TRADING standards bosses are to continue a city-wide battle against people selling bogus goods, after councillors voted against focusing on York's central market. As reported in The Press last week, City of York Council has carried out a study into the
PLANS to increase the number of taxis in York have been approved by city leaders. Councillors agreed to remove the restriction on the number of hackney cars in the city, despite opposition from drivers. At a meeting yesterday, Alan Rowley and Stuart
SUPER-SUB Craig Farrell struck twice in six minutes to put the seal on York City's 4-1 triumph at Farsley Celtic. Farrell, City's hat-trick hero in last weekend's 6-0 FA Cup win over Rushall, netted on 81 and 87 minutes after making a late appearance
A van driver was jailed for seven years for killing a family of four in a horrific crash on the A1 earlier this year. Delivery driver Scott Easton, 23, had previously admitted four charges of causing death by dangerous driving following the collision
THE debt crisis facing North Yorkshire's cash-strapped NHS trust could be over by April 2009 if finance chiefs are able to stick to their plan. Bosses at the debt-ridden North Yorkshire & York Primary Care Trust (PCT) said today they were confident they
The Bishopthorpe Five became the Bishopthorpe Six as a young apprentice joined his accomplices behind bars amid tearful scenes at York Crown Court. Jack Buxton, 19, cried and held his head in his hands as Judge Paul Hoffman announced he must be jailed
AN INTREPID explorer is gearing up for a tropical challenge that will test him to the limits on the other side of the globe. Roland Rollinson, of Fulford, in York, will take part in a ten-day adventure on the island of Borneo, which is part of Indonesia
YORK'S top judge and scourge of local criminals bowed out of office with the words "I did it my way". Judge Paul Hoffman has stepped down after eight years as senior judge at York Crown Court and five and a half as the Recorder of York. In that time
THE brother of a disabled man has hit out after his sibling was put in temporary accommodation with no electricity. Colin Murray said his brother, Michael Dodds, 59, who had been living in a discus home in Horsman Avenue, has been moved into another
MORE than 38,000 people in North Yorkshire were caught committing driving offences in just one year, a new report reveals. The annual report from the Ministry of Justice, shows 38,300 motorists were dealt with by police for motoring offences in 2005.
A PASSER-BY rescued a Chinese herbal doctor from a burning York building - and then had to be rescued himself when he went back inside to check the property was empty. The drama unfolded early yesterday after a blaze broke out in the city centre property
