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Part of York's City Walls are remaining closed over the May bank holiday.

King Charles III has been visiting Yorkshire towns and cities over the past few days

A protester in York is in custody after several eggs were thrown at the King and Queen Consort.

Sally Hauser Fishergate Postern Tower - Credit: @sharpstickfilms Friends of York Walls volunteer Sally Hauser shares all the insider information you need to know about one of Yorkshire’s most prominent historical treasures. There’s a common saying in York: ‘the streets are gates, the gates are bars and the bars are pubs’.  No visit to the city is complete without a wander round the ramparts encircling it. But York’s walls are not just for the tourists. Many residents use them on a daily basis to commute, take exercise or simply soak up the ambience that living so close to almost 2,...

Published: March 17, 2021 at 7:29 am Some battles shocked even contemporaries by the intensity with which they were fought. Towton was such a battle. Regional hatreds and family vendettas ensured it was fought with a ferocity that, together with the large size of the armies involved, made it one of the bloodiest battles on English soil. Advertisement Fought on 29 March 1461, the battle of Towton was the bloody culmination of a series of military engagements in the early part of the Wars of the Roses, the clash for the English throne between the houses of York and Lancaster – with ...