YORK City Knights have signed Super League academy product Harry Bardle on trial terms. The 19-year-old prop forward, a former Cottingham Tigers junior, came through the ranks in the City of Hull Academy team, before progressing to make two Super
HE ain’t nothing like a dame. Instead, Martin Barrass, perennial pantomime soft lad, comic stooge and sidekick punchbag, will not so much step into Berwick Kaler’s big boots at York Theatre Royal as reinvent himself in regal mode for Sleeping Beauty
ABOUT 2,500 jobs have been secured at Clintons after the greetings card chain was sold back to its existing owners as part of a rescue deal. The high street retailer, which has a store on Coney Street in central York, went into administration and
POLICE have issued a fresh appeal for help in tracking down a man who tried to rob a York bookmakers' at knifepoint. Sam Mason, then 26, of Escrick Street, near Fishergate, York, was jailed for more than four years in 2015 after targeting the Coral
TWO whales, three world record attempts, a brace of Nativity plays, Vicki Michelle in Snow White, spook stories, Beckett and Byrne comedy nights and York’s band du jour stir up CHARLES HUTCHINSON’S enthusiasm Guinness World Record attempt of the
A WEEKEND full of activities and festive fun will take place at Sewerby Hall and Gardens’ starting on Saturday. The ‘Weekend of Christmas’ events will be held over the course of Saturday and Sunday, ranging from Christmas crafts, festive adventures
THERE'S jubilation at a York secondary school rated 'good' by Ofsted at their first inspection since they converted to academy status in 2017. This result at Vale of York Academy in Clifton, comes just four years after Canon Lee (Vale of York’s
AN entrepreneur has landed a contract with a leading farm produce retailer. Monalisa Fathima who launched Saffron Tree this year is supplying farm shop Fodder with her range of authentic Indian curries. She was inspired to launch Saffron Tree
The UK's worst street for broadband speed is more than 800 times slower than the fastest, an annual survey has found. Kingsclere in Huntington, York, was identified as having an average speed of 0.22 megabits per second (Mbps), 830 times slower
A YORK care home has won glowing praise from a watchdog - four years after it was strongly criticised by the same body. A new report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rates South Park Care Home in Gale Lane, Acomb, as ‘good’ in all five categories
A TWENTY-year-old York College fashion student has demonstrated that the ancient craft of fine leather-working is alive and well. Georgia Tyssen won the ‘Cordwainers Medal’ , awarded each year to a first year BA fashion student at the college by
AN INCLUSIVE rugby union team in York are looking to promote LGBT equality in sport. The York Templars are a York RI RUFC associated and International Gay Rugby (IGR) affiliated club. They formed in earlier this year and June, after the York
A cold snap is due to hit Britain just in time for election day on December 12, forecasters have warned. Meteorologists at the Met Office have predicted that a wintry spell will arrive for election week, covering the UK in frost and seeing temperatures
IN the run up to Christmas, York Musical Society (YMS) will host a performance to raise funds for a local church. They will be joined by York Brass Quintet to perform seasonal favourites at St Lawrence’s Church. YMS will be conducted by John
THE family of a three-year-old boy who inspired a fundraising campaign when he was diagnosed with a rare cancer have announced he died yesterday. Freddie Thompson, from Ampleforth, North Yorkshire, had suffered a relapse following intensive treatment
WASTE from the University of York which cannot be recycled is being turned into green energy and helping to power 40,000 North Yorkshire homes. Latest figures for the last academic year showing that the university achieved a recycling rate of 53
PUPILS at a York school have been settling into their brand new £2.7 million building which opened its doors at the start of the autumn term. The work at Badger Hill School was funded by the Department for Education and designed and built by York
YORK has been named the 29th happiest place to live in Great Britain in 2019. More than 22,000 people across the country took part in a survey - ranking where they live by 12 happiness factors. These included how safe they feel, how friendly
YORK City boss Steve Watson believes his team are rediscovering their cutting edge, following Tuesday night’s 2-2 draw against Hereford. Top-scorer Alex Kempster grabbed his 10th goal of the season at Edgar Street to end a personal five-game drought
My Conservative party leader and prime minister Boris Johnson says he wants to get Brexit done and get on with the country’s priorities: 20,000 new police officers that will make our streets safer; £33 billion extra for the NHS. The Conservatives have
May I congratulate you on an excellent article on the Pocklington Canal (Canal which came back to life, December 2)? However you failed to mention that the entire length of the canal is available for fishing to members of the York Amalgamation of
I regularly hear pleas from residents to protect trees and to plant more.There are campaign and school groups ready and willing. York has just five per cent tree coverage; we need this to be at least doubled. Friends of the Earth advises doubling
Surely the time has come, particularly given the current difficulties around the concept of the monarchy, to revisit the issue of the national anthem? ‘God save the King’ was first sung in 1745 and the melody can be traced back to an ancient medieval
YORK never does things by halves... except when it does things by halves. Here’s a case in point: the half-completed A64 York bypass in 1975. When this photo was taken, the road, while clearly taking shape, was still very much under construction
BEAUTY is big business with hairdressing and barbering becoming one of the fastest-growing sectors. York College which offers extensive apprenticeship training has refurbished its salons to stay ahead of the game, with hairdressing and beauty therapy
A RECORD amount of estates paid inheritance tax in 2016/17, according to government figures. More than 28,100 estates were liable for death duties in 2016/17 – a new high for the number of estates charged. The latest figure represented a 15%
DISADVANTAGED children in York achieve significantly lower grades than other youngsters of the same age. A City of York Council meeting heard that in 2017 the city’s disadvantaged five-year-olds were further behind their classmates than anywhere
A PERSISTENT thief started shoplifting within days of leaving jail because she wasn’t getting the help she needed, York magistrates heard. Michaela Eina Allen, 29, has a long record and was released partway through a 10-week prison sentence on November
A ‘YORK narrative’ - created with the help of place branding experts - has been adopted by City of York Council. The work will be used by organisations to pitch for funding, as well as to attract new clients and companies to the city. Branding
A NEW audio service exploring the Castle Gateway area of York is set to launch next month. Part podcast, part poem, Conflux is a new free audio experience. Starting by the River Foss in Piccadilly, listeners follow the in-audio instructions,
A FISHMONGER has failed to attend court to answer four charges of poor hygiene. Trevor Douglas, who runs the Whitby Seafish stall in Shambles Market, is alleged to have failed to ensure food he sold was protected from contamination. He is also
A NEW TV documentary last night told the story of North Yorkshire quadruple killer Mark Hobson. The latest episode of ‘Britain’s Most Evil Killers’ series, screened on the Sky Crime channel, looked at how and why Hobson first killed twin sisters
A BURST sewer which blocked a popular York riverside footpath and cyclepath for weeks has been repaired by Yorkshire Water. York Cycle Campaign complained last month that cyclists and pedestrians using the path near Skeldergate Bridge were being
PLANS for a new indoor tennis centre in York are set to get the go-ahead. York St John University has applied for permission to build the sports centre at its site off Haxby Road. The scheme has been supported by the national Lawn Tennis Association
THREE disabled people from York, including two wheelchair users, say they were left stranded at London King’s Cross station on a new LNER Azuma train. Dave Hayes was leading the group, accompanied by two carers, and said they were stuck at King
