TRAIN company TransPennine Express has launched a new compensation scheme for passengers. TransPennine Express (TPE) has announced that from Sunday, February 2 customers who are delayed by 15 minutes or more will be entitled to compensation.
TWO businesses lost about £50,000 worth of equipment and materials in a massive blaze near York. Barker Joinery & Construction and PS Autos were both gutted by the fire, which broke out on Saturday evening at Moor Farm, Murton. Simon Barker
DRINGHOUSES maintained their six-point advantage at the top of the York Minster Engineering League premier division with a 5-0 win at Hemingbrough United. George Brown bagged a brace with Jamie Barkway, Liam Robertson and Cameron Mulhearn also making
TADCASTER Albion let slip a two-goal lead at Northern Premier League north/west division strugglers Kendal Town, who scored late to secure a 2-2 draw. It was the second time in eight days the Brewers had failed to beat 19th-placed Kendal, who had
NORTH Yorkshire Police has launched a recruitment drive to increase the number of special constables in the force. Its Special Constabulary is made up of those who have careers in another sector but enjoy being a special in their own spare time
YORK Rescue Boat responded to reports of a body in the River Ouse south of York - which turned out to be a V-shaped pillow. The charity said it was called out by North Yorkshire Police at 9am on Sunday to reports of a body in the Ouse near to Naburn
DO you have what it takes to be a lifeguard? The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is in search of new recruits to spend a season working on some of North Yorkshire’s most popular beaches, as applications open for 2020 beach lifeguards
A FARM shop near York has reached the regional finals of the Countryside Alliance Awards. Ainsty Farm Shop, in Kirk Hammerton, has been shortlisted for the in the local food and drink category. Stuart Beaton, from Ainsty Farm Shop, said: "We
MATCH-WINNING goalscorer Jordan Burrow is optimistic it will not take long to forge a working relationship with his strike partners. Burrow, who scored in the 63rd minute to secure a 1-0 win over Kettering Town, started the day alongside two returning
A SPEEDING motorist has been jailed for 16 weeks after he was filmed by a police camera near a notorious black spot for accidents. Craig Stephen Hill, 29, cannot drive again legally until autumn 2022. York magistrates heard he had been disqualified
A DOG café in a York suburb needs volunteers to help run it. A community group based in the area around Burton Stone Lane in York is advertising for volunteers to help run a dog café at St Luke’s Church in Clifton. Organisers are looking for
A YORK-based education apprenticeship and training provider is taking steps to help upskill the education professionals of the future. Education Pathways, operating as part of the Ebor Academy Trust, have partnered with EPA Plus to become an approved
AN INITIATIVE, set up by a Selby charity, has received a funding boost from national organisations, Carling and Wetherspoons. The 'Connecting You' initiative, from Age UK Selby District, runs workshops for older people who struggle with technology
A WOMAN was allegedly threatened by two teenage boys in a North Yorkshire town, who then went on to smash the back window of her car, police say. At around 6.10pm on Saturday, the woman was parking her car on Strawberry Dale Terrace, just off Franklin
AN EX-SOLDIER who pushed paramedics away from a patient believed to have a "very serious head injury" has appeared in court. Jessica Lister, prosecuting, said Andrew Roberts was so obstructive and was so unpleasant towards medical staff at York
A YORK primary school has been given a £1,000 boost by a local housebuilder to upgrade its reading books. St Oswald’s CE Primary School in Fulford received the funding as part of Persimmon Homes Yorkshire’s Community Champions initiative, which
POLICE are trying to trace a driver who allegedly left the scene of a crash in which a pedestrian was seriously injured. North Yorkshire Police is appealing for the driver of a grey Mini Cooper convertible to come forward after the collision on
YORK Barbican is playing host to TV comedian Alan Carr. The chat show host has announced a brand new UK tour, culminating at York Barbican with two shows on December 18 and 19. It’s been four years since Alan last went on tour, and in that
A MAN has died after a car crashed into a tree in East Yorkshire. Humberside Police said the single vehicle collision happened at 6.30pm on Friday on Sutton Lane in Barmby Moor. A black BMW 318 left the road and collided with a tree, the force
PLANS are afoot to improve the frontage of York Railway Station, to make it easier to use for buses, taxis, cyclists and pedestrians. The station building itself will not be greatly altered (though the station facade will be 'restored sympathetically
The sight a few days ago of a giant crane being floated up the River Ouse to the Guildhall (where it will remain for about a year to do the heavy lifting for the Guildhall restoration) had photographer and transport historian Malcolm Slater scurrying
THE British Heart Foundation recently warned that air pollution would be a factor in the death of 500 people in York over the next decade. Today, a report from the Centre for Cities warns that air pollution is already playing a part in one in every
A YOUNG girl with cerebral palsy urgently needs a specialist seat to support her to avoid choking while in her grandmother’s care. Esmae Robinson, five, from Selby, was born 12 weeks early and then contracted meningitis and septicaemia, which caused
A “STUPID, immature game” between two motorists trying to out drive each other closed the A64 near York in both directions during the morning rush hour. The Yorkshire Air Ambulance and other emergency crews were called out to deal with the aftermath
THE number of children in care in York has reached a five year high, according to the latest figures. Government data reveals that in 2019 there was a total of 207 children in York in local authority care, up 15 on 2015. Meanwhile, number of
AIR pollution plays a role in one in 24 deaths in York. Research by think tank Centre for Cities found 4.2 per cent of deaths in York are related to tiny toxic particulates PM2.5 - which are released from transport, wood burning stoves and coal
