Brayton fire started deliberately by youths on Christmas Day
YOUTHS deliberately started a fire in a North Yorkshire village on Christmas Day. North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service say they were called at 7.03pm after reports of a fire in Brayton near Selby.
Train reliability hits the buffers as annual cancellations exceed 360,000
The rail industry produces a cancellations score – counting full cancellations as one and part-cancellations as half – which ...
Askham Bryan crash - driver in custody
A DRIVER is in police custody following a crash in a York village. North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service say they were called at 10.11pm to the A1237 York outer ring road on Christmas Day after ...
Man arrested in Christmas Eve attack on two people at Manhattan’s Grand Central
The man was arrested on assault, reckless endangerment, menacing, harassment, disorderly conduct and a weapons charge after the attack at 10.15pm on Tuesday which left a 42-year-old man with an ...
Six people dead in clashes in Syria
Since Mr Assad’s fall, dozens of Syrians have been killed in acts of revenge, according to activists and monitors, the vast majority of them from the minority Alawite community, an offshoot of Shiite ...
Man missing in Sherburn in Elmet on Christmas Day
North Yorkshire Police say Jamie Middleton is missing from Sherburn in Elmet near Tadcaster. A police spokesman said: “Our officers are currently searching for 37-year-old Jamie who has been missing ...
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Art of Protest wants help creating mural in Front Street
York-based artists are hoping to get local people on board as they prepare to draw up designs for a mural in Acomb’s Front Street. Art of Protest Creative Director and founder Jeff Clark said the firm ...
5 scenic Boxing Day walks in and around North Yorkshire
From Wheldrake Woods to Strensall Common, here are some of the best walks to enjoy on Boxing Day 2024 in and around North Yorkshire.
Great-grandmother has received a Christmas card from German pen pal for 76 years
An 88-year-old great-grandmother still receives a Christmas card every year from the German pen pal she has been writing to ...
Starmer condemns Russia’s Christmas Day strikes on Ukraine power grid
Moscow has launched a massive missile barrage on Christmas Day, with the aim of crippling energy infrastructure sites across ...
Three people taken to hospital after six hit by New York taxi driver, police say
A taxi hit six pedestrians in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, police said, with three people — including a nine-year-old boy — transported to hospitals for their injuries. A New York Police Department ...
GoodGym York looks for volunteers and tasks to do
A CLUB that helps communities across the city could be the answer to over-indulgence during the festive season.