THE YORK BRIEF - WEEKEND WRAP UP ⏰ May 30 - 31, 2026
🌈 York Pride on the Knavesmire today - free, 11am, Nadine Coyle headlines. Missing girls from Hull believed in York - call 101. NYMR Whitby line back Monday, kids go free. Archie York's nature trail opens. York Festival of Ideas launches today.
THE YORK BRIEF - WEEKEND WRAP UP ⏰ May 30 - 31, 2026
Your daily digest of what's happening in York
SUBSCRIBE TO THE YORK BRIEFGood morning, York - and happy York Pride weekend. York Pride is on the Knavesmire today - gates open at 11am, Nadine Coyle and Joe McElderry headline. Two missing girls from Hull are believed to be in York - urgent appeal below. The North Yorkshire Moors Railway confirms full Pickering-to-Whitby service returns on Monday with kids going free. A nature trail has opened in Newcastle in memory of Archie York, the seven-year-old York family boy killed by an illegal cannabis lab. Shed Seven's Rick Witter married a York couple at City Screen then raised his own objection. And York Festival of Ideas opens today with 200+ mostly free events across the city.
🚨 URGENT - Missing Girls Believed to Be in York
🚨 Have you seen Maisie, 15, or Ellie, 12 Believed to be in York - Both from Hull, reported missing at 11pm Thursday 28 May. Humberside Police believe they are together and may have travelled to York.
- Ellie, 12: approx. 5ft, brown hair, black NY baseball cap, black top, cream fur jacket, black leggings, black crocs
- Maisie, 15: approx. 5ft 6in, black hair, cream fur coat, black leggings, cream crocs
Contact: 101 —-quoting log 637 or 638 of 28 May 2026. Call 999 if you believe they are in immediate danger. Gazette Herald
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