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  • North Yorkshire village pub reopens after £500,000 makeover

    A PUB near York has reopened with a new name following a significant refurbishment. The Hovingham Inn, formerly known as the Malt Shovel, in Main Street, the Ryedale village of Hovingham has undergone a seven-month refurbishment and was reopened

  • Bid to reduce false fire callouts in York's Shambles

    FIREFIGHTERS would like to reduce the number of false callouts from automatic fire alarm systems. North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service is alerted to thousands of false alarms every year. And while firefighters always respond to calls at places

  • New mental health service for court defendants in York

    DEFENDANTS in North Yorkshire will get mental health advice and support under a new joint NHS and addiction rehabilitation service. More than 100 people from across the county attended the launch of the liaison and diversion service, including Lord

  • Countdown joy as York teen awaits A-level results

    A YORK sixth former has been chalking up success on TV’s Countdown - just as he awaits his results in tomorrow’s A-levels. Stephen Mellor, 18, from Elvington, who is a student at Fulford School, has won three rounds so far this week in the pre-recorded

  • Statue of Lester Piggott to be unveiled at York Racecourse

    A STATUE of racing legend Lester Piggott will be unveiled at York Racecourse on the opening day of the Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival next week. The life size bronze, by sculptor William Newton, will be set in front of the Edwardian Weighing

  • Team behind major York wedding venues up for two awards

    A YORK wedding organisation whose venues include the Hospitium in the Museum Gardens has been nominated for two awards recognising outstanding customer service. York Venues has been nominated in two categories, Best Venue (City) and Best Wedding

  • Vulnerable children in York 'at risk' due to staff turnover

    TOO many vulnerable children in York have had their social worker changed repeatedly - leading to delays in making youngsters’ lives better, according to Ofsted. The education watchdog raised concerns about a high turnover of staff at City of York

  • 10 Things to see next week

    From Rocky Horror to King Harry, larks on the Lakes to festivals big and wholly York, Scandi art to Australian rock, rockabilly to a topical Satanic documentary, CHARLES HUTCHINSON has tips for the week ahead New exhibition of the week Scandinavian

  • Teenager who died in motorbike crash named by police

    A MOTORCYCLIST who died in a crash near Stamford Bridge has been named as Connor Emery, 16, from near Full Sutton. Humberside Police said Connor was riding a motorcycle on the A166 between Full Sutton and Wetwang at about 11am on Monday when his

  • Clifton Alliance stay out in front in HPH York Vale League

    STOCKTON and Hopgrove (128) were blown away by HPH York Vale Cricket League division one title contenders Clifton Alliance (129-1). Alliance skipper Jason Gatus (61) was again among the runs after his young bowling attack had earlier dismissed the

  • First female magistrate in York 'shaped history'

    A YORK magistrate has been added to the country's official record of men and women who have shaped British history from prehistory to 2015. In the centenary year of the Act that gave women the right to be magistrates, Almyra Gray JP has joined 63,367

  • £22 million upgrade planned for A64 in North Yorkshire

    A £22 MILLION upgrade of the A64 is set to improve safety and journeys - but will also mean overnight carriageway closures while work takes place. Highways England says it is planning 25 improvement schemes over the next 12 months on the route

  • Nothing to lose for Yorkshire Vikings in Vitality Blast

    TOM KOHLER-CADMORE will urge his Yorkshire team-mates to play with a nothing to lose attitude in Friday’s Vitality Blast clash with Durham at Emerald Headingley. The Vikings are bottom of the North Group and, with five games remaining, have a mountain

  • Ex-social worker's continued sex shame

    A DISGRACED ex-social worker has admitted continuing to commit sex-related crimes. John Kavanagh Wymark-Hoar, 62, is currently in jail, having been recalled by the Parole Board. Speaking via a video link from Hull Prison to York Crown, he pleaded

  • It's Hello And Goodbye for York Theatre Royal director

    YORK Theatre Royal associate artist John R Wilkinson will follow up co-directing this summer’s Swallows And Amazons production by directing Hello And Goodbye in the autumn. Set In Port Elizabeth, South Africa, in the late 1960s, Athol Fugard’s tense

  • Former York captain Heslop in training with youth team

    FORMER York City captain Simon Heslop is continuing to train with the club but remains a long way from full fitness, assistant manager Micky Cummins has said. After joining the club in 2016, Heslop left York this summer after his contract with

  • York artist brings Remote exhibition closer to home

    YORK artist Lesley Birch is displaying new printmaking pieces in a solo show in Leeds. Travels this year to Islay in Scotland and the West Coast of Ireland have inspired the exhibition Remote, on show at Leeds Craft and Design Centre, City Art

  • LETTER: The EU will buckle and give us a deal

    Can P Dawson (Will Boris accept the blame for no deal?, Letters, August 9) tell me what chaos will follow our crashing out of the EU on October 31? Does he have inside information, as nobody knows what will happen until it happens. After the referendum

  • LETTER: Pardon me for being the grandson of a miner

    I wish I had £1 every time someone quoted the ‘One per cent of the richest people in the UK pay 27 per cent of the total UK tax intake’ (Derek Chapplow letter, August 10). I would be a rich man myself! If the richest one per cent pay 27 per cent

  • COLUMN: I fear an 'autumn of discontent'...

    I PREDICT an autumn of discontent. All the signs are brewing for a storm not seen in the UK since the catastrophic banking collapse of 2009. Last week the Office for National Statistics revealed the UK economy contracted sharply in the second quarter

  • Do you recognise this familiar York landmark?

    RECOGNISE this building, anyone? No, it's not Our Lady Row in Goodramgate. Believe it or not, this is actually St William's College. If you could look left from here, you'd see the East Front of York Minster looming large at the head of the street

  • Prosecco afternoon to raise funds for new hospital unit

    A CHARITY Prosecco afternoon will aim to raise money for a new dedicated hospital unit. Local parents who sadly suffer a late pregnancy loss, stillbirth or death of their baby soon after birth are to benefit from a maternity bereavement suite at

  • Skincare duo scoop £75,000 investment on Dragons' Den

    A SKINCARE and sun lotion company has received a major cash boost after appearing on TV's Dragons' Den. Tancream, co-founded in 2017 by Gillian Robson and Katy Foxcroft, scooped a £75,000 investment after appearing on the BBC 2 show. Tancream

  • 100 new jobs at York music company

    A HUNDRED new jobs are being created at a music company in York. Gear4music, the equipment, and musical instrument company has confirmed that it is creating 100 new seasonal jobs at its warehouse site in Clifton Moor, York. The roles on offer

  • Work starts on controversial £3m storage site in York

    WORK has started on building a £3 million new self storage centre in York. The 50,000 sq ft building on the site of a former grain store in Water Lane, Clifton Without, is set to open in March 2020. Scores of local residents objected to a planning

  • Traffic review plan for city centre

    A FULL review of traffic around Bishophill could be carried out following the part closure of Micklegate Bar. The Bar was temporarily closed to outbound traffic for 18 months following a decision last July. Cllr Jonny Crawshaw, who first proposed

  • Record any evidence of domestic abuse, says campaigner

    A DOMESTIC violence campaigner is urging victims to record incidents of abuse, as new figures suggest cases continue to fail due to lack of evidence. Figures obtained from the police by Ridley and Hall Solicitors under the Freedom of Information

  • Reports of violence against York council staff on the rise

    VIOLENT aggression towards council staff is on the increase - and in one incident a number of employees were injured during an assault at a care facility. A City of York Council report into health and safety reveals that reports of verbal abuse