Firefighters across the country will go on strike after the Fire Brigades' Union achieved a mandate from its members. The ballot saw more than 80 per cent of members back industrial action across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
A DRAMATIC police chase through York and North Yorkshire will feature on a reality TV show tonight (January 30). Tonight's Traffic Cops episode focuses on young and inexperienced drivers with a teenage driver in a stolen car risking everything
A failed asylum seeker who cut the throat of his North Yorkshire “grandmother” will learn later this week if he will stay in a top security psychiatric hospital or return to prison. Retired Brenda Blainey gave Shahin Darvish-Narenjbon, 34, the
A York MP has been quizzing government moves to ban British hunters from bringing home ‘trophies’ of endangered animals they have shot overseas. A bill banning the practice made its way through the committee stage of parliament last week, well
YORK City chairman Glen Henderson is facing scrutiny after reportedly making a rude gesture at supporters. According to social media, Mr Henderson made the gesture at York supporters in Saturday’s 2-1 defeat to Maidenhead United, after fans began
Labour councillors in York have pledged they will aim to ensure a free school meal every day for every primary school pupil in the city if they win May's local council election. They say the commitment - which would be achieved though a 'partnership
DEVELOPERS planning to build 1,500 new homes on the edge of a North Yorkshire village are 'in for a fight'. According to Selby county councillor John McCartney the plan by Banks Property to build their Eggborough West development extending the
BT has lost its bid to have a chain of hi-tech ‘street hubs’ erected across York and one in Haxby. City of York planners last week refused planning approval for the slab-like hubs in Queen Street, Station Road, Boroughbridge Road and fronting Ryedale
MURDER victim Francis McNally was a kind, gentle, intelligent and caring man who had so much to give the world before he was killed, Leeds Crown Court heard. He wrote poetry, loved music and composed a “fish and chip shop” league with his father
A TEENAGE boy was punched in the face during an alleged assault in a North Yorkshire town - and police officers have launched an appeal. The incident happened in Westborough near North Street in Scarborough at around 6.15pm on Tuesday January 24
KNARESBOROUGH TOWN have pledged for any donations towards attacker Brad Walker, after the club stalwart broke his fibular in Saturday’s match against Frickley Athletic. Walker has proven to be a hero around Manse Lane after spending seven years
Exhibitions highlighting Yorkshire dialect are taking place across North Yorkshire. The move follows the county council library service gaining £12,000 for the Ey Up! Project. It involved a variety of people working with library staff at a
The York Careers Fair is taking place on Thursday February 23 at Hilton York from 10am-2pm. The free event features local and national employers offering hundreds of available vacancies across all levels. Some of the companies that will be
Voluntary and community organisations in York are invited to bid for a share of up to £150,000 to support people experiencing financial difficulties. The fund aims to support voluntary and community sector services that reach out and support residents
A LOCAL business has stepped in to help transform the library at a North Yorkshire school. British Gypsum which makes plasterboards, coving and accessories at it's Sherburn in Elmet factory has given a £5,000 donation to Sherburn Hungate Primary
POLICE and family members may never know why Francis McNally died at the hands of Curtis Turpin and Adam Hudson. Neither killer has said why they carried out what the senior investigating officer Det Supt Wayne Fox called their “senseless and brutal
YORK CITY goalkeeper Ethan Ross has expressed his frustrations at Saturday’s 2-1 defeat to Maidenhead United, after being ruled out of contention due to a precautionary head injury. Ross was unable to feature between the sticks for York after
A developer is has submitted plans for ten flats despite refusals for other schemes on the site in a York village. Strensall-based Queens Staith Leisure seek to demolish the existing empty offices at 1 North Moor Road, Huntington, and erect a terrace
A £250,000 grant to improve the lives of people with "serious mental illness" in York has been launched by a partnership in the city. The Community Mental Health Transformation Grant has been created by the York Mental Health Partnership in collaboration
YORK CITY manager David Webb has addressed the 2-1 defeat to Maidenhead United on Saturday afternoon, claiming the club ‘either have to fight or lay down’. Webb’s side displayed an underwhelming performance against a Maidenhead side who had won
A STRANGLER and his long-term friend have been jailed for life this morning for the murder of a "kind, gentle" man. Curtis Turpin, 37, and Adam Craig Hudson, 41, both of whom grew up and lived in York, had only met Leeds man Francis McNally for
PLANS have been unveiled to super-size a North Yorkshire village with the addition of 1,500 new homes. Banks Property is planning to build their Eggborough West development extending the village of Eggborough, to the south west of Selby. READ
A SCOOTER rider was taken to hospital with injuries after a crash with a car in a North Yorkshire town. The incident happened on Saturday (January 28) between 9.45am – 10am in Skipton Road in Harrogate near the Empress roundabout. The crash involved
York Minster plans to change an empty house into offices to help it improve its welcome to its recovering number of visitors. Plans have been submitted to City of York Council to convert 1 Deangate, which will also include repairs and upgrades
Richard Madeley has apologised and said he would learn to use people’s correct pronouns after a mistake on Good Morning Britain on Monday. The ITV presenter, appearing alongside co-host Susanna Reid, was leading a discussion on Sam Smith’s latest
YORK Hopital Ball are set to launch the Season 10 of the York City podcast, hosted by Dan Tait, to raise money for York Hospital Radio who provide a service for patients in York Hospital. The podcast announced an array of guests for the new series
MORE rail strikes are taking place this week, on the biggest day of industrial action in over a decade, following the rejection of a pay offer. Wednesday, February 1, will see half a million workers go on strike in disputes over pay, jobs, and
Thousands of Universal Credit claimants have been warned they won’t receive any cost of living payments this year. The next wave of payments is due to begin in spring, with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) announcing £900 of support would
British passport applications are about to rise in price so here's how you can renew yours before the increase. From February 2, new passport fees will be introduced for all applications including those who are newly applying or are renewing their
A RAPPER from York has been working on a brand-new track with an artist he used to listen to in his younger years. Billyboy Fitch, who has been active on the rap scene since 2015, has been working with one of his idols Lunar C on a new single called
FIREFIGHTERS have been tackling a fire in a North Yorkshire village. North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service say they were called out at 8.10pm last night (January 29) to Tomlinson Way in Sherburn in Elmet near Selby. READ MORE: Missing North
THE top job is up for grabs at a popular North Yorkshire primary school. North Yorkshire County Council is advertising for a new head teacher at Selby Abbey CE School with a salary of £67,351 a year. READ MORE: Missing North Yorkshire teenagers
TWO teenagers who missing again from a North Yorkshire village have been found. North Yorkshire Police tweeted that Chardonnay 15 or London, 13, missing from Church Fenton, near Tadcaster, at just after 6pm yesterday. The force asked people
A leading York councillor has blamed ‘some senior (council) officers’ for the city’s lack of progress on new cycle routes. Wheldrake Liberal Democrat Cllr Christian Vassie says he is particularly angry about the failure to create an Elvington to
TWO York murderers will today receive a life sentence after they learn the effect their crime has had on the dead man’s nearest and dearest. Curtis Turpin, 35, and Adam Craig Hudson, 41 were unanimously convicted of the murder of Francis McNally
New coins that feature a remastered portrait of Henry VIII have been unveiled by the Royal Mint. The coins mark the fifth coin in the Mint’s British monarchs collection and the second in the collection to feature a king from the House of Tudor.
