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  • Steve Watson rues fine margins as York lose at King's Lynn

    STEVE WATSON has lamented the little moment that made all the difference between York City and King's Lynn Town on Saturday - but refused to pin anything to luck. Adam Marriott, the top scorer across all three divisions of the National League, added

  • Running for Adam from far and wide

    FRIENDS, relatives, and well-wishers travelled from far and wide to support a York father with cancer. They ran five miles along the River Ouse and through the city to raise money for potentially life-saving treatment in Germany for Adam Gray, and

  • Free help for girls' health at school

    GIRLS across York, North Yorkshire and East Yorkshire will get help through their school for a feminine health issue from Monday. The founder of the #freeperiod campaign is urging every state school and college in the region to use a Government

  • King's Lynn Town 1 York City 0 - report

    YORK City fell four points off the pace at the top of National League North after losing 1-0 at table-toppers King's Lynn Town. In a potentially decisive game of high quality, it was an unfortunate slip the difference between the sides as keeper

  • Non-musicians and musicians alike welcome

    MUSICIANS and those who have never played a note are invited to meet the Shepherd Group Bands on Sunday. The Shepherd Group Bands are opening their doors in Huntington for a day of taster sessions. The award-winning group of six ensembles is

  • Work starts at major new York housing development

    WORK is underway on the site of a new housing development. Construction firm Wates Group was contracted last year to build 140 high-quality homes in Lowfield Green, and have now moved on to the site where preliminary work is taking place. Wates

  • James completes beer-free year for charity cause

    A BEER fan has completed a year without alcohol to raise funds for Ryedale & District Mencap. James Welham, 31, a sales consultant at Malton Coachworks and the Classic and Sports Car Centre, decided to do something to support the charity after his

  • Bus companies get £1.6m to go green

    YORK has been awarded more than £1.6 million in funding to help replace or refit up to 93 buses in the next 12 months. Ahead of the launch of a Clean Air Zone in York city centre on January 31, City of York Council has awarded more than £1.4 million

  • Two reasons to celebrate for Leyburn

    A small North Yorkshire town is celebrating being chosen as the finish for two parts of the 2020 Tour de Yorkshire. Leyburn in Wensleydale has just over 2,100 inhabitants. Its market place will see the finishing line for the "Three Peaks" stage

  • Landlord is fined £2,000

    A BRIDLINGTON landlord who continually ignored requests to carry out vital repairs to a property he owned has been fined £2,000. David Christlow, 54, of Prospect Street, Bridlington appeared at Beverley Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, January 8

  • Keep it clean or else, council warns food businesses

    YORK environment health officers have warned they will continue to prosecute bad food businesses after their actions led to three men being banned from the industry in five years. Trevor Douglas' Shambles fishmonger stall closed down last weekend

  • Pleased to meet you...

    WOULD you like to see your photographs in print? More than 1,600 readers have joined The Press Camera Club, which launched in June 2017 and brings together talented amateur photographers from across York and North and East Yorkshire to share their

  • Retail park will become ‘Safe Place’

    THE management suite at York’s Vangarde Shopping Park has become a ‘Safe Place’ to offer a safe and supportive location to people feeling scared or vulnerable. Safe Places operate across the city in buildings such as libraries, cafes and shops

  • Sainsbury’s is revealed as cheapest

    RESEARCH has revealed Sainsbury’s as the cheapest supermarket of 2019. The consumer group, Which?, tracked thousands of branded grocery prices across six major supermarkets throughout 2019 to find out how much each shop was charging. Which?

  • York veg expert shows how to make cabbage sexy

    Cabbage has come a long way since the days of soggy school dinners. MAXINE GORDON reports on a reputation revolution BOILED, soggy and tasteless. If that's your memory of cabbage then it's time to think again. That's the message from local

  • York museum unearths archive artifacts

    TRUSTEES and volunteers from York Army Museum have uncovered historic objects in the museum archives. They were hidden away in storage at the museum. The project to unearth the items, some of which have been archived for over a decade, was the

  • ROAD TEST: Audi SQ2 TFSI Vorsprung S tronic

    THE BIGGEST clues to the performance of Audi’s fastest ever Q2 come at the rear and inside the wheels. Elsewhere, the SQ2 is marked out by only subtle changes from the regular version. Within the newly-sculpted front bumper, a splitter runs

  • Family favourite show comes to York

    FOLLOWING a smash hit production last year, York Light Opera Company return to York Theatre Royal with a family favourite classic musical, ‘Oliver!’ This is the company’s 60th consecutive year performing on York Theatre Royal’s main house stage.

  • First York pop-up cafe for French Bulldogs and Pugs

    YORK will host its first ‘Pup-up’ cafes inviting French Bulldogs and Pugs to join in the fun next month. The events, hosted by Revolution York in Coney Street, will both be held on February 23. It is expected that around 200 dogs will visit both

  • What will you be doing in the York Residents Festival?

    For 51 weekends of the year, York is all geared up for the tourists. Or so some would have you believe. But there is one weekend, at least, when the locals come first. Amazingly, the York Residents Festival is 25 next weekend. And to celebrate

  • Could your dog be a Viking?

    JASPER is a little dog with big ideas. In fact, he's convinced he's a Viking. When he hears that the Viking Museum in his home town of Bogna is recruiting actors, he gets his owner Charlie Tanner (aged eight and a half) to write to the museum asking

  • Taxpayers foot £500,000 bill for empty police building

    TAXPAYERS have been left with a £500,000 bill for the upkeep of the empty former North Yorkshire Police headquarters, it has emerged. A Freedom of Information request by campaigners against commissioner Julia Mulligan’s decision to sell Newby Wiske

  • Festive lights show brings fundraising boost

    A SPECTACULAR Christmas lights display in the garden of a brain-damaged woman raised £1,740 for a York group which provides a safe, warm, friendly and fun environment for people with disabilities and special needs. The annual festive display was

  • Crane floats down River Ouse for Guildhall restoration

    A CRANE has been installed alongside the Guildhall on the River Ouse - where it will remain for about a year to do much of the heavy lifting during a restoration project. The huge structure was floated down the river by barge yesterday (Friday)