The winners of the awards were announced last night (Thursday, September 28) at York Racecourse.
Ken was named the York Community Pride Person of the Year. He is the sole surviving York Normandy veteran and is well known across the city for his commitment to educating future generations.
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THE man who took over running the York RAF Association’s annual Battle of Britain Wings Appeal from his wife has died six years to the day after her death.
Ian Smith, of Stockton Lane, was 81 when he died on Sunday, January 12, six years after his wife Maureen died in 2019 aged 74. He passed away at York Hospital after a short illness.
A popular pub in North Yorkshire has been named among the top 100 in the country.
The Plough in Wombleton has been included in Estrella Damm’s list of the UK’s Top 100 Gastropubs.
Train passengers are being urged not to travel north of York tomorrow (Friday, January 24) during Storm Éowyn.
LNER said the forecast high winds are expected to cause widespread disruption across the rail network.
The great and the good of York gathered at the Minster to say a final farewell to Second World War veteran Joseph Thomas after his death at the age of 99.
Joseph – known as Joe to friends and family – was involved in the liberation of France, for which he received the Légion d’honneur military honour from the French Government.
A SIDE road close to a major development in York is closed this week.
Bar Lane off Micklegate will be closed at its junction close to the Bar Wall this week for water supply works to be carried out.
A woman originally from Transylvania has turned her York end-terrace home into a Dracula and Addams Family themed hotel.
Camelia Andrei runs The Gothic Corner in York's Tang Hall - now renamed 'Fang Hall'.
A woman originally from York who now lives in Los Angeles described the wildfires that engulfed the county as “a beast that could not be tamed”.
Sian McArdle realised the threat was serious on Tuesday, January 7, after her husband showed her footage of his soccer teammate’s house in Altadena, nine miles away from their home in La Crescenta, on fire.
A MAJOR road in North Yorkshire is closed after a crash.
The A64 is closed both ways in Ryedale at Barton Hill near Castle Howard.
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