BRITAIN'S most popular living poet and illustrator will launch his first art collection in York. Giles Andreae is best known by his alter egos of Purple Ronnie and Edward Monkton. Now, for the first time, he has transformed some of his work as Monkton
HE'S the chef used to taking his customers to the peak of culinary sophistication. Now Peter Sidwell has hit new gastronomic heights with the opening a restaurant atop one of England's highest mountains. The Pocklington chef served up three-course lunches
A SELBY fundraiser has been honoured for her work with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution by the Duchess of Cornwall. Brenda Grace was one of nine RNLI volunteers honoured for their work at the charity's annual presentation of awards ceremony.
IF you are four then surely it is the dream job... a toy tester. And two youngsters from York and North Yorkshire have landed just such a coveted position. Grace Wilkinson-Abbott and Holly Brooks, both aged four, were chosen to be part of the UK's youngest
HE has lain unconscious since suffering severe head injuries in a moped crash near York more than three weeks ago. But now teenager Billy-Joe Hughes has amazed his parents after waking up and beginning to respond to the people around him. Hospital staff
A FLAGSHIP £7.5 million primary school in York was today celebrating after a report revealed it was making "satisfactory" progress in addressing issues identified during an inspection last year. The report, by education watchdog Ofsted, showed the head
THOUSANDS of residents in Selby district are being urged to attend a series of high-profile public meetings over the next ten days in protest at proposals to build a regional eco-town on their doorstep. Campaigners against the four short-listed sites
MOVIE buffs will be able to go behind the scenes of a major Hollywood production when an exciting new exhibition opens at Castle Howard. Last summer saw films crews descend on the stately home, near Malton, for five weeks to shoot the remaking of Brideshead
"AFTER this, every interview I do is going to be a breeze." These were the words of one of the ten finalists upon learning he had made the final cut in York's very own version of The Apprentice. Leading York property firm Coalters is looking for a new
SHE remortgaged her home to raise £10,000 to pay for sight-saving Lucentis injections. Then Press readers stepped in to keep the treatment going, before the NHS finally started paying up. Now Thelma Nixon has written to Janet Soo-Chung, chief executive
PARENTS have been put on alert this half-term after two men attempted to abduct an 11-year-old girl from a leafy village on the outskirts of York. The young girl had just stepped off her school bus in Tollerton, when two men in a car drove up and offered
PUPILS at Archbishop of York's Junior School have gone several steps further to reduce their carbon footprint - by walking to and from school. The Bishophthorpe school youngsters who got to school under their own steam were served a breakfast, barbecued
Society is well aware of the danger posed by drivers who get behind the wheel while under the influence of alcohol. Few of us pause to consider, however, that we might be sharing the roads with people high on drugs. Worrying statistics from North Yorkshire
CHRISTMAS comes but once a year - unless you are Grace Wilkinson-Abbott or Holly Brooks. They are two lucky four-year-olds who have celebrated Christmas early with a chance to play with toys other children would give their Barbie dolls for. Grace
A CRUCIAL fact that tends to be ignored about the ever-burgeoning petrol/diesel price rises is that virtually all our food and drink is delivered to retailers, be they corner-shop or massive supermarket, by road. Whilst diesel-engined cars deliver very
I WAS surprised that Louise Dale had been issued with a Blue Badge for a total hip replacement (Readers' Letters, The Press, May 21). These badges are for people with a permanent disability. Mrs J Garbutt (Retired employee City of York Council Blue
OUR New Labour Government promised to do something positive about asylum seekers and toughen up actions against them. Look what has happened - the reverse of what most of us wanted. The number of asylum seekers entering the UK has gone up 16
A DAY doesn't go by without us hearing a story about people having trouble seeing their GP or other problems of the health service. Recent research by the National Consumer Council found some people have real problems getting through to their GP.
HERE comes another gem from New Labour, £6 million to be spent on a Know your Limits drink campaign. At last they have realised, probably through expensive research, that most of the population have not got a clue when it comes to drinking alcohol
I WAS very pleased to read The Press's article "Equality group's cash cuts shock", which positively promoted the valuable work that York Racial Equality Network (YREN) does. In my role as executive member for social inclusion, I had regular meetings
THE claim by Herr Grupenfuhrer Steve Galloway that City of York Council's HQ proposal is the same as any other major development is utter nonsense. (Goebbels Jibe, The Press, May 19). It is fundamentally different because it is not submitted by a
THE family of a pensioner ill-treated by abusive care worker Alison Bellhouse today paid tribute to her colleagues for helping to bring the woman to justice. Bellhouse was given a six-month prison sentence, suspended for two years on condition she does
AS A member of the Dunnington Adventure Park Committee, featured in an article in The Press on Tuesday, May 20, I would like to thank Peter Mulligan for his excellent leadership of the group, fellow members George Hampton, Nick Ford and Richard Hart
TWENTY drug users have been caught driving "stoned" on North Yorkshire's roads in the last two months. North Yorkshire Police say that since the launch of Operation Anvil, the force's road safety campaign, on March 18, 20 people - 17 men and three women
How about some "joined up thinking" on Public Transport as is often espoused but rarely demonstrated by the Government. My son and his girlfriend went into York by bus for a meal. No problems with having a drink or getting home you might think. They
"STOP them bulldozing our heritage". That's the call to council bosses from a conservation charity today after one Victorian factory in York was saved from demolition. Developers had wanted to flatten the former home of Knavesmire Glass in South Bank
I DON'T want to depress you, but we are living in worrying times. Credit crunch, world food shortages, global warming - and strikes on every street corner. I got an anxiety attack just thinking about it all. You know how you fret after a whisky too many
WE know it will damage our livers, quicken the ageing process and generally make us act like idiots. However, now Diary is saddened to learn that not only is alcohol ravaging our good looks and internal organs - it's also rotting our teeth. The good
BUSINESS volunteers working with a York charity are in line for a top award. City employees working with SNAPPY (Special Needs and Play Provision in York) through the innovative York Cares business volunteer programme have been shortlisted for a prestigious
THE stars of one of America's biggest cult TV shows met thousands of their British fans, thanks to Pocklington-based FlyMeNow. Viewers from all over Britain travelled to tiny Hemsby on the Norfolk coast to see their heroes from reality programme American
YORK law firm Crombie Wilkinson has been appointed as one of only two solicitors to provide legal advice and expertise to the National Farmers Union North East members. Jenni Bartram, head of the agricultural team and Malton office partner-in-charge,
"More people should smile," a colleague told me, when I asked him why he was grinning from ear to ear. He'd just heard some complimentary feedback from a group of women he'd worked with, and was clearly pleased as punch. "It's nice when you hear good
In the second of a two-part investigation into health rationing, STEPHEN LEWIS looks at why we need to ration health care - and why health bosses don't want to write off their £18 million debt. HEALTH bosses at the North Yorkshire and York Primary
THE leader of the opposition on City of York Council has criticised officers for not producing a report on bus prices. Last July, councillors asked officers to compare bus prices in York with elsewhere. Labour leader David Scott believes York residents
YORKSHIRE captain Darren Gough is calling time on his illustrious 19-year first-class cricketing career. The former England Test and one-day star confirmed he will be retiring from top flight cricket at the end of the current county season. The 37
THEY have already brought their fair share of drama to York, but the film crew currently shooting Robinson Crusoe got drawn into some real-life action in the city when high winds sent a tree crashing down within inches of young children in Stonebow.
RED-FACED York City Knights are facing trial by video tonight as they start the build-up to a crucial clash with Rochdale Hornets on Sunday. Assistant-coach James Ratcliffe is still smarting from Sunday's 20-20 draw with basement side London Skolars
AN ACTION group hopes to win European funding to help breathe fresh life into rural communities in North Yorkshire. The group, headed by the North York Moors National Park Authority, hopes to secure cash from the LEADER programme to spend on improvements
THE quest to be crowned Yorkshire's champion of champions started in run-laden fashion for York Cricket Club. The reigning Oxbridge Yorkshire ECB County Premier League champions trounced Cullingworth, the Craven & District League title holders, by 223
NORTH Yorkshire race circuit Croft will play host to the Dunlop Great and British Motorsport Festival on Sunday, June 15. Spectators will be treated to action from the Dunlop Sport Maxx Cup for production cars, the fun-filled MINI Challenge and the super-fast
YORK Cycleworks rider Jamie Sharp clocked an impressive 23 minutes 21 seconds to win the first of Clifton Cycling Club's 12-event Time Trial Series. A field of 30 riders turned out for the flat ten-mile race near Sheriff Hutton and Sharp prevailed,
AUSTRALIAN batting supremo Dan Wilson bagged his fourth century of the Oxbridge Yorkshire ECB County Premier League season as York Cricket Club beat Yorkshire Academy. Wilson followed up Saturday's 214 against Castleford with 142 at Clifton Park yesterday
TRACEY Farmeary closed treble-20, bull for a 20-dart pairs leg with Jayne Janes in the York John Smith's Ladies Darts League division one. Farmeary was on top form as front-runners Cueball secured a 6-3 victory against visitors Tiger. Clifton are
A SEASON of success was celebrated at the IT Sports York and District Squash League presentation night at Dunnington Squash Club. A hard-fought contest in division four between Dunnington 6 and York Squash Club 4 saw Dunnington come out on top by
Haigh Hall, reckoned by trainer Tim Easterby to be potentially the best juvenile filly he has had for some time, puts her reputation on the line at Beverley tomorrow night. The £21,500 Hilary Needler Trophy is the Listed-race target for Haigh Hall, who
DIVISION one leaders Bubwith suffered a setback as they were held to a draw by Dunnington in the Tyke Petroleum Men's Tennis League. Dunnington's comeback allowed Poppleton 1 to close to within a point after a home win against Boston Spa. John Moore
THE draws have been finalised for the second round of the HPH York Vale Cricket League's knockout competitions. HPH Cup holders Hemingbrough have been drawn away to Bishopthorpe in round two after overcoming Ovington in round one at the weekend. Barmby
APPLETON Roebuck are the only unbeaten team in division four of the IT Sports Mixed Tennis League. Roebuck went top of the table after beating Cawood with a good team effort. Chris Hobson and Goldie Raley led Sutton-on-Derwent to their first points
CHRIS Bilton top-scored for York & District Senior League's Joe Lumb Under-17s side as they crashed to a six-wicket defeat at the Heavy Woollen League at Altofts. Bilton's 48 was the highlight of York's 190 all out in a repeat of last year's final defeat
A WINDOW-cleaner and barman who cheated his way to £1,800 in benefits was snared by a tip-off to City of York Council's benefit fraud hotline. Gary Scrivener pleaded guilty to the fraud and was sentenced to 50 hours unpaid work and ordered to pay £75
NO Fear For Beer notched an impressive 5-0 victory over York Pigeons in the York Monday Leisure Six-a-side League. Barmy Army are handily placed in third spot after a 4-2 victory over Crystal Palace Alpiners, while Dunnington are a point clear at the
A HAUL of five football trophies took pride of place at Ryedale Sports Club's presentation night. The club won the division one title in the RJF Homes-Beckett League, the Scarborough and District FA Junior Cup, the Victory Cup, the Ryedale Hospital
A cyclist was seriously hurt in an unprovoked attack in a city-centre street. The 22-year-old suffered a broken hip when a yob walking in the road shoulder-barged him, sending him flying from his bicycle on Lendal Bridge. Police say two other
