YORK City interviewed five shortlisted candidates before appointing Steve Watson as their new manager. The Minstermen’s sporting director Dave Penney has also revealed that no compensation will be due to Gateshead after Watson left the National
THE bright lights of Scarborough’s iconic Stephen Joseph Theatre are to shine once more. The owners of the Grade II-listed theatre, which plays host to premieres from the town’s resident playwright Sir Alan Ayckbourn, had applied for planning permission
YORK City boss Steve Watson will be looking to invoke the enthusiasm of Kevin Keegan, the attention to detail of David Moyes and the man-management of Kenny Dalglish in his new role. Watson played for both Keegan and Dalglish at Newcastle and was
A NATIONWIDE campaign to reduce speeding and dangerous driving will see speed cameras on three main roads near York. North Yorkshire Police is joining Operation Vis, the speed reduction campaign set up by the National Police Chief's Council, which
OLD Malton St Mary's cut the gap to York Minster Engineering League premier division leaders Huntington Rovers to just one point thanks to a 6-0 thrashing of Tadcaster Magnets. Rovers were in North Riding County FA Saturday County Cup action -
FREE Wi-Fi will be installed at York’s new community stadium, the Coppergate Centre and Clifford’s Tower after the proposals were given the green light by the council leader. The plans will cost £308,000 - £250,000 on installing a network at the
YORK City manager Steve Watson left Gateshead because he believes his new team remain a “Football League club in the making”. Watson has guided the Heed to eighth place in the National League table this season, but he surprised many in the north-east
YORK and North Yorkshire are set for a sudden cold snap later this week - with a continuing risk of a return of the 'Beast from the East' later this month. Forecasters say temperatures are likely to fall from a relatively mild 11C tomorrow to 9C
OFFICERS from North Yorkshire Police will hold a pop-up surgery in York on Tuesday. Members of the York City Safer Neighbourhood Team and Street Rangers from York BID will be in Marks & Spencer and King's Square from noon. The team will
FRIENDS, family and former colleagues of a York charity grants manager who died after a courageous four-year battle against a brain tumour are being invited to a celebration of her life. The Press reported recently how Patricia Greenwood, of Sutton
A NEW digital resource aimed at helping to tackle child sexual abuse will be launched at York St John University next week. A play called It’s not OK, originally devised by the university’s School of Performance and Media production, has reached
DETECTIVES want to identify these two men after a KFC was burgled. North Yorkshire Police have released CCTV after the KFC in Starbeck High Street, Harrogate, was broken into at about 1am on Monday, December 17. A spokesman said two men broke
A DOG scared off a would-be robber who targeted its owner as she walked along an alleyway in East Yorkshire. Humberside Police is now appealing for witnesses following the incident between Lawson Road and Applegarth Lane in Bridlington shortly
A NORTH Yorkshire company is marking its 45th birthday by helping retailers prepare for the Christmas shopping rush. Less than three weeks after Xmas 2018, Joe Manby Ltd of Harrogate is ensuring the success of its oldest client, the Harrogate Christmas
EMPLOYEES' health and safety could be at risk if the York Crown Post Office moves from Lendal into WH Smith on Coney Street, York MP Rachael Maskell is claiming. She plans to take up her concerns with the Post Office, the Royal Mail and the company
POLICE are appealing for the public's help in tracking down a wanted Scarborough man. Huw David Owen,35, is wanted after he failed to appear at Scarborough Magistrates' Court and allegedly breached his suspended sentence. North Yorkshire Police
JAMES FORD says he was not surprised by the brilliance of York City Knights' standout try against Batley Bulldogs - and reckons such skills underline the potential in his team. The highlight of Sunday's pre-season Yorkshire Cup semi-final at Mount
A CYCLIST suffered serious injuries to his face after a collision with a vehicle near Selby. The incident happened at 2pm on January 9 outside Rose Villa on Hull Road, Osgodby, and involved a grey Mitsubishi Outlander and a man on a bicycle, North
BRITISH men's number one Kyle Edmund admitted having a "reality check" as he crashed out of the Australian Open in the first round. The 24-year-old former Pocklington schoolboy reached the semi-finals last year but will not get the chance to repeat
HIGH-END fishing equipment has been stolen from an outbuilding in the Selby district. The theft happened between 6pm on Thursday and 10am on Sunday in the South Milford area. Anyone with information which they feel may help with ongoing inquires
WHY does anyone feel the need to take a selfie in a cinema? You might as well take one by the frozen peas in the supermarket, or by the timetable at a bus stop. Some selfies capture the excitement of a big show or a gig before the curtain rises
THE wall is coming. So says Donald Trump, wanting three billion dollars to build it. Who cares if, because of his demands, the US government and other departments are in shut-down with hundred of thousands of civil servants going without pay as
Jim McGurn reports unexpectedly losing control of his bicycle while negotiating the corner outside Wetherspoons (Cyclists beware of slippery surface, Letters, January 10). I have had exactly the same experience nearby on the 180-degree turn on the
Ship’s figurehead Location: 13 Stonegate, York OK, so the wooden carving of a barechested woman on the corner of Stonegate and Little Stonegate that is such a talking point isn’t really a plaque. But it does have a simple inscription: “This figure
FOR the first time, York Theatre Royal Youth Theatre members have devised a site-specific production. Or two productions, to be more precise, under the banner title of The Crescent, presented at The Crescent community venue, in The Crescent, off
AN investigation is underway into the cause of a fire in a flat in North Yorkshire early this morning (January 14). Fire crews were called to the incident on Middlewalk in Scarborough at about 4.55am. The fire was confined to the living room of
A POLICE helicopter was scrambled to York last night to search for a suspect following two attempted burglaries. North Yorkshire Police said the incidents were reported at houses in Dalguise Grove, off Heworth Green, at around 11.10pm. The
TADCASTER is, as everyone who lives in these parts knows, a brewing town. At one point there were no fewer than five breweries in Tad - and there are still three to this day: Sam Smiths, the Tower Brewery (Coors) and John Smiths, owned by Heineken.
Campfires, woodcraft and companionship are the winning ingredients for an innovative mental health project in York, discovers MAXINE GORDON TORRENTIAL rain is falling all around, but Rob is smiling. He's one of half a dozen people sitting on foldaway
THERE'S no particular theme to the first part of Yesterday Once More this week. We simply rummaged through an old box file kept on a shelf at The Press offices labelled 'Historic pics, York'. Inside is a series of brown envelopes, each with photographs
MORE than 70 care home residents have been successfully moved to new accommodation after two independent nursing homes closed down. Moorlands Care Home in Strensall announced it was shutting last September due to staffing issues and Amelia House
LEAVE will be restricted for North Yorkshire Police officers around the time of Brexit - to meet a possible increase in "policing demand". Britain is due to leave the EU on March 29, but as authorities are expecting significant pressure on emergency
THE ringleader of an organised crime gang remains on the run almost a month after being sentenced to 21 years in prison. Alfred Philip Dear senior, 45, formerly of James Street Caravan Site in York, was jailed in his absence for his part as head
NESTLÉ is battling to stop York's iconic Polo Mints brand being used without permission to promote vaping e-liquids. The York confectioner says it is 'taking all necessary measures' to stop the manufacture and sale of some e-liquid products which
