A YOUTHFUL York City exited the North Riding County FA Senior Cup on Tuesday night with a 4-1 defeat at Whitby Town. Maison Campbell miscued a punch into his own net for the opener on a night to forget for the young keeper, and Jacob Hazel made
A MAN suffered facial injuries after an attack. North Yorkshire Police say the incident happened at about 9am on Friday, October 22 last year on Silver Street and Flowergate in Whitby and police have tonight released CCTV of a man they want to
A LORRY driver who killed three people in a horrific motorway crash was using his mobile phone to navigate between adult dating sites, a court heard. Durham Crown Court was told this morning how Ion Nicu Onut, 41, had been editing his profile
HARROWING footage of a horrific crash that claimed three lives has been issued by police as a stark warning to people who use their mobile phone while driving. Lorry driver Ion Nicu Onut was surfing sex sites on his mobile while driving a Scania
ONE of Yorkshire’s best-known and best-loved landowners, has passed away. Sir Nigel Forbes Adam was 91, and was the third son of Colin Forbes Adam, former chairman of Yorkshire Post Newspapers. He was educated at Aysgarth prep school in North
A MANHATTAN loft-style home in York complete with its own car turntable has featured in a primetime national television series. Britain’s Most Expensive Houses which is airing on Channel 4 on Wednesday evenings takes viewers behind the doors of
A £17m bid to create a major retail, leisure and innovative tech hub in North Yorkshire has hit a significant setback. Work is underway to reinvent the 230-year-old Northallerton Prison into a digital hub along with retail stores and leisure facilities
A PARLIAMENTARY committee report on cricket's racism crisis is due to be published on Friday. Members of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) committee heard powerful testimony from former Yorkshire player Azeem Rafiq in November last year
A 'LEGENDARY' former organist at York Minster - and "much-loved" figure in the city - has died aged 104. Internationally renowned organ recitalist, composer and former Master of Music at York Minster, Dr Francis Jackson CBE, died peacefully yesterday
YORK'S weekly recorded Covid-19 rate has dropped by more than 90 - but more cases continue to be recorded in the area. The latest data from Public Health England (PHE) shows that the city's rate has dropped by 93, taking it to 1,673.8 cases per
A YORK motorist who was clocked doing 109 mph during the winter lockdown has been spared a driving ban because it would harm the NHS. Adedapo Oluwaseun Ogunjimi was speeding on the M1 northbound carriageway in South Yorkshire at 7.24pm on March
A BRAND new discount retail store is set to open in York later this month - offering £5 goodie bags to the first 100 customers and creating new jobs in the area. Heron Foods, the discount retail chain, has today announced that it will be opening
IT’S all change at a popular butchers shop. After 30 years serving customers at Haxby Butchers in The Village, Haxby, Jon Wreglesworth is hanging up his apron at the end of this month. Jon, who started helping out in the family business as
HUNDREDS of runners will take part in York’s first Brass Monkey Half Marathon in two years this Sunday. The event, now in its 39th year and with 1,700 places available, had to be cancelled last year because of the pandemic. Organisers have
The government must develop an 'urgent plan' to tackle the growing crisis in NHS dentistry, a leading York councillor has demanded. “NHS dentistry was in crisis before Covid struck, being left underfunded and overstretched," said Cllr Carol Runciman
PEOPLE looking to take part in the Race for Life in York this year can get a 50 per cent discount by signing up this month. Residents are being invited to kick start the New Year by signing up to Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life in the city.
A YORK property specialist has bought three city centre addresses in a significant multi-million pound deal. Helmsley Group has acquired three prominent properties occupied by leading brands in the heart of York’s retail area. The hat trick
POLICE are searching for a wanted man who has links to a North Yorkshire seaside town. Marc Todd from Hull is wanted on recall to prison due to not adhering to the terms of his release. Todd, 39, is understood to have links with Scarborough
A GROUP of Shakespearean actors, who cycle round the country to perform, are bringing their show to a theatre in York. Last year The HandleBards, who pedal environmentally sustainable Shakespeare up and down the UK, gave York Theatre Royal audiences
The reporting of hate crime will be among the issues for debate at an open day being held by the York Racial Equality Network (YREN) tomorrow. The charity, which turns 30 this year, has already set a up a hate reporting telephone line. It stresses
BUS passengers are being invited to jump on board for a bargain £1 in a bid to boost the evening economy. Transdev bus operator has extended its £1 'anywhere to anywhere' evening deal throughout January, February and March. The firm first launched
TOM KOHLER-CADMORE landed back in England at first bird’s song on Christmas morning with a couple of welcome gifts in his hand luggage. The Yorkshire linchpin batter was carrying two winner’s medals from the Abu Dhabi T10 League and the Sri Lanka
YORK RUFC remain without a victory on the field since November after losing 16-5 at home to Preston Grasshoppers. Heading into the clash on the back of a break over the Christmas and New Year period, York had not won since their late November triumph
TWO bus stop have been damaged deliberately in a North Yorkshire town - and police have launched a witness appeal. Overnight on Sunday (January 9), two bus stops were damaged along Dene Park in Harrogate. North Yorkshire Police are requesting
DRIVERS are being warned to expect delays as major improvements to one of the main routes in to York look set to take a step forward. City of York Council and the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) want to improve walking, cycling and bus
A NEW Acting Dean of York has been appointed to oversee the Minster on a temporary basis, following the imminent departure of the current Dean of York, The Right Reverend Dr Jonathan Frost. Dr Frost is to be made Bishop of Portsmouth at a service
A “bring your own booze” party in the No 10 garden is the latest allegation of a Government gathering in the midst of strict coronavirus restrictions. The alleged gathering which reportedly took place on May 20, 2020, is the latest in a string
FIVE more deaths related to Covid-19 have been recorded at hospitals in the York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The latest data from NHS England shows that the total number of Covid deaths recorded at hospitals in the
A LEISURE trust, which operates in North Yorkshire is "delighted" to welcome five new trustees to its board. The trustees will join the board at Inspiring Healthy Lifestyles (IHL), a not-for-profit social enterprise and a registered charity, to
Following news of another alleged lockdown gathering at 10 Downing Street, Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner has been granted what is known as an ‘Urgent Question’ to put to Prime Minister Boris Johnson today. It is reported that Rayner will question
"MAY the best man win to get in the team." So said York City Knights playmaker Liam Harris on the battle for a starting spot in the halves for the 2022 season. Following a difficult season at half-back last year, York recruited Harris and Jamie
THIEVES have struck in a village in North Yorkshire. North Yorkshire Police say thieves broke into the outbuildings of a farm in North Duffield in Selby district at some point overnight between Sunday and Monday (January 9 and 10). Numerous
ONE of York's favourite festivals is making a comeback featuring dozens of ice sculptures and live carvings. York Ice Trail returns to the city on March 5 and 6 with more than 40 ice sculptures due to line York’s streets, focused on an 'around
20 symptoms and signs that could mean people are infected with the Omicron Covid variant have been identified. Last week, Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned the current infection rate is the “fastest growth” in Covid cases since the start of the
People in England will see a major Covid rule update today affecting how people use PCR tests. The crucial change to Covid-19 testing rules comes into effect from today, affecting how to use PCRs. From 11 January, anyone in England who tests
ITV has been issued a warning by Ofcom following a Covid segment with Dr Hilary Jones on morning show Lorraine. The broadcaster has been told to take “greater care” after Dr Hilary shared inaccurate vaccine statistics in December. The programme
FORMER York City defender Josh Law has taken up a coaching role at Harrogate Town. Law - who made 59 appearances for the Minstermen between 2017 and 2019 - has been made head of youth coaching with the League Two Sulphurites. Most recently,
EMERGENCY services were called in after a three-vehicle crash on a major road. North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue say they were called out at 7.04pm last night (January 10) to the M62 Westbound after a crash between junction 35 and junction 34.
EMERGENCY services have been called in to rescue a police officer from a York river. North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue say they were called out at 4.24am today (January 11) to Tower Street in York city centre after reports someone was in the water
IT is going to be 'all change' for much of York's railway heritage in the near future. The front of York Railway Station is to be revamped; the Queen Street Bridge demolished; and there's talk of a new Haxby Railway Station to bring commuters into
The hugely-popular Golden Ball Inn, in Bishophill, became York’s first community pub nine years ago, and is run as a co-operative. The pub’s Hannah Hutchinson tells us what makes the Golden Ball special... What’s the best thing about your pub?
AN ENTREPRENEUR who won support from BBC’s Dragons' Den has her sights on achieving an annual turnover of £25m. Kirsty Henshaw, who started her free-from business at her kitchen table, has seen turnover increase 11.5 per cent during 2021. Her
Sue Butler is 53 and lives in York. She works as a teaching assistant and is a keen member of The Press Camera Club. Here, in our new regular feature on Press Camera Club members, she tells us more about her passion and shares her favourite photos
"THE best thing is to put metal bars between you and any other kind of bar," York's most senior judge told a drinker. Homeless Mark Davies, 30, pleaded guilty to stealing £94 of spirits from Marks and Spencer, assaulting an emergency worker by
A NEW senior officer has joined North Yorkshire Police - and says he hopes to make preventing violence against women and girls one of his priorities. Deputy Chief Constable (DCC) Mabs Hussain has joined North Yorkshire Police after three years
THE family of a "courageous and inspirational” young girl have paid tribute after her tragic death. And they say they will continue to "live, love and laugh" - because that's what the York youngster would have wanted. Millie Wright passed away
