YORK is one step closer to having a Local Plan - guidelines for the size and location of future developments across the city - for the first time since the 1950s. A public examination of City of York Council’s draft plan began at York Racecourse
YORK train operator Grand Central has completed a £9 million refurbishment of its trains on the York-London route. The two-year refurbishment programme has seen the firm’s entire fleet of 10 Adelante trains kitted out with smart new interiors, including
ORGANISERS of a new festival, which will be staged in Helmsley next year, are on a quest to find the world’s best jam-maker. The new World Jam Festival will celebrate the glories of the sweet treat as well as providing a stage for residents to display
A YORK school welcomed guests from the local community to enjoy a festive afternoon of food and entertainment. Manor CE Academy, in Millfield Lane, Nether Poppleton, welcomed more than 90 guests to their Senior Citizen Christmas Lunch event on Thursday
A MALTON equine hospital has unveiled its new operating theatres following a £1million investment to expand facilities. Rainbow Equine Hospital has been boosted by a new purpose-built surgical and intensive care facility to house two new operating
HUNDREDS of sausage dogs will be travelling to York this weekend to celebrate Christmas in a popular bar. About 180 little dachshunds will be taking part in the city’s Christmas‘Pup Up Cafe,’ which will be held at the Revolution Bar, in Coney Street
A FESTIVAL will return for the fifth year to celebrate Viking history and the start of the New Year. The Flamborough Fire Festival team have been in preparation for months as they have constructed a Viking Longship to be used during the event.
A CULTURAL introduction to Christmas this year will give a York charity a seasonal boost. York Opera, an amateur opera company, is putting on its Christmas concert, Joy To The World, on to raise money for the charity’s work in cancer care, research
WORK on a residential development in Penley’s Grove Street, York, has been completed. Easingwold-based developers Caedmon Homes have built 29 apartments at St John’s Mews, on the site of the former Groves House Care Home. The one, two and three-bedroom
THE celebrations continue at Selby Abbey as it celebrates its 950th anniversary this year. This Saturday, the Abbey will welcome the Fairburn Singers along with guests, the Doncaster Youth Swing Orchestra. They will be performing as a part of
THE winner for September’s edition of The Press Camera Club competition has received their winning canvas. Josh Sherwin had his entry, which featured his son looking into his bug hunting net to check what he had caught, printed onto a canvas at
A TRAIN station could be built again in Haxby if the Liberal Democrats seize power in the General Election this week. Lord John Shipley - the Lib Dem spokesman for Northern Powerhouse - joined Keith Aspden - the party's candidate for York Outer
TWO school cooks, one from York and one from North Yorkshire, are in the running to be crowned School Chef of the Year. The chiefs, have made it to the live regional heats of the contest and will battle it out for the regional title of Yorkshire
POST mortem examinations have been carried out on the bodies of two men found on a boat on York's River Ouse - but the cause of their deaths is not yet known. North Yorkshire Police said today that at this stage, the coroner was awaiting the results
YORK-based Benenden Health has received recognition for its new brand strategy which redefined the way it communicates its 110-year-old offering. The not-for-profit healthcare provider landed three awards for its excellence in marketing at the
JOHN STABLER has been made honorary club president of York City Knights Stabler's involvement with the club began as a sponsor of York Rugby League with Stabler Linings in 1985 before joining the club's board of directors in 1991. The club
THIRD-PLACED York RUFC kept pace with the top two in North One East as they won 15-0 at Kendal. This was only the second ever meeting between the sides and the outcome was the same as the Pilkington Cup clash in 1993/4, which the home side unable
A MAJOR Christmas tree operation is in full swing in North Yorkshire where the body of the man who tried to ban Christmas is rumoured to be buried. Stephen Wombwell, owner of Newburgh Priory at Coxwold, and his business partner, Wilf Standeven,
The man who ran as Lord Buckethead in the last general election has predicted Boris Johnson may endure a similar fate to Theresa May this week. Comedian Jon Harvey stood as Lord Buckethead in Mrs May’s Maidenhead constituency in 2017, and this
Jeremy Scott at leading Yorkshire legal firm Lupton Fawcett LLP reviews the 2019 Christmas Drink and Drug Drive campaign. Last year’s campaign The number of drink and drug drivers arrested across the county fell significantly in December 2018
POLICE are appealing for help to find a 39-year-old man from York who has not been seen since Friday. Andrew Routledge left his home in York on Friday and police think he might be in Scarborough. They are urging anyone who may have seen him
McDonald’s is to launch its first fully vegan meal in the New Year. Veggie Dippers will go on sale on January 2 in both adult meal and Happy Meal sizes. They are made with red pepper, rice, sundried tomato pesto and split peas surrounded by
An 79-year-old man who climbs on to the roof of his house every year to put up a Christmas light display to raise money for his local church has said he will continue for as long as he can. Eric Marshall, from Bagby, near Thirsk, North Yorkshire
A FORMER York rugby league player, who featured in a Challenge Cup final at Wembley, has passed away. Harry Deighton, who lived in the Clifton and Rawcliffe area, passed away on November 23 aged 76. He began his rugby league career at York
LEGIONS ABC capped off their year in style as their boxers added two more titles to the gym’s collection. Jayne Bardauskas won two fights in as many days to win the 54kg junior women’s Winter BoxCup gold medal in Guildford. And, on the same day
Sinbad, Rowntree Players, Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York, until Saturday. Box office: 01904 501935 or at josephrowntreetheatre.co.uk HOWARD Ella and Andy Welch are at the helm of their sixth Rowntree Players pantomime, Sinbad. If they are all
A FAMILY-founded catering supplies business which originally operated from a York market stall has been acquired by The Upton Group. The Selby-based vending machine and refreshments systems company has acquired Fishers Catering Supplies, York,
A 20-YEAR-OLD woman who died in a crash on a North Yorkshire road has been named by police. Naomi Buckle, of Catterick Garrison, was killed in a single vehicle collision in the early hours of last Friday on the B6265 near Ripon. North Yorkshire
A FORMER Special Constable and North Yorkshire Police employee has been sentenced at York Crown Court for a series of child sex offences. Ryan John McCaffrey, who served as a Special for North Yorkshire Police and also worked for the force as a
I WAS asked to contribute a monthly column to new wellbeing pages in The Press, starting in January 2014. It was initially for six months and I was thrilled. After five months, I was asked if I would like to continue for another six months and
Make plans now for a stress-free Christmas, says BILL MERRINGTON IT is common to hear that Christmas is all about the children. Actually, it seems more about parents worrying about how to get Christmas right for their children. When you add all
What does ‘take back control’ even mean? Brexit-supporting political leaders say they plan, in the course of the next Parliament, to take the UK out of the European Union in order to ‘take back control’. They have not, however, described the
I’m disgusted by ‘no table for one’ greed I write in response to the letter by Phil Maddock (You should be ashamed of yourself, York, December 6). I’m sure I am not alone in expressing my disgust at the sheer greed displayed by some of York’s restaurateurs
DAN MAGUIRE’S return to full fitness is one of Steve Watson’s main hopes for York City’s upcoming break. Having been knocked out of the FA Trophy by Altrincham last month, York have extended time off until their next match at home to Darlington
ON this day, 25 years ago, York’s Henry Wharton stepped into the ring to face the legendary Chris Eubank. Ten months previously, Wharton had boxed Eubank’s greatest foe, Nigel Benn, in his first shot at the super middleweight world title. Wharton
Tammy Banks tells MAXINE GORDON about her journey from homelessness to Parliament AFTER family breakdown, Tammy Banks became homeless at 15 and lived in a hostel for the rest of her teenage years. Despite leaving school at 14 with no qualifications
A UK builders merchant has demonstrated commitment to customer and staff welfare by installing a new defibrillator in its York branch. Selco Builders Warehouse will have the new equipment installed in its branch on Osbaldwick Link Road in the run-up
A HOSPICE community care team is marking a decade of providing vital end-of-life care to people at home in York. St Leonard’s Hospice is celebrating ten years since the launch of Hospice@Home and estimates that well over 3,000 patients have been
THREE members of a shoplifters' gang that travelled from Liverpool to stage a large-scale raid on York Designer Outlet shops have been jailed. A fourth, Anne-Marie Raducanu, 37, who hid so many clothes in her underwear police initially thought
A WOMAN who repeatedly fly-tipped in the flats complex where she lives has been ordered to pay £630. Victoria Waudby, prosecuting, said city council officers had repeatedly warned Sharn Ogden, 27, for two years about the way she disposed of her
A LIFEBELT installed on a York riverside following the drowning of a young man has disappeared – and it appears it may not be replaced because of a wrangle over who is responsible for it. BT installed the ring at the back of its Stonebow telephone
