FIREFIGHTERS from across North Yorkshire are currently battling a huge barn blaze at a Bedale farm.

A DRUG dealer who fled to Peru to escape justice is today starting more than five years in a British jail.

Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey says his party has a “great chance” of taking Harrogate and Knaresborough from the Conservatives in the next general election.

Harrogate’s business community has insisted lessons must be learnt from a new review into the town’s controversial hosting of the 2019 UCI Road World Championships.

A NATIONAL supermarket chain is on the hunt for new store locations in Yorkshire as part of its rapid expansion drive.

A CHARITY shop in a North Yorkshire town is calling for new volunteers to give up their time to help out a great cause.

YORK has been named as a UK hotspot when it comes to getting an appointment with a top-rated beauty professional, according to new research.

Fire response times in north York could jump dramatically if full-time firefighters are axed at a city station, a union leader has claimed.

COUNCIL bosses have said they are already making changes to the way they run children’s services after a “disappointing” Ofsted inspection in March.

POLICE have been out in force in York city centre in the Coppergate Centre, King’s Square and close to York Minster.

THE 2022 York Early Music Festival takes the theme of Connections on its return to a full-scale event after the Covid restrictions of 2020 and 2021.

CHILDREN at a York riverside primary school were taught all about water safety - by members of the fire service’s river rescue team.

IN the latest edition of our look back through the picture archives, here are five cricket teams from the past.

LIFE expectancy in more deprived parts of York has declined for the first time in generations and health inequalities across the city “are probably getting worse”, according to a public health expert.

Academics said that avoidable deaths increased as more private services were used.

Couple up with flawless skin with this summer with these expert tips for your holiday make up.

The new Channel 4 show stars Simon Pegg, Mark Rylance, and Adrian Lester.

THERE are reports of a crash on the A1(M) at the A64 York and Tadcaster turn off.

Bridge Street in York is partially blocked with slow moving traffic due to a crash on Ouse Bridge.

York Gin distillery leading to delay in gin orders.

There’s been a crash on the A19 at Escrick between York and Selby.

A FAMILY of Ukrainian refugees - likened to the Von Trapp family from The Sound of Music because of their talents - have been entertaining people in York.

A York man faces a £642.40 bill after he failed to pay for a £8.40 train fare.

POLICE in York cordoned off a busy road in the city centre in Tower Street near Clifford’s Tower.

EMERGENCY services were called out to a crash on the A64between Tadcaster and Headingley Bar.

Clementhorpe in York, has a new flood barrier launched by the Environment Agency.

For many York children, being cooped up at home with their brothers and sisters for nearly three years because of Covid was hard. “It feels like it never ended!” said Forest of Galtres primary school pupil Jacob Popplewell.

THE word is out for York to join ‘Our Big Conversation’.

A Beverley man has been sentenced to seven years in jail having been found guilty of attacking a woman as she walked home.

A TOP York school has appointed a new head to take charge next year.

CHILDREN'S community mental health services need a root and branch review, the government has been told, amid concerns the strategy to deal with post-pandemic surge in youngsters requiring support is grossly inadequate.

THE bomb squad were called in after a suspicious object was found at York Crown Court in York.

POLICE are appealing for help in finding a missing teenager from Pocklington.

THE instantly recognisable voice of football in York and North Yorkshire has had a bus named after him.

Oh dear, I see the experts want to change the junction of Piccadilly and Parliament Street etc to make it safer for all (‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ chance to make city centre junction pedestrian-friendly, June 24).

"It was a filthy old place" - exhibition opens on 250 years of newspapers in Coney Street; and you are invited!

A Middlesbrough man has been arrested on suspicion of a series of motorcycle, scooter, car and van thefts in Whitby, North Yorkshire.

AS The Yorkshire Museum of Farming at Murton celebrates its 40th birthday, we delve into our archives to bring you some colourful photos from over the years at one of our family-favourite attractions

JOB Adverts for the proposed Linton-on-Ouse refugee camp say such roles are ‘not for the faint hearted.’

AN MP has laid bare the shocking extent of York’s worsening dental crisis in the Commons.

I read in your World News page last Saturday that Ukraine, whose borders have been violated in the most tragic way imaginable, has applied to join the EU.

The National Railway Museum is a huge asset for York and as a parent I’m grateful to the NRM for the many happy hours spent there when my children were young and train-mad.

There is no point pretending last week's heavy by-election losses do not send a serious message to the government.

THE JACKED-UP version of the Toyota Yaris makes for a likeable compact crossover, taking its namesake to new heights – literally.

If you are looking for something fun and engaging for your children to do over the summer, The Mount School York has a wide range of camps and holiday clubs taking place!

All the power was in the girls' hands tonight on Love Island. See who they chose in the dramatic recoupling.

The bank has hit back at criticism aimed at it for adding pronouns to staff name badges

Tonight's episode sees a shock recoupling following the heart rate challenge.

It comes after the National Insurance price hike, announced by Boris Johnson last year, came into effect in April.

The permanent ban follows a temporary ban that was used in August 2020