MCDONALDS have agreed to help a council catch customers who throw litter on to nearby verges after buying fast food from its drive-through on the A64 near York. The fast food giant has reached an agreement with Selby District Council to supply
LOANEE winger Remy Longdon has signed a permanent deal with York City. Longdon's move to York until the end of the season sees him convert the short two-match loan spell he had served from parent club Lincoln City into a permanent switch. The
A POLICE officer who helped make a national charity single will become an assistant chief constable for North Yorkshire. Superintendent Elliott Foskett is currently in charge of Northamptonshire Police's diversity, equality and inclusion programme
YORK City winger Mackenzie Heaney has joined Buxton on loan until the end of the season. Heaney has played 20 times for York, scoring twice, since arriving at the club during the summer under former manager Steve Watson. Since the arrival of
A WANTED man remains at large. Despite efforts to find him, North Yorkshire Police is re-appealing for information to locate wanted man Andon Llalla. 40-year-old Llalla, from Harrogate, is wanted on recall to prison. A police spokesman
KIDDERMINSTER Harriers manager Russ Penn has insisted that his side are “under no illusions” that York City “are not a mid-table team.” York resume their Vanarama National League North promotion bid with an away trip to Kidderminster tomorrow afternoon
YORK'S weekly recorded Covid-19 rate has increased slightly - and 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 increased by 17, taking it to 862 cases per 100,000
THE main street through a busy town on the outskirts of York is set to close for works to go ahead. City of York Council say work will be carried out to overhaul the traffic lights in The Village, Haxby from 8am on Monday, January 31 and ending
POLICE have launched an appeal to locate the next of kin of a man who was found dead at home. North Yorkshire Police are looking to locate the next of kin of Michal Clifford Johnson of Meadow Vale in Green Hammerton. A spokesperson for the
YORK City Knights will learn their Betfred Challenge Cup fourth round opponents on Tuesday, February 1. The Betfred Challenge Cup draws for the third and fourth round will take place at Rochdale Hornets' Crown Oil Arena, with the Knights entering
A Christmas Day drink driver has been jailed for 16 weeks and banned from the roads for 41 months. Rimunee Kapatje was already a banned driver and on a suspended prison sentence for failure to provide a specimen of breath under drink-drive rules
YORK residents are being invited to share their memories of ‘one day’ when their life changed, later this month, as part of the city’s commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day. Holocaust Memorial Day is remembered each year on January 27, to commemorate
Three men have been jailed at York Magistrates Court for carrying weapons in public. Lewis Young, 19, of Barlby Road, Selby, was sent to jail for 26 weeks. He admitted carrying a lock knife in Stockton-on-the-Forest on Christmas Day and failure
PLANS have been submitted to install a long-awaited artificial grass football pitch. The proposals for a pitch at Market Weighton School will be considered by East Riding Council’s planners in the next few weeks. Wolds Weighton councillors,
MACCLESFIELD RUFC will pay their first ever visit to Clifton Park to take on York RUFC tomorrow afternoon (3pm). Macclesfield are one of the biggest clubs competing in this season’s North Premier, having featured in the National League One - rugby
WIGGINTON Grasshoppers edged a fiercely-contested local derby 2-1 with Haxby United in the Fastpack Ltd York League division one, writes Graham Ireton. The hosts took the lead after thirteen minutes, when Jamie Willstrop latched onto a long clearance
VISITORS to York station can indulge themsleves with a gin tasting at the newest shop to open there. The hour-long events in the station’s York Gin shop on the main concourse include tasters of six different gins and two full G&Ts. They
FORGET Platform 9¾ - the real magic can be found at the kiosk under the stairs at 5/8 York Station. The Potions Express has opened at York Railway Station as the city's newest spellbinding attraction. In the wizarding world, Harry Potter and
THIEVES made off with a bike and motorbike after a raid in a village. North Yorkshire Police want to locate a distinctive motorbike and pedal bike stolen in Kirkby Malzeard near Ripon. A police spokesman said: "They were stolen from a locked
LIB Dem councillors in York have expressed their concerns about a drop in Pupil Premium funding, which leaves disadvantaged children up to £160 worse off. During the pandemic, the number of children eligible for free school meals has jumped by
THE York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has appointed a new chair - who will bring "extensive experience" to the role. Alan Downey has been appointed the new chair of the trust. He succeeds Sue Symington, who was recently
TRAIN stations across the country are set to become quieter as the Government aims to reduce "tannoy spam" - including at York station. The Government has announced it aims to identify and remove repetitive and unnecessary onboard announcements
A YORK-BASED train firm will be increasing its timetable in February - reintroducing a number of services. From Monday February 14, London North Eastern Railway (LNER) will reintroduce its full timetable of services, some of which were temporarily
THE mental health trust which serves patients in York has developed two leadership roles specifically for people who have experienced mental illness. Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV) is recruiting two 'Lived Experience Directors
RESIDENTS living close to a railway line in York are being told to expect noise and disruption as works get underway. Network Rail have written to residents living close to the York to Scarborough line in the streets around Bootham warning them
The Mount Junior School Curriculum is tailored to young girls and the way in which they naturally learn. A bespoke curriculum is taught through a carefully balanced combination of specialist teaching and creative thinking. For girls in Junior
POLICE are searching for a teenager from a North Yorkshire town who went missing on Wednesday. Benjamin Robert Leach, from Selby, was last seen leaving a property in Selby at around 7pm on Wednesday (January 19). North Yorkshire Police officers
YORK Central MP Rachael Maskell has taken up her call for Prince Andrew to be stripped of the title Duke of York with Leader of the House, Jacob Rees-Mogg. She called on the Government to make time to enable legislation to take place to strip titles
THE cause of a house fire is being investigated. Firefighters were called in after a house fire in Ripley near Harrogate. Station manager Tony Walker said: "I am currently investigating the cause of this fire in a property near Ripley.
9:47am The incident has now been scaled down. Thank you for following our coverage this morning.
FIREFIGHTERS are currently at the scene of a major fire. Crews from Selby and York are dealing with a serious fire in North Duffield near Selby. Main Street has been closed to traffic, but reopened around 8am. Station manager Tony Walker
TWO PROJECTS are being supported by the East Riding of Yorkshire Council. The Council are leading the delivery of two Employability Wellbeing Service projects to provide support to those with mental health issues and to assist them in their engagement
A ‘GIFTED’ folk and rock musician is preparing for a gig at a popular East Yorkshire venue this weekend. Teddy Thompson, who has been hailed as “one of the most gifted singer-songwriters of his generation,” has collaborated with the likes of Rufus
Are you looking to spoil your partner for Valentine's Day? Or do you need a romantic first date spot for someone special? Luckily, if a walk through the historic city centre wasn't romantic enough, York has an array of wonderful restaurants to
A council serving almost 605,000 residents has warned it is facing a black hole of at least £30m in three years even if it levies the maximum permitted council tax rise this year. North Yorkshire County Council is considering asking the average
A BANK has gained planning approval to remove automatic cash dispensers and other bank-related items from the outside of their former premises in York city centre. The Royal Bank of Scotland closed its branch in Nessgate on June 15 last year, leaving
A NEW committee will focus on improving children and young people’s health and wellbeing in York – but there have been calls to ensure its board is more inclusive. The City of York children’s and young people health and wellbeing programme board
Professor Mike Holmes, who coordinates York’s Covid vaccination centre, writing in his weekly column for The Press, says even more walk-in clinics are opening to ensure everyone has an opportunity to get their Covid jab. This week we’re opening
A YORK mum is going to donate a kidney to her 22-year-old son who has renal failure - and give him a new lease of life. Mum-of-three Amanda Selvaratnam, 57, and her son Philip will undergo the life-changing operation next month. Philip has
