FUMING York City boss Sam Collins admitted he was sick of hearing excuses from under-performing players following a dismal 2-0 defeat at Boston United. Second-half goals from Nicky Walker and Gavin Allott condemned the Minstermen to a fourth straight
THIS video gives an idea of just how packed Parliament Street was at times today as York's beautiful Christmas market attracted huge crowds. It took our reporter - and everyone else in a long line of pedestrians - a minute to shuffle along a short
CROWDS of shoppers have once again teemed through York city centre today, many attracted by the picturesque Christmas market. With York having gained a reputation as the UK’s most festive city and come second recently in a UK tourism survey, the
AN 88-YEAR-OLD man has suffered a fractured collar bone in an incident involving youths. North Yorkshire Police tweeted that the incident happened at 5.20pm in Scarborough town centre on Wednesday. They gave no further details of the incident
MALTON & Norton Golf Club star David Hague will again represent England - this time in a new mixed-gender tour to Australia. For the first time, a mixed squad of six players will represent England on a New Year tour down under, taking in four
A 'BORN geographer' at a York school has been highly commended by the Royal Geographical Society in a national contest investigating the uniqueness of the Arctic. Isobel Wragg, a sixth former at The Mount School, was the only pupil from a school
CAMPAIGNERS calling for a 'People's Vote' over Brexit are to stage a vigil outside York Minster on Tuesday evening. Meetings have also been happening in York over this weekend, timed to coincide with initiatives by more than 100 pro European groups
POLICE have been patrolling villages near York after burglars attempted to break into a house. North Yorkshire Police said someone tried to enter a house in Elvington Park, Elvington, by tampering with a door between 9am and 3pm yesterday.
YORK City’s current squad must now pick up back-to back wins during their next seven league fixtures to avoid becoming only the fourth team in the club’s history to go a full calendar year without achieving that modest feat. Not since January 16
MORE than 400 properties in villages and towns east of York have been hit by a power cut. Northern Powergrid tweeted this morning that 441 properties in the postcode areas YO42 and YO41 - an area of East Yorkshire including Stamford Bridge - had
THE principal of a York secondary school is bidding farewell to students, staff and parents at the end of this term. Helen Dowds, principal of Vale of York Academy in Clifton - formerly Canon Lee School - is to take up a new role as executive lead
De Molen, NE, Dag & Dauw - £2.70, 7.1 per cent DE Molen, one of the Netherlands’ standout craft brewers, is known to iterate, change, and adapt its range at a good pace. While this means you can miss the odd limited release, it also means the
A HOME care agency has produced a calendar featuring eye-catching photographs of York taken by local residents, which will raise funds for St Leonard's Hospice. Wetherby Home Care came up with the idea of a calendar when thinking about what it could
TWENTY Santas are set to walk together through York tomorrow in a bid to make patients’ stays at York Hospital more comfortable and relaxed. The Friends of York Hospitals (FOYH) is organising its first ‘Santa stroll’, which will be led by a piper
A CANDLE is being blamed for a fire which broke out in a flat in Selby last night. North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service said crews from Selby and Snaith tackled the blaze in the living room of a ground floor flat in Barlby Road at just after
FEIZOR is a small hamlet near Settle. Similar to a lot of picturesque little Dales villages it would still be largely forgotten by the walker if not for the fantastic limestone scenery and ‘possibly’ the best café in the area. Feizor is less than
MALTON’S annual Dickensian Festival returns next weekend to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the author’s most famous festive story. Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol has had a long association with the town with Scrooge’s famous Counting House
A MAN has been sent to prison for assaulting two women - including his own mother. Samuel Peter Myers, 20, whose address was given as Hull Prison where he is currently in custody, but who is formerly of Pickering, appeared at Scarborough Magistrates
Stuck for a Christmas stocking filler? PHILIPPA MORRIS and TIM CURTIS of York's Little Apple bookshop recommend some books for all the family... FICTION Various authors – Eight Ghosts (English Heritage paperback £8.99) I am not sure what
TWO men are close to raising enough funds to get the green light for a new game they have made. Paul Wilcox, 45, from Osbaldwick, York, and Jack Pope, 42, from Newcastle, are appealing to board game enthusiasts to help them reach the target of
STUDENTS and staff at a York school hope to spread some cheer this Christmas by sharing food and other essentials with people in need. Archbishop Holgate’s has sent a van load of donations to York Foodbank, including toiletry gift sets, crisps,
YORK CIVIC TRUST PLAQUES Robert Aske (c.1500-1537) Leader of the Pilgrimage of Grace Location of plaque: Clifford’s Tower Unveiled November 30, 2018 CLIFFORD'S Tower today is a popular tourist attraction. But any Yorkie knows that this
BEING a meat-eater with a vegetarian partner, it’s not often that I get to eat in what is ostensibly a steakhouse. The reason for this is simple, the menu choices for my other half are usually unimaginative at best – the obligatory mushroom
YORK City Knights chairman Jon Flatman is only too happy for head coach James Ford to continue his work with the England Academy – believing it brings more kudos to the on-the-up club. Ford, currently regarded as one of the brightest young bosses
HENRY'S Gym is to host two Yorkshire Elite challenge bouts tomorrow. Nathan Shepherd will challenge holder Joe Garside for the Amateur Boxing Association Yorkshire Elite 69kg title while John-Patrick Harker and Ellis Saleh will compete for the
PUBS in York are 'brewing good cheer' by holding Christmas dinners for volunteers of a local charity. Volunteers from the St Vincent de Paul Charity, which works to tackle loneliness and poverty, were treated to a Christmas feast at the Derwent
PANTO Dame Berwick Kaler and the cast of The Grand Old Dame of York have appeared in costume on stage for the first time as they prepare for Berwick’s 40th and final pantomime at York Theatre Royal. The production starts next Thursday and will
DEMOLITION work has started in a York street to prepare the way for construction of a new Lidl supermarket. Two large former industrial buildings on a 2.36 acre site in James Street are being razed to make way for the discount store, which will
SPARK:YORK'S Cinema in the Courtyard events are up and running in Piccadilly, York. Crowds turned out in force for Spark:York’s outdoor showing of Richard Curtis’s rom-com Love Actually on Wednesday. Spark will be showing further classic films
THE first shows are going on sale for the fifth Great Yorkshire Fringe in York next summer. The festival will run from July 18 to 28, and the biggest-selling comedy star in the history of comedy impresario Martin Witts’s festival will be returning
YORK’S Annual Community Carol Concert at York Barbican on December 16 has nearly sold out with only a handful of tickets remaining for this ever-popular festive event. “The organisers are absolutely delighted with the public response but are mindful
