As a motorist you could be fined up to £1,000 if you do not tell the DVLA about a medical condition that affects your driving. You may also be prosecuted if you’re involved in an accident as a result. The DVLA says drivers must tell them about
PREMIER League outfit Brighton have announced former York City defender Graham Potter as their new manager. Swansea had offered Potter, who also once coached the Minstermen’s under-13 academy team, a new contract in an attempt to ward off interest
Review: Be My Baby, Leeds Playhouse, until June 1. Box office: 0113 213 7700 or leedsplayhouse.org.uk AS the new Playhouse frontage emerges from its chrysalis, so the Pop-Up repertory company gathers for the last time in the workshop temporary theatre
A HUSBAND-and-wife team are celebrating five years in business and eyeing further expansion. Iain and Liz Pocklington, who run the Riverford Organic Farmers home delivery service across North Yorkshire set up their franchise in 2014. They deliver
AN insurance company is “very proud” to celebrate unsung heroes across the city as part of the York Community Pride Awards 2019. Aviva is sponsoring the Volunteer of the Year category in this year’s contest. The award honours individuals who
DANIEL Fogg was the surprise hero as Old Malton St Mary’s completed a 2018/19 treble by lifting the York Minster Engineering League Senior Cup. Man-of-the-match Fogg bagged a brace in the 3-1 win over first division runners-up Easingwold Town despite
THE make-up of next season's National League North looks on paper as though it may be easier than this term - but York City's assistant-manager Micky Cummins is taking nothing for granted. City will dodge all four of the relegated sides from Step
RAIL companies which operate services that travel to and from York Station were among those with the highest cancellation rates and the most delayed trains last year. Passenger groups urged the industry to learn the lessons of May 2018, when new
HEWORTH ARLC maintained their good recent National Conference League division three form with a 38-14 win at basement-dwellers Salford City Roosters. This was the third win on the bounce for the seventh-placed Villagers, who led 16-8 at the break
NONE of the top three managed a win on a frustrating weekend for the sides at the head of Hunters York & District Senior League division one. Woodhouse Grange came closest to victory but also to within just one wicket of defeat against Bolton Percy
BEN Coad has spoken of the different dimension his new-ball partner Duanne Olivier is providing to Yorkshire’s bowling attack this season. Olivier, the ex-South Africa Test bowler, has put the frighteners on many a batsman this summer, not only
2019 is a year for celebrating anniversaries at York gallery According To McGee. “This is our 15th year,” says the Tower Street gallery’s co-director Ails McGee. “We’ve had it in mind to mark it with something of national importance for some time
POLICE have appealed for witnesses after "a violent incident" in York. North Yorkshire Police said two women in their twenties were involved in the incident in Cornlands Road at about 8am on Friday, May 17. Anyone with information should phone
IT began life as a York student show by Joseph McNeice and Matthew Spalding, premiered at the Barn Theatre, Oxted, Surrey, in September 2018. Now, their musical comedy of three pensioners, two criminals and one diamond heist, Twilight Robbery,
I totally agree with Malcolm Higgins (Bedtime story was a must for us, Letters, May 15). From when they are very young (ie babies) all children should have books, even if only to look at the pictures of animals, flowers, birds etc. They need to
LOOK, no hands! Well, if common sense doesn’t prevail there is going to be no life. On Wednesday, no doubt to the annoyance of the Fulford Broadway traffic behind me, I refused to overtake a hooded cyclist, who with a wire trailing from his ears
AS an occasional Europhile Brexiteer letter writer I feel I should declare my credentials. As a wartime schoolboy I worked alongside German and Italian prisoners. I later travelled most of Western Europe plus Malta and Cyprus as a student, trainee
IT’S a case of going... going... gone on these pages today, courtesy of some remarkable photographs from Explore York’s wonderful Imagine York archive. On the left are three photographs showing the famous Church of St Crux, which once stood in Pavement
BRITAIN’S second woman Prime Minister, Theresa May, is having a fairly rough time of it at the moment. So, in the end, did Britain’s first - the inimitable Margaret Thatcher. But she had a good, long spell in office first - 11 years, from 1979 to 1990
AN opening date has been announced for a new 118-bed hotel in York city centre. Marriott’s lifestyle brand Moxy Hotels has confirmed it will be ready to open its first hotel in England outside of London on July 25. The hotel, in Stonebow will
EMERGENCY services were called to reports of a collision on railway tracks near York. The Yorkshire Air Ambulance, North Yorkshire Police and British Transport Police were called to the railway lines at Copmanthorpe at just before 11pm on Sunday
NORTH Yorkshire Police were called to a house in York where a woman had died. A spokeswoman for the force said police were contacted at 5.50am Sunday, May 19, to "reports of the sudden death of a 52-year-old woman at a property on Rowntree Avenue
AN opening date has been announced for a new 118-bed hotel in York city centre. Marriott’s lifestyle brand Moxy Hotels has confirmed it will be ready to open its first hotel in England outside of London on July 25. The hotel, in Stonebow will
Review: York Guildhall Orchestra, York Barbican, May 18 FOR the last concert of their season, York Guildhall Orchestra assembled an enormous ensemble for two orchestral warhorses. During Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries the brass enjoyed themselves
Review: Foil, Arms and Hog: Craicling, York Barbican, May 16 FOIL (Sean Finegan), Arms (Conor McKenna) and Hog (Sean Flanagan) trade along the same axes of physicality and energy, albeit at different stages. While Finegan takes to the central
A WOMAN was rescued from a bridge in North Yorkshire yesterday evening (May 19). North Yorkshire Police said it was called at 5.25pm over concerns for the safety of a woman in her 20s who was reported to be on the wrong side of the railings on Valley
A YOUNG man from York is planning a trek to Everest base camp later this month in memory of his late father. Joshua Boultwood-Neale, 26, of Fishergate, will take part in the 12-day hike with a friend, Daniel Wilson, 25, of Escrick. Joshua said
THREE people were arrested in a drugs raid in Selby. North Yorkshire Police broke down the door of a house in Volta Street in the early hours of Friday, May 17, following information from the public, and officers from the force's Operational Support
POLICE are appealing for witnesses and information after an attempted burglary at a store in York city centre. It happened at Ramsdens on Market Street between 11.45pm and midnight on May 10, North Yorkshire Police said. A spokesperson for
DAVID Lloyd York continued their winning start to their defence of the Tyke Petroleum Men’s League title with a 60-48 win over last year’s runners-up Wigginton. A 23-game haul by Jan Dyl and Dale Fawcett proved the key to victory. The David Lloyd
A CRASH led to lengthy delays on the A1 southbound in North Yorkshire this morning (May 20). North Yorkshire Police said it received a report of a collision between a car and a wagon near Boroughbridge at 5.50am. The road was closed to allow
YORK City assistant-manager Micky Cummins is confident the arrival of midfielder Kieran Green will not impact on a potential contract for Scott Burgess next term. Fellow midfielder Burgess was offered a permanent deal after impressing on loan from
AN INNOCENT motorist was like a 'rabbit in headlights' when armed police, dogs and a helicopter were deployed in bringing his vehicle to a stop on the A64. Sergeant Paul Cording tweeted that police swung into action after a suspect vehicle was
Mother Nature will come to life in a colourful fashion show by students at York College this week. MAXINE GORDON goes behind the scenes for a preview Pictures: Nick Hill FLAMES and waves, the plight of the ocean, and fungi are some of varied
THE battle against drugs in a county which boasts the lowest crime rate in England and Wales has been laid bare, just days after the death of a schoolgirl who police believe had taken ecstasy. North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner
GREEN Party European candidate Magid Magid has visited a York nature reserve - and added his voice to the protests against controversial plans to build 500 homes on land nearby. The party’s lead candidate for the European Parliamentary elections
THE number of homes sitting empty in York has increased by nearly 50 per cent - one of the sharpest rises in the country, according to Government figures. The latest research by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government revealed
