POLICE want to trace former shop workers who could assist in a non-recent sex assault investigation. North Yorkshire Police detectives are appealing for members of staff who worked at the former USC store in Cambridge Street, Harrogate, to come
YORK City Knights' recent spending spree might yet continue. Head coach James Ford has not ruled out more signings in the coming days or weeks following the triple move late last week. Playmaker Liam Harris and packmen Tyler Dupree and Harry
JOE ROOT has backed Yorkshire team-mate David Willey to star for England again in the future after missing out on selection for the ICC Men’s World Cup. Willey was left out of England’s final 15-man squad in place of Sussex fast bowler Jofra Archer
FOLK luminaries Martin Carthy and Wizz Jones will unite on September 24 for a York charity concert in aid of the Motor Neurone Disease Association. They will share this special evening at The Crescent in tribute to Roland Walls, lead organiser of
DETECTIVES investigating a serious sexual assault are still appealing for information. A 45-year-old York man was arrested in connection with a serious sexual assault in the Nunnery Lane area, which was reported on May 7. He was later released
A LITTLE village near Selby is gearing up for a big summer of events. The entertainment in Burn starts this Friday with Wheatsheaf pub landlord Andy Howdall’s 16th Beer Festival, featuring ten real ales and music from Primal Suspects on Friday night
CERTAIN benefits have accrued while Opera North waits for a new music director. We have had dashing young conductors hoping to assert their credentials. Less showy, but more successful, have been seasoned personalities like Sir Richard Armstrong.
KATHERINE Jenkins' Guiding Light brings her to York Barbican on Friday. "It's so nice, having taken time off to have a baby, to be going out on tour again this spring," says the Welsh mezzo-soprano, who last played the Barbican in February 2015.
AN EAST Yorkshire resident has been fined after hiring a rogue ‘Man with a Van’ who then fly-tipped his rubbish. Thomas Mavin, of High Street, Holme On Spalding Moor, paid £130 to two men to take away a pile of wood and other waste from his home
TWO drinkers defrauded a York corner shop four times in a day, York Magistrates Court heard. Lincoln Chase, 44, of Stammergate, Thirsk, and Ryan Daniel Elsworth, 26, of Castle Hill, Richmond, North Yorkshire, both admitted four charges of bank card
TEMPORARY traffic restrictions will be in place in York city centre today. City of York Council has placed restrictions in Blake Street and St Helen’s Square between 9am and 2pm on Wednesday. The restrictions have been put in place to ensure
A DROP-IN event will be held to give people a chance to share their views on the future of an historic building in a town near York. The event on June 5 at Pocklington’s Burnby Hall is an opportunity for residents, local businesses, visitors and
JAMIE Oliver's restaurant in York city centre has suddenly shut after his business empire went into administration. KPMG, who have been appointed as administrators for Jamie's Italian restaurants, said this afternoon that the eatery in Lendal Cellars
BLUES veteran John Mayall will play York Barbican on November 6 on his 85th anniversary tour. Inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2015, he has served as a pioneer of British blues music, playing alongside Eric Clapton, Mick Fleetwood and many
MUSIC students from York St John University have made an album at Abbey Road Studios, which will aid a local mental health initiative. The production students collaborated with professional musicians, including The Magic Numbers and The Blow
ACQUME is poised to add an international dimension to proceedings at York on Saturday, as the Australian sprinter tries to emulate some illustrious compatriots who have succeeded on Knavesmire. The Paul Messara-trained Ortensia produced a devastating
FOLLOWING a complete washout the previous week, the Foss Evening Cricket League resumed with last season’s champions Osbaldwick returning to winning ways. Now with a win to their name in division one, fifth-placed Osso posted 125-4 off 16 overs
YORK charity Accessible Arts & Media is in the running for a National Diversity Award 2019. Based at Sanderson House, Bramham Road, Chapelfields, the charity has been nominated in the Community Organisation category. Kelly Langford, project manager
MARTYN Moxon has expressed his and Yorkshire’s disappointment for David Willey after the all-rounder missed out on selection for the forthcoming ICC’s Men’s World Cup this morning. Willey was one of three changes to England’s provisional 15-man
YORKSHIRE'S David Willey has missed out on a place in England's World Cup squad along with Joe Denly, with Liam Dawson coming in from the cold to make the cut. Dawson, the Hampshire spinner, played the last of his three one-day internationals in
POLICE have arrested a man after he threatened to throw himself in the river. Emergency services were called to the River Ouse this morning following reports of a man threatening to jump in the river. North Yorkshire Police said: "We have managed
YORK singer, actress and teacher Jessa Liversidge is bringing joy with her Singing For All gatherings in York and Easingwold. Open to people with dementia, other medical conditions and the wider public too, the weekly sessions take place at Clements
I agree wholeheartedly with Malcolm Higgins (Letters May 15) about the importance of telling bedtime stories to your children. I carried out this pleasurable duty with both my children and, after my eldest daughter had brought her own children into
THE European Parliament recently voted to scrap changing the clocks twice a year and decided on permanent summer time from April 2021. With Britain being in favour of seasonal adjustment it’s looking as though the island of Ireland will end up
A ROYAL Marine will have to convince the authorities he is a safe person to have a driving licence after he was caught drink driving for the second time in 10 years, York magistrates said. They heard Thomas Abram, 33, was nearly three times the
There were three items of interest in Saturday’s Press which will have been of concern to those with the environment at heart. One of these was a report that school classrooms are to be built over an area of grass next to Badger Hill Primary School
A MAN banned from all pubs and licensed premises in York has been confined to his home every night for 36 weeks for going into a takeaway. Katy Varlow, prosecuting, said Emlyn Thomas couldn’t go into Viking Pizza on Walmgate because it was licensed
NORTH Yorkshire County Council is considering increasing home-to-school transport charges for post-16 students. The authority said it spends more on home-to-school transport than any other county in England, due to the sparse nature of some communities
A TEENAGER was seriously injured when she fell from her horse in North Yorkshire. Scarborough and Ryedale Mountain Rescue Team were called out to the incident south west of Pickering last night (May 20). The team wrote on Facebook that the
YORK City's management team have held talks with players from troubled former club Gateshead, but expect to lose out to higher-league suitors. Aside from full-back Scott Barrow, the Heed's squad are all out of contract this summer, making the north-east
A FUNDRAISING bike ride in memory of a North Yorkshire Police officer has raised almost £4,000 with weeks to go before the event. PC Mick Atkinson was a dog handler with the force and served for 17 years prior to his death in October last year.
A POPULAR cake shop in York has closed its doors for good. Munchies Cakeaway, in Holgate, York served its last slice of cheesecake last week, as the co-owners and brothers, Harry, 24, and Oliver Webb, 29, announced “with a heavy heart” on Facebook
A CAMPAIGN to recruit new police officers in North Yorkshire is urging women and those in black and ethnic minorities to apply. North Yorkshire Police’s latest recruitment campaign aims to bring 56 trainee officers into the force over the next year
VOTERS in York, Selby and North Yorkshire will take to the polls this week to elect members of the European Parliament (MEPs). On Thursday, polling stations will be open across the country between 7am and 10pm for the European elections. City
TWO students from a York secondary school are aiming for careers on the stage after securing places at prestigious dance and drama schools. All Saints RC School’s Grace Armstong has been accepted at Trinity Laban in London to study contemporary
A PAEDOPHILE from North Yorkshire has been jailed for eight years for crimes of “sexual depravity” in England, Spain and Vietnam - and banned from leaving the UK. Paul Francis Disney, 56, used seven children, all aged 10 or under, to satisfy his
TWO new arrivals at a York college are proving to be a hair-raising attraction for visitors. Greater hairy armadillos ‘Ghost’ and ‘Nymeria’ were born at Askam Bryan College in York eight weeks ago and are now around 20cm in size. The college,
A PETITION launched against plans to close a main route into York city centre while flood barrier work is carried out racked up more than 130 signatures in its first hour. Part of Terry Avenue near Rowntree Park would be shut as part of the Environment
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
