A POLICE officer has been nominated for a national bravery award after risking her own life to rescue two people from an icy York river.

YORK Professionals has welcomed its 150th member, suggesting demand for representation of the city’s professional services sector has never been higher.

YORK is enjoying ‘huge levels’ of demand for industrial units, which is fuelling a call for the approval of an expansion of an out-of-town business park.

FIREFIGHTERS have been called out to a house fire in Cliffe near Selby.

Your story headlined ‘Staff cuts could kill - warning’ (The Press, June 24) is a wake-up call for action to stop this madness of cutting full-time firefighters at Huntington.

A unique service which helps women who have been to prison start to rebuild their lives celebrates its first anniversary in York today.

YORK parents Lisa Johnson and James Hoare welcomed their new baby into the world in double-quick time.

EMERGENCY services have been called in after a bus crash in North Yorkshire.

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue say they were called out at 12.44pm on Sunday (June 26) to a single vehicle collision at Hunsingore, between York and Knaresborough.

A York Pub whose landlord has been convicted for letting the business be too noisy hopes to keep it going by making it smaller and creating holiday letting rooms.

THE Great Ryedale Maze is preparing to return to Ryedale for its third year this summer.

The agricultural show season made a welcome return on Sunday with the 134th Malton Show.

TRIBUTES have been paid to a former York teacher and church warden who has died aged 70 from CJD - a rare disease that claims the life of one in a million.

Speaking the morning after the Wakefield and Tiverton & Honiton by-election drubbings, Boris Johnson acknowledged the scale of the defeats and said: “I have to listen to what people are saying.” He won’t - that is just another one of his lies.

Thank you to the two readers who wrote in about their mental health concerns. As always, my advice is given in good faith, in line with current guidelines and treatment. However, it cannot act as a substitute for consulting your own doctor.

The Aygo X is a pumped-up city car that gives a nod to the ever-growing appetite for small SUVs.

The new mode will let you test out your singing skills and give you a score.

See the full cast list for BBC's Sherwood.

New figures from The Institute of Customer Service revealed 44% of frontline service staff have experienced hostility from customers in the past six months

As the 2021 England and Wales census is released, uncover what life was like for your ancestors in 1921 with Findmypast.

The British Gas Energy Trust offers grants up to £1,500 for customers with an energy debt between £250 - £750. 

Jamie Alan Marsden, who is 30-years-old and believed to be in the Thirsk area, is wanted following a breach of court bail in relation to a high risk domestic violence offence.

POLICE have issued CCTV of a man they would like to speak to following a burglary in Kitchener Street in York.

A POLICE helicopter has been deployed in a search for a missing North Yorkshire woman.

A woman in her forties has been charged with attempted murder in connection with an incident in Harrogate last week.

CASES went ahead at York Crown Court today without lawyers representing defendants as barristers began a series of national walk-outs.

A TOP York school has been praised by Ofsted in its first inspection since becoming an academy.

AN upmarket jeweller to royalty, major historical figures, and celebrities has plans to move into part of York’s landmark Debenhams store in the city centre.

A FORD Transit van driver was arrested after twice ramming police cars in a lengthy chase on the A1 and A59 through North Yorkshire.

NHS chiefs are planning a bespoke health service for the proposed asylum seeker centre near York in order to prevent existing services from becoming overloaded.

NORTHERN Trains have received planning approval to refurbish existing welfare and storage facilities for its staff on Platform 9 of the historic York Station.

WEBCAMS of North Yorkshire owls and kestrels have gone viral around the world.

Less than a quarter of children eligible for free school meals have accessed a high-profile holidays activities and food programme in North Yorkshire, largely due to a lack of public transport in rural areas, an insufficent number of groups and a per...

PATIENTS heading to A & E in York with 'non-urgent issues' this afternoon are being warned they could wait for several hours or even more to be treated.

A THRIVING York school is seeking further expansion with plans for a modular building containing six classrooms and an office.

AN all-new family fair is set to be held at a popular woodmeadow between York and Selby.

Sainsbury’s is recalling one of its products over fears it is “unsafe to eat”.

A FRESH campaign to persuade City of York Council to abandon its ban on Blue Badge holders from city centre footstreets has been launched.

York piano students of Karen Langtree host concert of original music to fundraise for Ukraine crisis.

This is everything happening at Wimbledon today as the 2022 championship begins

NHS England is set to “virtually eliminate” the list of patients who have waited more than two years for treatment, the chief executive has said.

The batch is being sold at Sainsbury’s and has the incorrect lid of Salted Caramel Brownie ice cream.

THREE men face big bills after they failed to respond to court summons recently for travel offences and were convicted in their absence.

ACTIVISTS staged a sit down protest in York at the weekend.

EXTRA buses were put on to cope with demand during the rail strikes in York last week.

PLANS have formally been submitted for a ‘summer attraction’ at the York Designer Outlet, including an artificial beach.

A COACH has crashed on a North Yorkshire road.

THE York wife of broadcaster Harry Gration has thanked the public for their support following his sudden death - and told of her disbelief at his passing.

BUS operator Transdev is reporting a surge in custom due to the rail strikes.

York primary school catering jumps from one to five food hygiene rating following a City of York council reinspection.