A COUNCIL leader has resigned in protest at an increase in council tax he has called “cruel and unnecessary” amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Councillor Keane Duncan, leader of Ryedale District Council announced his decision to resign at the start of
A PEDESTRIAN has been taken to hospital after being struck by a car in York city centre. The Yorkshire Ambulance Service said it was called at just after 2pm today to a collision between a car and a pedestrian at the junction of Tanner Row and
POLICE have issued an urgent warning about dangerous and illegal drugs, believed to be LSD, after five young people have been taken ill. Enquiries are ongoing to identify the source and supply of the drug – which is in the form of small black paper
A North Yorkshire man who posted “revenge porn” on a porn website has been jailed for six months. The victim didn’t know what John O’Neill, 22, had done until a friend saw one of the videos the 22-year-old had posted and alerted her, York Crown
A DELIGHTED Matthew Fisher has admitted he will have to get some swotting up done after his Hundred selection for the Northern Superchargers. Yorkshire fast bowler Fisher was one of five new players drafted by coach Darren Lehmann on Monday as his
A HEADTEACHER has insisted his York school is following appropriate procedures in consulting local residents over transport changes. People living near Fulford School said last week they had complained to an Interim Regional Schools Commissioner
ANOTHER area around York is now shaded white on the Public Health England (PHE) Covid map due to low case numbers. Easingwold and Stillington is now shaded white on the Covid map as there are less than three cases in the area in the seven days
YORK'S weekly rate of recording cases of Covid-19 has increased slightly again, the latest figures confirm. The data from Public Health England (PHE) shows that the city's rate has increased by one to 73.6 people per 100,000. This remains well
THE family of murdered York schoolgirl Katie Rough have been carrying out random acts of kindness in her memory. Just over four years after Katie’s tragic death, her mum, Alison, and other family members have been putting together hampers of fruit
A NORTH Yorkshire nursery recorded a £13.2m turnover despite challenges posed by the pandemic, extreme weather and Brexit. Johnsons of Whixley's 'remarkable' sales were the second highest in its history, ahead of the company's centenary in 2021.
PUPILS at a North Yorkshire school put together a wacky and wild virtual contest to keep pupils, parents and staff alike entertained. The house competition of the year at Queen Mary’s School, near Thirsk, was taken into the virtual world this year
ONE more person has lost their life to Covid-19 at a hospital in the York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The latest data from NHS England shows that the total number of deaths related to the virus in the York trust is now 570. The
THE number of Covid patients being treated at York and Scarborough hospitals has fallen to 71. York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust revealed the latest figure today, which compares with a peak of 242 Covid inpatients at the height of the
A NEW project in York aims to help businesses and landlords make their properties more resilient to flooding. Yorkshire Flood Resilience is raising awareness of measures that reduce the risk of flood damage to properties, speed up recovery and
Sensibly and thankfully York’s planning committee has refused the proposed Roman Quarter development. This was local councillors carrying out the wishes of local residents. Unless York stays as its own stand-alone unitary authority, important decisions
THEATRE is set to return to York this summer with the staging of Jesus Christ Superstar in a park. The Bev Jones Music Company will present the musical, with an orchestra and cast of singers and dancers, in Rowntree Park's amphitheatre on June 12
POLICE have put out an appeal for witnesses after a crash on a major route through North Yorkshire yesterday (February24). Emergency services were called in shortly before 4pm to a two-vehicle crash on the A1 northbound between junctions 48 and
POLICE have issued images of two men they would like to speak to following the theft of alcohol from two stores in Ripon. Both incidents happened in Ripon on January 13. The first incident involved the men entering a local convenience store
YORK City Knights have loaned in youngster Riley Dean after Morgan Smith suffered a season-ending injury. Off-season recruit Smith joined the Knights from fellow Betfred Championship promotion chasers London Broncos ahead of the 2021 season and
LOVING tributes have been paid to Laura Mason, the York cookery writer and food historian, who has died from cancer aged 63. Laura, who died on February 2, was born in Ilkley but settled in York. Her funeral took place on February 15. She was
Boris Johnson has hinted at a potential reduction in tax on alcohol served in pubs ahead of next week’s budget. Rishi Sunak is due to set out his spring budget on March 3 when the Chancellor is expected to outline plans to ease pressures on struggling
THE 2020/21 season at Steps 3 to 6 has been curtailed after a survey of clubs. Tadcaster Albion, Pickering Town and Selby Town have been out of action since November amid a second wave of Covid-19. With fans not able to return to grounds until
THE approved Roman Quarter amply demonstrates the fundamental problem with the planning system in York. If you apply for a piddling proposal outside a conservation area and that scheme is anything other than the rigid, subjective design guides
A YORK MP will host a meeting for city residents ahead of schools re-opening next month. Central MP Rachael Maskell is hosting a Zoom meeting for parents, carers and residents to have their say on the future of education services and children’s
YORK residents as young as 60 can now book themselves a Covid jab, The Press can reveal. Many people in their early 60s wrongly believe they must wait for a letter, text or phone call to be invited to get themselves vaccinated against the coronavirus
DRAX has scrapped plans to build Europe's largest gas power plant in North Yorkshire. The power giant which generates about six per cent of the country's energy needs has revealed that it will instead focus its future on renewable energy. The
POLICE have now issued over 1,000 Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) to people in North Yorkshire for breaching Covid regulations during the third national lockdown. A further 191 FPNs have been issued over the last week, making it the busiest week so
A YORK MP has welcomed the announcement that construction is beginning on a new improved site for a mental health centre in the city. Julian Sturdy, York Outer MP, has said that he is "very pleased," that work has started on York’s NHS Child Adolescent
YORKSHIRE and Humber virtual comedy club Your Place Comedy will play host to its eighth online double bill on Sunday at 8pm, presenting the remote coupling of Hal Cruttenden and Rosie Jones. Co-ordinator Chris Jones, manager of Selby Town Hall,
EDUCATION Secretary Gavin Williamson is to set out how the grades of hundreds of thousands of students in England will be awarded this summer in a bid to avoid a repeat of last year’s exams fiasco. Ahead of his announcement in the Commons on Thursday
I THINK the development of the huge 'teardrop' site behind York Railway Station (otherwise known as York Central) is a great opportunity to regenerate the centre of York, which we all can see still has many empty shops. Some of the area could maybe
RESIDENTS are being asked to take part in the 22nd census of England and Wales next month. The census, taking place on March 21, will shed light on the needs of different groups and communities, and the inequalities people are experiencing, ensuring
YORK is preparing to make it easier for people to safely meet outdoors as lockdown restrictions ease - with options including extra benches and space for businesses to trade outdoors when they are allowed to reopen. City leaders also expect York
YORK'S coronavirus rates are still higher than last summer, the public health team has warned. Sharon Stoltz urged people to continue to follow the guidelines to help lower the spread of the virus so that the provisional timetable for lifting lockdown
SCHOOL pupils will be tested for coronavirus at one of the city's three rapid testing sites, or at the school itself, before they return to class on March 8. York head teachers are looking forward to having children back in classes, education leaders
IN the latest edition of our look back through the archives, here are five bowls pictures from days gone by. Do you recognise yourself or anyone you know? Pictured above, March 1996, York pair Charlie Bateman and June Clayton (left) before their
