CHIEF Executive of Welcome to Yorkshire Sir Gary Verity has resigned on health grounds with immediate effect. On their website Welcome to Yorkshire said: “Although not directly linked to Sir Gary’s resignation, concerns have been raised in relation
ESTATE agency staff will be sleeping rough to help the homeless. Six staff at Hunters York are preparing to take part in the national CEO Sleepout fundraiser at Bootham Crescent on April 1. They will be raising funds for Changing Lives, a national
NEW York City Knights signing Conor McGrath looks likely to go straight into the team for Sunday's visit of fellow Betfred Championship high-fliers Sheffield Eagles. McGrath has arrived on a month's loan from Halifax and, while head coach James
VISITORS to sexual health clinics in North Yorkshire rose by more than 50 per cent over four years. A new report to North Yorkshire County Council showed in 2012/13 there were 9,885 attendances at clinics, but by 2016/17 this was up to 15,336.
CITY of York Athletics Club pulled off an under-13 girls’ 1-2-3 at the NECAA Indoor Pentathlon in Gateshead. Emily Maude led the way by taking top spot with a series of really strong performances in all five disciplines. The runner-up was Esme
PLANS for 12 homes to be built on part of the playing field at a top York independent school have been given the green light - despite opposition from neighbours. The Mount School wants to dispose of an unused portion of land at the bottom of its
THE Fastpack Ltd York Sunday Morning League division one title race is hotting up. Leaders Wigginton Grasshoppers had a week off, giving Hounds the chance to move to within four points of top spot with one game in hand - and they did by thumping
THE Pasadena Roof Orchestra are celebrating 50 years of playing music from the roaring 1920s and elegant 1930s in 2019. Their anniversary tour brings the veteran dance band to Selby Town Hall on March 31, led by Duncan Galloway in a night that combines
A YORK MP will be joining a march in London on Saturday, March 23, calling for the public to have a final say on Brexit. Rachael Maskell, Labour MP for York Central, will be at the ‘Put It To The People March’, demanding a people’s vote, which is
AN INVESTIGATION into an alleged attempt to kidnap three girls in a North Yorkshire town has closed with no further action to be taken. North Yorkshire Police said two men - aged 19 and 46 - were arrested in Bradford following an incident in Knaresborough
BLAKE may have topped the classical charts with The Anniversary Album, but they were not sure how their fans would receive it. "We've done different styles and didn't do as well with some as with others, especially when we went more pop," says Stephen
A NEW £5 million centre, involving researchers from the University of York, will explore how we can best tackle climate change. The Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST) will work closely with the public, industry and government
A FAMILY-run mobility company has recruited new staff due to the growing demand for its services. Harrogate-based Yorkshire Care Equipment has taken on two new recruit to keep up with demand following its most profitable year ever. Set up in
Tributes have been paid to university student Libby Squire after her body was found in the Humber Estuary. Humberside Police had been searching for the 21-year-old who disappeared from near her Hull home seven weeks ago. Detective Superintendent
POLICE believe the suspect behind an arson attack in Selby has suffered serious injuries. Emergency services were called to Abbey Fisheries in Gowthorpe, Selby, at about 3.40am on Thursday, where a fire had badly damaged the shop. A spokesman
A petition calling on the Government to halt the Brexit process has passed three million signatures. The Revoke Article 50 petition has become the second most popular submitted to the Parliament website with the highest rate of sign-ups on record
THE York Musical Theatre Company's Stage Experience show for 2019 will the High School edition of Rock Of Ages. The Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical heads back to the Eighties' era of big bands, big egos, big guitar solos and even bigger hair
ON the 75th anniversary of the prisoner-of-war escape from the Stalag Luft III prison in German-occupied Poland on Sunday, historian Dan Snow hosts a commemorative evening at the Eventim Apollo in London. This will be broadcast live via satellite at
A CRASH between a lorry and a car blocked a road in York today. North Yorkshire Police said officers were called to the collision on Hamilton Drive in York at around 11.15am. A spokeswoman for the force added: "The road was blocked and traffic
MICKLEGATE in York has now reopened after a 'suspicious item' received at a property in the road sparked an alert. In a statement, North Yorkshire Police said: "A concerned member of the the public received an item which they deemed as suspicious
A YOUNG hero of the Second World War from York who was killed when his Spitfire was shot down by enemy fire over Italy is to be finally laid to rest 74-years on. Warrant Officer John Henry Coates, known as Harry, served with 111 Squadron and was
A NEW service that matches older homeowners with younger people looking for a place to stay is coming to York. Homeshare York is based on a national model, where a younger person provides 10 hours of support a week to an older householder in exchange
MP Rachael Maskell has thrown her support behind school children petitioning for peace in Yemen. The York Central MP joined activists and children at Westminster to hand in a Save the Children petition, containing more than 58,000 signatures, to
OUT-OF-CONTRACT York City stalwart Dan Parslow has been ruled out for the rest of the season. The 33-year-old defender has still not recovered from the concussion he suffered more than six weeks ago during the 2-1 home defeat to Hereford and has
A WARNING about driving while wearing a lanyard has been shared across the country after two serious incidents which left one woman in hospital for six weeks. Police officers are urging drivers not to wear their company lanyard or pass when they
HALIFAX hooker Ben Kaye faces a one-match after being charged with a dangerous throw in last week's game at York City Knights. The foul happened late on in the Knights' 38-16 win at Bootham Crescent, when Joe Batchelor was lifted and dumped to the
Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Gratitude (Dirty Hit) *** THIS isn’t the third album you might have expected from York troubadour Benjamin Francis Leftwich. The effort, pressure and lifestyle choices surrounding Gratitude’s predecessor, 2016’s After
YORK and North Yorkshire will have starring roles when the new series of ITV drama Victoria begins on Sunday evening. Filming for the lavish, eight-part period drama, starring former Dr Who actress Jenna Coleman as Queen Victoria and Tom Hughes
ONE person was arrested for allegedly being abusive to police after officers were called to anti-social behaviour involving youths in the Acomb area of York yesterday evening (March 21). North Yorkshire Police's York South team wrote on Twitter
A MAJOR travel agency has announced the closure of 21 stores around the UK - but three York shops have not been affected. Thomas Cook announced on Friday it would close 21 stores, with the loss of 102 jobs as part of "an ongoing programme to drive
YORK City Knights have strengthened their back-line options by bringing in winger Conor McGrath from Halifax on a one-month loan. The 22-year-old Salford academy product burst onto the first-team scene at Fax in 2017 when scoring a hat-trick in
WILL Young will play York Barbican on October 20 on his 21-date autumn tour. Tickets will go on sale on March 29 at 9am at yorkbarbican.co.uk, on 0844 854 2757 or in person from the Barbican box office. The tour will promote the 40-year-old South
CHAMPIONS Dunnington finished the Yorkshire Premier League season in aptly emphatic fashion by smashing bottom side Chapel Allerton 2. Having sealed their second successive title two weeks ago, there was little pressure on the York club’s final
PICKERING Town manager Denny Ingram has called on his team to “stamp their authority” on this weekend’s home game against Stamford. The Pikes, looking forward to building on the previous weekend’s win at Gresley, were denied a trip to Evo-Stik League
TWO people were treated for smoke inhalation after a bin fire outside a flat in Selby, which is believed to have been started deliberately. A fire crew from Selby responded to a report of bins on fire outside a two storey flat on Millgate at about
VOLUNTEERS at a lifesaving charity in York are encouraging people to wear orange and donate to their cause. The team at York Rescue Boat want people to Go Orange for Independent Lifeboats - a campaign to raise money to support lifeboat charities
TADCASTER Albion reckon their i2i Stadium pitch will be back in action for next Saturday after last weekend's massive floods. The Brewers count themselves lucky they are not hosting a game this weekend and instead are able to host "clean-up days
A SON who injured his mother and forced her to flee the family home in alcohol-fuelled violence has been given a suspended prison sentence. Shane Michael Wood’s mother was in the public gallery supporting him as York Crown Court heard how police
BOSTON United will arrive at Bootham Crescent looking for their first clean sheet since last meeting York City on December 8. Nicky Walker and Gavin Allott goals secured a 2-0 triumph on that afternoon, but the tenth-placed Pilgrims have subsequently
I wish York was in New Zealand. The way it has dealt with the Christchurch shooting has been pragmatic, full of common sense and anti-extremist. First, comfort the bereaved. So the prime minister dons Muslim dress to talk to the grieving families
GREEN fingers and stories of the blues, Steeleye’s 50-year span, candlelight and a Coldplace mark CHARLES HUTCHINSON’S card for March 22 to 24 Friday night is...gardening night Old Herbaceous, York Literature Festival, York Theatre Royal Studio
A PAEDOPHILE who got a girl pregnant when she was underage will be sentenced next month. Kyril John Lewis McClean, 27, claimed he had waited to have sex with the teenager until her sixteenth birthday, but a jury convicted him of having sex with
A THREE-foot tall chocolate sculpture of four York landmarks has been unveiled at the Mansion House. The ambitious structure, which took four days to create, was specially commissioned for the York Chocolate Festival and was made by Ashley McCarthy
