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• Closing date for town's only Post Office delayed by a month, MP says

  02-04-2025 15:39 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The closure of the Post Office in The Village, Haxby, has been delayed by one month.
  
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• Hampshire complete three-day win over Yorkshire

  06-04-2025 18:54 via bbc.com
  
  Hampshire beat newly-promoted Yorkshire by five wickets in the opening game of both sides' County Championship season.
  
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• North Yorkshire council car parks to get £2 million upgrade

  06-04-2025 18:22 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Council chiefs have defended plans to spend several hundred thousand pounds replacing signs in council-owned car parks after criticism from opposition leaders. North Yorkshire Council is set to spend more than £2m improving its car parks across the county. A report into the work said the improvements included replacing signage, which was installed by the previous borough and district council when they ran the car parks, at a cost of £400,000. A further £400,000 is set to be use
  
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• Big water main burst closes major city centre road - again

  06-04-2025 18:03 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A burst water main has closed a major city centre street for the third time in five years. Buses have been diverted.
  
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• Urgent appeal to find missing eight-year-old girl

  06-04-2025 16:50 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Scarborough area: Urgent appeal to find missing eight-year-old girl Gracie
  
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• Missing eight-year-old girl found safe and well

  06-04-2025 16:50 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Scarborough area: Urgent appeal to find missing eight-year-old girl Gracie
  
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• Fun-filled farming day for thousands of children

  06-04-2025 16:27 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Farmyard animals, creepy crawlies, heavy horses and tractors combined to give thousands of children a day out to remember at the Great Yorkshire Showground this weekend.
  
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• Work begins on new mental health community hub

  06-04-2025 15:17 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Work has begun on a  £2.1 million new mental health facility for  North Yorkshire.
  
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• ‘Brilliant’ £1 cleaning hack ‘works like magic’ to remove stubborn kitchen grease

  06-04-2025 13:11 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  What is the best way to clean kitchen grease? Cleaning enthusiasts share 'brilliant' £1 hack that 'works like magic' to remove tough grease and oil
  
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• 'It's like the 100m sprint of puzzling, it gets faster and faster'

  06-04-2025 12:22 via bbc.com
  
  The UK's first federation-approved puzzling championships took place in Bradford on Saturday.
  
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• Energy storage system planned near village

  06-04-2025 12:18 via bbc.com
  
  A company is holding an online webinar about its proposed BESS near the village of Camblesforth.
  
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• More than 160 artists welcome visitors in and round York in four-day event

  06-04-2025 12:12 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  ART lovers are flocking to see the creative and imaginative work of more than 160 artists in and around York this weekend.
  
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• I tested Lidl's new Easter egg range but could any of them compete with Cadbury?

  06-04-2025 11:10 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Lidl has released a new set of Deluxe Easter eggs for 2025 but could any of them match up in quality compared to Cadbury?
  
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• GP shares 6 unusual hacks that can help you sleep with hay fever symptoms

  06-04-2025 11:08 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  From chewing gum before bed to using silk pillowcases, here are six tips from a GP to help you sleep with hay fever symptoms.
  
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• All to know on BBC revenge thriller Reunion from producers of Adolescence

  06-04-2025 11:06 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Matthew Gurney and Anne-Marie Duff lead the cast of Reunion on the BBC, which is from the same producers as Adolescence on Netflix
  
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• Clever commuters concoct extreme travel hack to dodge £600 train fare

  06-04-2025 10:58 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Two stubborn commuters concocted the most extreme travel hack to dodge an 'extortionate' £600 train fare
  
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• People stunned to discover what H signs on lampposts are for

  06-04-2025 10:56 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  People have been left stunned after a TikTok video revealed what the yellow H signs on lampposts are for.
  
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• Travelling shoplifter sentenced for targeting York shops

  06-04-2025 10:36 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A travelling thief caught with thousands of pounds of items stolen from York shops was among defendants sentenced recently by the city's magistrates.
  
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• Man, 83, killed in crash on North Yorkshire country road

  06-04-2025 10:24 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A pensioner has died and another man was injured in a crash that blocked a North Yorkshire road.
  
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• 'I'm doing Sahara race for men's mental health'

  06-04-2025 08:06 via bbc.com
  
  Charlie Parish is running the 155-mile desert marathon to raise money for suicide prevention.
  
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• Where to see the best spring flowers in Yorkshire

  06-04-2025 08:02 via bbc.com
  
  An unusually warm and dry March has led to blooming blossoms and fields of spring flowers.
  
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• 'Let's set the record straight on tariffs'- letter

  06-04-2025 07:12 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  What do you think of Trump's tariffs? Here is one view - do you agree?
  
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• How this long-lost York hotel - with familiar name - became a tourist hot spot

  06-04-2025 07:05 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A look back at how York's long-lost Harker's hotel became tourist hot spot
  
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• Yorkshire Sculpture Park event to raise awareness for Parkinson's

  06-04-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  The Parkinson’s UK Yorkshire & Humber Younger Person’s Support Group is inviting people to join a Walk with Me for Parkinson's event on Saturday, April 12.
  
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• York's city walls set to bloom with wildflowers this summer season

  06-04-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  York's city walls are set to bloom with wildflowers this summer on account of the York Walls in Bloom project.
  
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• York publican launches new campaign to 'Stand Up for Pubs'

  06-04-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  York landlady Lorna Turnbull has launched a fresh campaign group, which she hopes will raise the plight of pubs as much as current campaigns to support farmers.
  
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• Teenager admits trying to take flare into York City FC match

  06-04-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A teenage York City fan has admitted trying to take a flare into a stadium where the Minstermen were about to play a league match.
  
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• Ripon Grammar School students raise nearly £8,000 for global charity

  06-04-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  Ripon Grammar School students have raised nearly £8,000 for Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders).
  
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• Popular York barber to open second city centre location

  06-04-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A popular York barbers is opening a second city centre location.
  
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• New project set to assess effectiveness of NHS employment advisors

  06-04-2025 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A research project is set to evaluate the impact of the NHS Talking Therapies Employment Advisors programme.
  
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