York, England News

The man tackled the intruder, described as white, in his late teens or early twenties, about 5 foot 10 inches tall with stocky build and dark hair, in the back garden of his home in Horseman Lane, Copmanthorpe at about 9am today.

Bill Bratton, a veteran police chief who has led departments across the country, was named on Thursday as New York City's next police commissioner, taking over a force credited with a sharp drop in violent crime but criticized for its tactics.

Emergency services responded to dozens of calls about fallen trees from early in the morning.

The agency ignored state and city officials' appeals to update the maps with better data until it was too late.

We New Yorkers pride ourselves on pickles, but if you're only trying the cucumber kind then you're missing half the party.

Erik Torkells captured some eerie sounds coming from the Freedom Tower area of MidTown, New York City, on November 27. The heavy winds rushing through and around the buildings and structures in the area seem to mimic screaming voices.

"Making All Things New," the latest reform initiative of the Archdiocese of New York, is about to shift into high gear.

YORK should be declared a human rights city within the next four years, placing it at the centre of international campaigns, a charity based in the city has said.

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New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and New York City Comptroller John Liu are pressuring Olympic advertisers to speak out against Russia's restrictions on gay and transgender rights before the Sochi Winter Games begin in February.

No First TransPennine Express trains are running between York and Newcastle. Trains between Leeds and Selby are being delayed because of an obstruction on the line.

This was the scene at Acomb Green when a tree fell on a parked car opposite the Sun Inn pub early this morning.

Fire crews are at the scene of a tree which has fallen the back of a property on the Main Street, and they are also dealing with a marquee that is in an unsafe position.

A A 663,000 scheme to improve York's public toilets in time for the Tour de France , with 40p charges being introduced, has been backed by city leaders.

This week, our Prison Time Media Project is examining the North Country's vast complex of prisons.

Some New York City taxpayers are angry over the announcement that outgoing police commissioner Ray Kelly will have his own private security team slated to cost New Yorkers $1.5 million.

Comprised of five boroughs, also known as counties, New York City has often been referred to as the capitol of the world.

Operation Hawk has been running since June, but a special day of action took place yesterday with increased patrols in city and town centres and extra officers on the roads, to clamp down on crime in the county and criminals from neighbouring areas.

". . . sometimes different cities follow one another on the same site and under the same name, born and dying without knowing one another, without communication among themselvesa The old postcards do not depict Maurilia as it was, but a different city which, by chance, was called Maurilia, like this one."

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