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Father Ross Thompson who has died WARM tributes have been paid to retired priest Father Ross Thompson, who died peacefully with his daughter holding his hand. Father Ross died in hospital on Thursday April 8. His funeral will take place at St Joseph’s, York, on Friday April 30, followed by burial at York Cemetery. Due to coronavirus restrictions, numbers are limited to 30. Father Ross had suffered from arthritis for many years but endeavoured to combat this by swimming regularly. Unfortunately, he suffered a fall at home recently and sadly did not recover. Born in Port Chalmers, N...

Have you voted yet for your favourite event, pub or attraction in the #LoveYork Awards? HEROES of lockdown are being celebrated in new York awards - which also ask locals to vote for their favourite pubs and restaurants. Voting is open for the #LoveYork Awards which aim to lift spirits and celebrate the city's tourism, hospitality and retail businesses. The 11 categories include: the restaurant I can’t wait to dine at; the attraction I’ll be visiting first after lockdown; favourite York independent shopping experience; and most surprising York hidden gem. Visit York set up the vir...

Which is a shame. Because Nunnery Lane is a street with an interesting history all its own. It’s a history that should be better known. Enter the award-winning Clements Hall Local History Group to do something about it... The group has already produced hugely popular books about the old shops in Bishy Road and South Bank. And now they’ve turned their attention to Nunnery Lane... The shops on Nunnery Lane, then known as New York Street, emerged as early as the 1840s, says group member Susan Major, who will be highlighting new research about Nunnery Lane in a Zoom talk on January 29...

‘We shall go out and bomb every building in Britain marked with three stars in the Baedeker Guide’ the German Foreign Office announced in April 1942, as the Luftwaffe attacked Exeter, Bath, Norwich, York and Canterbury. This might have been a challenge, as there were no three star buildings in the guide. Nevertheless, it was this comment that gave the Baedeker Blitz its name. These attacks were direct retaliation for RAF raids on equally historic German cities, such as Lübeck. Hitler ordered that ‘Preference is to be given…where attacks are likely to have the greatest possible effect...