. Shane Hughes, 41, from Halifax, led officers on a 37-mile chase, driving the wrong way round a roundabout, crashing through
YORK City attacker Alex Kempster is on the verge of completing a loan move away from Bootham Crescent. Kempster, recruited from Northern League outfit Whitley Bay nine months ago, scored on his City debut last term in the 4-1 defeat at Curzon Ashton
HOLDERS York Indoor Bowls Club got off to a great start in their Yetton Trophy tie against Hornsea - but were left scraping through after their opponents' spirited fightback. York led 58-28 after 10 ends but with three to play Hornsea had pulled
MARTYN Moxon is backing England to make it a 3-0 Test series whitewash against Sri Lanka in Colombo, starting on Friday. Yorkshire’s director of cricket has hailed England’s performances across all formats having completed a clean sweep of red
Review: My Mother Said I Never Should, London Classic Theatre, at York Theatre Royal, until Saturday. Box office: 01904 623568 or at yorktheatreroyal.co.uk CHARLOTTE Keatley's My Mother Said I Never Should is the most commonly performed work by
YORK Mosque will be formally opened this weekend – and people from across the city are being invited to come along and have a look round. Mosque treasurer Faizal Mohamudbuccus said the purpose-built building in Bull Lane had cost more than £1million
YORK Acorn packman Reece Rushworth started in the second row as the BARLA Great Britain Lions met Australian Affiliated States in their amateur rugby league Test match in Fiji. The game ended in agony for the Lions as the Affiliated States scored
ARRANGEMENTS have been made for several bus services in the Wetherby area to continue after a bus operator said it could no longer provide them. From next Monday, ConnexionsBuses has said it could no longer operate the services and North Yorkshire
NORTH Yorkshire Police have urged farmers to be vigilant after thousands of pounds worth of crops were damaged. A spokesman said there had been "an increase in damage to crops" in the Skipwith, North and South Duffield and Selby area in recent
MIKE Peters keeps himself and his band The Alarm busy, busy, busy, always facing down his own health alarms after 25 years of living in the shadow of cancer. Coming up soon is a York gig at Fibbers on November 30 as part of an eight-date late autumn
HOMECARE provider Continued Care is celebrating after its staff were named winners in the Yorkshire and Humber regional finals of the Great British Care Awards. Eight members of the team at the family-run company, which is based in Harrogate, had
PEOPLE with respiratory conditions have been urged to ensure they get their free flu jab. NHS England North and the British Lung Foundation have urged those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other ailments to look after themselves
A MAN has been charged with attempted murder following an incident in East Yorkshire. Humberside Police said a 47-year-old man was charged last night (November 20) in connection with the incident which happened on Monday. The force said a man
PART-TIME factory worker Luke Simmonds is looking forward to the challenge of taking on defending champion Ronnie O’Sullivan in the first round of snooker’s Betway UK Championship in York next week. Amateur cueman Simmonds has been drawn against
THE festive season gets under way in Ryedale this weekend. The lights will be switched on in Malton on Sunday, in the Market Place, from 4pm to 6pm. There will be performances from Ghost Carribu, who will be telling Christmas stories using puppets
POLICE were called to Ouse Bridge in York early this morning where a 19-year-old man was on the wrong side of the railing. North Yorkshire Police said it received a concern for safety report at around 3.10am. Police attended Ouse Bridge and
A SECOND Shakespeare's Rose Theatre is to be created at Blenheim Palace next year, following the success of this summer's inaugural season in York. The pop-up theatre - which is also returning next summer to its York site below Clifford's Tower
HARROGATE’S NHS Trust is among those likely to be sued by a waste disposal firm. Healthcare Environmental Services (HES) announced it intends to take legal action against 17 Yorkshire and Humber health trusts, including the Harrogate and District
SEVERAL headliners were announced this morning for next year's Leeds Festival. The 1975 will be making their Main Stage debut next year as one of four headline acts announced for the festival which will take place next August Bank Holiday at Braham
ORIGINAL paintings by Giuliana Lazzerini, Dawn Stacey and the aptly named Sharon Winter form the seasonal A Winter’s Tale exhibition at The Blue Tree Gallery, Bootham, in York. These three well-established painters have responded to the theme of
AN EAST Yorkshire town will be in fine festive spirits as once again it hosts one of the UK’s biggest one-day Christmas festivals. Beverley Festival of Christmas is taking place on December 9 and the town will be brimming with festive events at
HE may be famous for his television interviews with the great and the good, but Sir Michael Parkinson will talk about himself instead at the Grand Opera House, York, on February 19 next year. What's more, keeping it in the family, he will be interviewed
I refer to Geoff Robb’s letter on Monday (PM has broken her promises on Brexit, The Press, November 19). After his glowing admiration for David Davies as Brexit Minister he has now nominated Jacob Rees- Mogg, the multi millionaire from a Dickensian
I fully support Jane Horton’s letter (The Press, November 15) regarding the uninformed criticism of the names chosen for the new streets at Germany Beck. To add to the history of the Thornton family’s association with Fulford going back more than
W Bevan (November 20) revived the rejected notion that the new ‘Cocoa Works’ residential properties on the Nestlé site should be served by a through road open to all, linking the Wigginton and Haxby Roads. This would supposedly ‘ease congestion’.
Tom McKenzie of Spark:York asks for the name of one developer who has not submitted a retrospective application (Verdict on Spark - first six months, November 16). I have architectural files going back 40 years full of developers who did not lodge
Imagine you are in a helicopter over York. It is early on a winter’s weekday morning. Picture the scene: miles of roads and streets leading in and out of the ancient, medieval city centre. From such a high vantage point you can see it all, the suburbs
MARTHA CALTON-SEAL led the way as City of York Athletic club enjoyed a successful weekend of cross country action. She was a dominant winner of the under-17 women’s race in round three of the West Yorkshire League at Thornes Park, Wakefield.
AS we reported on Saturday, councillors have approved plans for 425 new homes on the former Nestlé Cocoa West site off Wigginton Road. The first residents are expected to move in by 2022. The perfect time, then, to dig out this astonishing aerial
CLUB chiefs have declared their delight with York City Knights' closed season transfer business - but they have not ruled out further signings before Christmas. The 24-man party - featuring seven new faces in addition to 17 players who finished
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PATIENTS queued along a pavement outside a York GP surgery for up to an hour after more than 1,000 turned up for a flu jab. The extraordinary scenes developed near the Heworth Green Surgery on Saturday morning as it ran the latest in a series of
A YORK pub has scrapped its long-standing name The Shoulder of Mutton - partly because it might compromise its plans to focus on vegan and vegetarian food. The pub in Heworth Green has been called the Shoulder of Mutton since at least the 1950s
A SECURITY review has been launched into scaffolding at York Minster after two recent breaches sparked safety fears. Streets near the cathedral were cordoned off for several hours on November 10 after a man scaled the scaffolding at the site.
THE company behind the £3.2billion polyhalite project at Whitby, Sirius Minerals, has announced the launch of its programme to create 50 new engineering apprenticeships, providing skilled and long-term opportunities for young people. The Company
POPPLETON Players will present Derek Benfield's merry comedy of marital mishaps, Anyone For Breakfast, at All Saints Church Hall, Upper Poppleton, York, from November 29 to December1. When Shirley's good friend Jane decides to make an assignation
HOLY Moly & The Crackers' headline show at The Crescent, York, on Sunday night at 7.30pm has sold out. The north eastern alt-rock folk sextet will be performing songs from their Salem album, as well as offering a teaser of material from their
HULL freelance theatre director Madeleine O’Reilly is guest-directing York Shakespeare Project's modern version of Coriolanus at Friargate Theatre, York, from November 28 to December 1. "This will be a unique opportunity to see an all-female production
