THE driver of this car suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries after it crashed on the A59 in North Yorkshire. Traffic Constable David Minto tweeted that the single vehicle crash happened at Kexgill, between Harrogate and Skipton on
THE York City Knights Squad Builder Fund has launched a new website to allow supporters to more easily donate to the initiative. The Squad Builder Find was created in 2012 and has given a platform for Knights fans to directly donate money for new
YORK City are calling for the help of their supporters to create a new crest to celebrate the club's centenary year next season. The 2022/23 season will mark the club's 100th year and the Minstermen have decided to partner with football brand designer
THE Uniteds of Newcastle and Leeds go head-to-head at St James’ Park on Friday night with both sides desperate for their first Premier League win of the season. The Whites have scraped two draws from their opening four games while Steve Bruce’s
A NEW beer festival coming to York next month is extending its stay in the city. The organisers of Yorktoberfest have announced that extra dates will go on sale from today, as demand for an autumn cheer-up has led to several sold-out sessions.
A YORK university is being forced to offer new students accommodation 40 miles away because of a chronic housing shortage. The University of York is offering students housing an hour's drive away in Hull due to a shortage of accommodation.
UPDATED 5.30PM: The road has now been cleared and the overturned army vehicle removed. A MAJOR road is partially blocked after a crash involving an army vehicle. The A64 westbound at Fulford is currently partially blocked with slow traffic
YORK has been named as one of the UK's most in demand locations for new build homes. This research - compiled by Insinkerator - has revealed the towns and cities with the biggest consumer demand for new build flats, apartments and houses. York
A MAN who fled abroad to avoid British justice four years ago is today serving a prison sentence in a British jail. Alexandru Nica was arrested in Romania within days of the birth of his twin sons, held in custody and extradited back to the UK,
YORK City Knights star Matty Marsh has been awarded the Knights Supporters Society (KSS) Player of the Year award for the 2021 season. Marsh has been a consistently strong performer for York in a difficult season on the field for the Knights, who
YORK'S weekly recorded Covid-19 case rate is below the national average, the latest official figures show. The number of coronavirus cases in York in the last week for which figures were available was 466. This equates to a rate of infection
A MAN jailed for using a table leg as an offensive weapon has won a reduction in his sentence - of three weeks. Jordan Matthew Simmons, 25, will still spend more than a year behind bars. He was already serving a jail term for two shop thefts
TADCASTER Albion fell to their third straight away defeat of the season after being beaten 2-1 at Shildon AFC, writes Olly Wood. Two first-half strikes from Shildon’s Dean Thexton was enough to secure a victory for the hosts and see Tadcaster drop
YORK'S Christmas market - St Nicholas Fair - is bringing its festive alpine chalets back to the city centre for 2021. Organisers behind the event promise the city-wide Christmas offer will be bigger and better than ever. York will twinkle with
M&S Food have launched their Christmas range ahead of the festive season. The collection will be available to buy in stores across the country from tomorrow. Items shoppers will be able to purchase include a host of light-up snow globe
While Boris Johnson prepares to organise a plan to get the country through coronavirus over the autumn and winter, reports have suggested that the Prime Minister is “dead set” on avoiding another another lockdown. A press conference is expected
A MAN was seriously injured in incident at a pub. North Yorkshire Police say they are appealing for witnesses and information about an assault that occurred in Norton in Ryedale. A police spokesman said: "The incident happened near the rear
Children aged 12 to 15 should be offered a first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, the UK’s four chief medical officers (CMOs) have said. The decision takes into account the impact of the pandemic on children’s education as well as the risks
POLICE are appealing for witnesses over reports of a violent altercation in a York pub. North Yorkshire Police were called to the Clockhouse pub in Acomb at about 7pm on Saturday, September 11, 2021. Officers were told there had been a violent
THE Post Office closure in Acomb will see the community lose "much more than just a place to post a letter and pay a bill", residents say. The Post Office - which has been manned by popular postmaster Anand Patel since 2013 - is set to close this
A FAMILY from Huntington have cheered up their neighbours by growing three metre sunflowers during the Spring 2020 lockdown and shared a thousand seedlings. Wai Yi Ma, 40, and her daughters, Mei Ling Nicholson, 10, and Wai Ling Nicholson, three
THE Scarecrow Trail in Poppleton had ‘eco-moving sculptures’ on display this year, created by art students living with Parkinson’s disease. The students created a scarecrows exhibit, entitled ‘Parkinson’s Dance’, for the trail entirely out of waste
STUDENTS from York College have made it to the national finals of the UK’s largest multi-trade construction competition. Harvey Enwright and Michael Topham have been named as competitors at CITB’s SkillBuild National Finals 2021. They are among
HEWORTH ARLFC crowned a superb season by securing the National Conference League Group G title with an extremely hard-earned 16-6 victory over Drighlington at Elmpark Way, writes David Ward. It was a frustrating error-strewn showing from the Villagers
A MAN exposed himself at a York landmark. North Yorkshire Police said at about 2.50pm on Tuesday, September 7, a man exposed himself by pulling across his shorts on Millennium Bridge. A police spokesman said: "The suspect is described as a
A BRAVE six-year-old from Huntington has cut 17 inches off her hair to donate to a young people’s cancer charity. On August 26, Paige Cook, a Year Two pupil at Yearsley Grove primary school, donated her locks to the Little Princess Trust, a charity
A YORK Post Office is set to close its doors for the last time this weekend. The Post Office on Front Street in Acomb will shut when the clock turns 12.30pm on Saturday, September 18. Customers have been told the nearest alternatives are York
A COUPLE from Scarborough have gone viral with their comedy videos which they produced on social media during the lockdown. Actors Jamie Honeybourne, 47, and Alan Gibbons, 49, both lost work once the lockdown began, so they started creating parody
LOCAL traders keen to get their products seen now have a new outlet in York - pop-up 'trading carts' at a top out-of-town retail centre. The McArthurGlen Designer Outlet has laid on two of the carts, which can be rented out for the day by local
A MAN was injured in an attack in York city centre. North Yorkshire Police say the assault happened in Market Street in York between 10.30pm and 10.45pm on Saturday, August 28 and that the victim suffered an eye injury, and was taken by ambulance
THE top job is up for grabs at a village school in North Yorkshire. Brayton CE School in Brayton Lane in the Selby village of Brayton has advertised for a new head with a salary of between £63,508 - £73,559 a year. The school, which has 369
YORK Restaurant Week is making a comeback in a fresh bid to encourage people to try new venues out with dining-out deals from just £5. The popular feature in the city's calendar follows previously successful events, with restaurants, bars, hotels
Another bank has launched a new offer as the idea of cash perks to switch accounts is growing. HSBC UK announced that its current account switch offer is back and customers can take advantage of the offer from Monday. It will give those switching
While Boris Johnson prepares to organise a plan to get the country through coronavirus over the autumn and winter, reports have suggested that the Prime Minister is “dead set” on avoiding another lockdown. A press conference is expected to go ahead
THREE bars and restaurants in York have been named as some of the "best things to do" in the city. Condé Nast Traveller - an international monthly travel magazine which features luxury travel and holiday inspiration - said the city is "at the top
A MAN is wanted by police after an attack in a supermarket. North Yorkshire Police have released a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to following an assault that took place in a York supermarket. The force say it happened at Tesco
POLICE are trying to trace a man and boy seen acting suspiciously near empty properties. North Yorkshire Police say they are appealing for any information following a suspicious incident at property in Fairburn near Selby. They say that on
Help! Can anyone please explain why the number 26 bus is no longer going round the one-way system in South Bank? There are no notices on bus stops in Queen Victoria Street explaining what is going on. On race days, they used to come down the
Not having TV reception has been liberating AS one of the many York residents effected by the August 10 fire at the Bilsdale Transmitter I personally find it one of the best "act's of God" that's happened to me. Television was once described
A CAR was seized by police officers after a roadside stop. North Yorkshire Police say they stopped a VW Passat in Huby just off the A658 near Harrogate yesterday (September 12) and found the vehicle had been untaxed for over a year. Traffic
FIREFIGHTERS were called out to reports of a fire close to the city walls in York. North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue say they were called out shortly before 11pm last night (September 12) to Rosemary Place off Walmgate in the shadow of the Bar Walls
THOUGH this season may not have gone to plan, retiring forward Danny Washbrook believes that York City Knights are well set for the future. Washbrook, a veteran of more than 300 appearances in Super League, announced last week that he will retire
PLANS to build 60 new affordable homes to help tackle York’s deepening housing crisis have been scuppered after a planning inspector agreed with councillors that they didn’t justify the harm caused to the city’s Green Belt. The scheme to build
"SHE had a heart of gold and put animals and people before herself" - this is the loving tribute paid to a York mum who has died suddenly at home aged 57. Former full-time care manager Jane Kitt-Bowe passed away at her North Yorkshire home on August
