ENGINEERS have restored power supplies to almost 2,000 York properties. Electricity supplies were lost yesterday evening at 1,930 premises in the YO24,YO26 and YO41 postcode areas, which includes Holgate. Northern Powergrid said the problems
A COUNCIL election hustings with a difference will debate traffic congestion later this week. The My Future York Collaborative Hustings takes place at Spark:York in Piccadilly from 6pm on Wednesday. Co-organiser Phil Bixby said the event sought
YORKSHIRE v Lancashire in the Royal London one-day Cup. A sunny Easter Sunday at Emerald Headingley. Mat Pillans is not the only one who can’t wait! The first Roses clash of 2019 is already a crunch match in the North Group, and a bumper crowd
A DRUG kingpin has been on the run for almost four months. Alfred Philip Dear, 45, formerly of James Street Caravan Site in York, was due to be sentenced at York Crown Court in December, but went on the run, and has not been seen since. A £5,000
BEER bottles from a North Yorkshire brewery are being given a revamp. The Black Sheep Brewery’s bottled ale range, including Black Sheep Ale and Golden Sheep Ale, will be given new ‘fleeces’ before they hit supermarket shelves. The new branding
Betfred Championship: Featherstone Rovers 42 York City Knights 12 Featherstone: Render, Hardcastle, Walters, Sutcliffe, Carey, Bussey, Chisholm, Cooper, King, Makatoa, Day, Davies, Lockwood. Subs (all used): Ormondroyd, Wheeldon, Harrison, Boas.
A MAN'S body has been recovered from York's River Ouse following an incident early yesterday, in which a man ran away from police and entered the water. It is the fourth fatality in York's rivers in a fortnight. North Yorkshire Police said
YORK'S riverside has been cordoned off in two places by police. Police tape has been used to seal off an area of Kings Staith outside the Kings Arms pub, with an officer barring entry to the riverside from Ouse Bridge. A second area further
HUGE traffic jams built up on the A64 near York today as thousands of motorists heading for the coast got stuck in a bottleneck. The warm Easter sunshine prompted a mass exodus from York and West Yorkshire cities such as Leeds to coastal resorts
ONE person has been taken to hospital after a crash in York. North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service said crews from Acomb and York went to a two-vehicle collision in Walker Drive, Foxwood, at 7.40pm last night. A spokesman said all the occupants
ALMOST a quarter of teachers in Yorkshire and Humberside are experiencing physical violence from pupils at least once a week or more, according to a survey by the teachers' union, the NASUWT. Five per cent said they were attacked on a daily basis
SOCIAL networks should face criminal charges if they fail to keep children safe, according to a new survey. Research carried out by the NSPCC found 73 per cent of adults surveyed in Yorkshire and Humberside believed directors should face criminal
FIREFIGHTERS have fought their third hay bale fire in 24 hours in York and North Yorkshire. About a tonne of hay bales caught fire in Naburn Lane, York, at just before 9pm last night, with a York crew extinguishing it with pitch forks, beaters and
TEMPERATURES are set to soar to 22C in York today amid long sunny periods, and could hit 23C on Easter Sunday - warmer than many Mediterranean cities and resorts. More sunshine is expected on Easter Monday, but with temperatures falling to a maximum
VISITORS to Ripon’s Tree Top Nets adventure venue are jumping at the chance to enjoy the UK’s biggest attraction of its kind. Situated at the Lightwater Valley theme park, Tree Tops has reopened after being closed during the winter months and, with
York Pubs by Nathen Amin (Amberley £14.99) As well as magnificent churches, York is very well known for its pubs. The introduction to this book gives a fascinating brief history of how these establishments developed and their numbers grew. The
MALTON Food Lovers Festival returns next month for its 11th year. Yorkshire’s own talent will headline the event again on Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, May 26, with a host of chefs and representatives. The festival, which last year attracted
AS the final series of HBO's epic series Game Of Thrones airs, and we say goodbye to characters who have been introduced and nurtured and unceremoniously slain, we at The Press thought we’d delve into York’s past to dig out a few times in the city’
TODAY’S scheduled game between a York & District Amateur Rugby League side and City of Hull & District has been called off. The encounter was due to kick off at 2pm this afternoon at Thanet Road. However, the Hull side have been unable
YORK’S first Mediale festival failed to attract as many visitors as planned - but brought more than £1.3 million into the city - according to a report. A review of the event, which ran at the end of September and featured 70 events in the city
THRUSCROSS Reservoir lies north of the A59 and to the west of the lower reaches of Nidderdale. The four-and-a-half mile walk around the reservoir visits the remains of a drowned village, some wild moorland and some lovely lakeside walking full of
DOZENS of new affordable homes will be built on former playing fields in York. City of York Council’s planning committee approved plans to build 69 new affordable homes on land off Windmill Lane, formerly playing fields owned by York St John University
SCOTTISH invaders are coming to a Yorkshire forest after an absence of more than 300 years. Forestry England has brought a pair of Eurasian beavers from Scotland to Cropton Forest for a revolutionary trial in natural flood management. Spanning
A MAN who drowned in York's River Foss had been assaulted in the city centre the previous evening, an inquest was told. Liam Davey, 25, of York, suffered a fractured eye socket in the attack in Shambles Market, and was treated overnight in York
IF you think pancakes are a dish best served only once a year on Shrove Tuesday then think again. One quirky cafe in the centre of York has turned the delicacy in to a year-round event celebrated in the Dutch-style, which means that, unlike their
A LIFEBELT is to be provided on a York riverside where a young man drowned last year, after an inquest heard that efforts to rescue him were hampered by the absence of any ring. Liam Davey, 25, of York, died after going into the River Foss from
WE fell in love with the Range Rover Evoque. As a pioneer of the luxury compact SUV market and the fastest-selling selling Land Rover car ever, it stole hearts all over the planet. The boxy but stately Range Rover suddenly looked chic and glamorous
A MAN has told how he repeatedly dived to the bottom of York’s River Foss in a desperate attempt to save a young man’s life. Michael Carr, speaking at an inquest into the death of 25-year-old Liam Davey, said he was walking back to the Q Park Shambles
