LEGS bandaged, unable to wear normal shoes or even bite an apple - that is what life is like for a brave schoolboy. But although Elliot Moll O'Reilly, 11, suffers from a skin blistering condition so rare his mother was told there was more chance of winning
ACTIVISTS have called on Sport England to step in after York's Barbican plans hit a fresh obstacle. As revealed in The Press on Saturday, City of York Council's controversial £6.4 million sale of land around the sports and leisure centre has fallen foul
Lucky punters enjoyed a "monster win" after a 100-1 shot romped home to scoop the flagship Ebor Handicap at York. © The copyright of this image belongs to Newsquest (York) Ltd
Workers at a York factory which could be under threat of the axe have found support from York MP Hugh Bayley. © The copyright of this image belongs to Newsquest (York) Ltd
PALATIAL homes quite rightly cause heads to turn - but their prices are more likely to turn the stomachs of many buyers grappling with infinitely more modest budgets. So we are feasting our eyes on properties at the more affordable end of the market
Our search for homes with real pulling power turns the spotlight this week on Temperance House, in Main Street, Welburn. This 18th century grade II listed detached house was once home to a public house, known in the past as The Black Bull Inn and
A HORRIFIED mum has described how her son's video game speakers exploded all over her kitchen - but a store would not recall the product. Selene Lagan, 37, described how ten-year old Jamie had finished playing with a combined PSP console and speaker
LUCKY punters enjoyed a "monster win" after a 100-1 shot romped home to scoop the flagship Ebor Handicap at York. Racegoers were left counting the cash when Mudawin landed one of the biggest shocks in the history of the Ebor, a race which was first run
Stone arch reconstruction. Temporary bridge in place. Traffic lights in operation. Disprution may occur between Thursday 24 August 2006 and Saturday 02 September 2006.
NESTLe has reported a "very strong performance" around the world - but "somewhat slower" confectionery sales in the UK - as massive changes take place in York to try to recoup fading profits. The company, issuing its results for the first six months
FOR nearly 70 years, the York Odeon has been bringing us all the magic of the movies. The greatest Hollywood stars - Bogart and Bacall, Cary Grant and Rita Hayworth, Paul Newman and Robert Redford, Sophia Loren and Marilyn Monroe - have all peered
MULTIPLE sclerosis is a horrible disease. It leaves its victims increasingly helpless, often in pain and afflicted by agonising muscle spasms, numbness and paralysis. The courage with which people so often face this affliction is inspiring - as is the
WRITING on the day before this year's GCSE results are declared, I predict that yet again there will be an outcry saying that the exams are getting easier. This is usually put forward by people who have little experience of what the education system
JOHN Kirk is totally wrong in saying farmers are in a win-win situation whereas his union members are in a lose-lose one (Sweet and sour: farmers and unions in row over closure, August 18). Farmers will receive one year's compensation of £8 per ton
CAN anyone help in my quest to find more information about William Clayton, Schoolmaster of Appleton Roebuck, who started teaching there in 1889? He retired in 1932 and stayed in the village until his death in 1948. His wife, Mary, also taught at
MISS Philips from Bath is mistaken in her letter about Christmas lights in York (Scrooge is alive and kicking in York, August 19). In previous years, the council has funded some of the city's lighting displays and this will again be the case for Christmas
I AM writing in regard to the article in The Press (Now it's Kit-Kut, August 17). I appeal to Paul Greenwood, the managing director of Nestl UK in York, to please think about the workforce, who I am sure work extremely hard. We must keep what York
I NOTED Mike Usherwood's reply (A typical cyclist, The Press, August 16, 2006) to my letter (Cycling hell, August 12) and was not disappointed. Regular readers of The Press will know that this gentleman lampoons any letter sent in by a cyclist, irrespective
I WISH to register my disgust at massive price hikes regarding the entrance fees for the Ebor Festival. I have been regularly visiting York Racecourse (and in particular the Ebor meeting) since 1990 and my parents have since 1970. Over the last few
SPEED limits are back in the news and this time it's about local roads. Many rural roads are not suited to the national speed limit of 60mph for single carriageways. That is obvious, and the Freight Transport Association has no problem with a review
I AM so glad that you have finally mastered time travel. (They're off at York, The Press, August 22). In future, please could you also let us know the result of the first race, so that we have time to place our bets too! Romy Dunn, Acaster Lane,
I DON'T like being confused (Sizing up mail price changes, The Press, August 22), so I will send my letters etc as per usual, and let the post office do what they are good at, sorting it, or losing it. Ken Holmes, South Duffield Road, Selby.
LAST week while I was walking around York, I noticed the flower baskets hanging up near the Mansion House. What a great display of flowers! I took several photos of them, so if Mr Quarrie (Where have all the flowers gone?, readers' letters, August
THE magnificent setting of Castle Howard hosted yet another rousing and lively proms performance from talented musicians and singers alike. However Chris Greenwood, in his summing up of last Saturday evening's entertainment (Proms are king of the castle
THE new head teacher of two York secondary schools set to merge has moved to reassure staff over future job cuts. David Ellis, the current head teacher at Oaklands School, will be head of a new £10 million secondary school in the west of the city formed
The new 2006 car registrations will appear in dealer showrooms on September 1, and many potential buyers are already weighing up their options. September sees a huge increase in car sales - 417,052 new cars alone were sold in the Yorkshire and Humber
YORK Races often attracts celebrity names - we've had Michael Owen for Ascot for starters. But two of the best remembered will be Cold Feet star James Nesbitt and King Arthur and Closer star Clive Owen. For after the first day of racing at the three-day
EVEN before the launch of York-made SimVenture, the virtual business simulation game, one bank has already bought into it. Inventors, York businessman Peter Harrington and his IT expert brother, Paul, have announced that they have also pre-sold more
A NEW application to further extend the new York College campus building is set to be approved by city planning councillors. The college has put forward a plan to alter its Sim Balk Lane campus, making it larger on the third and fourth level. It's the
Haxby Road won the Williamson Cup in fine style toppling unbeaten Holgate 88-70. Steve Sanderson skipped Roy Robinson, Mick Clark and Brian Brigham to a 30-16 winning score backed up by Dave Stroughair, John Butler, and John Phillips with lead Jamie
RAY Clark's Haxby Road team from York went on an amazing scoring rampage to cruise into the last 32 of the Waitrose Men's English National Fours Bowls at Worthing. Jamie Birkley, Roy Pinder, John Stroughair and skip Clark stormed into a 20-0 lead after
PENSIONERS from York are set to take part in a lobby of Parliament over "broken promises" by Labour to boost pensions. They have called on York's Labour MP Hugh Bayley to back them in their demands, saying he should recognise the support he has received
FORMER Fulford Golf Club player James Mason broke the amateur course record with a seven-under-par 65 as he helped Rotherham win the Yorkshire first division team championship for a third straight year at Fulford. He had eight birdies and one bogey
Tim Pitt, who sent out Not For Me to win the Roses Stakes at York yesterday, can follow up at Chester tomorrow with Blue Rocket. The Bawtry trainer, who has made a sensational start to his career, winning a brace of Group 1 races in his maiden year
Kevin Blackwell is leaving the signing of a back-up goalkeeper for Neil Sullivan until the last minute. The Leeds United manager intends to wait until Tony Warner finishes his loan spell from Fulham on Sunday, which only leaves four days before the transfer
Rain devastated the HPH York Vale Cricket League programme, with only three games at Wheldrake, Melbourne and Tadcaster Magnet surviving the deluge. But in each case the fixtures involved leaders of their respective leagues, all of whom managed to pick
Despite the downpours there were some excellent individual efforts throughout the divisions. The threat of rain didn't dampen Stockton and Hopgrove II bowler Mick Jay's enthusiasm as he reduced Huntington to 5-27. Jay returned a sparkling 4-33 before
YORK City Knights could be given a National League One lifeline following news Halifax are on the brink of going under. Directors at the Shay claim they have just three weeks to save the club from liquidation - and if they fail they would drop out of
WORKERS at a York factory which could be under threat of the axe have found support from York MP Hugh Bayley. Mr Bayley was at the city's Remploy factory, in Layerthorpe, to help aid the campaign to save the organisation from swathing cuts. Up to 37
YORK City will top the Conference table tomorrow night if they beat Burton Albion but goalkeeper Tom Evans will not be getting too carried away if that happens. With leading pair Weymouth and Oxford United, who have both collected a maximum nine points
STEPHEN LEWIS visits a York boxing club which is giving bored youngsters new purpose in life. A GIANT poster of Muhammad Ali crouched over a fallen Sonny Liston hangs on one wall of the York Boxing Association gym. May, 25, 1965, says the caption
AN anxious mum has urged Home Office ministers to act quickly to close a legal loophole regarding child abduction. Angry June Hick, 47, called on the Government not to delay their review of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 following comments from Appeal
SHE has suffered from crippling multiple sclerosis (MS) for seven years. Now, Adele Birkin-Hart is appealing for people to help her raise cash to pay for a new "wonder-drug". Adele, 50, of Nether Poppleton, hopes her friends and neighbours will help
BEET farmers hit by the closure of York's British Sugar factory are being encouraged to grow energy crops instead, under a proposed rescue strategy. East Yorkshire group Renewable Energy Growers (REG) has put together a comprehensive package to try to
THE final programme of films at York's Odeon cinema starts tomorrow, before the lights go out for the last time next Thursday. The city's only surviving traditional picture-house, in Blossom Street, is shutting down after nearly 70 years of entertaining
THE stage is set for another record year as thousands of youngsters pick up their GCSE results today. At Manor School, in York, head teacher Brian Crosby said 87 per cent of students achieved grades A*- C, a near seven per cent increase on last year
PLANS to expand a massive new riverside office complex in York are set to be given the green light by councillors. Members on City of York Council's planning committee will be asked to approve proposals by Grays Wharf to further develop the Grays Newsagent
LATE night noise and under-age drinking at a York park could see it locked at night. People living around Leeside Park, in Dringhouses, are being asked how they want to curb the menace in the open space after dark. Ward councillors Sue Sunderland and
A CANCER survivor from North Yorkshire is helping to organise a fundraising event, which is the first of its kind in the county. Hundreds of people from across the county and beyond, including York, Thirsk and Skipton, are expected to descend on
JOBS have been saved after management at a papermaking firm announced their plant would remain open for the "foreseeable future". In June, The Press reported that Rigid Paper, in Denison Road, Selby, had told staff involved in its papermaking operation
