YORK City boss Steve Watson has praised his players for "stepping up" in the 2-0 win over higher-tier Stockport County. After hard-fought wins at lower-level outfits Buxton and Irlam in the previous rounds, and a challenging 1-1 draw at Telford
YORK City are through to the first round of the FA Cup with a deserved 2-0 win over Stockport County. A pair of quick-fire goals from Alex Kempster and Sean Newton midway through the half were the difference on a thoroughly entertaining evening
A SERIOUS collision in York city centre has led to the closure of Piccadilly. The area outside Spark is closed, and drivers and members of the public are being urged to stay away while emergency services work at the scene. Piccadilly in
A POPULAR community beer festival is in full swing with pints and pies being consumer in the name of charity. Today is the second day of Coptoberfest which is being held in St Giles Church in Copmanthorpe, raising funds for charities and voluntary
A WEEK of family activities aims to show off the autumn season at its best at Beningbrough Hall this half-term. The National Trust property, north of York, has created a programme to showcase its vast and varied collection of trees. From Saturday
THIEVES broke into a car in York and stole a bike from inside. Police say a silver Ford Fiesta in Hartoft Street in Fulford had its offside front window smashed between 10.30pm on Thursday and 7am on Friday. A blue ON-ONE mountain bike was then
FIRE-fighters went to help an elderly woman whose rings had become stuck on her fingers. A crew from Acomb went to her aid, and removed three rings using ring cutters. It was one of a number of varied incidents for North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue
AN OPTICIANS has kicked off its support of a junior football club by sponsoring its new shirts for the 2019/2020 season. The Specsavers store in Low Ousegate, York, hopes its backing of Tockwith Juniors FC under 7s will encourage players to check
Bill Turnbull will present two "radio refuge" programmes to keep anxious pets calm as Guy Fawkes Night approaches. The Classic FM presenter and animal lover launched a special Pet Sounds show last year. Turnbull is returning to keep pets relaxed
A MAN has died after coming off a bridge in North Yorkshire. Members of the public were asked to avoid the area today as emergency services worked at the scene of the incident at Spa Bridge in Scarborough. North Yorkshire Police initially reported
HUNDREDS of campaigners have descended on London today to demand a Final Say referendum on Brexit. Three coaches of people from York are among more than 170 coaches taking thousands of campaigners from across the UK to the capital to join the rally
Police are appealing for information to help locate a wanted man. Michael Stephen Hughes, 45, failed to notify police of his whereabouts, in breach of notification requirements of the sex offenders’ register. Hughes was convicted of sexual assault
High street retailer Bonmarche has collapsed into administration, putting almost 2,900 jobs at risk. The retailer which has a store in Goodramgate, York, has become the latest victim of the high street downturn after a “sustained period of challenging
LESS than a week after making his professional debut, boxer George Davey already has a date set for his second contest. The York fighter kicked off his career in the paid ranks with a clear points win over Zygimantas Butkevicius at the First Direct
DAVE FLETT and family enjoy a break in the Cumbrian capital PERHAPS surprisingly, when Robert the Bruce did not succeed in a 14th-century siege on Carlisle, he didn't return and try again. The then King of Scotland, famed for his persistence,
CAR manufacturers will next year be expected to meet tough new European Union regulations that for the most part will require them to produce vehicles with average CO2 emissions of 95 grams per kilometre. And in the UK, all new cars will be "effectively
A NEW centre dedicated to creating the next generation of electricians has opened in York. JTL Training Centre in Outgang Lane, on Osbaldwick Industrial Estate, was officially launched on Friday following a £500,000 investment. The not-for-profit
YORK magistrates decided not to lock up a drink driver because he’s getting help from the Army. They heard that soldier Keaton Joseph Sellars, 27, was three and a half times the alcohol limit when police stopped him on the A19 near Barlby.
THE winner of August's Press Camera Club competition has received their prize from Jessops in Coney Street. Barney Sharrat, now in his 80's, won the competition with submission of his picture titled 'Olé Grandma'. The theme for August's round of
A WEIGHT restriction on HGVs using Norton level crossing, which was supposed to have been made permanent, will need to undergo a further consultation period following an “administrative error”. An 18-month experimental 7.5-tonne restriction designed
YOUNGSTERS laced up their trainers to take part in Heworth CE School’s marathon yesterday. Ahead of tomorrow’s Yorkshire Marathon, organised by Jane Tomlinson’s Run For All, 140 children at the primary school walked or ran at least one mile on
As the weather turns, MAXINE GORDON goes in search of a warming supper at one of York's best-known Indian restaurants IT was a rainy, cold Sunday night and we were in need of a hot and tasty dinner. Circumstances aligned to bring us (almost)
ONE of York's most striking landmarks stars in a fundraising Christmas card by a local artist. York printmaker Jane Dignum has designed a Christmas card featuring the Holgate Windmill to raise funds to help with its maintenance. Local landmarks
CASTLE Howard is inviting visitors on a spooky woodland adventure this Halloween at its new adventure playground - Skelf Island. Over the October half-term, the attraction joins forces with Rusticus, an open-air theatre company, to stage a mysterious
WILDLIFE campaigners have raised more than £21,000 in a bid to defend Askham Bog - but say they cannot risk celebrating yet. Plans to build more than 500 homes on land near the bog were turned down by City of York Council in July. Developer
POLICE want to speak to a man in connection with an alleged theft from a bus in York. It is said to have happened on the 415 Arriva bus - which travels from Selby to York - at around 7.15pm on August 27. The service arrived at 7.15pm at the York
THERE is a new place for people to pick their pumpkins near York. Kellington Lane, in Eggborough, Goole, is now host to more than 76,000 pumpkins - produced by Poskitt M H farmers. The farmers began growing strawberries last summer but their
AN NHS worker who lost her dad to throat cancer will be running the Yorkshire Marathon tomorrow for a charity to close to her heart. Cari Jones, 29, from Copmanthorpe, York, is training to take part in her third marathon in aid of Throat Cancer
THE company behind Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre has gone into administration, The Press can reveal. Last month, The Press reported that Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre Ltd, which has brought a pop-up theatre to York for the past two summers, was set to
A MAN fell from a second floor window as he tried to escape from an attacker “swishing” a weapon like Freddy Krueger of a Nightmare on Elm Street, a court heard. The victim, fearing for his life, believed it was better to break his ankles in an
