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  • WATCH: Moment knifeman arms himself before 'horrific' murder

    A KNIFEMAN who murdered the friend who gave him a roof over his head has been jailed for life. Daniel Liam Ainsley, 24, planned and carried out the killing immediately after leaving hospital on March 5. He went straight to a supermarket where

  • UK CHAMPIONSHIP: Reanne Evans can 'inspire' women's snooker

    BARRY HAWKINS hopes that the debut appearance of Reanne Evans in the UK Championship will kickstart the women's game in snooker. Evans, a 10-time women's world champion, played for the first time in a Triple Crown event in a 6-1 defeat to Hawkins

  • York City Knights unveil new playing shirts for 2022 season

    YORK City Knights have unveiled their new kit designs for the 2022 season. Both principal and alternative shirts contain the club's traditional colours - white, amber and black - and will be available to purchase from 10am on Thursday at the club

  • York is 'oven ready’ for rail HQ, says MP

    YORK is “oven ready” to be the home of the new Great British Railways (GBR), according to city MP Julian Sturdy. The York Outer MP hosted a parliamentary debate yesterday, setting out the case for York to host the HQ for the new body that will

  • York cultural gems launch app

    MUSEUMS in York have launched a new free digital app that will help people living with dementia. York Museums Trust are are partnering with House of Memories, an award-winning dementia awareness programme developed by National Museums Liverpool

  • York health chiefs hit out at 'impossible' NHS shake-up

    A MAJOR reorganisation of the NHS across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire will see just one representative from six councils being given a seat at the top table. There is widespread concern that the incoming Humber, Coast and Vale Integrated Care System

  • CCTV appeal after attack at petrol station

    A MAN attacked a member of staff at a petrol station. North Yorkshire Police have released a CCTV image following an assault at a petrol station in York. They say it happened at the BP garage in Lawrence Street at around 11.45pm on Sunday, 

  • Wanted man could be in York

    POLICE in York are hunting a wanted man. North Yorkshire Police is appealing for information to locate 34-year-old Daniel Brown who is wanted for breaching the conditions of his prison licence. The force say he has now been recalled to prison

  • Hindus celebrate Diwali in York

    YORK Hindus, locals from various religious backgrounds and York Civic Party came together to celebrate a Hindu festival. After the restrictions last year, York’s Indian Hindu community could once again celebrate Diwali and this year they got together

  • Online car retailer Cazoo York UK snooker championship pledge

    AN online retailer will be making charitable donations throughout s sports tournament taking place in York city centre. Throughout the 2021/22 World Snooker Tour online car retailer, Cazoo, will be donating £100 for every century break made during

  • Covid recovery campaign earns award for firm

    A BUS firm is celebrating after landing an award for its campaign to promote safe travel during the Covid-19 pandemic. The “Build Back Better” award at the UK Bus Awards was specially created to reward initiatives to help the nation’s bus operators

  • Fourth straight win keeps up Selby Town's promotion push

    SELBY Town's promotion push from the Toolstation Northern Counties East League division one continues to gather pace after sealing a 5-0 rout at Worsbrough Bridge Athletic, writes Phil Dearnley. Selby, who are on a run of four straight wins and

  • World Snooker Tour hits back at Shaun Murphy's amateur rant

    WORLD Snooker chiefs have dismissed Shaun Murphy's claims that Chinese teenager Si Jiahui should not have been given the chance to score a famous UK Championship upset over the 2008 winner on Tuesday night. Murphy, a former world champion who has

  • Police in drug raids after tip off

    POLICE are targeting suspected drug dealers after reports from the public. North Yorkshire police say that, acting on reports and intelligence gathered from the community in Filey about suspected drug dealing, they executed warrants at two separate

  • Man arrested after incident at York Minster

    A MAN has been arrested after an incident at York Minster. As The Press previously reported, Police in York were asking the public late last night (November 23) to avoid the area around the cathedral while they were dealing with the incident.

  • Doctors see more patients face to face than before pandemic

    DOCTORS are seeing more patients face-to-face than they were before the pandemic. According to NHS figures, patients in York and North Yorkshire booked more than 392,000 appointments with their GP practice in September this year – almost ten per

  • Retailer donates carpets to help tackle youth homelessness

    A RETAILER with a store in York has stepped up to provide support to a movement of charities tackling youth homelessness. Flooring Superstore, which has a store at Monks Cross, has donated over £5,000 worth of carpets to End Youth Homelessness,

  • Male voice choir all set for festive show in York

    A MALE voice choir in York is preparing to perform its annual festive show at a venue in the city - after last year's gig had to be moved online due to Covid restrictions. Every tear since 1962, the York Philharmonic Male Voice Choir has performed

  • People travelling on major road feel 'overlooked' by planners

    PEOPLE travelling on a major road between York and Leeds, feel that road planners view their needs as "less important" than drivers, new research has found. The independent watchdog, Transport Focus, spoke to people in locations across Yorkshire

  • 'Traffic needs to be allowed to flow - just like water'

    I predict the experimental Navigation Road blockage will end up like The Groves experiment and the Blue Badge experiment. Cllr Andy D’Agorne must think we are all fools. The Press would do us all a favour to name the councillors who support

  • It is cyclists who make roads dangerous

    The Press on Monday revealed a list of the ‘most dangerous roads for cyclists’ in York (Page 5, November 22). What it did not say is why these roads are dangerous for those on bicycles. Could it be that the cause is cyclists weaving in and

  • Johnson's broken rail promise is a huge blow for the North

    It was brass-necked of the Prime Minister to come to York to announce his broken promise on Rail. York will be a loser with his so-called Integrated Rail Plan. Imagine it. He has just returned from a global summit of world leaders about the climate

  • Man on roof of Minster

    UPDATED 10.50AM: Click here for the update on this story.   A MAN climbed on to the roof of York Minster. Police in York were asking the public late last night (November 23) to avoid the area around the cathedral while they were dealing

  • Black Friday week bargains? You’re having a laugh...

    So it’s ‘Black Friday week’, with discounts of up to 50 per cent off being promised. You must be having a laugh. Have people become so stupid as to believe business are actually going to give them something for next to nothing? Just because

  • Column: Making tax digital

    DID you know, as part of HMRC’s ongoing plans, the Making Tax Digital (MTD) programme is being extended to all VAT registered businesses. If your business earns less than £85,000 and is voluntarily VAT registered you now also need to follow the