THE number of Covid patients at York and Scarborough hospitals has risen to its highest level of the Omicron wave - just after it was announced that Plan B restrictions are to be lifted. The York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation
A POPULAR village pub near York now looks set to remain closed beyond the first anniversary of its landlord's death. The Ebor in Bishopthorpe shut suddenly last February after Gordon Watkins - who was York's longest serving landlord - died of Covid
A CONFIDENT John Askey believes that York City "could not go into the game in any better shape" as they prepare to travel to Kidderminster Harriers on Saturday (3pm). York travel to fifth-placed Kidderminster with four previously unavailable players
SCRUMS will be back for the 2022 season, the Rugby Football League has announced. The governing body gave the go-ahead following meetings with clubs on Thursday afternoon after revealing the threshold of 85 per cent double-vaccination of players
THREE York City Knights players have been suspended for the club's Betfred Championship season opener with Featherstone Rovers later this month. The bans follow York's 32-10 pre-season friendly defeat to Castleford Tigers at the weekend, with two
ALLEGATIONS against three people that they broke coronavirus restrictions in North Yorkshire have been dismissed. All three were accused of being outside their home without a reasonable excuse when the country was under total lockdown last year
YORK'S booze culture - and its serious impact on the health of the city's residents - has been laid bare in a new report. The report to City of York Council's Health and Wellbeing Board warns: "There are very few parts of civic society in York
YORK community groups are set to benefit from £330,000 for the next five years. The York-based Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) has made a £330,000 funding donation to Two Ridings Community Foundation in support of community organisations
CLIFTON Park will host two of Yorkshire's Royal London Cup matches next season, including the Roses clash against Lancashire. Yorkshire will feature twice at the York venue, with Lancashire heading to the York Cricket Club ground on Thursday, August
A man has been jailed for breaking a woman's hand in drink-fuelled violence. The victim told police Jack Taylor had smashed her phone before carrying out a prolonged and vicious attack on her. Today he was jailed at York Crown Court for 32
PLANS have been unveiled for 360 new homes in North Yorkshire. Taylor Wimpey has submitted new plans for the development in Ripon after being selected to deliver the scheme in partnership with Homes England. Outline planning permission was
YORK'S weekly recorded Covid-19 rate has dropped further - but more cases continue to be recorded in the area. The latest data from the UK Health Security Agency shows that the city's rate has dropped by eight, taking it to 845.9 cases per 100,000
CCTV footage has been released after a fly-tipper was caught on camera in a town in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The streetscene enforcement team at East Riding of Yorkshire Council has released the video as part of its investigations and is asking
SMALL businesses who have been hailed the 'heart and soul of our city' feature on a new map of York. Indie York, the city's independent business association set up in the wake of the 2015 floods, has released the sixth edition of its paper map.
A CRACKDOWN on anti-social behaviour is underway in York. North Yorkshire Police say they are part of a dedicated partnership operation to combat a rise in antisocial behaviour in York’s Foxwood estate. A police spokesman said: "Officers are
AN ELECTRIC utility firm is offering a free energy efficient boiler to homeowners who qualify under the 'Affordable Warmth' criteria if their current boiler is faulty or broken. The offer, from E.ON, will initially be open for applications until
AN appeal has gone out after a thief struck at a well-known retailer. North Yorkshire Police have released a CCTV appeal of a man they want to speak with. A police spokesman said: "We would like to speak to him as we believe he may have some
AN appeal has been launched after a man has died in York. North Yorkshire Police have put out an appeal on behalf of the coroner's office to try and trace the family of 68-year-old Jeffrey Gordon Brady. A police spokesman said: "Sadly Jeffrey
A YORK MP said the Government's decision to move the country from the Plan B Covid restrictions is "totally reckless" as infection rates are still high. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced yesterday (Wednesday) that the country’s Plan B restrictions
IT'S probably fair to say Martin Metcalfe is going to miss his job. "I absolutely love the uncertainty and excitement of front-line policing," the York police inspector said, speaking ahead of his final shift tonight which will bring to an end
CLINT GOODCHILD will host his first fans' forum as York City Knights chairman next month. The Australian businessman was announced as the new York owner over the weekend, succeeding the popular Jon Flatman, who had been at the helm for more than
ABUSE victims who were stripped of their normal support networks during the pandemic have been seeking help from a specialist charity in York in far greater numbers. With referrals growing to more than 20,000 per year, the Independent Domestic
PUPILS at a popular secondary school are benefitting from a major upgrade to facilities. Students of Selby High School are now making good use of two recently renovated science laboratories. The project was funded by North Yorkshire County
ONE more death related to Covid-19 has 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 York
A LONG-standing member of the Press Camera Club, Lynne Kinder, has passed away after a long battle with bowel cancer. Lynne, 58, was a member of the camera club since it was first formed. Her photographs regularly appeared in The Press. Lynne's
A FUTSAL club in York has donated a piece of life-saving equipment to a school in the city - after fundraising to buy it. In November, members of Bootham Girls and Ladies Futsal Club set out to raise money to buy their own defibrillator. The club
NEW Earswick 'A' secured a dominant 90-69 victory over North Cave 'A' in the Yorkshire Bowls League division one. In the home leg, New Earswick's Dave Clayden, Andrew Fothergill, Kevin Liddell and Rob Domville got off to a good start and led 14
DUNNINGTON made the most of their game in hand on York Minster Engineering League premier division leaders Wigginton Grasshoppers, defeating Strensall Tigers 3-0 to move to within two points of the summit. Tom Anderson bagged a brace and Samson
TRAIN passengers are being warned to check before they travel ahead of works getting underway. Network Rail is warning passengers that track upgrades between York and Newcastle on the East Coast Mainline will mean limited services and rail replacement
A POPULAR retailer with two large stores in York has marked a milestone in a community campaign aimed at tackling food waste. M&S, which has stores in York city centre and Vangarde, has helped to donate more than 2.5 million meals to communities
A major change to Covid rules in schools across the country have taken effect in today. Boris Johnson announced a return to Plan A in the country’s fight against coronavirus with the first change for schools coming into effect today. Staff
POLICE have released a CCTV image after a shop theft. North Yorkshire Police say they are asking for the public's help to identify a man and a woman following the theft of alcohol from a shop. It happened at the Co-op store in New Road in Ingleton
TOP York police officers have discussed the use of drug consumption rooms as a way of tackling the problems associated with drug addiction in the city. Superintendent Mark Khan, the police commander for York and Selby, said he was personally in
Harrogate Borough Council has held onto almost £4million of unspent money given to it from housing developers for social and community projects. The Section 106 cash is agreed during planning talks to balance the impacts of new housing and is intended
A MAN has been arrested as part of an on-going police operation in York city centre. North Yorkshire Police say that as part of National Neighbourhood Policing Week officers from the city's Neighbourhood team along with the Operational Support
Around 400 jobs are set to be axed across a fast fashion chain with two York shops as the group looks to overhaul its retail management team. Primark, which has stores in the Coppergate Centre and at Monk's Cross and which is owned by Associated
THREE town centres in North Yorkshire are in line for their biggest investment in decades - with a £42 million package aiming to increase productivity in the areas. The package of infrastructure improvements in Selby, Harrogate and Skipton aims
A MAN was left with a broken jaw following an attack in a pub. North Yorkshire Police say officers in Scarborough are continuing to investigate a serious assault that occurred inside the Turks Head pub on Eastborough at around 10pm on Boxing Day
POLICE have been out in force as part of a week of action. Humberside Police say that as part of National Neighbourhood Policing Week teams across our region conducted a vast number of patrols and policing activities on Tuesday (January 18).
FIREFIGHTERS fought a house fire. North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service say they were called out at 5.24pm last night (January 19) to Brewery Gardens in Tadcaster. A spokesman for the service said: "Two crews from Tadcaster attended a report
Martin Lewis has revealed how you can get a free Starbucks item in his weekly email from the MoneySavingExpert website. The financial advice guru has a number of coupon-related savings on the MSE website, with one of them being for a 200ml Starbucks
THREE senior figures with 'exceptional knowledge and experience' have been appointed at the University of York. Two new faculty deans and a new director of technology, estates and facilities will be joining the university's executive board.
DAY trippers and holiday-makers were the driving force behind a York-based rail company's recovery in 2021. Kate McFerran said LNER brought 'around half a million people into York last year'. The company said 92.3 per cent of pre-Covid journey
A pub operator has withdrawn plans for timber framed pergolas and timber fixed seating at a historic York city centre pub. Greene King had previously sought to build three 2.6m high pergolas, fixed seating and convert an outdoor bottle store into
A POPULAR restaurant in one of York's grandest buildings is to undergo repairs to keep it watertight and protect its important historic interior. Ask, based at York's 18th-century Assembly Rooms, in Blake Street, requires a range of repairs to
REVISED plans to convert York Bridge Club into flats, a café and offices have been submitted. The club, based at 152 Holgate Road, received planning approval for a similar scheme in October. The latest application to City of York Council says
Anonymous letters urging Harrogate residents to oppose plans for the town’s first mosque have been posted through letterboxes. Harrogate Islamic Association was this week alerted to the letters which claimed its plans to convert a historic building
SCORES of jobs are promised as one of York’s oldest companies seeks to expand. JH Shouksmith and Son wants to demolish existing buildings and build a 3-storey office and two 2-storey light industrial units on Murton Way, Osbaldwick. Their application
CITY of York Council should work more closely with social housing providers to tackle the city’s affordable housing crisis, a cross-party scrutiny investigation has found. It was one of a number of measures suggested by councillors Stephen Fenton
GATECRASHERS who beat up two party-goers and trashed a house have been given suspended prison sentences. James Edward Treanor led the uninvited group of five into the Haxby party at midnight after they had been drinking in the Red Lion pub in The
