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  • Yorkshire lose Roses cup thriller by one run

    YORKSHIRE came up one run short of Lancashire's total in a nail-biting Royal London one-day Cup Roses battle at Emerald Headingley. A thrilling clash swung this way and that, with Saqib Mahmood conceding two fours to Jonny Tattersall off the first

  • Five hurt in three vehicle crash

    FIVE adults suffered minor injuries - and two children escaped without injury - in a crash today in East Yorkshire. Humberside Fire & Rescue Service said the collision, which happened at 12.27 pm in Driffield, involved three vehicles. All

  • Firefighters tackle dangerous flying parasol

    FIRE crews were called in after a large parasol blew on to the roof of a domestic property in a village near York and risked causing damage and injury. North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service said the firefighters went to Wheldrake at noon today

  • Car crashes into telegraph pole

    A CAR has crashed into a telegraph pole in York. North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service said the single vehicle collision happened at 3.50pm today in Bowes Avenue. It said a crew from York had been called to assist police at the crash, which

  • Power tools stolen in break-in at construction site

    POWER tools have been stolen from a construction site in a village near York. North Yorkshire Police tweeted that a generator, saw and drill were taken from a cabin/storage unit on the site in Common Road, Dunnington. The break-in is thought

  • Cyclist kicks wing mirror off car in York street

    THE wing mirror has been kicked off a car in York by a man on a scrambler bike. North Yorkshire Police tweeted that the silver Vauxhall Corsa was damaged in Pottery Lane at 8.25pm on Good Friday. "A male on a scrambler bike wearing a green

  • Five windows smashed at York church

    FIVE windows have been smashed at a York church. North Yorkshire Police tweeted that the windows at St Andrew's Church in Huntington Road were broken between 4pm last Monday and 9am last Tuesday. Anyone with information should call 101 quoting

  • Will the sunshine last into Easter Monday?

    THE glorious Easter weather is set to continue in York and North Yorkshire on the final day of the Bank Holiday. Forecasters expect more wall-to-wall sunshine tomorrow and a maximum temperature of 21C, just a touch cooler than today when they reached

  • NON-LEAGUE ROUND-UP: Derby day as Pikes play host to Brewers

    IT'S derby time on Bank Holiday Monday as Pickering Town host Tadcaster Albion in the Evo-Stik League east division (3pm). The Brewers head to Mill Lane full of confidence after a late screamer from Will Annan gave them a 2-1 home victory over Gresley

  • Arrests made after massive fire on Ilkley Moor

    ARRESTS have been made after a major fire took hold on Ilkley Moor, police have confirmed. Firefighters remain at the scene today and a helicopter is being used to drop water on to the moor, where about 250,000 square metres of moorland has been

  • Freddie's Fight: Fundraising friends hold sponsored walk

    SIX-YEAR-OLD friends have raised more than £3,000 for two good causes with a ten-mile sponsored walk. Gina Gray and Joseph McDonald will split the £3,057 they have raised between the Freddie’s Fight campaign and children’s cancer charity Candlelighters

  • Thriller by 86-year-old writer hits Amazon top 10

    A GLOBE-TROTTING grandmother from North Yorkshire has reached the top ten in Amazon’s war fiction charts with her latest international adventure novel. Su Adams, 86, from Harrogate, has written a thriller called The Poisoned Legacy, based on her

  • OAP rescued from smoke-logged home by neighbour

    AN ELDERLY man has been rescued by a neighbour from his smoke-logged home and taken to hospital after suffering minor burns. North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service said crews from Richmond, Leyburn and Reeth went to a property in Richmond yesterday

  • Farm gates thrown open for first time

    FARMERS and agribusinesses are being invited to visit operational research farms and have their say on where scientists should focus their support for the future of agriculture. Food resilience research programme N8 AgriFood is throwing open the

  • ELECTION: Council tax freeze among York Conservative pledges

    In the first of a series of columns from York’s four main political parties, Cllr Stuart Rawlings, Conservative group deputy leader, shares the group’s plans ahead of the local elections on May 2. Four years ago, the Conservatives, with your support

  • Missing York woman found safe

    A YORK woman who went missing has turned up safe, police say. North Yorkshire Police issued an appeal for help in finding Carol Spencer, 39, earlier today, saying officers were increasingly concerned for her safety after she failed to return home

  • Appeal to find family of legendary railway engineer

    RAILWAY preservationists are searching for relatives of a legendary railway engineer in order to celebrate the centenary of his key inventions. The North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group (NELPG), which is based at the North Yorkshire Moors

  • Raiders target York salon - then come back to smash window

    A HAIRDRESSING salon has been badly damaged after thieves broke in, smashed a window and stole several items. Two vandals were caught on CCTV leaving Sam Olgar Hair Salon, in Bridge Street, York, in the early hours of Sunday, April 14, shortly