Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak have made their pitch to the North, with both pledging extra cash for schools and transport and the devolution of more powers to local leaders if they win the race to Number 10.

A CHARITY concert in York was full of "music, dance, laughter and tears," while raising vital money for a great cause.

I read the article on the extent of the cost of living crisis in York (‘There is no excuse for this’ - almost 7,500 children living in poverty in York, July 20).

I have much sympathy with both lorry drivers and holidaymakers caught up in the recent huge traffic jams at Dover.

A CHARITY funded scheme to create much-needed wellbeing gardens for staff and patients at York Hospital has been completed.

A CHARITY is preparing to open a new shop in North Yorkshire town centre later this summer.

A BUS and a car have been involved in a crash in Clifton Green in York.

A man has been seen acting suspiciously at Selby Leisure Centre.

TWO men from London who kidnapped a businessman at knifepoint in Hambleton, North Yorkshire, have been jailed for more than 17 years between them.

A COUPLE from York are celebrating their Diamond wedding anniversary today - with a special party with their family.

A YORK landlord and architect fears ‘armageddon’ in the private house rental market, with surging rents and shrinking supplies due to ‘punitive’ government measures.

The RMT union has defending their actions as the third day of national rail strikes hit York yesterday. 

The Stroke Association said more than 47,000 patients will miss out on the treatment on the NHS in England over the next seven years.

The Warm Home Discount will help households with discounted energy rates.

I required professional help twice last Friday.

A Classic Car Show is set to rev up funds for a York cancer charity next month.

The veteran actor also appeared in Doctor Who and the Carry On series in a career which spanned seven decades.

Prior to 1990, the “unremarkable” temperatures of 2021 would have been near record-breaking, the Met Office has said.

Police have named a man who died after an incident at Marin and Webb jewellers as Sam Diatta from York.

A MAN has died following a disturbance at a jeweller's in York yesterday - and three men have been arrested in connection with the incident.

A FRAUDSTER who used the Covid-19 pandemic to get £10,000 of taxpayers’ money he was not entitled to has been given a suspended prison sentence.

MORE details have emerged of the service of thanksgiving in York next week to celebrate the life of Harry Gration at York Minster.

A MAN has died after an incident at Mappin and Webb in Coney Street in York city centre.

Roger Sibley showed "little - if any - remorse" as he was jailed for the second time for abusing children and the third time for sex offences, a court heard.

Police seized a Vauxhall Astra in Harrogate.

EMERGENCY services were called in after flash flooding entered homes in Tadcaster.

An elderly man was taken to hospital after a crash in Ampleforth, Ryedale.

A pioneering new community mental health hub which represents a “radical change” in the way people suffering mental distress will be supported is to be trialled in York.

A MISSING man from Staffordshire could be in North Yorkshire, according to police.

A Yorkshire Air Ambulance airlifted a biker to hospital after a crash at Scaling Dam near Whitby

STAFF, patients, and visitors at a North Yorkshire hospital will soon be able to step away from the wards to a new terrace which is being created as part of a £47 million investment in its emergency department.

A CHOIR in York are "proud and pleased" to be performing a concert at a historic abbey near the city.

TWO favourites from last year's pantomime at a popular York theatre are preparing to return for this year's show.

McDonald’s has announced it will be raising the costs of some menu items as it raises the cost of the 99p cheeseburger for the first time in years.

North Yorkshire residents who have been contacted to say they can receive household support funding are encouraged to claim a voucher to alleviate pressures on their finances.

A free public wi-fi service across North Yorkshire which has clocked more than 860,000 users since it began has secured official recognition for providing safe connections.

 

A YORK band said they will never forget the "special" show at their dream venue in the city they love.

A COLLEGE near York is "delighted" that a donation will provide children in one of the world’s poorest countries with the chance to own their own sports kit.

Humberside Police have reported that a woman who was murdered in an East Yorkshire property has been named by her family.

A SCHOOL pupil in North Yorkshire has been praised for helping to save a man’s eyesight while on work experience.

SELBY MP Nigel Adams is demanding an investigation in to the cause of flooding in Bridge Street in Tadcaster.

A six-storey block of flats built-for-rent may be erected on the edge of York.

OPERATORS of an innovative touring exhibition have decided to keep York as its home until the end of the year, extending its run which was due to finish at the end of August.

The chief executive of Harrogate hospital has warned it is under greater pressure than in winter as staff struggle to free up beds occupied by Covid patients and those waiting for social care.

July’s extreme heat has made it even more important that planned cuts to North Yorkshire fire service do not go ahead, a York MP has told the Home Secretary.

York police have release CCTV images of a man they want to speak to after an incident at Askham Bar Tesco.

Private landlords in Scarborough have been evicting tenants in order to convert properties into Airbnbs and holiday lets, according to a recently published report.

As a neighbour of Spark I am wondering why shipping containers are considered visually unacceptable at a business park outside the city (York planners refuse Wigginton storage plan, July 25) but are considered perfectly satisfactory outside our back ...

Harrogate Convention Centre has confirmed it will not bid for the Eurovision Song Contest to return to the venue at next year’s UK event.