JAMES FORD bemoaned the number of errors made by York City Knights as they fall to a 21-6 defeat to Toulouse Olympique. For the second season running York were beaten by Toulouse in the opening round of the Betfred Championship. On this occasion
A hillwalker got into difficulties after falling into a beck on the Rudland Ridge up on the Nort York Moors today. Fire crews from Kirbymoorside and Helmsley were able to rescue the person at just after 3pm, and leave them in the care of the ambulance
A walk in the woods turned into an ordeal when it resulted in a broken ankle. Firefighters from Harrogate were called to Birkham Wood at Plompton at just after 3pm this afternoon. They helped ambulance crews carry the casualty out of the woods.
Firefighters in Scarborough were on hand to help when someone turned up at the station this morning with a ring stuck on their finger. They were able to use ring cutters to remove the jewellery. They haven't said what kind of ring it was -
IF you've enjoyed the weather today - not to mention the eased lockdown restrictions - then the good news is that there's more on the way tomorrow. The Met Office says tomorrow will be sunny in York almost all day, with temperatures reaching a
The wooden porch of a house in Fossway, Stamford Bridge, caught fire because of hot ashes which were put in a wheelie bin this morning. The fire spread to the frame of the porch, then to a fence and guttering. A neighbour had managed to put
THE start to York City Knights’ 2021 Betfred Championship season ended in a 21-6 defeat to promotion favourites Toulouse Olympique. York made a dream start through Ben Jones-Bishop’s run-away try but a professional and hard-fought showing from
YORK'S parks and public spaces were busy as people took full advantage of the weekend sunshine and the easing of lockdown restrictions to meet friends they hadn't seen for months. Many admitted it felt strange - but good - to be out and about again
No more Covid-related deaths have been recorded at York Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in the last 24 hours. One death was recorded yesterday - the first for almost two weeks. It brought the total number of Covid-related deaths at the Trust since
MORE than 100 people gathered in Parliament Street as part of a national ‘day of action’ co-ordinated by Sisters Uncut to protest at the controversial Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. Singing protest songs, and carrying placards saying
The number of coronavirus cases in York has fallen by another four in the latest figures from Gov.UK. In the seven days up to March 28, there were just 61 cases of the virus recorded in York, giving the city a rolling infection rate of 29
Firefighters rescued 58 birds from a fire at an aviary in Howden last night. They were called to the fire, in Derwent Cresent, just before 11pm. The aviary, plus three sheds, a children's playhouse, a summerhouse and three cylinders, were all
POLICE have revealed their latest piece of kit in the fight against speeding - a Ducati motorbike. The bike, which has been lent to the North Yorkshire Police Roads Policing Group by BikeSafe, was on patrol in the Dales today on a bank holiday
A new TV documentary series launching on Thursday will follow the lives of North Yorkshire policewomen as they go about their business of tackling crime. Women on the Force will follow women police constables, as well as PCSOs, backroom staff and
OUT and about in York this weekend? Then you might want to do a spot of treasure hunting... Secret ‘hidden treasure hunts’ have been set up around the city which you can follow with a new app – called, appropriately enough, TRSRE. The York
Police have teamed up with wildlife organisations to protect seabirds and marine wildlife such as seals from being disturbed this weekend. They say with the bank holiday weekend and the easing of lockdown,Yorkshire's coastline will be busy, just
NEARLY one in four hospital staff has been harassed or abused by a patient in the past 12 months. York hospital bosses are looking at what they can do to improve staff safety both at work and on journeys to and from hospital sites. This could
I OFTEN go for a walk in the evening, as the birds are twittering their final notes before bed. It’s lovely to hear and I find I don’t think of anything else when I’m listening to it. I was not surprised to learn that, according to a study, listening
THE start of the bank holiday weekend, combined with the easing of lockdown, seems to have led to a rush of barbecue fires in public areas that got out of control. Firefighters were called out yesterday evenng to several incidents of what they
THANK goodness we can all relax now that there is no longer a mammoth container ship blocking the Suez Canal. We can all breathe a sigh of relief that we won’t have to go without our electronic gadgets, cosmetics, clothing, food and household goods
IT SOUNDS mad but I have the office to thank for my family. My two daughters may not have come into being had I not met my husband in the space we shared at work. We often sat side-by-side at the market research firm, ploughing our way through
TRAFFIC police dealt with 12 road collisions yesterday - including one in Woodthorpe, York, which left a motorcyclist with a suspected broken collarbone - at the start of a bank holiday weekend they warn could be a 'perfect storm' for serious crashes
A VINTAGE York bus, which now operates as a mobile bar, will team up with a local pub to reopen after the third national lockdown. The Yorkshire Bus Bar, a former bus which used to operate a service in the 1980s, has joined forces with The Coach
ANDREW GALE has urged Dom Bess to relax into his work with Yorkshire as he prepares to make his second debut for the county this weekend. The England off-spinning all-rounder will face the students of Durham MCC Universities in a three-day friendly
YORK City Knights would have found it difficult to hand-pick a trickier start to the 2021 season, on paper at least. In taking on the bookies’ favourites to win the Betfred Championship, Toulouse Olympique, this could well prove to be the hardest
A FORMER York St John's student who is now an up and coming R&B singer is working with Kaiser Chief Simon Rix in the studio. The rockstar is one of several mentors from Music:Leeds helping Sinead Campbell - known on the stage as 'Premaura'
A MAN who has twice beaten cancer put his good health to great use - walking 10,000 steps every day for a month to boost a charity. John Watson, 76, of Nun Monkton, took on the challenge to raise money for Marie Curie by walking 10,000 steps, up
'GHOST signs’ giving a glimpse into the Grand Opera House’s history have been revealed outside the theatre after modern day posters were removed. The flaking painted signs advertise wrestling, boxing, dancing and a café at a time when the theatre
A TAXI driver who bugged his ex-wife’s home and snooped in her personal papers has been ordered by a court to move out of the area and change his job. Neil Andrew Smith, 59, was so “obsessed” with her, he ruined her mother’s funeral and lurked
TOP council officers have apologised for statements made about a £400,000 payout to the authority’s former chief executive – saying they “absolutely recognise things should have been done differently”. Independent auditors raised concerns over the
A MARKETING campaign to bring visitors from across the country to York is set to be launched. Make It York and City of York Council are planning to promote the city on TV adverts, in magazines and in newspapers. Social media influencers will
A NEW tea shop and cafe with a bit of a royal flavour is set to open in York city centre. Work is underway to turn what was Mr P’s Curious Tavern in Low Petergate in to The Tea Palace, a London-based tea company with a Barnsley manufacturing base
A LARGE empty building in York could be transformed into an arcade of small shops as part of a vision to revitalise the high street. A vacant city centre property has been identified, with potential to be divided into about 20 units, in a bid to
