MANAGER Steve Watson says there are plenty of positives to take from York City’s 5-0 home defeat on Wednesday evening to Leeds United. With it being the first outing of pre-season, Watson was eager to get minutes into his players – and that he
YORK City’s first outing of pre-season ended less than favourably score-wise as Leeds United ran out 5-0 winners at Bootham Crescent. A brace from Manchester City loanee Jack Harrison plus finishes from inside the area from Kemar Roofe and Pablo
The Archbishop of York has told an inquiry he believed he had acted correctly in handling complaints of priests abusing children and denied misbehaviour towards an abuse survivor. Earlier, a Rotherham vicar said of Dr John Sentamu: "He's arrogant
CITY of York Council is poised to submit a further planning application for York Central - after the Secretary of State announced there would not be a public inquiry into the scheme. A report prepared for council bosses says the application can
NEW bins, play equipment and a team to tackle graffiti on private property all feature in council budget plans. The Liberal Democrat and Green Party coalition, which was formed after the May 3 local elections, has called an emergency budget meeting
NEW mum Gemma McDonald will take to the Joseph Rowntree Theatre stage in York tomorrow only six weeks after giving birth to baby Edward. Gemma, the cheeky, squeaky comic turn in each winter's Rowntree Players pantomime, will be appearing in Di
A LIFELONG fan of the sea has been been nominated for this year’s Community Pride Awards after teaching people to sail in York for more than 40 years. Michael Craggs, 71, from Bishopthorpe has been nominated for the Sporting Hero Award by his friend
SCORES of pet owners and their pooches attended a dog show in York, which raised more than £1,100 for a good cause. Dog grooming salon Claire’s K9 Clips, based in Poppleton Road, organised the show in aid of Hero Paws, an organisation trying to
JULY looks set to be ‘hectic hedgehog’ month for the RSPCA after calls about the prickly creatures peaked during this time last year. From a total of 10,644 calls about hedgehogs made to the RSPCA’s national helpline throughout 2018, the number
CLOTHING retailer Joe Browns held a launch party to open its new store at a York shopping centre. The company’s 1,500 square foot store at the McArthurGlen Designer Outlet has created 17 jobs for the area, with eight full-time and nine part-time
THE discovery of a possible Iron Age settlement near the outer ring road during roundabout upgrade works has pushed the cost of the scheme up by nearly £455,000. And it adds that work on the next six roundabouts could be “reduced in scale and scope
Review: Thriller Live, Grand Opera House, York, until Saturday. Box office: 0844 871 3024 or at atgtickets.com/york AS a tribute to the music of Michael Jackson, Thriller Live is slick, energetic and enlivening. But the lights, dancing, vocals
FRESH from performing for a second time at Carnegie Hall in New York City, York community choir Prima Vocal Ensemble present You’re The Voice back home on July 18. This family concert at the Sir Jack Lyons Hall , University of York, closes Prima's
YORK digital montage artist Adele Karmazyn is exhibiting her Moments In Time at Blossom Street Gallery, Blossom Street, York. Delighted to be showing her surrealist, witty works, gallery owner Kim Oldfield says: “I first met Adele at local art and
A MARIE Curie fundraising group has marked its 20th anniversary with a celebratory afternoon tea party to thank local people and businesses for helping to raise a staggering £450,000 since it was launched. The charity's Kirkbymoorside & District
Review: York Early Music Festival, The Sixteen, Choral Pilgrimage 2019, York Minster, Tuesday WELL, after the most bizarre heavenly commentary, which persisted throughout the first half of this wonderful concert, The Sixteen sang a sublime Salve
NO ONE following the news recently can have missed the growing prominence of climate change, with this spring’s controversial Extinction Rebellion protest and the youth climate strike movement the most eye-catching examples of rising public interest
FULFORD Ladies' Invitation League leaders York 1 have made it 10 wins from 10. Louise Marshman and Wendy Stirke were on form in the 67-41 division one win over Wigginton. Second-placed Wetherby won all their rubbers in a 79-29 trouncing of
LONDON North Eastern Railway is advising its customers not to travel today due to significant disruption on the East Coast Main Line caused by damage to overhead lines. The disruption is affecting trains between York and London, with the damage
CHILDREN can get creative this summer at Spark York, where a special programme of fun events has been launched. The newly-created Arty Farty CIC, upstairs at Spark in Piccadilly, is running activities on July 20, 21 and 31, and then on separate
YORK Central MP Rachael Maskell voted against approving an amendment that aims to extend access to abortion in Northern Ireland. The Labour MP was one of five from her party to vote against the plans. Meanwhile Conservative MP for York Outer
WIGGINTON 1 retained top spot in the Tyke Petroleum York Men's Tennis League with a 68-40 win over York 1 - but only just. Division one rivals David Lloyd York are just half a point behind after beating visiting Copmanthorpe 1, with imperious first
A FORMER actor born and raised in York, who starred in the TV soap Crossroads and a film with Elizabeth Taylor, has died at the age of 82. Albert Shepherd, who lived in Crayke north of York for the last 45 years of his life, played Don Rogers in
NE MUSICALS York’s summer show, the hard-hitting musical Bad Girls, plays the John Cooper Studio @ 41 Monkgate, York, from Tuesday to Saturday (July 16 to 20). "We bring you this down-to-earth musical, which is funny, heart wrenching and beautiful
AN advert for TalkTalk’s Unlimited Fibre broadband has been banned for misleading consumers with the claim that its Wi-Fi signal could not be beaten by competitors. The television, radio and website ads, seen and heard on October 16, said: “For
TWO youths were hurt and taken to hospital after allegedly being assaulted in an incident involving a large group of young people in York. North Yorkshire Police said the incident happened on St Nicholas Fields between 7.45pm and 8.15pm on July
VANDALS have damaged a play area in York. North Yorkshire Police said it happened at York Environment Centre play area on St Nicholas Fields between 8pm and 8.20pm on July 3. The force added that the criminal damage "involved a group of young
CAPTAIN Steve Patterson reiterated his desire for Yorkshire to start games better after their three-day defeat against Essex at Chelmsford. Yorkshire suffered a second loss of the Specsavers County Championship season, with this eight-wicket reverse
I agree with John DW Aked (Cutting pest control team now looks a foolish call, Letters, July 5). Quite often making people redundant doesn’t even make financial sense. Apart from the utter misery redundancy can cause to individuals, and the insecurity
In relation to plans to build more new homes at Derwenthorpe, City of York Council claims Fifth Avenue ‘has been designed to accommodate public transport and is therefore considered suitable as a route for construction traffic’ (Plan set to go ahead
Shakespeare shows a foolish character in Twelfth Night deluding himself through excessive ambition: “Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.” The Bard’s irony feels uncomfortably
North Yorkshire Police has confirmed that Davey Fullaton has been found safe and well at home in Glasgow. -------------------------------------------------------------- POLICE are "very concerned" for a missing man who got off a coach at Wetherby
YORK City manager Steve Watson is not overly concerned about the result tonight as his side start building towards next campaign. Championship outfit and Yorkshire rivals Leeds United are the visitors to Bootham Crescent (7pm), where both sides
THIS is a corner of York that has changed a lot down the years. Our brilliant photo, which comes from Explore York Libraries and Archives, shows the junction of Tanner Moat, Rougier Street and Museum Street in about 1955. And what’s that tall building
A PRIVATE company appointed to tackle high rates of staff sickness at the council will not start work until the end of September - nearly a year after councillors agreed to take action on the problem. Cllr Jonny Crawshaw said the delay is “really
WORK has begun on football pitches and a clubhouse for junior teams. Eight new pitches will be created on fields near Askham Bar, close to the Ashfield Estate, between Tadcaster Road and Sim Balk Lane. Bishopthorpe White Rose Football Club will
A SECOND major flood defence project is finally getting under way in York, more than three and a half years after the devastating floods of 2015. The Environment Agency is aiming to provide better protection from flooding for more than 200 properties
A YOUNG man who repeatedly kicked his attack victim on the ground - including blows to his head - has been jailed for two years. Billy Archibold was “effectively of good character,” York Crown Court heard. His solicitor advocate Neal Kutte
YORKSHIRE Water has vowed to clean up its act after environment chiefs slated its efforts to protect against pollution. An Environment Agency report published today said Yorkshire was one of three major water and sewage companies in England which
A PLAY based on the D-Day experiences of York Normandy veterans is to be performed at the Edinburgh Fringe - and two old soldiers are planning to attend and meet audiences afterwards. Bomb Happy will be taken to the Festival Fringe after a recent
PLANS for a major business park that could create more than 2,000 new jobs in York have been submitted to the council. The Oakgate Group is proposing a new 79-acre Naburn Business and Employment Park that includes new offices, an innovation centre
