A crash has claimed the life of a motorist near a section of the A59 where calls for a speed reduction were today set to be put on ice. The male driver, said to be 30 years old, died in the accident in which one vehicle left the road between the Goldsborough roundabout and Flaxby, near Knaresborough, just before 7am. more...
Police patrols were being stepped up in Malton and Norton today as fears grow looters could be tempted to target flood-damaged properties while they stand empty. more...
It's all in the balance how much a Malton hairdressing salon will raise for Comic Relief this year. more...
One of Britain's biggest supermarket chains is planning a multi-million pound investment in North Yorkshire, creating almost 600 jobs. more...
Going.... Going ... gone! more...
A new trial of genetically modified (GM) crops has been announced in North Yorkshire, while a warning has gone to the Government that farmers planting such crops risk a fall in land values. more...
A York headteacher told today how he was attacked by a 14-year-old pupil who had just returned to mainstream education. more...
A jury at Leeds Crown Court this afternoon found Jason Nicholas Wade not guilty of murder, but guilty of the manslaughter of Wayne Nicholson on March 26, 1998. more...
Flood defences for Malton and Norton will be reviewed following this week's disaster, Environment Agency chief executive Ed Gallagher has pledged. more...
Join Uri Geller, the world's most celebrated paranormalist, as he counts down to the Year 2000 - proving the world is getting weirder by the moment every day. more...
It has been a remarkable week in North and East Yorkshire. The floods have devastated homes and businesses. But the disaster has also brought out the best in people. more...
Today children will pelt their teachers with wet sponges without risking detention. more...
A North Yorkshire MP is taking the case of the county council's lowest paid staff to Parliament. more...
The flooding at Stamford Bridge has brought back many memories of the great floods of 1931 which saw the village under several feet of water. more...
Overseas house-hunting was a piece of cake for a family from Holland when they spotted their dream home on the Internet. more...
Classrooms across York could soon be bristling with information technology - thanks to a local businessman's innovative computer recycling idea. With modern technology and communications technology constantly changing, many businesses soon get rid of their hardware once it becomes obsolete. more...
Monks Cross retail centre has come under fire from despairing campaigners, who say it fails disabled shoppers. more...
I adore food - although a lot of what I adore does not return the favour (good old indigestion, if you know what I mean). more...
I wish to respond to the letter Spare a Thought For Pupils In School Places Row (Evening Press, March 8). more...
EXCLUSIVE by Tony Kelly, Chief Sports Writer more...
Flying Scotsman Gordon Connelly is to end a six-week exile to give wings to York City's ascent from the relegation chasm. more...
Grass-master Bryan Horner is on the verge of breaking new ground. more...
Thanks to his TV prankster namesake, Notts County's recent £250,000 signing from Port Vale Peter Beadle is always assured of finding his way into headlines of the 'Beadle's about' kind. But in recent seasons the towering forward has upped his strike rate to healthy proportions with goals which have been worthy of star billing. more...
While Venetia Williams received confirmation today from Norman Williamson regarding his availability for Teeton Mill in next week's Tote Cheltenham Gold Cup, the trainer and jockey join forces at Sandown tomorrow with excellent prospects of landing the £30,000 Sunderlands Imperial Cup with In Question. more...
Rugby Union by Peter Vine more...
York, needing to win at least three of their remaining four games to avoid relegation from North Two, have been boosted by the return of several players after injury. more...
Andy Saville was this morning travelling to the McCain Stadium to join up with rejuvinated Scarborough ahead of tomorrow's home clash with Rotherham United. more...
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