POLICE have arrested the occupant of this car near Scarborough after a violent incident in York. North Yorkshire Police tweeted that the occupant of a car fled in the vehicle towards Scarborough following the unspecified incident, but was located
MORE than 300 additional cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in North Yorkshire and York over the past 24 hours. Public Health England said 244 more people had tested positive in the North Yorkshire County Council area, meaning a total of 7,470
ANOTHER store in York city centre is to close down. Signs in the windows of Poundland in Coney Street have announced 'store closing,' with 'massive reductions' and 'everything 75 per cent off.' The shelves are already looking empty and a member
A YORK jury has seen a video posted by a 16-year-old on his Facebook page of people blowing a cashpoint open and breaking into the building where it was situated. They have also seen the clothing worn by the teenager when he was arrested by the
UPDATED: Harris has now been arrested. POLICE in York are hunting a wanted man. Raymond Harris, 37 of York, is wanted for recall to prison for breach of licence. A spokesman for North Yorkshire police said: "If you think you might
FIREFIGHTERS were called out to reports of a shed fire in a York suburb this afternoon. North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue say they answered the call at 3.11pm to Barkston Avenue in Chapelfields. Crews from Acomb and York responded, but on arrival
PEOPLE in York are spending the most of anywhere in the country doing up their homes. Confused.com has conducted a survey of 2,000 UK homeowners to find out how much we’re spending renovating our homes across the UK, what the biggest challenges
THE rate of coronavirus in York is dropping and the city is currently in Tier 2. Latest figures for York show a rate of 244.99 cases per 100,000 people - a reduction from October 22 when the rate was at 299.6. This is well below the regional
A MAN was bitten by a dog and police are appealing for information from the public. North Yorkshire Police say a man was bitten on the arm by a dog near Burn Bridge in Harrogate. It happened at about 10am on Wednesday, October 7, 50 metres
ANOTHER patient suffering from coronavirus has died at York Hospital. The fatality, reported today by York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, brings the total number of Covid-19 related deaths at York and Scarborough Hospitals since the pandemic
A LANDMARK York restaurant that has lain empty for more than a year could be set to reopen as a new business. Russell's in Coppergate closed in July 2019. But now it could become a new restaurant, named Mielikki Coppergate, according to a licensing
WOOWORTHS hit the headlines yesterday in a hoax news story claiming that some stores were to reopen in the UK. Woolies was a high street favourite and was much missed when its stores started to close in the mid to late 2000s. Its Coney Street
YORK City’s home game against Kettering Town has been rescheduled - and could see the Minstermen playing five games in 15 days. Originally scheduled for this Saturday, October 31, the National League North match will now take place on Tuesday, December
UPDATED: A WANTED man has been arrested and is now in police custody. North Yorkshire Police put out an appeal last week for Selby man Neil Friar who has links to Selby, York and Leeds. The 38 year-old was wanted on recall to prison for breach
YORK City's home game against Kettering Town has been rescheduled for Tuesday, December 8 (7.45pm). The fixture was originally planned for this Saturday, October 31, but was postponed with York players and staff self-isolating after a player tested
TADCASTER Albion came back from a goal down against 10-man Prescot Cables to secure their first league win in four attempts, writes Olly Wood. Simon Russell, Andy Milne and Bailey Thompson netted to overturn Michael Monaghan's early opener in the
SCARY classics are back on the big screen at a York cinema this Halloween. Vue at Clifton Moor is bringing back a number of fan-favourite scary films including the return of Hocus Pocus and The Shining. For those looking for something gorier,
YORK Hospital Ball’s live event with Richard Brodie has been postponed due to the new coronavirus restrictions. Former York City striker Brodie was due to be the special guest for York Hospital Ball’s first live event following the success of its
PUMPKINS can be fatal to hedgehogs, according to an East Yorkshire firm that builds highways for the prickly garden visitors. Timloc Building Products, the Howden-based manufacturer of the Hedgehog Highway, is warning people to be aware that if
AN award-winning York solicitor has written a new book full of advise on how to set up a law firm. Rachel Roche, of Roche Legal, is a multi-award winning solicitor who was commissioned by the Law Society to write the book How to Start a Law Firm
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The boss of a well-known High Street chain has warned he could close up to 90 stores before April 2022 if the Government does not radically rethink the way it calculates business rates. Shoe Zone has 460 shops - including York at Clifton Moor -
There is a pandemic on. Because of that shops closed, therefore lots of people resorted to online shopping. Those are some of the factors that have contributed to the ‘dying’ city centre. Once shops opened again many people were out of work, so
CHILDREN at a York primary school have been putting others first in the run up to Christmas again this year. Archbishop of York Junior School in Bishopthorpe are long-term supporters of the ‘Love in a Box’ shoebox appeal organised by the Children
Poverty is about more than food; it is about the choices politicians make. We have to ask why in 2020 parents don’t have the means by which they can feed their children. But as one of the richest countries in the world, we also have to ask why 14.5
THE Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the world's largest anti-fraud organisation, claim that small and mid-sized businesses are the most common victims of insider fraud. Equally the effects of an individual’s activity can be more damaging
LEGO,Barbie and Monopoly are being tipped to be among the top toys this Christmas, according to new research. This year’s DreamToys list by the Toy Retailers Association comes as parents say they have been playing with their children more amid
A MAN had to be rescued from a stream last night. North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue say they were called out to Easingwold at 12.39am. A spokesman said: "Crews from Easingwold and Helmsley responded to a report of a man who had fallen into a
It is sad that we can’t have the Christmas market in York (Chrsimas market cancelled, October 13). Couldn’t York council let out the empty shops to stall holders? This would help the economy and still maintain social distancing. Surely some help
Early on Sunday evening I was walking down Green Dykes Lane when I saw a dark shape coming towards me on the pavement at some speed. An unlit cyclist I assumed. But no, it was an electric scooter. It whizzed by me, the only illumination a small
A FAMILY firm which is believed to be York’s oldest building company is celebrating its 200th anniversary. JH Shouksmith and Sons Ltd was founded in York in 1820, and has grown to be the successful building services engineering firm it is today
Ryedale’s MP Kevin Hollinrake is an exceptional person. Of the more than 300 MPs who recently voted against funding free meals for disadvantaged children over the school holidays, he has topped the expenses league table. York’s two MPs, Rachael
COUNCILLORS will be asked to reject plans for City of York Council to merge with Scarborough, Selby and Ryedale at a meeting tomorrow. Government devolution plans for North Yorkshire - which include extra cash for the region - are linked to local
YORK'S Liberal Democrat and Green Party groups - currently leading City of York Council - oppose plans for the council to merge with Scarborough, Selby and Ryedale councils under a proposed local government restructure. But the Conservative group
A MAJOR flood defence scheme for a village near York has been ruled out - 20 years after it was swamped by floodwaters from the River Ouse. The Environment Agency says investigations have revealed that no scheme for Naburn would meet the cost-benefit
“GOODBYE and long live France.” Those were the words of Air Chief Marshall Sir Norman Bottomley in October 1945, on the departure of the French heavy bomber squadrons from Elvington, near York, after the end of the Second World War. It is 75
A RETIRED British Waterways civil engineer has called for 'grab chains' to be installed on the steep-sided city centre banks of York's rivers. Chris Rainger says the chains would allow anyone who fell into the Ouse or Foss to hold themselves above
COUNCIL tax could rise by £117 a year, residents could be charged for green bin collections, and planning applications for York could be decided by councillors in Scarborough - if local government reorganisation plans go ahead, City of York Council
