YORK City's new manager Steve Watson looked on as a home side, consisting purely of senior professionals, defeated Redcar Athletic 6-1. Goals from Jon Parkin, Kallum Griffiths, Joe Tait, Liam Agnew, Macaulay Langstaff and Alex Kempster eased the
MPs have rejected Theresa May's Brexit plans by an emphatic 432 votes to 202 in a historic vote which has thrown the future of her administration and the nature of the UK's EU withdrawal into doubt. The humiliating rebuff was delivered in the
SHEFFIELD soul musician Paul Carrack heads out on tour on Friday, promoting his 17th album, These Days. No fewer than five of the 30 dates will be in Yorkshire: Leeds Town Hall on Sunday; York Barbican on January 26; Hull City Hall, February 2;
RESIDENTS have been urged to ensure their homes and garages are secure following an attempted burglary. North Yorkshire Police said thieves tried to break into a number of garages at the side of The Comus Inn, in Selby Road, Camblesforth, between
TWO men have appeared in court to deny all charges in connection with a crash that killed two North Yorkshire teenagers. George Thomas Turner and Mason Pearson were both 17 when they died in a crash on the A61 between Busby Stoop and Carlton Miniott
A MAN wanted on prison recall has been arrested. Police wanted to track down Oliver Hargreaves, from the Google area, and Humberside Police have confirmed he was arrested on Sunday. A spokesperson said: "Oliver Hargreaves was arrested and brought
FEW artists have enjoyed a career with the longevity and impact of Bruce Springsteen. He is one of the great music artists of the past 60 years, not far below Elvis, The Beatles and Bob Dylan as a performer and songwriter. Although I am not a Springsteen
A PLANNING application has been submitted for a housing cooperative where residents would eat meals together, share their cars and grow their own food. The scheme, proposed by not-for-profit organisation YorSpace, would see a 19-home community based
A LIFE-SAVING defibrillator has been installed at a community centre in Tadcaster. The device, which is in a secure cabinet that is accessible only by calling 999, has been fitted outside Rosemary House Community Centre. It was provided by Rosemary
CHILDREN'S choirs and youth choirs from York are being given the opportunity to perform alongside Royal Wedding singers The Kingdom Choir at York Barbican on May 8. This gospel choir became a household name after performing Stand By Me at the wedding
CHILDREN and youth choirs from across York are being given the opportunity to perform alongside royal wedding performers, The Kingdom Choir. The gospel group who performed the song ‘Stand By Me’ at Prince Harry's wedding last May, are inviting
YORK City Knights will not be in a dual-registration partnership with Hull Kingston Rovers this season. There had been mixed messages coming out of Hull KR in the autumn regarding whether the partnership that began two years ago would continue into
NORTH Eastern blue comedian Roy "Chubby" Brown may not be everyone’s cup of tea, "but there are lots of different teas out there to try," he says, ahead of Saturday's York Barbican show. His real name is Royston Vasey, in turn the place name the
A HUSBAND and wife team have taken over the running of a village pub in North Yorkshire. The Dawnay Arms, off the A64 in West Heslerton, near Malton, has been sold to experienced pub operators Simon Hatton and Jessica Tarver. The couple and their
AMERICAN songwriter Steve Forbert will play Thorner Victory Hall, near Wetherby, on February 8. He opens the year by performing in Liverpool on January 23 and at Celtic Connections, the international roots music celebration in Glasgow, on January
POLICE held a 'pop-up surgery' in York on Monday. Officers and members of the York BID Street Rangers were present in Marks & Spencer and Kings Square to offer safety and security advice, and free property marking. PC Franky Myers said
CAFE and bakery business Bettys marked a positive start to its centenary year with a successful Christmas period, achieving a year on year increase on sales of 6.3 per cent. In a time of challenging trading conditions on the high street, Bettys,
A TEENAGER has been arrested in connection with a crash between a bus and a car. North Yorkshire Police were called to the crash between an Audi and a bus in Knaresborough Road, Starbeck, at about 12.15am on Tuesday. A spokesman for the force
YORK City’s new number two Micky Cummins is backing former manager and one-time house-mate Sam Collins to get back into the game. Cummins and Collins both played for Port Vale during a four-season stint between 2002 and 2006, sharing car journeys
A MUSEUM worker in York was attacked by a woman. North Yorkshire Police said the member of staff at Castle Museum was elbowed in the stomach by a woman following a verbal altercation last month. A spokesman said the woman had brown hair which
A CONFECTIONARY business founded by the great grandson of one of the UK’s most famous entrepreneurs and social reformers has expanded following the completion of building work on a large new commercial unit. Confectionery wholesaler Bon Bon’s,
A VAN and power tools have been stolen from an outbuilding on farm land near Tadcaster. Between 8pm on Saturday and 8am on Sunday, a locked outbuilding on farm land on the outskirts of the village of Stutton was broken into, North Yorkshire Police
WHITBY and the Cosmos: The Search for Dark Matter will examine the groundbreaking role of the North Yorkshire coastal town in our understanding of the universe. The exhibition will run at Whitby Museum from February 16 to July 20, in celebration
THE Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is asking people in North Yorkshire to build their own birdwatching den as part of the Big Garden Birdwatch. Members of the public are being asked to spend just one hour watching and recording
GLOBAL signage specialist Fastsigns is opening a new centre in York. Headed up by Sarah Bradshaw and Ian Ellis, the centre will offer a range of signage, graphics and visual communications in the form of interactive digital signs and traditional
A CAMPAIGN is being launched to educate local employers on the business benefits of recruiting staff who have ‘hidden’ disabilities, and how to manage those employees effectively in the workplace. York specialist employment solicitors, Torque Law
MALTON & Norton RUFC notched a crucial late victory over lowly West Leeds to keep daylight between themselves and the North One East drop zone. Malt won 24-11 at The Gannock thanks to two late tries in a dramatic finale in which the referee
THE Blue Light Theatre Company's charity pantomime, Wonderland, will raise money for York Against Cancer and Motor Neurone Disease (York) from Friday at Acomb Working Men's Club, York. "McColls, on Gale Lane, Acomb, have been very kindly raising
YORK RUFC bounced back from their heavy defeat to Morley by winning 19-17 at Percy Park and ending the Tynesiders' long unbeaten home record. Park lie in mid-table in North One East but had won seven and drawn one of their previous home games this
A York-based national vets group is planning to expand into Europe as it moves to new headquarters. Since its foundation in November 2015, VetPartners has grown to own 96 small animal, equine, mixed and farm animal veterinary practices as well as
GAMES Workshop hit another record level of profit and sales in the first half, despite a slowdown in growth. The Warhammer maker which has a store in Lendal in York, said sales were up 14 per cent in the six months to December 2 at £125.2 million
YORK'S first restaurant week will take place during the first week of April. As part of the event, city centre eateries will offer special fixed price menus from £10 to tempt diners to try new dishes. The scheme has been launched by York Business
WHAT do jam sandwiches, trains and the Swiss Alps have in common? They all will feature Pocklington Arts Centre's spring programme. Live events will span a gritty, taboo-busting medical drama to magical family-friendly puppetry; interactive orchestral
YORK guitarist Henry Bird follows up his October appearance at York Barbican in The Meat Loaf Story by appearing in another Steve Steinman show in his home city on January 25. Henry will join The X Factor’s 2013 winner and musical actress Sam Bailey
A DRIVER who passed his test a week before he was arrested for drink driving has been banned from the roads. Fraser Dias, 18, of Harrogate, was arrested in the town on suspicion of drink driving and blew more than twice the legal limit when officers
YORK City boss Steve Watson is a fan of the three Gateshead players he lost to his new club last summer. Current City skipper and top-scorer Jordan Burrow, fellow striker Macaulay Langstaff and winger Wes York were all in the Heed’s ranks under
IT is every promoter’s nightmare when a star performer cancels at the eleventh hour with illness. Anna Tsybuleva was marooned in Moscow with a malady, but Charles Owen rode to the rescue of the British Music Society with an evening of Bach, Brahms,
FOOTBALL referee and former gravedigger, Alan Golton, has died suddenly at the age of 76. Mr Golton worked for Selby District and Town Councils prior to his retirement, in various capacities and as a sexton for several years at Selby Cemetery.
THE chief executive of a York-based multi-academy trust has taken on additional responsibilities for improving education in schools across a large part of the north of England. Richard Ludlow, who runs Ebor Academy Trust and its 22 schools in York
WORK has begun to improve a main road into an East Yorkshire seaside town as part of a £750,000 scheme. East Riding of Yorkshire Council is carrying out essential improvement works on the A1038 Kingsgate between Wilsthorpe Roundabout and Kingston
ANDREW Gale has returned to Emerald Headingley after what he describes as an extremely productive pre-Christmas trip to Tasmania on a coaching reconnaissance. The Yorkshire coach spent approximately a month as a member of the support staff with
THERESA May appears to be heading for one of the heaviest Parliamentary defeats in modern history after a last-gasp appeal to Tory rebels over her Brexit deal fell on deaf ears. Labour MP for York Central, Rachael Maskell, and Tory MP for York
“An STI check should not be feared nor frowned upon” Despite the knowledge that sex between two consenting adults is a normal, healthy activity, several myths remain about sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and sadly a taboo around the whole
THE York Salvation Army would like to thank the people of York and visitors to the city for their generosity towards us when a total of £3,075.68 was raised while playing carols in the city centre on Saturday, December 1 and Saturday, December 15,
WHILE I appreciate that everyone is entitled to follow their individual beliefs and lifestyle, as per the recent ‘Meet the Couple who invented Veganuary’ article (The Press, January 11), I question some of their reasoning behind this choice. As
SO is Tuesday, January 15 going to go down as one of the momentous events in our history? MPs vote this evening in the House of Commons to accept or otherwise Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal. Unless she pulls a rabbit out of the hat
FIREFIGHTERS tackled a fire at a workshop in Easingwold last night. Crews from Easingwold and Thirsk were called to the incident at about 7.30pm. When they arrived they found a machine on fire. They put it out using four breathing apparatus
Victoria Hall's recipe for gluten-free Yorkshire Puddings Up there with freshly baked bread, perfect pizza and a sausage roll – proper Yorkshire Puddings are one of the holy grails of gluten-free cooking and eating. Luckily, they really aren’t that
The number of vegans in the UK almost doubled last year – so what's it like bringing up a family on plants, nuts and seeds? Two York families share their experiences YORK vegan mum-of-two Angela Taylor has no problem with Greggs bringing out a
ANTHEA JAMIESON gamed in 23 darts to help York John Smith's Ladies' Darts League division two leaders Edinburgh Arms recover to beat Saddle 7-2. Vicky McClaren had put the visitors in front only for Donna Lynes, Amanda Bevan, Chris Lamb and Emma
A NEW set of robes has been brought for the Lord Mayor of York - at a cost of £10,000. The black and gold outfit is similar to the previous design but a York crest has also been added to the updated ceremonial clothing, according to a City of York
CHARITY panto players have a special reason to make their show a success when they take to the stage later this month. The Blue Light Theatre Company, which includes members of the Yorkshire Ambulance Service, regularly supports York Against Cancer
SCARBOROUGH Bridge is to close for seven weeks from 9pm on January 26 for improvement works to take place. The footbridge, which links the train station with the city centre, is used by more than 3,000 people every day. Commuters will need
PLANS have been submitted for a house near York Railway Institute to be converted into four holiday flats. The proposals would see the basement, first floor, second floor and loft at 13 Queen Street turned into separate one-bedroom lets. The
MYSTERY still surrounds the death of a York teenager 19 years after her body was discovered lying in a road. Lizzie Gilmour, of Acomb, was found on the A1237 near the Askham Lane junction, on Saturday, January 15, 2000. She had been hit by a car
A MAN has been jailed for the second time for large-scale internet sex crimes. Weeks after he finished one sentence for having hundreds of thousands of indecent images of children, David Hughes, 54, started systematically searching the internet
AN AMBULANCE worker ended up in hospital himself after noticing a lump while dropping off a patient - and being diagnosed with head and neck cancer. Darran Buckley is now back at work after 310 days of treatment - and has spoken out about the “
