YORK City Knights have announced another retention for the 2020 season with prop forward Ronan Dixon signing a new deal with the club. Dixon was a regular in the York forward pack last year, making 24 appearances for the Knights last season, scoring
PLANS for a £4.4 million extension at a York secondary school are set to get the go-ahead. Senior councillors will look at plans to build a new three-storey building - including a library and classrooms - at Archbishop Holgate’s School. Under
POLICE are appealing for witnesses and information after an elderly woman suffered "significant leg injuries" in a collision with a car near a York supermarket. The Press reported on Thursday that a female pedestrian in her 80s was taken to hospital
A GROUP of girls from a local football team enjoyed a trip to watch a top international women's match between England and Brazil recently. York RI under 12s girls team coaches Gary Shaw and Kat Richardson organised the trip to the Riverside Stadium
LEGENDARY pantomime Dame Berwick Kaler was reunited with his co-stars David Leonard, Suzy Cooper and Martin Barrass ahead of a fund-raising show at York Theatre Royal. The panto ‘family’ were together again for the sell-out show An Audience With
NORTH Yorkshire Police has adopted crimes against sex workers into its official policy for tackling and dealing with hate crime. Hate crime is any criminal offence which is perceived by the victim, or any other person, to be motivated by a hostility
YORK City boss Steve Watson has insisted he does not have a 'cup team' ahead of Saturday's FA Cup fourth qualifying round match against Stockport County. For both earlier-round trips to Irlam and Buxton, there were four changes made to the starting
YORK volleyball player Will Miller will represent England this weekend at the under-17s Northern Europe Championships. Miller, 16, began playing volleyball aged eight before joining York volleyball club at just 13. The talented youngster earned
Earlier this week, respectable London commuters were anything but when a man got on the roof of an underground train and refused to get off. I’m not going to write about the rights or wrongs of climate change demonstrations, other than to note that
In response to Jim Dawson (The Queen must always be above politics, Letters, October 15), it’s true many bodies should be politically neutral. The Supreme Court, John Bercow and the BBC demonstrate how these conventions have collapsed. The Queen
Many years back I saw York Minster for the first time. It was and remains the most magnificent edifice I have ever seen and has been a ship of continuity, comfort and support in times of storm-tossed upheaval. I realised some time ago that the splendour
A BINGE drinker who failed to take two chances to tackle his alcohol misuse has been jailed. "You really cannot offer any explanation" district judge Adrian Lower told Thomas Luke Marshall, 24. In May, York Magistrates Court heard how Thomas
HAMBLETON returned to winning ways as they maintained their position at the top of the Fastpack York Sunday Morning League with an 8-1 success over Thorpe United. Kain Snelson and Chris Heaton both bagged braces with Ed Wileman, Graeme Parker, Tom
WITH all the pomp and theatre of the State Opening of Parliament and the world watching, the Government launched its manifesto by announcing plans more fit for a Party Political Broadcast than for the dignity of occasion. Rather than being a positive
GEORGE DAVEY insists that he felt “comfortable” during his victorious professional debut which took place at the First Direct Arena in Leeds live on BT Sport. The York boxer widely outpointed Lithuania’s Zygimantas Butkevicius in the third-from-last
EVERY resident on two entire streets in York were visited as part of a police crackdown on drug dealing. The work was part of a national week of coordinated action to tackle 'county lines' drug dealing. North Yorkshire Police arrested six people
REIGNING champions Topspin A are eight points clear at the top of the Red Goat York & District Table Tennis League after whitewashing their B team 10-0. York RI A are in second place after matching Topspin by thrashing Bootham A by the same scoreline
NORTH Yorkshire has seen a 12 per cent increase in crime, the latest figures have shown, with a sharp rise in public order offences, incidents involving violence against the person and sexual offences. North Yorkshire Police said it is working
IMAGINE you could have a hand in designing the new neighbourhood that you were going to live in. What would you want it to be like? A drab series of self-contained apartment blocks with not much in the way of public space and almost no street
YORK City centre-back Sean Newton has admitted he has precious few fond memories of the FA Cup - but is hoping that will change tomorrow. One incident in particular stands out for him. As a teenager at then Conference North outfit Droylsden, Newton
A SCIENCE teacher from a York school has received a prestigious honour from the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) Mike Shaw, a teacher at Bootham School, has been elected as a fellow of the society. Mike said: “It’s a great honour to have been
A CARE home in York is set to install new artwork at the end of this month to “bring the outside in”. The South Park Care Home, situated in Gale Lane, Acomb, will add a new mural to its interior. The artwork will feature both a tree scene and
A TRAIN operator - with headquarters in York city centre - could be renationalised. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has taken the first step towards potentially stripping train operator Northern of its franchise. And the boss of the rail company
A UNIQUE gift card is being launched in time for Christmas in a bid to take the headache out of shopping while giving York shops a boost. Fashion stores and galleries, as well as food and entertainment outlets have backed the York Gift Card which
INTRUDERS left a scene of destruction and £1,000 worth of damage after breaking into a studio shared by artists in York. The motive and identity of the perpetrators remain a mystery, but ceramicist Emily Stubbs saw an opportunity to create something
A FURTHER £2.275 million could be put towards keeping the York Central project going while the council waits for news on Government funding for the scheme. A Government announcement about whether York will get £77.1 million of essential funding
A PAEDOPHILE who raped a small child and committed sex crimes against two underage girls doesn’t merit a special sentence for dangerous offenders, a judge has decided. Paul Joseph Watson, now 25, was a teenager when he sexually assaulted a young
YORK’S hidden heroes were celebrated last night at the York Community Pride Awards. The finalists of this year’s awards, organised by The Press and City of York Council, and sponsored by Benenden Health, gathered at York Racecourse on Thursday
