Yorkshire has long been a region of innovation firsts, from inventing the UK’s first bottle bank to the steam locomotive, and today, it continues to lead the way in bioscience.

Police and firefighters have been called in after reports of a fire in Askham Lane in Acomb.

New research has identified a Pocklington School old boy, Walter Judkins, as having played a key part in the team that, as the precursor to today’s British and Irish Lions, went to Australia in 1899.

On this day in 2015, the York Press reported that the York Rescue Boat charity had been gifted a thermal imaging camera.

Rex the Tyrannosaurus and Pat the Parasaurolophus, dinosaur sculptures made entirely of recycled horseshoes, will be taken home by the lucky winners of Acorn Community Care’s charity raffle.

A family run pub who has gained support from the local real ale community is the last finalist in a Press contest.

Plans for a community-led housing development on the site of the former Tang Hall Library in York could be lodged in August, according to timescales set out in a council document.

A total of £97,000 was paid out to 10 City of York Council employees who left their jobs in the last financial year, according to the latest official figures.

PLANS are underway to update a North Yorkshire village hall as part of plans to move the parish forward.

THE man behind a new hub in a York village is celebrating after the project has received a donation from the Gild of Butchers.