IT seems the nation's love for pigs in blankets shows no signs of slowing this side of Christmas after the incredible reaction to Marks and Spencer's new addition to shop shelves. A Facebook post about its new 'Love Sausage' received more than 2,000
PLANS to improve York’s air quality by fining people who refuse to switch their car engines off while they are parked have been given the green light. Senior councillors were asked to approve the anti-idling measures at a meeting on Thursday. Under
A YORK hotel has scooped a national award. Dean Court Hotel, in Duncombe Place, has won the Associate Hotel of the Year Award at this year's Best Western Great Annual Members Conference, which took place recently in Manchester. The awards, which
POLICE are investigating the death of a soldier following a crash at a North Yorkshire Army base involving a military vehicle. North Yorkshire Police said a vehicle containing two military personnel overturned in what a spokesman called "a serious
A POPULAR city centre bar has been saved from closure after councillors decided to renew its licence. Stone Roses Bar in King Street shut after its licence lapsed. Police objected to plans for the documentation to be renewed, saying they were called
THE health watchdog in North Yorkshire will meet councillors from Leeds City Council and the City of York Council to discuss mental health services for the region. A Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee on February 15, will see councillors
YORK City Knights have re-signed popular back-rower Joe Batchelor on a one-month loan from St Helens. The 24-year-old - who originally joined York as a relative unknown from Coventry Bears in 2016 - was instrumental in the Knights' Betfred League
A SING-A-LONG concert and afternoon tea is being held to raise funds to enable disabled people in York to go on holiday. The event, at New Earswick Folk Hall on Saturday, March 23 from 2.30pm-4.40pm, is being organised by the York group of the
TOOLS and a diary were stolen from vehicles in a works compound at Hazelwood Castle, near Tadcaster. North Yorkshire Police said the thefts happened between 1pm and 3pm on Wednesday, February 6. The driver's window of the first vehicle was smashed
THIEVES stole 700 litres of fuel from a farm near Selby. North Yorkshire Police said the farm in Ryther Road, Cawood, was targeted between 7pm on Tuesday, February 5, and 5pm on Wednesday, February 6. The fuel was stolen from a sugar beet harvester
JOSH Law has admitted York City’s players must accept stick from the Bootham Crescent faithful if they are not meeting the required standards. The Minstermen remain the lowest-ranked professional club in English football, as they sit 17th in National
YOUNG people have been urged to apply for work experience with North Yorkshire Police. Anyone aged between 14 and 18 can apply to take part in the week-long programme, which is based at police HQ in Alverton Court, Northallerton. Sergeant Neil
POLICE want to speak to these two people after windows were smashed in Fossgate, York. North Yorkshire Police have released these CCTV images after a number of windows were smashed on Sunday, December 2. Anyone who recognises either of the
YORK City will keep faith in Adam Bartlett despite a string of recent errors. The 32-year-old keeper leads The Press Player of the Year standings but his dip in form over the last four fixtures has coincided with the arrival of the Minstermen’s
ENTRIES are now open for one of York’s most popular charity fun runs. The arena Group York Mini Run is taking place on Sunday August 4 and invites youngsters, aged between 3 and 8 to run jump or walk for charity. Starting and finishing on Knavesmire
A NEW children's book published by The Yorkshire Air Museum has been praised in an international magazine. Plane Tales was published by the museum, after volunteer guide Chris Collard imagined the conversations between the aircraft exhibits after
VOLUNTEERS are needed to lead garden tours around Harlow Carr. The Friends of Harlow Carr need people to lead tours around Harrogate's RHS Garden Harlow Carr. The group, which raises funds to help improve and develop the garden, wants to hear
ENTRIES are now open for one of Yorkshire's most popular charity runs. Thousands of runners will head to York on Sunday, October 20 for the Asda Foundation Yorkshire 10 Mile which is part of a running festival that includes the Yorkshire Marathon
FIVE people have been arrested by North Yorkshire Police in connection with cross-border drug dealing. Drug warrants were carried out by armed police, the dog team and local officers, at two properties in Harrogate - one in Lincoln Grove, and one
TICKETS are still available for a trio of musical acts at Selby Town Hall. The Lonesome Ace Stringband will perform on Saturday (FEB 9), on the English date on their UK tour, following two sold out shows at Glasgow's Celtic Connections Festival
DID you know you can report crimes to North Yorkshire Police by text? The free service is available to everyone with a mobile phone, but aimed at people with hearing or speech impairments, and anyone who is unable to speak during an incident.
PUPILS at Malton Primary School have taken part in a national celebration of the work of Shakespeare. As part of the week-long event, the children took part in workshops and performances. Head teacher Kelly Reppold said: “The pupils spent the
Not one but two shows forever associated with John Travolta will have York dancing in the week ahead. And who knew that gardening questions could be essential viewing? CHARLES HUTCHINSON on his pick of things to see and do next week... 1. For fans
This is way past being funny, if it ever was funny. Potholes. In 2004, as a newbie city councillor, I urged the council to follow best practice in other cities around the world and invest in rubberised road surfaces to reduce pothole damage.
I wonder when we voted in 2016 could we ever have envisaged how frightened, sad, ashamed and disgusted we would feel in 2019, to have reached this stage of negotiations and still see our country dragged down by indecision and weakness? Sorting
NEW boss Josh Mortimer reckons York Acorn ARLC "couldn't have got a tougher draw" - but he is still optimistic about progressing in the Coral Challenge Cup. The Blue and Golds travel to Cumbria on Saturday for a second-round showdown at higher-ranked
YORK City Knights skipper Tim Spears is likely to miss the next five weeks of the Betfred Championship campaign. The veteran loose-forward damaged a knee in pre-season and, after seeing specialists, will now go for minor surgery next week to clear
I am the wine buyer in our home. On trips to the supermarket, it is me who heads to the far side of the supermarket where lie the likes of chardonnay, sauvignon blanc and merlot. I scour the labels to find one I like. Tonight’s tipple has a swan on
YORK Knights returned to the top of Yorkshire Over-55s Indoor Bowls League division two by beating Hornsea Hawks 93-62 - their sixth win in seven outings. At home, Harley Wenham, John Walton, David White and Pete Bradley expanded on a 15-7 lead
YORK swept aside a struggling Scarborough 130-36 to go back to the top of the Yorkshire Indoor Bowls League first division, easily winning all four rinks. At home, Phil Parsons, Alan Hampshire, Jeff Normanton and Tony Horobin picked up an early
APPLICATIONS for stallholders and parade participants for this year’s York Pride festival are now open. York Pride is a registered charity which aims to promote equality, diversity and advances in education, in order to eliminate discrimination
TRIBUTES have been paid to a “caring, bubbly, superhero little girl” who has died from a heart condition. Darcy, who lived in Malton, with her parents Emily and Kristian D’Rosario, died on January 24, just five days after her sister was born.
JAMES Horsman is making his York Light debut as smooth greaser Danny Zuko in the company's first staging of Grease from Wednesday. Sarah Craggs is playing her first principal role with York Light as Sandy Dumbrowski, the initially prim ingénue
A NORTH Yorkshire PCSO who was once honoured for his role in saving a man’s life has died after an illness - aged just 46. Tributes were today paid to Lee Johnson, who lived in Osbaldwick, York, with his partner Louise and had worked with North
LAURA Veirs couldn't be sure when she first toured Britain. Was it 2002 or 2003, she wondered aloud? Here in North Yorkshire, it was June 2003, when she opened a one-off Americana triple bill with Jesse Sykes and Erin McKeown "as the cows galloped
YORK musician, writer and storyteller Miles Salter's new band, Miles & The Chain Gang, play their first proper gig at The Crescent community venue, off Blossom Street, on February 15. Joining songwriter, singer and guitarist Miles in the line-up
NORTH Yorkshire stand-up poet Kate Fox will share forgotten stories of great women of the north in her Where There’s Muck There’s Bras show at Helmsley Arts Centre on February 16. Commissioned for last year’s Great Exhibition of the North in Newcastle
