JAMES FORD reckons old stager Graeme Horne underlined the team ethic in the York City Knights ranks by putting aside personal preferences in the search for squad success. Horne was one of the many standout performers in Friday night's superb 23
POLICE in York are appealing for witnesses after a cyclist was injured by a vehicle in York. The collision occurred at about 8am on Thursday, June 20, in Burdyke Avenue, York, and the vehicle made off without stopping, police said. In a statement
POLICE are appealing for information about a sexual offence that occurred in York. North Yorkshire Police said that the incident happened on the cycle path leading from Heslington Road, York, at 3.25pm last Friday and involved an unknown male exposing
YORKSHIRE, thanks largely to Ryan ten Doeschate’s unbeaten 70 on day two, are under significant pressure at the halfway mark of their clash with Essex at Chelmsford. The White Rose face an uphill battle to secure a positive result from their ninth
KIND-HEARTED children at a nursery near York put their baking skills to good use to help the homeless. Youngsters at Tiddlywinks Private Day Nursery in Easingwold have been learning about homelessness after a preschooler asked why he saw someone
A DRIVER has admitted causing the death of two teenage passengers and causing serious injuries to five more travellers. George Thomas Turner, of Sowerby, and Mason Pearson, of Thirsk, both 17, were in the back seat of a Volkswagen Bora driven by
THE former Vice Chancellor of York St John University, Professor David Fleming, has died, leaving the university community ‘shocked and saddened.’ Prof Fleming’s death, aged 59, followed complications after he underwent a kidney transplant earlier
PLANS to transform an unused piece of land into a community garden got underway with a fundraising fun day. The event on Sunday afternoon was held at The Lanes Community Garden site, a triangle of derelict land at the end of Pembroke Street in
CITY Cruises York has confirmed that thieves who stole fuel tanks from York Rescue Boat and a boat from York Sea Cadets also broke into one of its river cruise vessels. General manager Joanne Dykescon said intruders broke into Witheycombe, one
VAN Gogh: The Immersive Experience is off and running at York St Mary's, in Castlegate, York, after technical hitches were resolved over the weekend. Having drawn 82,000 people in Naples and 150,000 in Brussels, the cutting-edge attraction is making
A HOTEL is set to be turned into student accommodation. A planning application has been submitted for Bishops Hotel on Holgate Road, which has now closed, to be converted into lodgings for people on courses at nearby Melton College. The college
TICKETS for the first four days of the Ashes at Emerald Headingley next month have now sold out as anticipation for the tournament continues to intensify. The demand for tickets means that there are now only a limited number of hospitality places
STAFF at a York brickwork firm have raised more than £20,000 for a cancer charity after scaling Britain’s highest mountain. Twenty seven employees from Mitchell & Urwin Stone & Brickwork, based in Bishopthorpe, climbed Ben Nevis in aid of The Teenage
Review: York Early Music Festival, Ensemble Lucidarium, Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York, July 7 "INNOVATION" is the motto of this year’s festival, with Leonardo da Vinci its chosen spearhead, exactly half a millennium after
Review: York Early Music Festival: I Fagiolini in Monteverdi’s Orfeo, Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York, July 5 FORTY-TWO years into its existence, York Early Music Festival has chalked up a first: opera. Puppet opera, indeed, in
POLICE have issued a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to in connection with the fraudulent use of a contactless card in York. The incident is said to have happened on May 22 across a number of shops in the city. Officers are asking
CLIFTON Alliance put a further dent in the promotion hopes of Goole Town after securing a 21 runs victory over the table toppers in the Hunters York & District Senior League division one. Goole were the run-away leaders just a fortnight ago having
A DRUG addicted gambler who pestered a man for money for six months has been given a community order. Katherine Smith, prosecuting, said Steven Anthony Owen took approximately £600 in total from the victim. District judge Adrian Lower said for
A PROJECT based around the importance of sport to communities in York and which aims to recognise the city’s sporting heritage has received a major grant boost. Explore York Libraries and Archives, York City Football Club Foundation and York City
YORK City's new online store is now live - coinciding with the release of the 2019/20 season 'Y-Front' shirts. The store can be found at www.ycfcstore.co.uk and offers a 14-day 'click and collect' service as well as delivery across the United Kingdom
FIVE college students who have been awarded Student of the Year titles in recognition of their personal and academic achievements throughout the 2018/19 academic year. Student of the Year trophies were presented in five categories at York College
A NEW cutting edge Van Gogh attraction opened today in York after technical problems were resolved over the weekend. Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience had made its British debut at York St Mary's in Castlegate, just round the corner from the Jorvik
HEWORTH ARLC made it a remarkable eight wins in a row with a stunning 22-14 victory at Leigh East. The two points put the fifth-placed Villagers well on course for a top-six finish and a National Conference League division three play-off place.
A MAN was seriously injured when he was allegedly attacked with a piece of wood in a North Yorkshire town at the weekend. North Yorkshire Police said officers were called to a disturbance involving a group of up to 12 men in their early 20s, near
In response to the letter by Mr Widdows (How about a drinking fountain in city centre?, July 3), I am pleased to confirm that York Civic Trust are developing a scheme to reinstate the drinking fountain at the entrance to Museum Gardens to working order
I refer to the Roman visitor attraction in Rougier Street and the image of the street scene on your front page (First look at York’s new Roman museum, July 3). How long, I wonder, before letters start appearing about inconsiderate chariot drivers
Geoff Robb asks that we display a moral compass vis-à-vis Hong Kong (We should support Hong Kong protesters, Letters, July 4). That’s rich given the complete loss of moral compass our nation has displayed of late. There are the two Tory leadership
LETTER: Sometimes it’s nice just to sit and talk It was interesting to read letters in The Press about buskers and to read in last Wednesday’s newspaper about the plans for the Castle Gateway and Castle car park. The council seem to want this
TWO quick-thinking holidaymakers who helped rescue a man from the sea at Scarborough have been praised - as the casualty fights for his life in hospital. The man, who is in his 40s, fell about 10 feet into the water from the harbour car park pier
POLICE have arrested a motorist on suspicion of drug driving. North Yorkshire Police's Roads Policing Group tweeted that a car was stopped on the A64 at Malton yesterday (July 7). It said the driver failed a roadside drug wipe test for cannabis
DATES have now been announced for York's next annual Fashion Week. The seven-day event will run from Friday, March 20 to 27 and follows the success of two previous fashion weeks. This year's York Fashion Week (YFW) witnessed more than 50 events
Do you remember York's 'swaying walkway' beside the River Ouse? IT is a truth universally acknowledged that a bit of decent English weather brings out an irresistible urge to go for a gentle riverside stroll. York is lucky in having two rivers
YORKSHIRE all-rounder David Willey has signed a new three-year contract extension, keeping him at Emerald Headingley until the end of 2022. The 29-year-old, who joined Yorkshire from home county Northamptonshire ahead of the 2016 season, will go
From opera singer to Labour candidate – MAXINE GORDON goes behind the scenes with York soprano Rebecca Newman as she prepares for her third York Proms REBECCA Fewtrell has two names linked to two very different worlds. As Mrs Fewtrell she is
WE have an amazing ability to just accept things. It is quite extraordinary that one of the most important historic sites in York - Clifford's Tower - is surrounded by an ugly municipal car park. It should never have been allowed to happen. But
PLANS for 40 more homes to be built in Derwenthorpe are set to be approved - despite concerns from a nearby primary school that construction traffic would put children in danger. Neighbours and a governor at St Aelred’s RC Primary School spoke
AN IT consultant was more than three times the drink drive limit when he was caught drink driving for the second time in seven years, York Magistrates' Court heard. John Paul Connor, 51, was banned from driving for three years in 2012 for driving
YORK needs to protect its heritage - but make sure it remains “relevant” to the modern world, according to a team of branding experts. And this could include creating public squares, encouraging startup businesses and promoting new projects.
NEARLY one in four roads in York is in need of repair, according to the latest research. City of York Council figures show the number of roads in need of maintenance work has increased every year since 2016. The figures show that 24 per cent
