York news

• Pedestrian killed by suspected drink driver in Ossett

  17-07-2017 10:14 via Yorkshire Post NLYP.news.feed
  
  A woman has died after being hit by a car driven by a suspected drink driver.
  
  Read more

• Woman fights off York sex attacker

  25-09-2017 17:52 via York Press | News
  A WOMAN in her twenties fought off a sex attacker in York.
  
  Read more

• Mother and son who fleeced elderly in £1.5m vacuum cleaner Leeds fraud are jailed

  25-09-2017 17:38 via Yorkshire Post NLYP.news.feed
  A MOTHER and son who operated a £1.5m vacuum cleaner servicing and sales scam targeting vulnerable people have been jailed for a total of ten years.
  
  Read more

• Men attacked in Huddersfield by trio brandishing baseball bats and knife

  25-09-2017 17:34 via Yorkshire Post NLYP.news.feed
  Two men were assaulted by a trio brandishing baseball bats and a knife during what police believe was a targeted attack.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Growing concern for "vulnerable" Halifax woman missing for more than two weeks

  25-09-2017 17:05 via Yorkshire Post NLYP.news.feed
  Police say they are becoming increasingly concerned as the search continues for a missing Halifax woman.
  
  Read more

• Looking for a new job?

  25-09-2017 17:03 via York Press | News
  A HUGE job fair will set up stalls at York Railway Institute on Thursday.
  
  Read more

• Minster statues to return to cathedral

  25-09-2017 16:48 via York Press | News
  A COLLECTION of the first new grotesques to be carved for York Minster’s 11 year project to conserve and restore its South Quire Aisle will return to the cathedral tomorrow.
  
  Read more

• Family raise thousands for hospice

  25-09-2017 16:45 via York Press | News
  A PATIENT at St Leonard’s Hospice has raised more than £30,000 for the charity this year.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Yorkshire friends jailed for more than 18 years over dark web drugs conspiracy

  25-09-2017 16:42 via Yorkshire Post NLYP.news.feed
  Two men from Yorkshire have been jailed for more than 18 years for conspiring to import potent drugs and sell them for vast profits on the dark web.
  
  Read more

• Woman hurt after man steals bag in early morning robbery in South Elmsall

  25-09-2017 16:27 via Yorkshire Post NLYP.news.feed
  A woman had her handbag snatched during an early morning robbery at South Elmsall market.
  
  Read more

• Lord Mayor's causes share almost £50,000

  25-09-2017 16:17 via York Press | News
  A HUGE fundraising effort by the former Lord Mayor of York and his committee has raised nearly £50,000 for his chosen charities.
  
  Read more

• Drug deaths: What is fentanyl?

  25-09-2017 16:02 via Yorkshire Post NLYP.news.feed
  The National Crime Agency confirmed earlier this year that it has been investigating the threat posed by the supply and consumption of fentanyl.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Gene discovery breakthrough at University of York

  25-09-2017 15:59 via York Press | News
  SCIENTISTS from York have revealed that genes are controlled by ‘nano footballs’ – structures 10 million times smaller than the average ball.
  
  Read more

• Bootham School rock star lands West End role

  25-09-2017 15:57 via York Press | News
  A SCHOOLBOY has swapped his pencil case and textbooks for a guitar and plectrum after landing a leading role in a hit West End musical.
  
  Read more

• Drug driver banned for three years

  25-09-2017 15:47 via York Press | News
  A MOTORIST who repeatedly drug drove despite being arrested twice has been banned from the roads for three years.
  
  Read more

• Police investigate report of sexual assault in Lupset ginnel

  25-09-2017 15:21 via Yorkshire Post NLYP.news.feed
  Police are investigating an allegation of a serious sexual assault in Lupset.
  
  Read more

• Welcome for u-turn on North Yorkshire fire crew numbers

  25-09-2017 15:09 via Yorkshire Post NLYP.news.feed
  A U-TURN over firefighter numbers has been welcomed by Thirsk and Malton MP Kevin Hollinrake.
  
  Read more

• John McDonnell unveils plans to take back control of controversial PFI deals

  25-09-2017 15:00 via Yorkshire Post NLYP.news.feed
  Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has unveiled plans to bring an end to controversial PFI deals which are costing hospital trusts in the region £112m a year.
  
  Read more

• Leeds teen attacks man as he was about to take his wife for a baby scan

  25-09-2017 14:46 via Yorkshire Post NLYP.news.feed
  A teenager carried out a street attack on a man as he was about to take his pregnant wife to hospital for a scan.
  
  Read more

• Why there is a degree of concern for university pay

  25-09-2017 14:44 via Yorkshire Post NLYP.news.feed
  THE average increase and rate of UK vice-chancellor remuneration – which includes pay, perks, property and pensions – has rocketed over  the past few decades.
  
  Read more

• Museum in search for identities of veterans

  25-09-2017 14:14 via York Press | News
  BECK Isle Museum in Pickering has launched a new project focusing on the First World War.
  
  Read more

• York taxi drivers stage city-wide Uber protest

  25-09-2017 14:05 via York Press | News
  DOZENS of York taxi drivers took part in a protest around the city.
  
  Read more

• Friends who dealt drug 100 times more powerful than heroin on the dark web are jailed

  25-09-2017 14:02 via The Northern Echo | York & Harrogate
  TWO friends who met at university are starting long prison sentences for a massive drugs importation and dealing operation via the dark web, York Crown Court heard this morning.
  
  Read more

• Grayling interview: "What matters to the passengers is the journey time... not how the train is powered”

  25-09-2017 13:48 via Yorkshire Post NLYP.news.feed
  Political Editor James Reed spoke to Transport Secretary Chris Grayling after a summer of damaging headlines over the Government's commitment to the North of England.
  
  Read more

• International 'dark web' dealers in drug 100 times more powerful than heroin are jailed

  25-09-2017 13:37 via York Press | News
  TWO friends who met at university are starting long prison sentences for a massive drugs importation and dealing operation via the dark web, York Crown Court heard this morning.
  
  Read more

• York vocational student success

  25-09-2017 13:23 via York Press | News
  VOCATIONAL students at York College celebrated a great set of results.
  
  Read more

• Woman, 54, charged with murder after fatal house fire

  25-09-2017 13:12 via Yorkshire Post NLYP.news.feed
  A woman has been charged with murder after a man died in a house fire in Grimsby.
  
  Read more

• Pick up a bargain at charity hall sale

  25-09-2017 13:04 via York Press | News
  SHOPPERS are invited to hunt for a bargain, while raising money for charity, at an event in York.
  
  Read more

• University doctor drink drive ban

  25-09-2017 13:01 via York Press | News
  A UNIVERSITY of York doctor has been banned from driving for two years for being three times the drink drive limit.
  
  Read more

• REVIEW: La La Land in Concert, York Barbican

  25-09-2017 12:57 via York Press | News
  CALL off the search for anyone still trying to find the best way to watch La La Land - I have found it.
  
  Read more

Follow @York_UK_News on Twitter!