Buying a house is reputed to be one of life’s most stressful events. It may not seem so bad when you first start looking and you’re optimistically trawling through property websites, but unless you are lucky enough to find your dream home straight
THE River Ouse in York is at its peak and is expected to fall slowly during the rest of this afternoon. The current level in the centre of the city is 3.07 metres or just over 10 feet. But with heavy rain forecast overnight and tomorrow, the
YORK City Knights have announced a further addition to their back line with the re-signing of winger Perry Whiteley for the 2020 season. Whiteley was a key part of the York side which defied the odds to place third in the Betfred Championship table
PLANS for a new student housing development - with 368 bedrooms - is set to get the green light. But neighbours have objected to the scheme - saying they have concerns about parking on nearby roads, the design of the buildings and routes between
NEARLY £400,000 extra funding will be put towards support for people sleeping rough in York - City of York Council has announced. The boost includes £139,000 for a specialist team - called Rough Sleeper Navigators - who “react rapidly” to reports
YORK & District Under-12s Schoolboys earned their second win of the season on the road when they defeated a tough and well organised Barnsley side 4-1. The first 20 minutes were played at a fast tempo, with neither side wanting to give an inch
DUNNINGTON have made a mixed start to the season in their quest for a third successive Yorkshire Premier League squash title. The York club won 14 of their 18 games last season, but Chris Simpson was their only winner against Queens Club of Halifax
WE'VE taken a trawl through our archives and dug out these wonderful old images of York in the 1950s. There's everything here from the market in St Sampson's Square to Skeldergate Bridge being raised to let a boat go through and the Festival of
HISTORIAN Mark Simpson will lead a walk through Clifton Backies Nature Reserve this weekend. The walk on Sunday, organised by Friends of Clifton Backies, will seek out evidence of the long and varied history of the sight, from reports of Roman camps
A VOLUNTEER who not only escorted York D-Day veterans to the beaches of Normandy this year but who also co-ordinated the refurbishment of three of York's best-known public statues has been presented with a top conservation award. Retired civil
A MENTAL health support service aimed at helping people who visit their GP with symptoms of anxiety, depression and other illnesses will shut. And a mental health practitioner based in York says patients are “shocked and angry” about the news -
If there is one thing guaranteed to get our temples throbbing, it is hearing a politician explain that £12 million is not a lot of money. But someone has to do it so, with apologies for all the numbers, here goes … You’re in the city centre. You
PREPARATIONS are underway as a York hospice plans to host its annual Christmas fair. St Leonard’s Hospice in York is inviting visitors to its annual Christmas Fair, which will be held on Sunday November 24 in Acomb. As well as festive refreshments
YORK City midfielder Wes York has been sent out on loan to fellow National League North side Brackley Town. The 26-year-old has made six appearances so far this campaign, five of those coming from the bench. He is due to return to Bootham Crescent
A HOUSING model has proved effective in reducing homelessness across Europe but it needs more political support to increase its impact, a new study led by the University of York says. Unlike traditional approaches, Housing First offers housing as
A NEW £3.3 million bond is offering people the opportunity to invest in two hydropower schemes near York. The 13-year renewable energy bond in Linton Hydro Ltd invites investors to support a successful project which contributes to efforts to tackle
DEFENDING champions Topspin A showed their intentions for more silverware this season with a dominant victory in the Red Goat York & & District table tennis league. They showed no mercy as they thrashed Shiyi Ling B 10-0 in division one. Topspin
HENRY WHARTON believes that his young protege George Davey will rise to the “massive occasion” of his professional debut on Saturday night. Davey makes his professional boxing debut at Leeds’ First Direct Arena on Saturday evening on the undercard
YOU might not like the colour, but don't worry - nobody will see you anyway. From today six Poundland stores will be offering customers a world-first as part of the retailer’s extensive Halloween range – an invisibility cloak. The cloaks are on
A MAN suffered a serious eye injury after he was allegedly assaulted at a York bar. North Yorkshire Police said the assault happened at Revolution in Coney Street shortly before 2am on September 30. A spokesperson for the force said it "involved
A new recording is released today of the Academy Award-winning song Falling Slowly. The song features in the first UK Tour of award-winning musical Once, which comes to Grand Opera House York next year from Monday, February 3 to Saturday, February
The Extinction Rebellion activists are only causing public disruption in ‘soft’ countries where moderation and democracy are the norm - and these same countries are the lowest polluters. If they were genuinely serious they would be demonstrating
The campaign to introduce a 20 mph speed limit for York city centre (Speed cut call, October 10) is a waste of money, time and effort. The restriction signs are never policed and so are ignored by motorists and cyclists alike. We have both a 7.5
YORK boxer George Davey is expected to receive a prominent billing for his professional debut at the First Direct Arena in Leeds on Saturday night. After a successful spell in the amateurs, the Henry Wharton-trained Davey makes his first appearance
Of course our politicians attribute the slide in visitor numbers to matters over which they have no control and for which they therefore cannot be blamed (Fall in city visitors is blamed on Brexit fear, October 10). The truth, however, is that it is
Emma Clayton goes behind the scenes of The Lion King, which is heading for Yorkshire next year I’M standing on stage at the West End theatre which has been home to The Lion King for two decades. The cast have taken their bows, the matinee audience
YOUTHS allegedly set fire to some rubbish in a York village yesterday evening (October 10). Fire crews were called to the incident in Dunnington at around 6.35pm. A spokesperson for North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said: "Our crews from
A CAR driven by a tourist crashed into a parked vehicle and ended up on its side on a main road in York. A spokesman for North Yorkshire Police described it as a "minor injury collision" which happened at around 8.40pm on Main Street in Fulford
A CAR was badly damaged after it was involved in a crash with a HGV on the A1 in North Yorkshire this morning (October 11). A spokesman for North Yorkshire Police said it was a "minor collision" which happened at about 5.25am on the northbound
CAN you find happiness without children? That's the question posed by Victoria Firth in her one-woman show How to be Amazingly Happy!, which comes to the studio at York Theatre Royal on Friday, October 25. Victoria says the show is bitter sweet
RESIDENTS fear their homes near York’s River Ouse are at greater risk of flooding after defences were boosted elsewhere but deemed not to be cost-effective for their neighbourhood. Householders in Holly Terrace and Alma Terrace say properties came
COUNCILLORS have questioned whether the contractors paid to keep weeds on York’s pavements under control bothered to check the weather before carrying out their work. Bad weather over the summer is one of the reasons that plants became so overgrown
AN ORGANISATION to promote York’s heritage has donated £5,000 towards a campaign to save a bog. Yorkshire Wildlife Trust launched a fundraising drive to fight plans to build more than 500 homes next to Askham Bog. Planning permission for the
NORTH Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Julia Mulligan has raised concerns over the Government’s proposal to cut the scope for raising funds via the precept by one per cent. The Local Government Finance Settlement 2020-21 proposes a
YORK'S newest café bar, which opened this week, says it is getting a “great” response from locals. North South, based in Bootham, York, is Rich Taylor’s first venture into a business startup. Rich and his partner, Laura Woods, decided to open
A BANNED driver who led police in a chase and raced through a residential area at three times the speed limit has been jailed. Nathan John Watson, 24, had cannabis and cocaine in his body and was uninsured, said James Gelsthorpe, prosecuting.
A YORK schools chief is retiring after dedicating his 40-year career to the teaching profession. Brian Crosby, the leader and founder of the Hope Learning Trust, York, is to retire next year after dedicating a 40-year career. He will step down
A STUDENT has died on a University of York study trip to Africa, aged 20. Tributes have been paid to biology undergraduate Caitlin Cole, who died in Tanzania on September 24. Professor Jennifer Potts, head of the university’s biology department
HAND-crafted costumes created by students of a York college will be displayed as part of an exhibition running today and tomorrow. The costumes were created by students from Northern College of Costume and will be showcased at the college’s campus
