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The boss of York’s longest running ghost walk has weighed in on a debate surrounding how a riderless bike came to be videoed travelling down…

The Archbishop of York Stephen Cotterell delivered the following Presidential Address to the meeting of the Church of England General Synod in York on Friday. The full text follows: Let me begin with some words from Pope Francis -"In today's world, the sense of be...

Submitting... Pedestrians pictured walking along The Shambles, York. There are still plenty of attractions you can enjoy in York, while some Covid-19 restrictions remain in place, such as a walking tour with York Dungeons. These tours launched on April 16, and those partaking in one will be taught about York’s most infamous rogues and heavenly saints including Dick Turpin, Guy Fawkes and the Pearl of York herself- Margaret Clitheroe- as you laugh, creep and jump around the winding streets of the city. Tickets cost £5.50 for children and £6.50 for adults, and can be bought by visiting: htt...

A CATHOLIC nun who helped bring education to the area and was buried in the grounds of a St Helens church has moved a step closer towards Sainthood as the Pope declared her "Venerable". Mother Elizabeth Prout laboured in the slums of towns in the north west of England and in Manchester until she died aged 43 from tuberculosis in 1864. Elizabeth, who became known as the 'Mother Teresa of Manchester', was born in Shrewsbury in 1820, baptised as an Anglican, but was received into the Catholic faith in her early 20s by Blessed Dominic Barberi. At 28 she became a nun and a few years later ...