POLICE in York have issued a direct appeal to parents to keep track of their children following an evening of anti-social behaviour. In an unusual step, officers have posted a message on the York North Police Facebook page, asking "Were your early
YORK City Knights boss James Ford insisted it was a point gained rather than a point lost after his side left Batley Bulldogs with a 14-14 draw. The high-flying Knights, who were without suspended skipper Tim Spears and lost star forward Graeme
Betfred Championship: Batley Bulldogs 14 York City Knights 14 Batley: Scott, Galbraith, Smeaton, Broadbent, Campbell, Jouffret, Yates, Gledhill, Leak, Dickinson, Wood, Manning, Brown. Subs (all used): Bienek, Everett, Butterworth, Ward. Tries
TOM Kohler-Cadmore and Harry Brook posted their first Specsavers County Championship centuries of the season as Yorkshire piled the pressure on leaders Somerset at Emerald Headingley with a first-innings 520 and then early wickets after tea. At
IT might be called Mount Pleasant but Batley Bulldogs’ ground has never been a particularly happy venue for York City Knights – fans wracking their collective brains in vain to remember the last time York had won here. The omens weren’t overly great
A charity has called for more focus on farm safety as figures show 39 people were killed as a result of farming and agriculture in the past year. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said agriculture has the worst rate of worker fatal injury of
MANAGER Steve Watson reckons York City could have finished with a "very healthy" scoreline against Bolton Wanderers had they been more clinical - but he is not overly concerned about that at this stage. The Minstermen were in control from start
Contractors currently creating a new community and facilities area at the Burnholme Health and Wellbeing hub, are showing their commitment to site safety by talking with local schools. Mascots Ivor Goodsite from Pacy & Wheatley and Isla Be Safe
ALEX KEMPSTER’S first-half goal proved the difference as York City overcame League One outfit Bolton Wanderers 1-0 at Bootham Crescent. City’s second pre-season game contrasted somewhat with their first outing as the Minstermen seemed more or less
SEVERAL councillors have called for a better deal on Bootham Crescent for both existing and new residents in the area - as a proposal for the site’s development continues to be worked on by housing giant Persimmon and the Council. Cllr Danny Myers
TRIBUTES have been paid to a popular head teacher who is retiring after 17 years. Pupils and staff at Osbaldwick Primary Academy staged a Barringer Bake-Off competition as part of a series of farewell events for Lesley Barringer. A keen baker
DESPITE being denied victory by York’s last wicket pair, Driffield Town saw their lead at the top of the Hunters York & District Senior League increase as closest rivals Acomb lost at bottom side Whitkirk. A fourth half-century of the season from
ALL six matches in the latest round of the Hunters ECB Yorkshire Premier League North went the way of the visitors – although for a couple it was a close run thing. Leaders Woodhouse Grange returned to winning ways with a nine-wicket victory against
CROWDS of people have lined the riverbanks this afternoon to watch the annual York Dragon Boat Race. The event, hosted by York Rotary Club, kicked off earlier this morning and will continue until later this evening as 36 teams battle it out to
YORK Acorn's automatic promotion hopes are alive and kicking thanks to a 26-24 home win over one of their nearest challengers, Pilkington Recs. Acorn's first ever win over their St Helens based visitors was as close as the score suggests. When
PIVOINE stayed on stoutly to provide jockey Rob Hornby with one of the biggest winners of his career in the John Smith's Diamond Jubilee Cup at York on Saturday. Sent off a 14-1 chance, he was yet another big winner for owners King Power Racing
COPPER Knight earned himself a crack at the best sprinters around when outpointing several notable speedsters in the John Smith's City Wall Stakes at York on Saturday. The Tim Easterby-trained five-year-old is now pencilled in for the King George
LOCAL historian Deborah C Foulkes will launch her new book, The Guardian of the Relic, at Selby library on Thursday, 25 July. Deborah, who lives in Selby and who has written eight previous novels, wanted to explore the tale of the founding of Selby
WOULD you like to see your photographs on this page? More than 1,400 readers of The Press have now joined our Camera Club, which brings together talented amateur photographers from across York and North and East Yorkshire to share their work, swap
THE competition is now open to find Britain’s Top Tradesperson. In its tenth year, Screwfix is proud to announce that its Britain’s Top Tradesperson competition is now open, and plumbers, electricians, builders and carpenters from York can put themselves
A WITNESS appeal has been launched following the death of a cyclist in the early hours today. Police were called to a fatal collision in York involving a cyclist and a car which occurred just before 1am this morning (Sunday) in Stockton Lane, heading
THE sky is the limit for fast-growing software developer RotaCloud. The staff scheduling and attendance platform started out as a side-project in 2015, with co-founders, former school friends David Brandon, Joel Beverley and James Lintern, working
A TEACHING assistant has been nominated for a Community Pride Award for ‘going above and beyond to help and support children and parents’ at a school in York. Children’s champion for Westfield Primary School, Jane Benton, has been nominated for
A STUDENT from Askham Bryan College has been honoured with a prestigious award in recognition of her commitment to agriculture. Samantha Atkinson was presented with a Yorkshire Agricultural Society medal at the Great Yorkshire Show by the Society
A MAN who smashed his way into a house and sexually assaulted a lone woman has been jailed for four years. Gary John Richardson, 46, drove 200 miles to the Tadcaster house where he held the woman at knifepoint, said Nick Adlington, prosecuting.
RESURFACING work will see motorists diverted while some residents are being warned to expect noise from machinery. The works will be done in stages and will include sections of the A19 Barlby Road, A1041 Bawtry Road, Milford Road, Low Street and
