AN ANONYMOUS donor has given a church in desperate need of repair a whopping £5.9m help with the refurbishment. St Michael Le Belfrey Church, in High Petergate, York, has been fundraising for a project to repair the church - and has recently
JAMES FORD was keen to take the positives away from the performance of his York City Knights side whose pre-season campaign ended in a 6-4 defeat at Bradford Bulls. The match finished seven minutes early due to lighting issues at the ground.
Bradford Bulls 6 York City Knights 4 YORK City Knights’ final pre-season game at Bradford Bulls ended in abandonment with talisman Connor Robinson sent off late on. With around seven minutes remaining and Bradford leading 6-4 at the Tetley’s
A NEW event for emerging artists is launching in York. The Fossgate social has been supporting local artists for five years with monthly exhibitions, and has decided to expand by including the Micklegate Social. The company said that Chin We,
COUNCILLORS and parents are working together in a bid to save a nursery that is at risk of closure. The Press reported last November that The board of trustees at Priory Street Nursery, off Micklegate, said the pre-school might be forced to shut
YORK-based charity Lollipop was presented with a donation of over £1000 from Make It York following fundraising by staff from their tourism team and Visit York members for the 2019 York Rotary Dragon Boat Challenge. The Visit York Dragonboat team
A BROADBAND company has outlined plans to make ultrafast, ultra-reliable and future-proof broadband available in seven market towns across North Yorkshire. The company Openreach has launched a new scheme to bring broadband to ‘harder to reach’ areas
ANOTHER driver has died following a second serious crash in just two days in North Yorkshire, police have said. North Yorkshire Police said they are appealing for witnesses after a second serious road traffic collision in two days near Skipton.
THERE are over 500 Sugar Baby students in York, new research suggests. Students who are heavily indebted from university fees have embraced a unique way to fund their university fees - sugar daddies and mummies. SeekingArrangement, the world
BERWICK Kaler gave The Theatre Royal three days to reconsider its decision to shake up next year's pantomime performance - which was met with applause from the audience on the final night. The former dame - and director of this year's show - took
THE NSPCC’s York Service Centre has today opened its doors to fundraisers working with children and young people, to showcase its intervention and therapeutic programmes. The open day yesterday was an opportunity for supporters and partners across
PEOPLE from around York have descended on a local theatre today (Sunday) to offer help after a fire tore through the company's sets and props last night. North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue said the blaze was reported around 7pm last night at the farm
GET a meal at a top York restaurant for £5 - as part of a week long festival. York Restaurant Week was launched last year by the city's business improvement district (BID) as part of an initiative to encourage residents to try new places to eat
HUNDREDS of pet owners and their pooches are set to descend on York’s Homestead Park for one of the biggest ever dog events to be held in the city. Paws in the Park, taking place on April 26, will feature a wide variety of activities and attractions
A PLAN to spend £1.8 million on refurbishing public toilets has been backed by councillors. The draft strategy involves refurbishing and, in one case, replacing some 30 toilets owned by Scarborough Council, as well as looking at partnering with
A NEW block of temporary accommodation for homeless people is still not complete - a year after it was supposed to be finished. James House in James Street is being turned into 57 new self-contained flats as part of a £12.4m project for City of
