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  • Police appeal following attempted burglary in York

    POLICE are appealing for information about an attempt burglary that occurred in York. The incident happened at the Co-op store, Beckfield Lane, at 2.15am this morning and involved three men attempting to gain entry using an implement to break the

  • Power cut left over 800 homes in York without electricity

    MORE than 800 homes were left without electricity after a power outage in York yesterday evening. Northern Powergrid tweeted to say there had been a power cut near Heworth, and that there were 869 homes in the YO31 area without power. The company

  • Police appeal after sixty year old man robbed

    POLICE are appealing for information after a sixty year old man was robbed in Harrogate. The incident happened shortly before 5pm yesterday, outside Kendalls Farm Butchers, Skipton Road. North Yorkshire Police said that the victim was physically

  • York libraries contract extended for 15 years

    YORK'S libraries and archives services will continue to be controlled by local people for at least the next 15 years. City of York Council has announced that the organisation currently running the city's 14 libraries and archives services has won

  • Concern new York hospital has insufficient beds

    A YORK councillor has asked for reassurances that the city’s residents will not be put at a disadvantage if patients from other areas of North Yorkshire are forced to use the new mental health hospital on Haxby Road. Cllr Paul Doughty, chair of

  • Concern about future of school's land

    RESIDENTS fear a patch of land in front of their homes could be fenced off or turned into a car park when the school that owns the green is taken over by an academy trust. Fishergate councillor Andy D’Agorne has launched a petition calling for

  • Police CCTV appeal after theft from Wilko in Selby

    POLICE have issued CCTV of three people they need to speak to following the theft of several hundred pounds worth of make-up from a store in Selby. The incident occurred at 5pm on January 24, at the Wilko store on Abbey Walk. Officers are asking

  • Police appeal following alleged assault in Harrogate

    POLICE are appealing for information about an alleged assault outside a church in Harrogate last month. The incident occurred at St Peters Church, Harrogate, on January 3rd and involved an alleged argument and assault involving a woman and two men

  • Police appeal after crash near Harrogate

    POLICE are appealing for information following a crash on the A658 near Harrogate. The incident happened at the Nab Bridge, Pannal, at around 6.30pm on last Friday. It involved a silver Kia Cee’d which left the road and came to rest on the embankment

  • Roadworks get underway in York city centre

    WORK began today as part of a £1.1million upgrade to The Stonebow, Fossgate and Pavement. City of York council said that the street will be closed for six weeks to improve the appearance and character of York as well as to create a more pedestrian-friendly

  • LADIES' DARTS: Leaders Burnholme slip up at home to Marcia

    YORK John Smith's Ladies' Darts League division one leaders Burnholme suffered a 6-3 home defeat to Marcia. Linda Penrose, Lynn Noble, Barbara Russell and Ellen Platt sent the visitors into the pairs 4-2 up after Lynne Wilstrop and Jane Dobson had

  • Burnby Hall heritage centre a step closer after major grant

    PLANS to reunite Pocklington’s Burnby Hall building with the adjoining garden and visitor facilities have moved a step closer thanks to a £53,500 grant. Burnby Hall Gardens and Stewarts Museum Trust has received the funding from the National Lottery

  • 5 Things We Learned from York City's 2-1 win at Kidderminster

    1 Full-backs can be just as effective marauding forward as wing-backs When Steve Watson recalled Kallum Griffiths and David Ferguson into the starting XI after reverting to a back four, he described the pair as “proper full-backs”, insinuating

  • Man arrested on suspicion of drink driving after crash

    A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving after a crash in Ryedale. North Yorkshire Police said officers were called to the collision on the A169 near Pickering shortly before midnight on Sunday. It involved a Suzuki Swift, the

  • WATCH: Scarborough Bridge footway removed by rail crane

    THIS video shows the old footbridge on Scarborough Bridge being removed by a rail crane on February 9. The new pedestrian and cycle route is set to be lifted into place in two separate pieces overnight this weekend, February 23, and next weekend

  • LETTER: Who is giving out the Brexit parachutes?

    Not being the brightest candle in a Two Ronnies sketch, I can’t predict how our future may pan out. However, let’s tread carefully and cautiously and make sure that the statement ‘Britain’s pre-eminence departed via the chambers of an Oxbridge Union

  • LETTER: NHS gave me the utmost care

    AM I correct in thinking that there are two NHSs? One that the BBC constantly finds fault with, is always in crisis and missing important targets, and the one that I personally experienced after falling recently? I was treated with the utmost care

  • LETTER: A fitting tribute to football fans

    IT was gratifying to read that when Bootham Crescent is developed, there is to be a memorial to the loyal, avid fans of York City Football Club whose ashes are buried in the ground - buried, not scattered, as we are told that scattered ashes can cause

  • Tom Chaplin to sing Queen, not Keane, hits at Harrogate gig

    KEANE frontman Tom Chaplin will play Harrogate Convention Centre on April 27 on a six-date tour in celebration of The Songs Of Queen. The concerts come in the wake of the "unprecedented response" to Chaplin's concert for BBC Radio 2’s Friday Night

  • Woman attacked while walking dog in Selby

    A WOMAN was allegedly attacked while walking her dog in Selby. North Yorkshire Police said the assault happened at around 8pm yesterday as she walked along Woodville Terrace towards the junction of Barwick Parade. A man on a bicycle approached

  • CCTV images released after shoplifting

    POLICE are trying to identify the two people in these CCTV images after a shoplifting offence in North Yorkshire. A man and a woman went into the Boyes store in Queen Street in Scarborough and took items without paying, according to North Yorkshire

  • York schools celebrate 400 years of staff service

    A GROUP of school staff who between them have racked up more than 400 years service have been honoured at a special ceremony. Twenty-one members of school staff in Ebor Academy Trust have had their long service recognised and celebrated. Eight

  • Did you see group of youths damage cars in York?

    POLICE are appealing for information about a large group of youths after vehicles were allegedly damaged by them in York. North Yorkshire Police's York South team tweeted to ask whether anyone saw the group in the Lindsey Avenue / Bouthwaite Drive

  • COLUMN: What's the real meaning of love?

    SO how much did you spend on your Valentine? The average spend for last week’s slush-fest was £52, says a meaningless poll, but over half of us paid less than ten quid on love tokens - and 30per cent spent nothing at all. According to research by Bloom

  • York taxi rank - 1912-style...

    The wonderfully-named Dr Tempest Anderson (after whom the hall at the Yorkshire Museum is named) was a York opthalmologist with a yearning for adventure ...and a passionate interest in volcanoes. The one-time president of the Yorkshire Philosophical

  • Design & Print Solutions

    SPONSORED CONTENT HERE at Design & Print Solutions, we are committed to creating impactful, distinctive designs, and premium print work. We design everything from business cards to conference stands, and we are always ready to help with your

  • York school students take on Little Shop of Horrors

    THERE’S something horrifying about the latest production to come out of a York secondary school. This week there will be a strange plant going by the name of Audrey II at the Joseph Rowntree School's Vaudeville Theatre. The performing arts

  • Use of food banks in York soars by more than a quarter

    THE use of food banks in York surged by more than 25 per cent last year, a landmark report has revealed. The York human rights indicator report says that a ‘significant proportion’ of referrals to the city's food banks related to benefit problems

  • York-based firm's foundation gives cancer charity £62,500

    A CHARITABLE trust founded by York-based shoe retailer Pavers has given a cancer charity a huge cash boost. The Pavers Foundation, founded by family-owned shoe retailer, Pavers, has donated £62,500 to Macmillan Cancer Support, after staff nominated