Award Winning Shop
On Tuesday Evening Ewe & Yarn Thirsk won the 'Best Shop in Thirsk or Northallerton' category in Minster FM Listener Awards at the Barbican…
November 2018
WORK ON NEW JUNCTION ON TARGET
Work on a new £6.5 million junction to serve the Sowerby Gateway development close to Thirsk is on target.
ROYAL GUN SALUTE MARKS PRINCE OF WALES 70TH BIRTHDAY
Crowds gathered in the York Museum Gardens Wed 14 Nov, 2018 to witness the celebrations that marked the 70th Birthday of HRH The Prince…
Philip of Thirsk
I report with sadness the death of Philip Lassey, who, as Philip of Thirsk, wrote the Thirsk Weekly News’ first weekly column. “Odd Ramblings”…
Thirsk Falcons U8 Blues VS Marton Yellow
Marton came out and put us under pressure straight away with a good attack, we managed to stop them scoring and counter attacked managing…
POPPY’S EVERYWHERE
This week there have been a number of different activities within Thirsk Community Primary School to mark the centenary of the end of the…
Children in need family quiz night
Saturday evening saw a packed village hall in Sessay, gathering for a family quiz night organized by some local youngsters in aid of Children…
Remembrance
Front Street in Sowerby was quiet and still first thing on Sunday, as it usually is. Yellowing leaves fell silently onto the greens. A…
Fight superbugs by taxing antibiotics, say MPs and Peers
Lord O’Neill of Gatley, who led the O’Neill Review of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Thirsk and Malton MP, Kevin Hollinrake, are amongst a group…
Thirsk Falcons U7s vs Riverside Juniors Reds
Coffee was the order of the morning as Falcons U7s had an early start at Middlesbrough Sports Village against Riverside Juniors Reds. Thirsk started…
Remembering and hoping
Every year, young and old turn out, typically on a bleak and cold Sunday for a bleak and cold remembering at the war memorials…
THIRSK, SOWERBY & District WAR MEMORIALS – WW1 & WW2
Below is the list of deaths of soldiers and sailors, and airmen from the parishes of Thirsk & Sowerby and other villages throughout the…
Man and statue
“Can you have a look in the market square and see if there is a man towing a large statue?” said the lady from…
Footpath becomes a real smooth operator
People using a busy public footpath in Thirsk can now look forward to making smooth progress after resurfacing work was carried out.
Roadworks
How many “road closed” signs does the County Council have? They have shifted the ones from Blakey Lane to other sites in Thirsk in…
Queen Mary’s School Girl Wins the BBC’s Young Chorister of the Year
Emilia Jaques from Queen Mary’s School, Topcliffe, has been announced as one of the BBC Radio 2 Young Choristers of the Year 2018, alongside…