A PROPERTY has been cordoned off by police following an incident just outside York. Several police and ambulance vehicles were called on Tuesday afternoon to the property in Wigginton Road, near the turn-off for Wigginton. Reports suggested
YORK City Knights captain Tim Spears has admitted he had almost forgotten what it felt like to lose - and says Sunday's loss to Sheffield makes the squad want to work "harder than ever" to get better. The Knights fell 24-16 to the Eagles for only
YORK Central MP, Rachael Maskell is to hold another public meeting in the city over Brexit. Constituents wishing to attend the meeting, which takes place at 9am on Saturday at Clements Hall in Nunthorpe Road, need to phone 01904 623713 or email
POLICE have appealed for help as they investigate a crash near Selby on Sunday in which a couple in their 70s were seriously injured. A 44-year-old man who was arrested in connection with the collision between two vehicles, which happened at the
LIFE is one long, hard slog for Hull fish factory workers Pearl, Jan, Shelley and Linda, but their fortunes are set to change when they head to Ladies' Day at the races. Factory hairnets make way for fascinators as the four friends hit the racecourse
POCKLINGTON RUFC were made to pay against Morpeth, who came away from Percy Road with a 32-20 win after Pock spurned a late chance. In another case of so near yet so far, Pocklington pushed the North One East table-toppers all the way before Morpeth
REMEMBER Twinnie-Lee Moore, York-born star of West End musicals, The Voice contestant, model, film actress and Hollyoaks soap queen? Now meet Twinnie, rising country singer-songwriter at 31, learning the ropes in Nashville and making her name at
THE wife of a missing York trainee teacher has issued a fresh appeal for people to help police in tracing him. Nicholas Harper, from Pickering, who has been working on a placement in Archbishop Holgate's School's science department since last September
MALTON & Norton RUFC overturned a 7-3 half-time deficit to win 16-14 at Bridlington and record a league double over the seaside outfit. The Gannock team, having hung on at the end, now sit ninth in North One East - 12 points above Brid, who
A LOCAL primary school is celebrating a right royal success in a major national competition. Pocklington Community Junior School is celebrating its first win at Rock Challenge and J Rock, with the pupils' performance The Queen: Lifelong Figurehead
YORK state-maintained nurseries are being asked to take part in research to assess child behaviour and development. The Department for Education-backed research will test Triple P's positive parenting programmes, which support parents to help improve
YORK RUFC guaranteed North One East safety with a 51-20 win over West Leeds - their first home win since October. The bonus-point victory over the strugglers at Clifton Park moved York 16 points clear of the relegation zone with three games remaining
MORE than 100 people have complained about a new scam. North Yorkshire Police shared a message from Trading Standards after criminals contacted residents to trick them into handing over financial details. A spokesman said the fraudsters claim
NESTLE Rowntree RUFC fell 42-24 to Burley as their slide in form in the Yorkshire Four Shield continued. Trees appeared to be on their way to a victory when hooker Ryan Roodt peeled off a maul for a four-metre dash to the line and an early try converted
A DRINKS producer, which experienced a 600 per cent uplift in orders since it began exporting to China and Honk Kong last year, is ramping up production after buying a new manufacturing facility in Ryedale. The SBCO Group, owners of The Baijiu Society
A YORK retail park has launched a new initiative to improve the customer experience for visually and sensory impaired shoppers. The team at Vangarde Shopping Park have received professional training in how to assist someone with sensory loss effectively
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a crash near Selby after a driver involved allegedly failed to stop. The collision happened at about 3.25pm on Sunday on the A63 on the roundabout at the junction with the A1041 at Selby. North Yorkshire
A YORK care home has received top marks in a nationwide survey of care home residents. The results from the Your Care Rating survey showed that 94 per cent of Connaught Court residents polled said that they were satisfied with the overall standard
IT is not surprising that many English, as distinct from British, politicians and voters, do not understand why the terms they use when describing our relationship with the European Union - such as ‘taking back control’, ‘they won’t allow us’,’dictatorship
YORK RI beat Bramley Phoenix 31-5 in their final home game of the Yorkshire Four season - avenging a 15-10 loss just three weeks ago. The result left RI - who fielded a much-changed side - third in the table, although the two promotion slots have
COMEDIAN Jack Dee will try out new material for his forthcoming tour in a work-in-progress show at Pocklington Arts Centre on May 19. “In these difficult and uncertain times, people need hope – a ray of sunshine to brighten their day. And that’s
I read, with wry amusement, Megi Rychilkova’s remark that ‘I wish York was in New Zealand’ (column ‘New Zealand sets example’, March 22). At least some of the people in Christchurch may well wish that they were living in York. In the past few
LIFE has come full circle for Harrogate tenor Zachary Neal. While at Harrogate Grammar School, he took part in an English Touring Opera production, performing in a specially assembled choir for Helen Chadwick’s Towards An Unknown Port at Harrogate
A PROPERTY has been broken into in Ryedale in broad daylight and a games console taken from inside. North Yorkshire Police said offenders smashed a glass pane in a door to get inside the property in Commercial Street, Norton, before taking a Sony
BUSINESS tycoon Lord Alan Sugar has been announced as the headline speaker of a business event in East Yorkshire. The Apprentice star is to speak at The Business Day 2019, taking place at Bridlington Spa on June 7, coinciding with the end of Humber
YOUNGSTERS at a York school took full advantage of the road outside being closed to traffic for a day. As previously reported in The Press, St Barnabas CE School in Jubilee Terrace was the first school in the region to join a national trial to close
PEOPLE who rent their homes in York are expected to benefit this summer when new government rules are introduced to ban letting agents charging tenants unnecessary and unfair fees. The Tenant Fees Act is a new piece of legislation that will stop
A POPULAR cocktail bar in York has partnered with The Snappy Trust (Special Needs Activities and Play Provision for York) to make club nights accessible for all. Jalou York’s general manager Dan Acock was inspired to reach out to the trust following
FOR the first time since 2002, Turin Brakes are to play a fully acoustic tour, booked into Pocklington Arts Centre for November 29. Founder members and former primary school friends Olly Knights and Gale Paridjanian and long-time bandmates Rob
A YORK veterinary practice is warning owners of a growing obesity crisis that is risking the lives of horses. Minster Veterinary Equine Clinic is seeing more and more overweight horses and ponies at its practice in Northfield Lane, Poppleton, York
THE first batch of VAT-registered businesses have less than a week to go until they enter into the Government’s Making Tax Digital (MTD) regime. All VAT-registered businesses turning over more than £85,000 will be mandated into MTD by 1 October
THE community group which runs the Moorsbus network of bus services in the North York Moors has announced its plans for the year. Services will start on May 3 and then operate every Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday until September
A NORTH Yorkshire stately home has scooped two prestigious UK Heritage Awards. Castle Howard’s curator Dr Christopher Ridgway received a special Lifetime Achievement Award for his services to the heritage sector. Dr Ridgway has held the position
CELLIST Julian Lloyd Webber will take part in a special evening with Jiaxin Lloyd Webber and Pam Chowhan at the Wesley Centre, Malton, on June 15. He will take his 7pm audience on a magical musical journey, interlaced with insights into his life
THE York Handmade Brick Company says it has saved £200,000 by designing and building its own equipment. Production manager Steve Pittham has been with the firm since it was founded 30 years ago, and designed and created a new brick dryer from scratch
THE bonus at Hull Bonus Arena was that James were supporting themselves in an acoustic opening set. The Bonus Arena, by the way, is not to be confused with the Hull Ice Arena, where the likes of Oasis and Robbie Williams have played. No, the Bonus
A LOCAL charitable trust has donated £5,000 to a charity close to one of its employee's hearts. Pancreatic Cancer UK is among the first wave of good causes to receive a grant from The Pavers Foundation, which was set up by family-owned shoe retailer
CHANGES to how pupils in North Yorkshire travel to and from school are under a 12-week consultation. North Yorkshire County Council is considering new proposals which it says would make "home to school transport fairer and more consistent" for about
A SERIES of artworks have been created by a York artist for the Minster’s Easter celebrations. Jerry Scott has created 14 pieces to mark the stations of the cross throughout Lent and Easter. His contemporary interpretation of Christ’s passion
THE York Central development is one step closer to becoming a reality after planning bosses at City of York Council approved the scheme. And work at the site could begin later this year. Councillors voted by a majority to grant outline planning
STARS from Broadway and London's West End will perform in Scarborough this summer. Tickets for West End Proms will take place at Scarborough Open Air Theatre on Friday, July 5, and tickets go on sale this Friday, March 29. The event will include
A PLAQUE commemorating York Rugby League Club's historic Clarence Street ground is to be put up on the site of its old main stand. It is 30 years ago today since the ground - York RL's home for 104 years after first opening in September 1885 -
A PERSISTENT shoplifter whose latest crime cut short a police pop-up surgery in York city centre has been jailed for four months. PC Mark Grimes and PCSO Grenville Dowson, of York City Neighbourhood Policing Team, were meeting members of the public
THE Great British Food Festival will return to Harewood House for the fifth year. Held over the three day bank holiday weekend, May 25 to 27, between 10am and 5pm, the festival includes more than eighty Best of British producers and street food
A BUS and a car crashed near a primary school in York this morning (March 26). North Yorkshire Police said it was called to reports of a collision between a Vauxhall Corsa and a bus on North Moor Road, Huntington, at 7.35am. It happened near
THREE teams have reached the John Smith’s Ladies’ Darts League triples competition semi-finals for the first time. Burnholme’s Marj Pearson, Lynne Willstrop and Jo West, Priory trio Linda Embleton, Sandra Pallister and Mandy Young, and Acomb Cons
MICHAEL Potts will still be sidelined for FC United of Manchester’s home game against his old club this evening. The 27-year former York City midfielder, who captains the Moston outfit, would have missed the originally-scheduled fixture between
TOM Kohler-Cadmore is relishing the extra responsibility he feels comes with being capped by Yorkshire. The 24-year-old was handed his first-team cap by the White Rose in February. “I was very surprised to receive it,” he said. “To get it in
SOPHIE SMITH from BakeHouse in the barn shares her baklava recipe I HAVE been a regular visitor to Kas, a small fishing town on Turkey’s turquoise coast, for the past ten years. Though the town has changed during that time, becoming more developed
MAXINE GORDON takes her husband on a culinary challenge at York's new cookery school at The Grand hotel ROCK-hard spuds and ready meals were the sum of my husband's culinary skills until our recent visit to York's new cookery school at The Grand
The Apprentice winner Sian Gabbidon is opening a pop-up swimwear shop in Yorkshire, reports MAXINE GORDON YORKSHIRE fashion entrepreneur Sian Gabbidon won the last season of The Apprentice by wowing Lord Sugar with her calm and focussed business
A REENACTMENT of the Battle of Waterloo helped raise more than £200 for children in Malawi. The event at St Olave’s Church in York, organised by Paul Johnson, was a miniature re-creation the battle using 5,000 painted figures. The display was held
A FAMILY fun day inspired by York brain tumour victim Emily Nicholson raised more than £1,000 as she continues her brave battle against cancer at a York hospice. Emily’s family hoped back in January to raise £30,000 towards the cost of undergoing
WORK has begun to build 33 new homes for older people in Clifton - albeit with a slightly smaller shovel. Four new bungalows and 29 apartments will be built at Marjorie Waite Court, which is next to Burton Stone Community Centre. A new hall will
POLICING of race days in York will aim to build on the successes of last year - which saw a fall is anti-social behaviour. Efforts will also be made to reduce the impact of traffic and private hire operators on small streets near the racecourse.
A FREE school for children with special educational needs will be built in Selby. There is currently no special school in the Selby area, so children with special needs have to travel around North Yorkshire or out of the county to go to school.
CONTROVERSIAL plans for a self-storage warehouse have been given the green light by a planning inspector - sparking outrage among local residents. City of York Council’s planning sub-committee unanimously refused permission last August for the
TWO women who staged 'shopping' and shoplifting expeditions to York armed with more than £1,800 in forged banknotes have been jailed. Mary Jane Maughan, 25, and Annabelle Cawley, 35, with a third shoplifter Bernadette Cawley, 46, used a child to
A SELBY couple celebrate their platinum wedding anniversary today. John Williams, 93, and Everald, 91, have lived in the town for more than twenty years, but met as teenagers while working in a family grocery store in Chesterton, Staffordshire.
A MUM has told how she sits awake at night fearing her epileptic son could have a seizure and stop breathing - as she calls for more funding to help families whose children have the condition. Kia Carlton, 30, of York, spoke out today (Tuesday,
