SELBY has lost its ranking as the UK's worst Covid hotspot. Public Health England said today that the Selby district's seven-day rolling rate in the week to April 28 had fallen slightly to 101.5 cases per 100,000 people. It said Hyndburn in Lancashire
How would you fancy a garden makeover by Alan Titchmarsh and a team of experts? Spun Gold TV is looking for applicants for a new ITV gardening show featuring Alan - and bosses hope to find people to take part from North Yorkshire. A pokeswoman
Just two hospital trusts in England reported deaths within 28 days of a positive Covid-19 test today. Between them they reported three deaths - in London and Nottingham. Their families have been informed.
AN ALL-WOMAN music group are going ahead with plans for a music festival near York this summer. Folk group The Magpies have performed internationally and at Glastonbury and the Cambridge Folk Festivals. On Saturday August 14, they will host
DEFENDANTS have been jailed for violence and breaking a court order at York Magistrates Court recently. Jamie Leigh Cambrage, 20, of Acomb Road, Holgate, was jailed for 16 weeks for assaulting a police officer at Fulford Road Police Station on
TOMORROW'S relaxing of lockdown rules to allow care home residents to go on "low-key visits" without having to self-isolate afterwards has been welcomed in York and North Yorkshire. But the Independent Care Group of care providers wanted to have
POP star Ellie Goulding, who got married at York Minster in 2019, has welcomed the birth of her first child, her husband has confirmed. Art dealer Caspar Jopling wrote on Instagram that both Goulding, 34, and her child are “happy and healthy” following
CAMPAIGNERS against proposed changes to the policing of public demonstration have held their sixth protest in York. Kill the Bill York members gathered outside York Minster as part of a national day of action against the Police Crime Sentencing
A CAT rescue centre is celebrating its 20th anniversary - and saying an "enormous" thank you to everyone who has supported it over the years. Jackie Bower, who runs Black Cat Rescue from her home in North Duffield, near Selby, said she had hoped
A long-serving soap star has started a chorus of praise for York as the city's tourist industry starts to recover from the pandemic. On the first Bank Holiday weekend since the lockdown eased, Emmerdale's Mark Charnock visited the city and made
As people start to think about their summer getaways as lockdown restrictions ease, dog owners will be aware that travelling is not always plane sailing. Some dogs are unfazed by long journeys, however for others it can be a rough ride. With
Folowing lockdown restrictions, demand for practical driving tests is the highest it's been in a long time. There is a whopping 17 week wait for learner drivers, adding more pressure on passing first time. The four month wait till be frustrating
As Brits enjoy a long Bank Holiday weekend many of us will be eating out with friends or family and with it the awkward situation of paying the bill. Brits are divided on the best way to settle a bill when eating out, according to new
Throughout the past year, Brits have seen an increase in scams attempting to steal their personal details, often putting their finances at risk. Opportunistic fraudsters have been taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic and a rise in online
PROSPECTIVE residents are being invited to take a look around a new development for older people in the seaside town of Filey. Filey Fields Court, an Extra Care scheme from Housing 21 for people aged over 55, recently opened a show home for viewings
JAMES FORD hailed the “flexibility and versatility” that York City Knights showed in their hard-fought 30-20 victory at Dewsbury Rams. York showed a different aspect to their game against Dewsbury a week on from their free-scoring 64-16 thrashing
Firefighters have spent much of the night tackling a large barn fire. The building in Old Malton contained 500 bales before the blaze broke out shortly after midnight. Crews from Malton, Pickering and Kirkbymoorside answered the 999 call and
A TEAM of landscapers were on hand to offer their time for free to a local pub to help transform the beer garden. Lisa Elwers, the landlady at The Wenlock Arms Pub in Wheldrake, was shocked by the "generosity and kindness" of staff from Toby H
STAFF and students from York St John University have won extra funding for a project set up to support refugees in the city. The team have been working with Refugee Action York to provide community allotment spaces for refugees. The project
A BISCUIT thief who repeatedly targeted the same convenience store despite being banned from it by a court order has been jailed for 44 weeks. Michaela Eina Allan, 30, stole from the Co-op shop on Paragon Street seven times, York Magistrates Court
FIGURES in the screen industry are being urged to look out for York’s rising stars who have ‘gone above and beyond’ to hone their skills during the pandemic. Aspiring make-up artists for film and television, studying at York College, have reacted
Dear Kirsten, My 26-year-old daughter lives close to me and her dad. She had a really bad break-up with her childhood sweetheart last year, they were together for just over ten years and we all thought they would go the distance and get married
YORK City Knights media manager Gavin Wilson has hailed the vastly improved wheelchair access at the LNER Community Stadium as a “million miles away” from the club’s other homes. The LNER Community Stadium contains 83 seats for those requiring disabled
MORE than 150 pupils at a York school have created a hedgehog sanctuary to help save the species. Lord Deramore’s dead hedge project is part of the Green Impact Scheme's 'Hedgehog-friendly school gold award' and comes just in time for Hedgehog Awareness
John Ellis, Director at Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors with offices in Pickering, Malton, York and Selby, who has served thousands of clients in Pickering and the surrounding areas, retires on 30 April 2021 after 51 years as a solicitor. John qualified
A COURIER who used file sharing software for years as he trawled the internet for sexual images of children has been jailed. Paul Andrew Holme, 52, used computer wiping software to remove traces of his activities on his own equipment. He also
DISABLED drivers claim they are being forced to put their lives at risk from Covid if they want to keep their Blue Badges in York. They say City of York Council is insisting on face-to-face eligibility assessments at West Offices, even if they’ve
