HISTORICAL FACTS: 4 | History Defined

Officer’s sacrifice will never be forgotten, chief constable tells funeral

Pc Rosie Prior, who died as she stopped to helped at a road crash, has been given a full ceremonial funeral at York Minster.

Evening Standard · Feb 13, 2025

Funeral to be held of ‘deeply missed’ officer who died as she helped at crash

Around 800 people are expected to attend the full ceremonial police funeral of Pc Rosie Prior at York Minster.

Evening Standard · Feb 13, 2025

Further subsidies to wood-burning power plant ‘deeply concerning’

But scaling back of payments to Drax in North Yorkshire has been welcomed by environmentalists.

The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2025

A new start after 60: I’d spent my life being ashamed of my hair – now I see it as a forcefield

Tina Shingler was fostered in a white family in North Yorkshire in the 1960s, where her hair was a source of anxiety and stress. Then she wrote a ‘hairmoir’ and now she empowers others to embrace their hair too

The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2025

Off-duty policewoman killed helping crash ‘epitomises best of British policing’

North Yorkshire Police Constable Rosie Prior’s family described her as “a loving mum, wife, daughter, sister, aunty” who will be “deeply missed”.

Evening Standard · Jan 12, 2025

Yorkshire police officer killed at crash scene was ‘the very best of us’

Tributes paid to off-duty PC Rosie Prior, who died along with motorist Ryan Welford after being struck by lorry on A19

The Guardian - UK · Jan 12, 2025

Lorry hits and kills policewoman working at North Yorkshire crash scene

Constable Rosie Prior and a motorist were fatally struck by HGV that also hit a teenage boy, who was left with serious injuries, say police

The Guardian - AU · Jan 12, 2025

Man’s body recovered from floodwater in North Yorkshire

The body was found near Intake Lane in Beal, close to Eggborough and Knottingley

The Independent UK · Jan 6, 2025

Major incidents declared in Midlands as flooding hits UK

Police in North Yorkshire said the body of a man had been recovered from an area of flooding.

Evening Standard · Jan 6, 2025

Video: See inside the huge mine where England’s gritters get their salt

Boulby Mine, in North Yorkshire, is one of only two places in England where the salt used on the country’s roads is mined.

Evening Standard · Jan 3, 2025