LIBERAL Democrat MP Phil Willis and his model daughter have received a death threat after being plunged into the expenses controversy gripping Westminster. The MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough, who lives at Rufforth near York, said a man
THE owners of a holiday park near Selby are hoping for a visitor boost as they launch a bid to revamp its facilities. Proposals to demolish eight cottages and replace them with nine modern holiday homes at Cawood Park have been handed in to planners
HUNDREDS of people queued to get into Marks and Spencer's stores in York today to take advantage of the store's Penny Bazaar. The shop is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year and to mark the occasion is selling a number of goods at 1p
KERBSIDE recycling will be provided for thousands more York residents from this summer. Ruling councillors have agreed a timetable to widen the service to people living in flats or terraced houses. A pilot scheme of 700 homes in The Groves was declared
THREE dancers from York will swap their tap shoes for hiking boots next month when they take part in Breast Cancer Care’s Ribbon Walk. Brenda Martin, 62, Liz Fletcher, 58, and June Baker, 60, signed up for the ten-mile walk at Harewood House, near Leeds
A FATHER-OF-TWO left blind and paralysed by a crippling virus, but who battled against his condition to be made town mayor, has died. When Allen Davison was struck down with viral encephalitis at the age of 38, the former teacher went from being an active
EMPLOYERS and managers in York will be shown throughout next month how to improve their workforce’s skills – and help them through the recession. As part of the council’s One City campaign, Learning City York, the city’s lifelong learning partnership
IT WILL be full steam ahead for train lovers when a classic locomotive returns to the rails. The Duchess Of Hamilton is to take pride of place in a new exhibition at The National Railway Museum (NRM) – Streamlined: Styling An Era – opening
A BUSINESSWOMAN who helped rescue a century-old traditional North Yorkshire sawmill from certain closure has been named entrepreneur of the year at an awards ceremony highlighting Yorkshire’s best businesses. Emma Woods, 41, who bought Duncombe Sawmill
MORE than 10,000 children across the city are donning their walking shoes this week as part of National Walk To School Week. City of York Council is co-ordinating the initiative in York, which aims to encourage parents, pupils and teachers to think about
TRANSPORT minister Geoff Hoon has been asked by the city’s MP, Hugh Bayley to help reduce the number of job losses at York-based rail and plant firm, Jarvis. The company announced last month that it needed to cut 450 jobs across the country after its
Updated: ANDY Ferrell and Craig Nelthorpe have become York City manager Martin Foyle’s first two summer signings. Central-midfielder Ferrell has joined the Minstermen after parting company with cash-strapped Kidderminster at the end of last
It is right the speaker has gone for his own actions, but he should not pay the price for all the others who are just as much in the wrong. Politicians are very good at finding scape-goats for their own mistakes and wrong doings, but it is definitely
CAMERA crews from BBC’s Crimewatch programme have filmed a reconstruction of what police believe might have been the last sighting of York chef Claudia Lawrence. The shoot took place last night on Melrosegate Bridge, at the spot where a passing
Woodhouse Grange and Heworth are the only division one sides boasting a 100 per cent record after the second round of matches in the Foss Evening Cricket League. Heworth rolled Yapham over for only 56, thanks to Steve Ward’s return of 4-10. Paul
HIGHLY-RATED teenager Liam McKendry top-scored for the Hunters York & District Senior Cricket League Under-21s in their friendly win over the Scarborough Beckett League. The Thirsk opener hit 53 as York passed the Scarborough total of 192-5 in 40 overs
CREDIT crunch or no credit crunch, sometimes, something has to give. You have to take a holiday and live with the consequences: the trick is to extract the maximum enjoyment per pound in your pocket. Having just returned from a week’s break, I humbly
THIRSK are the early leaders of the Pilmoor Evening Cricket League division one after securing maximum points. Sessay batted first against Thirsk and made 103-3, with Nick Thorne (29), Jacob Spencer (35) and Nick Harrison (27) their main contributors
TRY stars Liam Watling and Johnny Waldron each scored a hat-trick as York Lokomotive ARLC beat Leeds Akkies 44-26 in the Rugby League Conference Yorkshire division. The Lokos, boosted by the return of captain John Hough and a debut for Danny Caldwell
THE Band Room up the dale was awash with anniversaries… and with assorted Yorkshire pod members of morsbags.com distributing free shopping bags made from recycled curtains. The twisted country music of The Handsome Family duo of Brett and Rennie
CAPTAIN Anthony McGrath and coach Martyn Moxon want Yorkshire to go out of the Friends Provident Trophy with a bang against Surrey at the Oval today. The Tykes cannot qualify for the knockout stages of the 50-over competition, but that does not mean
Camera crews from the BBC’s Crimewatch programme have filmed a reconstruction of what may have been the last sighting of York chef Claudia Lawrence. A passing cyclist saw a man standing with a woman fitting Claudia’s description on Melrosegate Bridge
VISION is good. It implies a long-term, thought-out strategy, which has got to be better than simply blundering along hoping things will turn out for the best. The fresh vision for York’s future unveiled by city leaders is, therefore, to be welcomed
Cliffe Football Club clinched the East Riding County League division three title with a 6-2 win at home to Plexus Networking. The sides were level at the interval after Baz Summers equalised the visitors’ opening goal. Second half goals
KNAVESMIRE Harriers runner Cameron Brookes started the season in style at the York & District Summer League meeting at Pocklington. Brookes won in 34min 01sec on a tricky ten kilometre course, finishing in front of Pocklington’s Tom Danby, who clocked
HAS anyone seen the condition of Bootham Stray, which is freeman’s land looked after by the council? Looked after is not the word that should be used, neglected does not even describe it, a complete disgrace is more apt. You have to see it
COULD someone please explain why Gordon Brown is pussyfooting around with reports and committees supposedly investigating the expenses of members of Parliament, which will possibly take some months? And will inevitably result in no action being taken
WE KEEP reading letters and comments made by conservationists, “protect this and protect that” groups. I think I have yet to see them suggest a sensible alternative to any proposal which has been put forward, except perhaps for, let’s dig a hole and we
IN REPLY to letter was posted in your paper on May 18 about the Gurkhas, I would like to state that I am an ex-soldier who is appalled and amazed by what this gentleman wrote. Obviously he has not had the pleasure and privilege of meeting these brave
I HOPE the residents of Heslington Croft have more success with their cold-calling zone than has happened in this area of Poppleton. Since we became a no cold-calling zone about a year ago, we have regularly been pestered by visitors saying they are
WHAT A very odd suggestion from M Harrison (Readers’ Letters, May 14). Perhaps this person has never seen a bump in slow-moving traffic. After 20 minutes in a traffic jam on the A1, I was suddenly hit with force by the car behind. The driver of
A SENIOR citizen who I know quite well regularly travels into York from her home in Tang Hall to undertake charity work, attend church meetings and socialise with her friends. This charming lady is in her mid-eighties, is sprightly for her age, but
Almost three decades since one of York Rugby League Club’s most prominent teams were last united in action, Les Sheard, skipper of the team that headed the likes of Wigan and cash-rich Fulham, tells PETER MARTINI the survivors will get together
Newcomers Strensall – the only winners this week in division one of the Tyke Petroleum Men’s Tennis League – went second after a comprehensive 64-44 defeat of Boston Spa. York’s match against visitors Bubwith was close with home captain Dave Linsley
Hawk Mountain, who made a winning start to the season at Doncaster last month, can make it two from two at Haydock tomorrow. Trained at Norton by John Quinn, the four-year-old is owned by Racing Broadcaster of the Year Nick Luck, who works
A FRESH vision for York’s future has been launched by the city’s leaders. Top bosses at City of York Council have outlined where they want the city to be for the next three years. The authority’s corporate strategy for 2009 to 2012 identifies seven
NOT since the War has there been a political crisis to rival the backlash over MPs expenses. Public faith in Parliament and in the whole Parliamentary class has been badly damaged, says Neil Carter, professor of politics at the University of York
YORK’S council leader has brushed off defeat in a row over York’s Barbican Centre, saying opposition parties have changed nothing. As reported in The Press, City of York Council’s scrutiny management committee (SMC) voted on Monday that the executive
A MAN was stabbed in the stomach and punched in the face during an alleged attack in west York. Detectives said the 40-year-old victim, who is from the Acomb area of the city, suffered a stab wound to his stomach and bruising to his face, and was treated
CELEBRATED flower arranger George Smith is preparing to throw open his famous York garden to the public next month to help raise money for charity. Mr Smith, who received the MBE for services to flower arranging in 2004, is inviting people
A GREEN-fingered gardener is now seeing gold after winning a top award at Chelsea Flower Show. Mark Gregory grew up in West Cowick, near Selby, and attended Askham Bryan College, where he studied horticulture, going on to train with the Royal Horticultural
A FORMER husband doused himself in petrol outside his ex-wife’s house and threatened to set himself alight. In a “desperate plea for attention”, Wayne Jervis, 40, went to the home of Natalie Jervis and stood on the doorstep with a full can of petrol,
