Latest News Archive

The mother of a former York schoolgirl bludgeoned to death by her husband more than 13 years ago has said the British Airways captain must stay behind bars after he lost his freedom bid.

Thursday, 29 February 2024 15:11

A York pantomime legend says he is considering a “one off show” to say “thank you” to the local fanbase he built over his 47-year career.

Thursday, 29 February 2024 15:09

Buildings set for a long-awaited massive housing development of up to 1100 homes on the edge of York look set to be a little taller than originally planned.

Thursday, 29 February 2024 15:07

THIS is what a planned new railway station for York could look like.

Thursday, 29 February 2024 15:05

Work has started on a new £8.5 million service reservoir to improve drinking water in an area near York.

Wednesday, 28 February 2024 17:33

ONE of the UK’s largest provider of boutique festivals, based near York, is recruiting hundreds of staff for a busy summer providing accommodation and facilities at 13 of the country’s hottest events.

Wednesday, 28 February 2024 17:31

PLANS for a Hard Rock Café in the former TK Maxx Building in central York have been abandoned.

Wednesday, 28 February 2024 17:03

PLANS for a major housing scheme on the edge of York have been withdrawn.

Wednesday, 28 February 2024 17:01

A MAJOR park in York has been closed for the past three months due to flooding.

Tuesday, 27 February 2024 16:04

A family-run garden centre business with operations in York and Scarborough have been taken over by a Bradford-based business.

Tuesday, 27 February 2024 16:01

A LEADING York councillor has called for a ‘full independent inquiry’ into the way City of York Council abruptly ended funding for the Salvation Army’s rough sleepers’ early intervention programme last year.

Tuesday, 27 February 2024 15:59

Cyclist injured in crash in York near Water End

Tuesday, 27 February 2024 15:57

A ‘peace vigil’ attended by hundreds has been held in York Minster to mark two years since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Monday, 26 February 2024 16:13

A LEADING YORK beer producer is celebrating its eighth anniversary with another big Brewery Bash this Spring.

Monday, 26 February 2024 16:10

Tens of millions of pounds is needed to restore crumbling buildings at a York hospital trust, new figures show.

Monday, 26 February 2024 16:07

The Prime Minister visited York today (Monday, February 26) ahead of a cabinet meeting in Yorkshire and the Humber to decide how abandoned HS2 funding will be shared.

Monday, 26 February 2024 16:00

A top York chef has announced the opening of a second establishment.

Friday, 23 February 2024 15:23

Councillor Margaret Wells is set to become the next Lord Mayor of York.

Friday, 23 February 2024 15:21

A “brave and relentless” author has died following years documenting her battle with dementia.

Friday, 23 February 2024 15:19

Councillors have officially voted through an increase in council tax for residents in York.

Friday, 23 February 2024 15:17

A ‘peace vigil’ is to be held at York Minster on Saturday to mark the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Thursday, 22 February 2024 16:01

THERE'S change at the top of one York school.

Thursday, 22 February 2024 16:00

WORK has begun on a new three-storey student accommodation block in York.

Thursday, 22 February 2024 15:56

YORK'S hospitals trust is leading the way with ground-breaking ‘camera in a capsule’ technology as part of a £3 million national research project to improve bowel cancer diagnosis.

Thursday, 22 February 2024 15:55

Pop group the Sugababes have been announced as the final headline act for a weekend of live music in York.

Wednesday, 21 February 2024 14:56

A new council working group is set to look at options for re-instating a ‘Dial and Ride-type service’ in York.

Wednesday, 21 February 2024 14:54

YORK now has the UK’s biggest all-electric Park and Ride bus network.

Wednesday, 21 February 2024 14:52

A student was left with facial injuries after being attacked in York.

Wednesday, 21 February 2024 14:50

A RALLY in support of York’s libraries will be staged ahead of a crucial city council budget meeting on Thursday.

Tuesday, 20 February 2024 15:21

A NEW store has opened in a Grade II listed building in York's city centre.

Tuesday, 20 February 2024 15:19

A YORK band has announced that its biggest ever show on home soil is coming soon.

Tuesday, 20 February 2024 15:12

Plans submitted to City of York Council show how a new restaurant at the former Banks Musicroom site could look.

Tuesday, 20 February 2024 15:09

Plans have been submitted for more than 100 energy-efficient and affordable homes on a council-owned site off Fulford Road, York.

Monday, 19 February 2024 14:31

FEWER buses and reduced operating hours are among the bus service recommendations being made to City of York Council’s Executive this week.

Monday, 19 February 2024 14:29

The trust operating York Hospital has apologised for a sign banning Indian food branded “very smelly” from its library.

Monday, 19 February 2024 14:27

The trust operating York Hospital has apologised for a sign banning Indian food branded “very smelly” from its library.

Monday, 19 February 2024 14:25

Scientists in York are developing a way of solving the multi-million pound problem of 'leaves on the line' for rail firms.

Friday, 16 February 2024 15:47

A major festival in York is set for some angelic performances this year.

Friday, 16 February 2024 15:40

The £5million restoration of the 11th century Clifford’s Tower in York has been shortlisted for a top design award.

Friday, 16 February 2024 15:33

A York GP surgery has put patients at risk of harm and must improve, a report by inspectors said.

Friday, 16 February 2024 15:25

PLANS to site a solar farm on land just outside of York have been given the green light.

Thursday, 15 February 2024 16:35

A WELL-KNOWN high street name is closing one of its York shops at the weekend.

Thursday, 15 February 2024 16:32

Council bosses have been recommended to refuse plans to pedestrianise a busy York city centre street – despite 1,700 people signing a petition in favour of it.

Thursday, 15 February 2024 16:21

The Lord Mayor of York is set to lose his Mansion House home as part of budget cuts by cash-strapped council chiefs.

Thursday, 15 February 2024 16:11

IT’S 11am on a Monday morning at Tang Hall Explore library, and the place is buzzing.

Wednesday, 14 February 2024 15:23

SOME of the hated bollards that locals say have ruined Acomb’s Front Street could soon be no more.

Wednesday, 14 February 2024 15:12

A WELL-KNOWN York pub is one of 25 across the North of England that have gone up for sale.

Wednesday, 14 February 2024 15:10

A man in his late 50s died of his injuries after being found in woodland in North Yorkshire, police said.

Wednesday, 14 February 2024 15:06

YORK’s ruling Labour administration has responded with fury to a letter from the directors of the city’s independently-run library service asking for it to be spared from council cuts.

Tuesday, 13 February 2024 18:19

The search is about to start for the best designed buildings in York.

Tuesday, 13 February 2024 18:16

A WARNING has gone out to dog owners after two sheep have been killed in York.

Tuesday, 13 February 2024 18:15

A four-year-old boy with non-verbal autism has been rejected from a SEND school in York for the second year in a row, his furious mum says.

Tuesday, 13 February 2024 18:13

A MAN whose body was found in the River Foss was unlawfully killed, an inquest has concluded 17 years after his death.

Monday, 12 February 2024 16:01

FIVE flood warnings are in place for York as river levels continue to rise in the city.

Monday, 12 February 2024 15:59

TRIBUTES have been paid to a much-loved and ‘truly inspirational’ York preschool manager who has died unexpectedly aged just 58.

Monday, 12 February 2024 15:57

VANDALS have struck in a York suburb.

Monday, 12 February 2024 15:55

Flooding is to hit York today (Friday, February 9) after yesterday’s snow and rain, according to the Environment Agency.

Friday, 9 February 2024 16:46

A new £5.5 million centre has opened in York to address the country’s manufacturing skills shortage.

Friday, 9 February 2024 16:27

A YORK entrepreneur faced down six dragons on hit TV show Dragons' Den last night.

Friday, 9 February 2024 16:25

A YORK firm which has a history stretching back almost a hundred years has gone out of business and a sale of its stock is taking place.

Friday, 9 February 2024 16:23

Three people have been taken to hospital after a crash on a major road in York.

Thursday, 8 February 2024 15:58

A VOLUNTARY group which works with care providers in York fears it could lose all its council funding as a result of planned council budget cuts.

Thursday, 8 February 2024 15:57

Snow has started to fall in York as the city braces for more cold weather.

Thursday, 8 February 2024 15:55

A top transport consultant – and former Sheriff of York – has devised an integrated public transport plan for the whole of York and North Yorkshire that he believes could transform the way we get around the region.

Thursday, 8 February 2024 15:52

REGULARS who rallied round by staging a fundraising musical jam session at their pub after a thief stole an entire day’s takings have collected almost £1,500.

Wednesday, 7 February 2024 16:04

A PLANNED new 4,000 home housing development south of York is not off the agenda - despite plans to cut it from a planning blueprint.

Wednesday, 7 February 2024 16:02

ONE of York’s most iconic buildings will be bathed in a new visual arts project from this evening (February 7).

Wednesday, 7 February 2024 15:56

A yellow weather warning remains in place for snow and ice in York and North Yorkshire as temperatures plummet.

Wednesday, 7 February 2024 15:45

The Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell has sent a message of hope and prayer to King Charles following the news of his cancer diagnosis.

Tuesday, 6 February 2024 16:30

Leading figures in York have wished King Charles a fast recovery after the monarch’s cancer diagnosis.

Tuesday, 6 February 2024 16:28

PLANS have been submitted for 114 new affordable homes to be built in York.

Tuesday, 6 February 2024 16:27

BRAVE York boy Ellis Carey is facing the ultimate challenge - to be able to walk again.

Tuesday, 6 February 2024 16:25

EMERGENCY services have been called in after a dog has fallen 30ft in North Yorkshire.

Monday, 5 February 2024 16:51

Asda has acquired two convenience stores in the York area as part of the supermarket giant’s ambitious plans to expand across the UK.

Monday, 5 February 2024 16:49

A plan to build 600 flats in York looks up in the air after its developer went into administration, with its creditors owed more than £37 million.

Monday, 5 February 2024 16:46

SNOW is forecast for York this week, and the Met Office has issued two days of weather warnings.

Monday, 5 February 2024 16:43

Flood water from the River Ouse in York has been branded "disgusting filth" after lab tests revealed its contents.

Friday, 2 February 2024 16:23

SOME of the coolest photographs will be taken in York this weekend as a popular event returns to the city.

Friday, 2 February 2024 16:21

More than 5,000 households in York are set to switch from bin bags to wheelie bins when they put out their rubbish.

Friday, 2 February 2024 16:09

A former international teacher subjected a woman to an unprovoked attack with a walking stick in her own home, York Crown Court heard.

Friday, 2 February 2024 16:02

A chart-topping musician is coming to York for a one off performance.

Thursday, 1 February 2024 15:55

PLANS for an underground Roman museum to rival Jorvik seem to have been finally killed off

Thursday, 1 February 2024 15:43

A 60-bed care home is recommended for approval in a York suburb, despite its Green Belt Location.

Thursday, 1 February 2024 15:41

MORE THAN 60 hectares of farmland in the Green Belt west of York look set to become a solar farm supplying 50MW of power, enough to serve up to 13,000 homes.

Thursday, 1 February 2024 15:39

A SECOND inquest is to be held into the death of a murder victim whose body was found in a York river more than 16 years ago.

Thursday, 1 February 2024 15:33

A POPULAR dental practice in York has announced it is to relocate into new premises.

Thursday, 1 February 2024 15:31

A second company connected with York’s ambitious Roman Quarter has revealed the extent of its debts accrued in trying to develop the major attraction in the city centre.

Thursday, 1 February 2024 15:29

A gang of youths surrounded and attacked a man and woman near York Minster - leaving the pair injured.

Thursday, 1 February 2024 15:26