TWO marble centaur statues - bought by councillors at an auction in the 1940s - could be added to York’s museum collection. The works of art are titled Young Centaur (tempted by love) and Old Centaur (bound by love). Both of them were probably
STEVE WATSON believes York City are in a great place to face "one of the toughest games" of the season. Unbeaten in five National League North games and with just one in the goals against column this term, the table-topping Minstermen travel to
I realise that City of York Council do get a lot of flack. However, I have been really impressed by the planting around the city. It looks beautiful. Well done! Paul Stansfield, Tadcaster Road, York
THOUSANDS of people flocked to enjoy Ladies Day at York Racecourse. The second day of the annual Ebor meeting today, Thursday, is traditionally one of the busiest, with fashion as high on the agenda as the horseracing. Glamorous racegoers took
ENABLE won her second Darley Yorkshire Oaks in her final start on a British racecourse. Quickly out of the stalls on the final start of her career in Britain, Enable repeated her victory in this race from 2017 in emphatic fashion. John Gosden's
AIDEN Reilly was celebrating at Manor CE Academy yesterday. The star pupil got 8 grade 9s in his GCSEs across his year group there were 29 students who achieved five or more grade 8 or 9 results with 37 students achieving at least one grade 9.
RECORDS were broken at schools across York on GCSE results day. Provisional results show that 74.3 per cent of pupils in the city gained grade 4+ in English and maths, which is an improvement of four percentage points from 2018, which is is expected
Alex Kempster has won the Fans' Poll man of the match from York's 2-0 win over Leamington, a result which puts City three points clear at the top of the National League North. The striker opened the scoring in the victory after 21 minutes via a
LEGENDARY panto dame Berwick Kaler is set to return to the York Theatre Royal stage for one night only this autumn as part of the theatre's 275th birthday celebrations. In An Audience With Berwick Kaler, he will be talking to BBC Look North presenter
TADCASTER ALBION have taken three points from their two league matches in the Northern Premier League north/west division. New Albion manager Curtis Woodhouse - the former Sheffield United midfield and professional boxer - led Tadcaster to a 2-1
PAUL GRAYSON, a coach with white ball success behind him at Essex, believes Yorkshire have been hurt in both limited overs competitions this year by chopping and changing with team selection and a lack of role clarity as a result. The White Rose
THOUSANDS of students collected their GCSE results at schools across York and North and East Yorkshire today. Among those celebrating were Huntington School students Jeremy Muluka who got three 9s, four 8s, two 5s and an A* and Lucy Jones who got
TEMPERATURES could hit 27C in York this weekend according to the Met Office, as the UK is set for a record heatwave for August bank holiday. From Friday, south-easterly winds will draw warm air from Europe towards the UK, bringing rising temperatures
I have written and spoken about emotional maturity for 20 years. As a framework for presentations and articles, I use a list of personal needs and resources. During that time I have been asked hundreds of questions, but never the question I was
Motorists are being urged to delay bank holiday getaways until after 9pm on Friday to avoid severe queues on popular tourist routes. There will also be severe disruption on parts of the railway network this weekend as Network Rail carries out hundreds
PEOPLE are being urged to avoid making a 999 call to North Yorkshire Police over the Bank Holiday weekend unless absolutely necessary, after latest figures showed the force received almost 10,000 such calls in July. The force warned that unnecessary
POLICE have thanked a six-year-old boy and his mother for a heartwarming gift. Officers at Fulford Police Station were given a box of chocolates and a card, thanking them for their hard work, in memory of killed officer PC Andrew Harper. Police
A POLICE helicopter was called in to assist in the pursuit of a stolen van near York. North Yorkshire Police said officers followed the Ford Transit as it travelled into North Yorkshire from the Wetherby area at just before 9am yesterday. "The
A GIRL has been rescued by firefighters - from a basketball hoop. Humberside Fire & Rescue Service said a crew went to Swinefleet Road in Old Goole at teatime yesterday. A spokesperson said a 'female child' was released from a basketball hoop
PRISON staff extinguished a burning mattress in a cell at Full Sutton Jail, near Stamford Bridge. The staff used a demisting unit to put out the fire yesterday evening at the maximum security prison, said Humberside Fire & Rescue Service, which
A FORMER telephone repeater station with the potential for redevelopment is due to go under the hammer next month. The unusual property near Tadcaster is one of more than 100 lots to be offered for sale at auction in September, with interest expected
TWO people were taken to hospital after a car came off the road and rolled over on the A59 west of York. North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service said the single-vehicle accident happened at 9.30pm last night on the road at Skipbridge. A spokeswoman
THOR’S SÓL ÁST - the pop-up tipi bar in the grounds of a York hotel - has been burgled. North Yorkshire Police are appealing for witnesses and information about the break-in, which happened in the early hours of Friday August 2 in the grounds of
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The recently leaked Government plans for leaving the EU without a deal made for terrifying reading, especially for anyone dependent on medicine to remain healthy. The Prime Minister and the shrinking number of enthusiasts for leaving claim that
What a wonderful year of cricket we are having with the World Cup and Ashes series. However, I believe the time has come for the laws of the game to be amended. There must be a ban on the deliberate use of bouncers by pace bowlers. Why should a
Last chance to see... Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre, Shakespeare’s Village, Castle car park, York, until September 1 HAVE you been meaning to go all summer, thinking there was time aplenty? Whoosh, the final curtain for Joyce Branagh’s Twelfth
WHAT were your Top Of The Pops moments? Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust performing Starman? Morrissey singing This Charming Man with a bunch of gladioli hanging out of his trousers? Cameo strutting to Word Up..? A Top Of The Pops moment was the talk of school
MAJOR rail disruption this bank holiday weekend has led London North Eastern Railway to draft in extra staff to help passengers still hoping to head to the capital on the East Coast mainline. LNER has already issued 'unprecedented' advice for people
WORK has finished on a £9.8 million new Endoscopy Unit at York Hospital - set to be one of the most advanced facilities of its type in the UK. The new two storey unit, which has been constructed by builders Kier, increases the hospital’s capacity
THE number of seats at York's new Community Stadium is set to be increased. City of York Council has submitted a planning application to add an extra 399 seats to the design - taking the number to just over 8,500. A council spokesman said the
A GROUP of York friends completed a 46-mile challenge to raise funds for a national charity. Five men - Jonathan Topham, Alex Britten-Croft, Adam Beaumont, Duncan Batty and Stephen Waudby - who all went to Fulford Secondary School and left in 2003
ROADWORKS will take place on a main road in York to upgrade traffic signals and create a new crossing for pedestrians. City of York Council plans to carry out improvements on The Mount at the junction with Albermarle Road and the junction with
A HOLIDAY business in the North York Moors National Park has been given a seal of approval by the AA. Wayside Holiday Park, at Wrelton, which caters for up to 38 exclusive lodges has been described as excellent after a recent AA inspection. AA
THOUSANDS of pupils across York, North and East Yorkshire get their GCSE results today. City of York Council is reminding young people across the city and beyond that there are several sources of support throughout this exciting yet challenging
A YORK bus driver has been hailed for saving the life of a pedestrian who had collapsed on a pavement. Dave Green was driving First York’s 66 bus towards Heslington East late on Sunday afternoon when he saw a woman screaming and a man lying on
