WORKERS at Drax power station near Selby have suspended a 48 hour strike due to start on Sunday while they vote on a new two year pay offer. The union Unite said its nearly 400 members will be recommended to accept a offer by Drax Power Ltd for
A POLICE helicopter and dog were deployed during the pursuit of a quad bike through the North Yorkshire countryside. North Yorkshire Police said the Yamaha Yoshimura bike, thought to have been stolen, was spotted on the A19 near Eggborough. It accelerated
PLANS to build up to 516 homes on land adjacent to Askham Bog have been refused. City of York Council’s planning committee took just over an hour to turn the proposals down today (Thursday) - saying it had concerns about the impact on the bog as
THE Duke of York joined the tens of thousands of visitors thronging the Great Yorkshire Show on its final day on Thursday - and saw everything from fashion to showjumping. Prince Andrew met sculptor Emma Stothard, who has created the ‘Fodder 10
Album of the Week: Bruce Springsteen, Western Stars (Columbia Records) *** ARTISTS, if they’re lucky, get ten years of creative excellence and commercial reward. The Beatles smashed it in just eight years. U2’s last great album was Achtung Baby
A BUMPER crowd of about 1,700 people from across York attended a music festival in the grounds of a York primary school. The number turning up at Clifton Green Primary School’s second music festival, GreenFest, was more than double the 800 who came
HULL comic Jack Gleadow comes full circle at the 2019 Great Yorkshire Fringe, returning to the scene of his New Comedian of the Year triumph two summers ago. The cap and braces comedian went on to win the Amused Moose National New Comic and Leicester
FOR three nights only, York Dungeon’s actors will be enjoying a first taste of the Great Yorkshire Fringe. Released from the confines of their Clifford Street attraction, this sinister bunch of performers will cause havoc in an “outrageous interactive
PITCHED somewhere between Emmerdale and Spitting Image, Fred’s Microbrewery is a new one-woman comedy show by York puppeteer Freddie Hayes, premiered at this summer’s Great Yorkshire Fringe. Billed as the world’s “first Puppet-in-a-Pub theatrical
THE first series of Gentleman Jack may have ended in the cobbled streets of York last Sunday, but that is not the end of the story for folk duo O'Hooley& Tidow. Their song of the same name from their February 2012 album, The Fragile, formed the
A NEW gym has been opened by Nestlé's in York as part of a bid to improve staff's physical fitness and mental wellbeing. The onsite health and fitness facilities at Nestlé House in Haxby Road includes changing rooms, a fitness studio and wellbeing
Parts of the UK could see almost a month’s worth of rain in the space of a couple of hours later. The Met Office has issued a thunderstorm warning for much of Scotland and northern England which is in place from midday until 9pm on Thursday.
THIS summer's Great Yorkshire Fringe in York has an exciting new venue, The Arts Barge York’s upcoming new floating arts venue will be in use as a work in progress from Wednesday, opening with a pre-Fringe event ahead of the July 18 to 28 festival
THE chief executive of City of York Council is on long term sick leave, the authority has confirmed. Mary Weastell became chief executive at the local authority in 2016. Ian Floyd, deputy chief executive at the council, said: “Mary Weastell,
A PICKERING woman is helping to raise funds and awareness of kidney disease by taking part in a sponsored walk this weekend. Jenny Glynn has suffered from kidney disease for the past three years. The 24-year-old is taking part in the Kidney Research
SELBY students are helping to tackle plastic waste, one bottle at a time, with a new scheme from Selby District Council and Drax Group. The ‘bottle exchange’ is allowing Selby students and residents to swap their single use plastic bottles for a
ADULT students at York College celebrated their success at a special awards ceremony to mark the completion of their studies. Certificates of Completion were awarded to students who have studied access to higher education diplomas in allied healthcare
A PAEDOPHILE is today serving more than eight years for "hideous" crimes against children and a woman. A York Crown Court jury convicted Roger Donald Sibley, 51, of two charges of sexually assaulting girls aged under 13 last month. He had denied
A WOMAN who damaged two relatives’ cars as she defied a driving ban has been given a community order. Kimberley Brine, 43, was three times the drink drive limit when she took her mother’s car without permission, said Alison Wilson, prosecuting.
FIVE summer signings made their York City debuts last night in the opening pre-season friendly against Leeds United at Bootham Crescent. York suffered a 5-0 defeat against a near full-strength Leeds side which featured several internationals.
IT is now inevitable that whenever tickets for a high-profile tour or concert go on sale they will “sell out in minutes”. Since artists no longer make big money from record sales, relying instead on expensive tickets and merchandise at live shows
Regarding Gill Stamp’s letter (Does Mick Jagger need a free TV licence?, July 9) I doubt my hero Mick Jagger has time to watch TV but I am sure he wouldn’t want a free licence if he did - like other rich pensioners. The people who are going to suffer
Could someone explain why City of York Council is recommending approval of the next phase of the Derwenthorpe development? I thought today’s planning meeting was to listen to people’s opinions and make a democratic decision. Has City of York Council
Peter Rickaby (Letters, July 8) asks who remembers voting for the new EU presidents? Has he forgotten the European Elections in May when we chose our Members of the European Parliament? It is the MEPs who elect the president of the parliament. The
YORKSHIRE Vikings have agreed a loan deal which will see Dom Bess return to the club for a large part of this summer’s Vitality Blast. The Devon-born 21-year-old, will play the first 10 of 14 group-stage fixtures for the club - six of seven scheduled
THE celebrated John Smith’s Cup returns to York Races this weekend to mark its 60 anniversary. The Duke of York, Prince Andrew, who is the royal patron of York Racecourse, will attend this Saturday to toast the event's diamond jubilee. First
From art rock to arty jazz, Caitlin’s book to Capaldi on the coast, Fringe benefits to Broadway royalty, Birth in mime to ska legends, rock’n’roll to a choir’s return, CHARLES HUTCHINSON fills your diary for July 15 to 21 Celebrity watch in York
YOUNGSTERS at a Ryedale school enjoyed a visit from an Olympic athlete as part of their sports day event. Sprinter and Sochi 2014 men’s bobsleigh bronze medallist Joel Fearon was guest of honour at St Joseph’s RC Primary School in Pickering.
THIS year’s Tour de Yorkshire more than doubled its global television audience but saw large drops in the number of fans at the roadside and in the event’s economic impact, organisers Welcome to Yorkshire have confirmed. The men’s and women’s races
YORK’S former Blue Bicycle restaurant is finally ready to reopen, more than three and a half years after being devastated by flooding. But the landmark building next to the River Foss in Fossgate will have a new owner - and possibly a new name
AN inquest heard conflicting accounts of how a motorcyclist died after colliding with a car on a popular biking road. Philip Twidale was 34 when he died while riding his Suzuki GSXR600 on the B1222 at Cawood on May 29, 2018. An inquest held
