Community Information

• Permanent 20mph measures for Bishopthorpe approved

  A number of 20mph measures which have been trialled in Bishopthorpe over the past year will now be made permanent.

• New seat and toilet scheme launches to improve city centre accessibility

  As part of work to make York more accessible, City of York Council and 55 city-wide partners are launching a scheme to give more people a seat or toilet.

• More dates announced for free slippers to be handed out

  Over 250 pairs of slippers have been handed to older people to help reduce the risk of them falling, as the latest Slipper Socials are revealed in this, Falls Prevention Awareness Week.

• Traditional services, festive workshops, candlelit carols: Advent and Christmas at York Minster

  Preparations are underway at York Minster as the cathedral prepares to mark Advent and Christmas with a programme of new activities and events for 2025, alongside returning seasonal favourites, family-friendly activities and a festival of 70 Christmas Trees.

• Yorkshire’s Winter Wonderland Returns to Designer Outlet York for 20th Anniversary Season

  Yorkshire’s Winter Wonderland – the award-winning festive attraction featuring the North of England’s largest outdoor ice rink, a traditional funfair and Santa’s Grotto – will return to McArthurGlen Designer Outlet York from Friday 14th November 2025 to Sunday 4th January 2026.

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Latest News & Appeals from North Yorkshire Police

• Prolific York Shoplifter Jailed After String of Thefts

  A York shoplifter has been jailed for 16 weeks after stealing laundry products from two city stores in quick succession.

• Appeal Following Graffiti Attacks on York Properties

  Police are appealing for information after a series of criminal damage incidents in York, where buildings were targeted with racially offensive graffiti.

• Man seriously injured after being attacked and robbed in York

  North Yorkshire Police are appealing for information following a serious assault and robbery in York.

• York appeal after man assaulted outside nightclub

  North Yorkshire Police are appealing for information after a man was punched to the back of his head on Rougier Street in York.

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Latest News

• With just 99 days left until Christmas Day, here's what to look out for to feel festive, reports Nadia Jefferson-Brown.

  The countdown has already started as York Minster reveals how it plans to mark Advent and the festive season.

• A LARGE city centre chain has pledged its support for the local community by opening up free bike parking inside its shop.

  Evans Cycles in Coney Street has opened the doors on a new free and secure bicycle storage area, which is intended to make it easier for people to travel into the city by bike over car.

• A new team of York Council staff designed to be more responsive in tackling issues in communities such as littering and overgrown hedges has launched.

  The Neighbourhood Caretakers are set to work with residents, councillors and volunteers to respond to issues without the constraint of schedules facing the council’s existing public realm staff.

• A motorcyclist in his 20s has died after a crash in North Yorkshire.

  The man was pronounced dead at the scene on the A169 Blue Bank in Sleights, near Whitby, on Tuesday evening (September 16).

• Works on a development featuring almost 1,100 homes on the site of a former York sugar refinery could begin in 2027, according to timescales set out in newly-lodged plans.

  Plans for the first phase of redeveloping the former British Sugar refinery and Manor School site would see 1,097 homes and infrastructure built in six phases up to 2037.

• A new supermarket offering warehouse-style shopping has opened at Clifton Moor Retail Park in York.

  The park’s ‘new and improved’ Food Warehouse opened to excited customers at 8am this morning.

• York council workers have begun removing flags hanging from lampposts around the city.

  The Press went to Foss Islands Road at around 4.30pm on Monday (September 15) and around half-a-dozen flags on the river Foss side had been taken down.

• BOSSES at a fire-hit brewery in York city centre said part of the site will be open with “business-as-usual” today (Tuesday, September 16) - as they paid tribute to firefighters who fought the blaze.

  As reported by The Press, a fire broke out around 2am this morning at Brew York’s taproom in Walmgate. The site includes one of the firm’s breweries, a beer hall and a riverside garden.

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Sport

• York Knights Captain Liam Harris Commits Future to Club

  York Knights captain Liam Harris has pledged his future to the club by signing a new deal for the 2026 season, made possible thanks to the support of the Squad Builder initiative.

• York City Baths Club swimmers amongst the medals on the national stage

  With the swimming season culminating in a host of national championship events, competitors from York City Baths Club (YCBC) once again made their mark against the cream of British aquatic talent to scoop a handful of medals.

• Dan Pybus signs a two and a half-year contract with York City FC, committing his future to the club.

  Dan Pybus, a midfielder for York City Football Club, has officially signed a two and a half-year deal with the team.

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