York news

• Fire crews have recovered body from river in North Yorkshire village

  28-12-2019 23:10
  
  A FIRE chief has confirmed that firefighters recovered a body from a North Yorkshire river yesterday - and issued a warning about the dangers of water at this time of year.
  
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• Body discovered in river in North Yorkshire village

  28-12-2019 23:10
  
  A BODY has reportedly been pulled from a river in a North Yorkshire village.
  
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• Van crashes in Tang Hall - police helicopter circles the area

  28-12-2019 19:20
  
  A POLICE helicopter was scrambled after an incident in York today.
  
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• Police find Jessica Mapplebeck, 10, who had been missing in Acomb

  28-12-2019 18:15
  
  POLICE have found a 10-year-old girl who had gone missing in Acomb.
  
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• Thousands of koalas feared to have died in Australian wildfires

  28-12-2019 16:38
  
  THOUSANDS of koalas are feared to have died in a wildfire-ravaged area north of Sydney as the fire danger accelerates in soaring temperatures.
  
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• Trevor Baldwin receives the Queen’s Ambulance Medal for Distinguished Service

  28-12-2019 16:01
  
  A YORKSHIRE Ambulance Service boss who led the response to the 2015 floods and played a key role in introducing a new 999 system which has saved countless lives has won recognition in the New Year Honours.
  
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• York heading for 12C - milder than Rome, Athens and Venice

  28-12-2019 15:47
  
  TEMPERATURES are set to rise as high as 11C in York tomorrow and 12C on Monday - milder than Rome, Venice and Athens.
  
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• Queen's Police Medal and praise for retired Detective Sergeant Angie Carey

  28-12-2019 14:30
  
  A RETIRED detective sergeant who received the Queens Police Medal in the New Year Honours has won praise from former colleagues in North Yorkshire Police.
  
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• Mother claims something was ‘wrong’ with Spanish resort pool where trio died

  28-12-2019 12:15
  
  THE mother of two children who drowned alongside their father while holidaying in the Costa del Sol said all three could swim, and claimed there was something “wrong” with the pool they died in.
  
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• Postcode nets resident £60,000 lottery win

  28-12-2019 11:00
  
  A LUCKY York resident has won a £60,000 cash prize - thanks to their postcode.
  
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• 'You have treated your passengers like pigs' - passengers slam packed trains

  28-12-2019 10:50
  
  FURIOUS passengers who slammed overcrowded trains on the York to London have been told to 'wind their necks in and keep their gobs shut.'
  
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• York blogger Holly Tuke scoops national award

  28-12-2019 08:00
  
  A YORK woman has won a national award in recognition of her work in breaking down barriers for young women living with sight loss.
  
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• Selby author in Christina Gabbitas bid for regional awards

  28-12-2019 08:00
  
  A SELBY author has been nominated for two regional awards in Yorkshire, recognising her work in the community and the programmes she has organised.
  
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• COLUMN: A letter home from a cleaner, greener future

  28-12-2019 07:19
  
  Here's the letters of thanks I hope I'll be writing for the Christmas cards I receive in 2029...
  
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• REVIEW: An Evening with Miriam Margolyes

  28-12-2019 07:00
  
  “NOT much has changed in the great divide of the poor and rich, which Dickens writes about so well,” celebrated stage and screen star Miriam Margolyes told an audience in the Wesley Centre on Saturday where she headlined the Malton Dickensian Festival at the weekend.
  
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• EATING OUT REVIEW: The Royal Oak, Old Malton

  28-12-2019 06:30
  
  HELEN MEAD finds a treat in store at a picturesque pub just outside York
  
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• Original 'Calendar Girl' honoured with MBE

  28-12-2019 06:06
  
  THE inspiration behind the film 'Calendar Girls' has received and MBE.
  
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• Two pregnant women go into labour while visiting same pub near York

  28-12-2019 06:00
  
  IF you’re heavily pregnant and waiting impatiently to go into labour, you might do worse than pop into a village pub near York for a quick - albeit non-alcoholic - drink.
  
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• Petition to allow two-way cycling on York's one-way roads

  28-12-2019 06:00
  
  A PETITION calling for York's one way roads to be opened to two-way cycling has been launched.
  
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• Governors of school in danger of closure hopeful for positive news

  28-12-2019 06:00
  
  THE chair of governors of a village primary school, which has been in danger of closure, says the school hopes to report some positive news in the New Year.
  
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• Former combat medic Ben braves scorching heat for good causes

  28-12-2019 06:00
  
  A FORMER combat medic took on two gruelling challenges in Abu Dhabi to raise funds for a national children’s Armed Forces charity.
  
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• Food waste under discussion at industry event

  28-12-2019 06:00
  
  FOOD waste and its potential impact on the economy and environment was the hot topic at a recent food industry round table meeting held in the North-East.
  
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• Drug seizures in North Yorkshire rocket by 42% in a year

  28-12-2019 06:00
  
  DRUG seizures by North Yorkshire Police have increased by more than700 in the last year.
  
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