A LONG-SERVING chemistry teacher who turned sex offender in his retirement has been given a suspended prison sentence. For weeks, Robert Shread, 66, made sexual comments and sent sexual images of ...

Indonesian authorities said they arrested 285 people suspected of drug trafficking, including 29 women and seven foreigners, and seized more than half a ton of various substances during a ...

Never So Brave and More Thunder, who encountered contrasting fortunes at Royal Ascot, could both skip the bet365 Bunbury Cup. The pair are owned by Saeed Suhail, with the Andrew Balding-trained Never ...

Protesters have clashed with police at a demonstration in support of Palestine Action as the Government moves to ban the group. The crowd surged towards police when officers tried to detain someone in ...

A classic US comedy show from the 1990s has inspired a York and Harrogate tea emporium to create a special afternoon tea in its honour. Mama Doreen’s, which has venues at the Vangard Centre, York, and ...

MARK Applegarth felt that York Knights will not 'get out of jail' again, as he believes they did on Sunday in the 36-18 win over Widnes Vikings.

The most recent run of EuroMillions draws lasting more than 10 weeks generated the highest ever UK sales of more than £550 million, Allwyn said.

Overnight road closures will be put in place as work gets underway to resurface roads around Heworth Green, York.

An 11-year-old boy was fishing in Selby Beck in Selby with a friend, when he was approached by three youths aged around 13 and he was ...

The speed of disclosure to the Omagh Bombing Inquiry “must increase”, counsel to the proceedings has said. The Omagh Bombing Inquiry, chaired by Lord Turnbull, is hearing opening statements from core ...

A national investigation into “systemic” failures in NHS maternity care has been launched by the Government after families were “gaslit” in their search for the truth, the Health Secretary has said.

A mother and two children are the three Irish citizens or dependents who have been safely evacuated from Iran after the US joined Israel’s bombing campaign on the country. It comes after a separate ...