A YORK pub which lay empty and boarded up for many months after shutting last summer has reopened its doors. The Brown Cow, a community pub in Hope Street, off Walmgate, closed down in August last year. It was one of several Samuel Smith’s
THE JORVIK Viking Centre reopened its doors to the public today after closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. The centre reopened earlier today, with new measures in place to ensure public safety when visiting. They have restricted the number
THERE will be a small number of traffic restrictions in place in York in the coming weeks. Restrictions will be in place in Penley’s Grove Street from Monday July 20 until Friday July 24, to allow for carriageway improvement works. There will
IT has now been three weeks since the last Covid-19 related death was recorded at hospitals within the York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The latest figures from NHS England confirm that the total number of deaths within the trust remains
THE newly installed Archbishop of York has warned the Church of England has become “tribal and divided," as he spoke of turbulent times ahead for society due to the coronavirus crisis. Speaking to members of the General Synod, which is meeting
YORK Minster has now reopened to sightseeing visitors after a closure of almost four months due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Minster opened its doors again today at 11am, after it closed on March 17 as the nationwide lock down set in. It
NORTH Yorkshire Police is appealing for witnesses and information about a road traffic collision that occurred in Harrogate. It happened on Walworth Avenue on Wednesday (July 8) at around 4.20pm. The collision involved a black and red Honda CBR
AN ACT of kindness from people in a North Yorkshire village has boosted community spirits. Members of the community in Sherburn in Elmet gathered together to support a 94-year-old woman, after her new garden fence fell down only three days after
A YORK GP group is joining forces with a Scarborough GP practice to help it improve patient care and drive forward innovative new practices. Haxby Group, which is rated as outstanding by the Care Quality Commission and already runs NHS GP surgeries
A YORK man who claims he found the world's biggest chip earlier this year wants to reclaim his title after his chip was beaten. Oliver Dale, from Huntington, found the 7-inch chip while making his tea during the lock down. He compared the chip
A NEW online programme has been launched to “get the day off to a good start,” and promote fitness and wellbeing in the community. The ‘Weekday Wellness’ programme, launched by Charitable Travel, partner of the Wilberforce Trust, will allow participants
A SCHOOL in York had to celebrate its annual commemoration in a different way this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Under normal circumstances, pupils, staff, parents and governors at St Peter’s School would have celebrated their annual commemoration
A NEW podcast has been launched in Yorkshire which will discuss the “silly side” of certain periods in history. The ‘The Silly History Boys’ podcast is created by four historical storytellers who have worked with English Heritage, The JORVIK Group
YORK is being lined up as a possible second centre of Government as part of a plan to move senior Whitehall staff out of London. According to reports in The Times, departments have been given two weeks to submit plans to move a large number of
FIRE crews were called to an incident involving a house fire yesterday evening. Fire crews from Acomb and York were called to the incident in Acomb at around 5.48pm yesterday. It was reported that there was a house fire. On arrival, the crews
FACE coverings could be made mandatory in shops in England, Boris Johnson has hinted, as he urged people to go back to work if they can. The Prime Minister said he wanted to be “stricter” on insisting people wear mouth and nose coverings in confined
POLICE are warning local communities to be extra vigilant after a number of reports where a victim has received a phone call from an individual posing as a Metropolitan Police officer. North Yorkshire Police said the victim is informed that someone
A PARENT believes “significant issues” in his autistic child’s care led to his son cutting his father’s and stepmother’s faces with a knife, York Crown Court heard. The York parents only made police statements about Jordan Gabriel David Humble’
NIKKI BOWLING has a day out close to home - Moorlands at Skelton MOORLANDS, just off Wigginton Road, has always been special to me. It holds so many memories of taking our daughter there when she was little. I remember going there on snowy
The arts in York welcome the government’s recent emergency funding announcement. We also welcome the extraordinary support we have had in the past few months from our audiences and communities. But arts organisations in the city will still face
A DECISION to retrofit eight council homes to meet the highest green energy efficiency standards - at a cost of more than £68,000 per property - has been revoked. Plans to spend £550,000 on work to bring eight homes up to ultra-low energy guidelines
YORK’S top judge has compared betting companies to drug dealers and told them to "pay up" to a fraudster’s victim. The Recorder of York, Judge Sean Morris, was sentencing a gambler who cheated a friend out of £107,000 over three years and spent
PARKING in York should be made free after 3pm - according to a leading retail figure. Phil Pinder, chair of York Retail Forum, suggested the measure as a way to boost the economy as the country emerges from lockdown. It follows concerns over
AN ARTIST from York has produced some stunning portraits of NHS heroes who have worked tirelessly throughout the coronavirus pandemic. Karen Winship, from Osbaldwick, has produced 24 portraits of NHS staff from all over England and Ireland.
A WOMAN threatened to stab another woman and smash her windows after lockdown tensions boiled over, a court heard. Katie Jayne Bradley, 43, made the threats after losing her temper in a communal garden in York, said Jane Chadwick, prosecuting.
AT least 17 York city centre businesses have closed their doors for good since lockdown - and the future of many more remains uncertain. The equivalent of one business has closed every 37 hours in York since non-essential shops were allowed to
