TRAVELLERS who set up camp near a children's playground in a grassed area of York have now departed. Dringhouses & Woodthorpe councillor Stephen Fenton said today that the site had been cleared of waste left behind, adding: "A happy ending!"
YORK CC's Finlay Bean smashed the national record for the highest Second XI individual score with a superb innings of 441 for Yorkshire against Nottinghamshire. The previous benchmark of 322, set by former Somerset and England opening batter Marcus
YORK City have signed Grimsby Town's promotion-winning pair Adam Crookes and Scott Burgess. Crookes played 24 times for Grimsby last season as Town returned to Sky Bet League Two through the Vanarama National League play-offs. The 24-year-old
JAMES FORD has ruled that Jacob Ogden "could be available" for York City Knights on Sunday (3pm). Ogden has played just one of York's last five matches amid concussion and ankle issues during an injury-hit campaign in which he has played just seven
A SINGLE mum from York who is battling cancer has sent a heartfelt thank you to everyone who attended variety shows in memory of three amazing women. Julie Blackburn, 50, who is mum to ten-year-old Henry and lives in Bishopthorpe Julie has secondary
WORK done to save historic church buildings across North Yorkshire is being celebrated with a special day. The Yorkshire Historic Churches Trust, a charity set up to help repair, restore and maintain places of worship in the county, is launching
THE Play What I Wrote premiered in 2001 with its canny critique of fractious double acts and boundless love for Morecambe & Wise. If anything, Eric & Ernie now cast an even longer shadow amid a paucity of new comedy duos on TV to follow Mayall
HUNDREDS of school children from across York got to meet sporting heroes at an event in the city. More than 250 pupils attended a ‘Day of Inspiration’ at York Sport where they tried nine different sports, met professional athletes, and viewed the
YORK passengers can look forward to faster and more frequent trains to Manchester after a multi-billion-pound rail upgrade in West Yorkshire was given the green light. Network Rail says can now completely transform train journeys between Huddersfield
A CHAMPAGNE thief has been jailed for half a year at York Magistrates Court for a series of raids on upmarket food stores across the country. Grigore Alamaru, 44, travelled to York from his West Midlands home to raid Marks and Spencer in Parliament
LENELL JOHN-LEWIS has admitted that a return to York City was “always going to happen”. John-Lewis agreed a permanent one-year deal with York on Wednesday, having spent the final four months of last season on loan at City, proving a key part of
POLICE in North Yorkshire have launched a hard-hitting video campaign to encourage young people to think of the consequences before abusing alcohol. The North Yorkshire Police video, which is titled #NYPThinkOfTheConsquences, was commissioned following
GIANT seabirds have been popping up as part of an art trail along the East Yorkshire coast. Organisers of Puffins Galore! placed the first sculpture at the RSPB Centre at Bempton, home to almost half a million seabirds which cram onto the cliffs
RYAN FALLOWFIELD'S goal for the new season at York City is a simple one - promotion. Fallowfield joined York from Sky Bet League Two side Harrogate Town on Wednesday, with the right-back signing a one-year deal with City. The defender arrives
A MAN has appeared in court accused of causing £19,000 damage to York Minster. Joshua Webster was arrested following an incident on the roof of the cathedral last November which lasted four hours and involved police and firefighters. It is
CHILDREN at two primary schools in East Yorkshire have been making global links. Pupils at Bugthorpe and Sutton Upon Derwent CE Schools in East Yorkshire have forged ties with Nyabyeya Primary School in Uganda, making friends across the world.
TWO 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 deaths at the trust is now 968. A further
A spectacular music festival and family fun day in Acomb last weekend is expected to have raised £15,000 for Acomb Sports Club. More than 2,000 people attended the 'Mothership' festival (so called because sports club members think of the club as
COMMUNITY groups and charities across York are being given the chance to build a brighter future thanks to a nationwide initiative. Leading UK builders merchant Selco Builders Warehouse has launched its Selco Community Heroes competition for the
THE number of Covid patients at York and Scarborough hospitals has risen to more than 100 as the latest wave of the pandemic sweeps the community. The York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said today that it now had 105 confirmed
A MOUNTAIN top walk to watch the sunset at over 3,000 feet has raised more than £2,000 for local hospitals. The ‘Sunset Walk’ challenged walkers to climb Helvellyn, the third-highest in England, to support York and Scarborough Hospitals Charity
UPDATED 12.20PM: The raod has now reopened and traffic is flowing freely. A CRASH on a main road in to York is causing traffic problems. The A1079 Hull Road is currently blocked westbound in Osbaldwick in York with heavy traffic due to
A NEW safeguarding campaign is encouraging everyone in York to help prevent and stop the abuse of adults by learning more about it. The city council’s ‘Know the signs’ campaign is urging people to learn more about the different kinds of abuse which
As Chairman of Acomb Sports Club I would like to respond to Mr David Martin’s letter ‘Please turn the volume down Acomb Cricket Club!’ (June 28). Our ‘Mothership’ annual family fun day and music festival is now in its 13th year. We are fully
STAFF at a care home in York have received top awards in recognition of their hard work during the Covid-19 pandemic. Care home manager Victoria Wilson at RMBI Care Co. Home Connaught Court in Fulford has received a British Citizen Corporate Award
The middle aisle of both Aldi and Lidl are popular with shoppers keen to find a bargain on anything from gardening tools to clothing. Whether it’s Aldi’s Specialbuys or Lidl’s Middle of Lidl, the latest offers are always worth checking out and
Dramatic recouplings are exactly what Love Island is all about and ITV viewers were treated to a recoupling on Wednesday night. After Tuesday night’s heart race challenge caused its fair share of upsets with many of the boys having their heart
A new series about the middle aisles of Aldi and Lidl is coming to our screens later this year and it’s looking for keen shoppers to get involved. There’ll be two episodes of Secrets of the Middle Aisle (working title) and Denise Van Outen will
A flagship council development on a former prison site looks set to feature a celebrated artist’s sculpture of an impoverished 11-year-old girl jailed for stealing a loaf of bread. Hambleton District Council’s cabinet will on Tuesday consider
A WOMAN from North Yorkshire is preparing to take on a coast to coast cycle challenge to raise money for a hospice that cared for her dad. Bridget Houlston, of Helmsley, is hoping to raise £2,000 for Saint Catherine's in memory of her father Eric
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey says his party has a “great chance” of taking Harrogate and Knaresborough from the Conservatives in the next general election. Speaking during a visit to the constituency today, Sir Davey said the seat had become
Harrogate’s business community has insisted lessons must be learnt from a new review into the town’s controversial hosting of the 2019 UCI Road World Championships. Independent Harrogate – which is made up of over 80 small businesses – described
A NATIONAL supermarket chain is on the hunt for new store locations in Yorkshire as part of its rapid expansion drive. The priority areas where Aldi is looking include York, Harrogate, Meadowhall, North Leeds, Ossett, Otley and Scarborough.
A CHARITY shop in a North Yorkshire town is calling for new volunteers to give up their time to help out a great cause. Saint Catherine’s shop in Malton is looking to welcome new volunteers to its team. Manager Penny Tull is appealing for ‘
YORK has been named as a UK hotspot when it comes to getting an appointment with a top-rated beauty professional, according to new research. The study by Capital Hair and Beauty, looked at the number of hair, beauty and nail establishments with
Fire response times in north York could jump dramatically if full-time firefighters are axed at a city station, a union leader has claimed. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) is opposed to plans which would turn Huntington fire station into an on-call
COUNCIL bosses have said they are already making changes to the way they run children’s services after a “disappointing” Ofsted inspection in March. An action plan must be submitted to the watchdog by August outlining how City of York Council plans
LIFE expectancy in more deprived parts of York has declined for the first time in generations and health inequalities across the city “are probably getting worse”, according to a public health expert. The assumption that York is an affluent city
IN the latest edition of our look back through the picture archives, here are five cricket teams from the past. Do you recognise yourself or anyone you know in any of these photos? Pictured above is the Bootham Park team, who were narrowly
POLICE have been out in force in York city centre. Specially trained officers were out talking to members of the public yesterday (June 29) as part of Project Servator or 'unpredictable policing' which launched in North Yorkshire five years ago
FIREFIGHTERS from across North Yorkshire are currently battling a huge blaze. Seven crews from all across the county are at a large barn fire near Bedale. Station manager Bob Hoskins is at the scene. He said: "The barn contains straw and
THE 2022 York Early Music Festival takes the theme of Connections on its return to a full-scale event after the Covid restrictions of 2020 and 2021. Taking place in glorious ecclesiastical buildings around the city from July 8 to 16, the festival
A DRUG dealer who fled to Peru to escape justice is today starting more than five years in a British jail. Sam Andrew Barnes ran a major amphetamine gang, supplying the drug into York for months throughout the first Covid lockdown, York Crown Court
CHILDREN at a York riverside primary school were taught all about water safety - by members of the fire service’s river rescue team. The team arrived at the Naburn slipway by boat, where children greeted them - and then learned what Naburn Primary
