POLICE in North Yorkshire are keen to find the driver of a car that's been seized. Scarborough police say they have blanked out the plates in the pictures, but want the black Audi A3 owner to get in touch. Read next: 15 arrests after
York housebuilder Persimmon has revealed improving sales and property prices at the start of 2024 in a sign of easing pressures in the sector. The leading developer, whose Yorkshire office is in Lingcroft Lane, builder reported a 6% rise in private
Passing the cholera cemetery from the station and being a busybody - like everybody else today - I remarked to a woman that her dog should be on a lead. “So should lots of people but they’re not,” she replied. I thought about the 1,100 people killed
Having received some fancy documents about the election of a Mayor for York and North Yorkshire I have come to the conclusion that politics are similar to restaurants: the chefs do very artistic presentations just like those fancy leaflets, but does
FIFTEEN arrests have been made after a spate of thefts in York. Operation Ignition was launched at the start of January in response to an increased number of reports of motorbike thefts in the York area. Read next: Major auction event
Harrogate’s Floral Summer of Celebration is to have the theme of ‘friendship’ this year. Harrogate BID will create a floral trail across the historic spa town, which the business group hopes will win it awards in Yorkshire in Bloom, repeating its
LEADING law firm Slater Heelis has announced a new, physical presence in six key UK cities, including York. In addition to its Manchester headquarters, Slater Heelis now has a presence in York, Preston, Central London, Liverpool, Leeds and Sheffield
A MAJOR auction event is set to take place in York next week. As previously reported by The Press, the Snook auction for St Leonard's Hospice will be held York Barbican on Thursday (May 9) and tickets are still available priced £5. Read
HULL property firm Pure Block Management has further expanded its activities in York, having taken on the management of three more city properties. The firm is part of Hull-based Garness Group, which took over York-based commercial property specialist
York-based stonemasons Mindful Memorials has launched Mindful Retreats to give customers the chance to book a short stay as they consider the design of a headstone or memorial. Providing two-to-three night stays, with access to woodland and lakes
A Pocklington business owner has donated £500 for a signed Leeds United shirt and hospitality package as part of a fundraising campaign by Pickering farmer Karl Avison. Chris Mitchell is the chairman of Lavender Fields Care Village in Barmby Moor
YORK City under-19’s are making ‘memories for life’ by reaching the National League Cup final, with Head of Youth Development Dan Wilson keen to see the youngsters thrive at England’s St George’s Park. York under-19’s will make the trip to St George
A SINKHOLE has opened up in the road in a North Yorkshire town. North Yorkshire Police say they are on the scene in Barwick Street, Scarborough which is currently closed due to a sinkhole forming in the road. Read next: Urgent appeal
WE think of Morris dancers as good-natured upholders of traditional folk dance and culture. Fond of a glass of ale to refresh themselves after their efforts, perhaps – but peaceable souls at heart. So it comes as something of a shock to learn that
The state of our roads is an analogy for the state of our country. So many services have been badly neglected and broken, left with cracks and crevasses, while the basics are crumbling. There is an urgent need to repair our roads and to rebuild
A MAN has been arrested after an alleged hoax hostage call to police. Humberside Police say a man is currently in custody following a believed hoax call in Beverley on Monday evening (April 29). A force spokesman said: “We were called at around
UPDATED: North Yorkshire Police say an appeal to trace a woman who was with a baby and pram in Cold Bath Road, Harrogate has been resolved. A police spokesman said: "We have spoken to the woman and pleased to confirm that everything is okay."
A PRISONER who absconded from Askham Grange Open Prison last month has been given an eight-week jail term. Tracey Simmonds is now back in prison and continuing to serve the sentence that brought her to the women’s prison outside York. She was
MEMBERS of the Labour Party's shadow cabinet came to York to speak out on the party's campaign over pensions - and back their local mayoral candidate. Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves and shadow paymaster general, Jonathan Ashworth, visited New
A York police officer killed in a wartime air raid has finally had a memorial headstone placed on his grave - more than 80 years after his death. Robert Smith, an LNER Railway Police Constable who served at York Railway Station during the Second
AN HISTORIC festival is set to return to York with some truly ‘horrible’ special guests. The York Georgian Festival is scheduled to return after a successful first run last year that saw overwhelming turnout and a VisitYork Tourism Award nomination
Staff at a York primary school say they are “thrilled” with the outcome of its most recent inspection. Our Lady Queen of Martyrs RC primary school was rated ‘good’ overall by Ofsted after inspectors called on Tuesday, February 6, and Wednesday,
FINAL preparations are underway for a Spring fair in York. Parents at York Steiner School in Fulford are flat out with final preparations for their huge Spring Fair on May 11. Head teacher, Ruth Crabtree, said: “We’re surrounded by cherry trees
A popular York restaurant has sponsored the city’s fashion week. Cresci Pizzeria is sponsoring the event, which returns at venues across York from Thursday (May 2) until Monday (May 6). The Piccadilly restaurant is working in partnership with
