A PRESTIGIOUS education conference will attract hundreds of delegates to York. One of the most important annual education events is set to come to York in 2010. The North of England Education Conference will be held from January 6 to January 8. The
A LOVING great-grandfather who had one of the largest families in York has died, aged 87. Edward Howgego leaves 11 children, 58 grandchildren, 47 great-grandchildren, with an extra two additions to the family expected within the next week. Mr Howgego
A VERDICT of accidental death was recorded at the inquest of a woman who received severe brain injuries in a road accident eight years previously. Madeline Heather James, a patient at York House in Heslington Road, died of pneumonia in January last year
OVER-BORROWING has plunged the world into a debt crisis – but still credit card companies are continuing to lend people more money than they can afford to pay back. Credit experts and mental health workers have hit out at holiday firm Thomas Cook after
ACCORDING To Pete is set to put his unbeaten chasing record on the line after being entered in the £85,000 Sky Bet Chase at Doncaster on Saturday. A smart hurdler with six wins from 20 starts, Malcolm Jefferson’s eight-year-old hasn't failed
AN award-winning York hotel has become the first in the tourist city to achieve Excellence Through People accreditation. The Dean Court, Yorkshire Hotel Of The Year in last year’s White Rose Tourism Awards, achieved the standard after a series of assessments
BEER and music lovers were given the perfect Christmas present on Christmas Eve when one of the city’s oldest (and most haunted) pubs re-opened for business. The Black Swan, in Peasholme Green, is a largely 17th century building on the site of an even
SCORES of financial services businesses have approached York-based national customer service quality standard, Customer First UK. The companies are seeking accreditation since effects of the credit crunch deepened last autumn. The organisation reports
A FORMER teacher and long-running correspondent for The Press has died. Vera McHugh, of Aspin Oval, Knaresborough, who was 78, reported on life in the town for more than a dozen years, having previously taught at two schools in York. Mrs McHugh was
RESIDENTS in York are being encouraged to keep a closer eye on how much the energy they use is costing them – through a smart meter. The innovative devices, which were introduced by City of York Council at the end of last year, are now available to hire
IT’S that riveting time of year just now when the financial whizzes at City of York Council set out their budget plans for next year. Hundreds of pages of spending and saving plans have been published, in an attempt to trim vital pounds off the bill,
WHY DO some people think their country owes them a living? The past few days has seen a plethora of stories about the dilemma of being on the dole — very topical, given that every five minutes another company goes to the wall and yet more employees
COLD, wet nights need a bit of cheering and warming up, and for those who went to see The James Taylor Quartet, that’s exactly what was on the cards. The band provided a laid-back vibe in the venue, and it was evident that the audience was getting
PARENTS and pupils will be consulted over any planned shake-up of education in the east of York. That is the pledge from City of York Council’s executive member for children’s services, Coun Carol Runciman. She said that falling pupil
CHARLOTTE PERCIVAL takes a closer look at the Government’s new mortgage rescue scheme. THOUSANDS of families facing the threat of repossession could be offered a helping hand by a new mortgage rescue scheme. The £200 million scheme will benefit
A pub-goer who hit a man with a metal chair, threw a stool at him and butted a landlord, skipped bail so he could say goodbye to his young daughter before he was jailed. Daniel Banner, 21, committed the offences in the Edward VII pub in Nunnery Lane,
IT STARTED with a triple tragedy that hit this city hard. Now a campaign to shock teenagers into thinking twice about joyriding is gathering pace to such an extent that more than 30 MPs have pledged their support. What a major, major step forward this
IT is the news that residents of Leeman Road in York have been waiting years to hear. A £5 million scheme to help protect their homes from flooding from the River Ouse has been given the green light and work should be well under way by 2012. Hundreds
I am writing in support of my brother’s comments in The Press on January 15, about my sister, Janet, being turned out of her home, Dormary Court, a home where she has lived and shared with fellow residents in a family setting for nearly 25 years, all
WITH reference to the shortage of lollipop people (Lollipop crisis, The Press, January 14), why not hand the job over to our police community support officers? They do most of our community jobs now and they would be well-suited for such a task for
I CANNOT believe the councillor who called for Gordon Brown to come to York to see the damage his policies were doing (Come and see us Gordon, The Press, January 9). This council has cost the city thousands of jobs in the last few years; stopping
THE weather forecasters keep getting it monotonously and diabolically wrong. I very often don’t know whether I am living in the Cairngorms or East Lincolnshire, but according to the forecasters, not where I should be living, Cliffe Common, Selby.
IT’S one of the biggest and most crucial developments in York’s recent history – and now the people of the city are getting their chance to shape its future. A public consultation process has begun on a revised blueprint for how the site of the former
I’m writing in response to your article on mixed-sex accommodation at York Hospital (Mix and match, The Press, January 10). There seems to be some confusion regarding the Government’s pledge, and what is expected of hospitals around “mixed-sex wards
I SUPPOSE the main reason for wanting Gordon Brown to visit York would be for him to view first-hand the economic disaster he has been primarily responsible for causing in this fine city. He is the last person that I want to see in York. Let him take
Archbishop Sentamu probably struck a major chord with many of your readers when he spelled out the need for us to regain a Big Vision for Britain (Sentamu’s vision, The Press January 14). In his recent speech to the Smith Institute he argues for “
As a historian I am rather intrigued by the apparent chessboard to be found in the flagstones of Victoria Bar. It is extremely doubtful whether we will ever discover its true provenance though it is unlikely to predate the 18th century. As previous
THE Live Now Drive Later campaign was launched after an inquest heard how joyriding led to the tragic deaths of three people in a head-on collision in Stockton Lane, York. Today relatives of people killed in that accident, who backed the campaign
THE Press’s Live Now, Drive Later DVD is finally set to be screened in schools across the land after more than 30 MPs – including serving and former Government Ministers – threw their support behind our campaign to tackle joyriding. Health
MORE York graduates are choosing to stay on longer in education as the jobs market gets tougher. Sheila Cross, the head of the careers service at York St John University, said students who were in their final year were increasingly opting to continue
YORK City youngster Liam Shepherd has been challenged to prove himself as the club’s first-choice left winger. First-year pro Shepherd helped City recover from an awful opening 45 minutes to defeat lowly Lewes 3-0 after entering the action
YORK City Knights boss Paul March admitted his side were lucky to begin 2009 with a win – and praised their amateur opposition for providing such a good first hit-out. It looked certain that the York Select XIII representative side would get to lift
THE contract to redevelop York’s Barbican Centre has been officially terminated, and council chiefs have demanded the keys back. As exclusively revealed in The Press last Monday, City of York Council decided to end its dealings with Absolute
MORE divine intervention from York City’s “Angel of the North” saw Richard Brodie rescue his team from potential embarrassment with another heavenly strike against lowly Lewes. Once a north-east novice, Brodie has become the Minstermen’s attacking
NORTH Yorkshire’s Simon Dyson finished in a tie for 32nd place in the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship. The Malton & Norton Golf Club member carded a final round of 70 to finish on ten-under par for the tournament in the United Arab Emirates
HAMILTON Panthers were 4-1 winners over Dunnington in the clash of the form sides in the Leeper Hare York and District Football League premier division. The away win extended Panthers’ unbeaten run to nine games and they were grateful to a penalty save
Division two leaders Hemingbrough suffered their first defeat of the season in the Leeper Hare York and District League. ’Brough lost 3-1 at White Horse thanks to an Ally Coope hat-trick. Post Office are the new leaders after they beat Huby 4-1 with
SECOND-PLACED Haxby kept the pressure on reserve ‘A’ leaders York St John in the Leeper Hare York and District League. Haxby were 2-1 home winners over Bishopthorpe and extended their unbeaten home to run to 14 matches. Matt Bogan and Pete Dransfield
STAFF at Siemens in York leapt into action when they saw a teenager trying to steal a bike. The youth was seen at about 1.35pm on Friday outside the Siemens offices on Holgate Business Park and appeared to be trying to steal a bicycle. A member of staff
Terrington Glory’s Dave Bradshaw scored twice to take his tally for the season to 16 as the Leeper Hare York and District League division three leaders beat LNER Builders 5-0. Second-placed Selby RSSC were twice behind at home to Civil Service before
FOUR-GOAL Joe Micheli helped promotion-chasing Norwich Union to an 8-0 win over Civil Service in reserve ‘C’. Leaders Heslington and third-placed Hemingbrough both lost at home, while White Horse drew 2-2 at Huby.
SELBY Town seized the chance to move into second place in the Northern Counties East League premier division. The Robins beat Liversedge 1-0 at Flaxley Road with a goal from Chris Kamara in the 32nd minute to stay within three points of leaders Mickleover
COACH Alfie Hill was “gutted” as York Acorn ARLC fell agonisingly short against National Conference premier division leaders Leigh Miners Rangers. The Blue and Golds had a late try disallowed when they trailed 28-22 with ten minutes remaining, but
TWO tries in six second-half minutes earned Heworth ARLC a 22-12 victory over East Leeds in National Conference division one. The visitors bossed the first half at Elmpark Way, leading 6-4 at the interval, but the Villagers pulled clear to seal two
THERE was only one positive result in reserve ‘B’, with all other games finishing as draws. The exception to the rule was Poppleton’s 1-0 home win over Riccall, with Ross Haw scoring the only goal. League leaders Hamilton Panthers were held to a goalless
GOALS from new boy Lee Trundle and prize asset Fabian Delph earned Leeds United a vital win at Brighton in Coca-Cola League One. Trundle marked his full debut with a 60th minute opener and Delph, the subject of midweek interest from Premier League clubs
FOOD firms across North and East Yorkshire are being warned to watch out for a bogus letter scam asking them to cough up fines allegedly dished out for selling unfit grub. Businesses in the region have been asked to stay on their guard to avoid becoming
Updated: A MAN was killed when he was hit by a high-speed train on the outskirts of York. The man was struck by a National Express train at about 7.40am yesterday, at Moor Lane Bridge, Dringhouses. British Transport Police (BTP), an ambulance and
A £5 MILLION scheme to strengthen flood defences which protect many hundreds of York properties has been given the go-ahead. New flood embankments are to be built to defend the Leeman Road area when the River Ouse bursts its banks, said Coun Andrew Waller
PAUL March said he wanted his York City Knights team to get into the winning habit during pre-season – but he probably didn’t envisage this kind of opening victory. Two tries in the last two minutes saw the Knights overturn a 20-12 deficit when
TWICKENHAM is only three games away for York RUFC after a stunning 13-10 victory over Widnes in the EDF Energy Senior Vase. The Clifton Parkers will go into tomorrow’s sixth round draw after a tremendous backs-to-the-wall effort helped consign the visitors
Pocklington slipped out of the Yorkshire Shield in disappointing fashion as they went down 8-7 at home to Yarnbury in the first round. Pocklington dominated the early stages and, after hitting a post with a penalty, they took the lead with a try in
York-trained filly Mozayada has won a sensational five of her seven races at Southwell since early November and she returns to the Nottinghamshire track tomorrow in search of more glory. Mozayada, trained at Warthill by Mel Brittain, goes for
HOLMFIRTH runner Matthew Pearson claimed first place in the Knavesmire Harriers Brass Monkey Half-marathon. Pearson’s winning time in the 26th annual running of the popular York event was 66 minutes 36 seconds – only 20 seconds outside the
RUNNERS were out in force from across Yorkshire at the weekend for the first major event of the year. Competitors in the 26th Knavesmire Harriers’ Brass Monkey half-marathon were blessed with good weather for Sunday’s race, which set off from
YORK environment boss Terry Collins will leave his post later this month, after nearly three years in the role. Mr Collins is standing down as City of York Council’s director of neighbourhood services, to move to the newly formed “super-unitary” council
AFTER ten days of fasting, a York man’s campaign to draw attention to the Israeli attacks on Gaza has entered a new phase. John Bibby, who vowed to go without food until a ceasefire was called in the Middle East, ended his fast yesterday afternoon.
