Our democracy is administered by the powerful for the powerful and we get the minimum they feel they can get away with. Current events leave no doubts about this. Technology has given grass roots people the means to see all the irrelevances it has
Updated: THE number of people claiming unemployment benefit in York and North Yorkshire has risen again, sparking warnings that a “lost generation” of young school leavers risks becoming long-term unemployed. Unemployment benefit figures published
ARE you a perfectionist? Did you know that it is the answer most given in interviews when asked about weaknesses? That's because we think it's the kind of weakness that is actually a selling point, in that it demonstrates quality focus, attention
SAVILLE Audio Visual, one of York’s leading technology-based companies, announced today it is to be a major sponsor of The Press Business Awards 2009. The firm, which has regularly provided audio-visual facilities for the 19-year-old event, is backing
A CHANCE for business people to shape the future of York over the next 20 years can be seized later this month. A joint workshop between York Professionals, York Business Forum and the City of York Council takes place at York’s Merchant Taylor’s Hall
UNIVERSITY of York chiefs have brought its courses under one roof as part of a new venture allowing people to study there in the evenings. “The University of York in the evening” will run four nights a week offering part-time and leisure courses at
THOUSANDS of school pupils got a glimpse of what life at university is like thanks to the work of one organisation. More than 5,000 pupils across York and North Yorkshire benefited from the work of Aimhigher last year through workshops and those who
A CANNONBALL believed to have been fired during the English Civil War has been found at a York school. The discovery of the 17th century artefact – which is about the size of a cricket ball – was made by a builder during the recent multi-million pound
Alistair Fernie, a York lad who has gone on to head Britain’s official aid programme in Kenya, tells STEPHEN LEWIS about his new life. ALISTAIR Fernie was chatting to a group of Kenyan teenagers at a school outside Nairobi not so long ago. They had
A DEBUT film director who was a student on a pioneering course at the University of York will tonight have his first film as a director beamed into the city via satellite. Robert Cannan studied English literature at the university, then enrolled in 2002
A SOLDIER from Selby has been awarded one of the highest military accolades for his heroic actions during a Taliban ambush in Afghanistan. Lance Corporal Colin Spooner, of 2nd Battalion The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment, was leading a patrol in
More than a quarter of the new Parliamentary candidates at the next General Election will have had no experience of any career other than politics. Westminster is a place we need folk blessed with knowledge and wisdom as to what is needed in the modern
ONE of Yorkshire's most senior Conservatives has been expelled from the party after breaking ranks over its European allies. Edward McMillan-Scott has been at odds with his party over its decision to align itself with a breakaway alliance in
THE BBC and much of the rest of the news media have launched a fresh campaign to demonise Libya in the wake of the release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi. Perhaps the BBC, as the Government’s official propagandist, seeks to deflect attention from its international
YORK City Knights have experienced mixed emotions in the last 24 hours – recruiting a young Castleford starlet for next season but then seeing the talismanic David March banned for the play-offs. The Knights have snapped up playmaker Luke Helliwell from
YOUR reader IM Harris, along with many others, seems to misunderstand the purpose of charity shops (Readers’ Letters, September 12). Oxfam and all other charity shops are not there to serve the local community with cheap goods. They are there
I DON’T know what Wolf has against the people of Poppleton (Yorkatt & Eric, September 12), but if he attended the next Tithe Barn open day and tea on Saturday he may learn a little bit more about us and the community spirit that exists in the
HEAVEN knows I have registered my disapproval of the indiscriminate use of mobile phones in public places, but one does not always cater for chattering women with voices above the standard decibels. While gardening in the local church yard and at the
IT IS becoming clear that chaos is engulfing Afghanistan. The emerging election results reveal large amounts of corrupt voting. For example, thousands of votes cast exceed the actual number of eligible voters in a particular area, as well as many other
LIKE Janet Black, I too have done the Lightning Process after suffering from ME for 13 years (The Press, September 9). Unlike Janet, however, I found that it made no difference to my physical illness and symptoms, although I can understand
YORK City Knights have altered the options available for fans wishing to buy into the club – in a bid to bolster their financial strength. As reported by The Press, chief executive John Guildford, the club’s major backer, is to step aside at the end
NEARLY 200 jobs are to be created in North Yorkshire, the Government has announced. The Minister for Yorkshire, Rosie Winterton said that the £1 billion Future Jobs Fund would create 1,800 jobs in Yorkshire and the Humber. The total includes up to 189
TAX-PAYERS could have to foot the bill after it emerged City of York Council was heading for a multi-million-pound deficit this year. The authority is on course for an overspend of £2.3 million in 2009/10, which would mean higher tax bills
assistant-boss Mick Ramsden believes York City Knights should be full of confidence going into their big play-off at Keighley on Sunday. The Knights have won the last four games of the regular Championship One season to finish third and
HE won promotion as a player and now he’s hoping to do it as a coach – thus becoming the first man in York Rugby League history to complete that particular double. Mick Ramsden, who was in the York City Knights team that stormed to the 2005 National
FUNDRAISERS taking part in Cancer Research UK’s Run 10k at Castle Howard are being urged to “detox” their wardrobes before heading to the race. Charity bosses are encouraging participants to help raise extra cash for Cancer Research UK by bagging
VETERANS from Acomb Hockey Club returned victorious from their 15th annual pre-season tour. A squad of 19 players from the York club travelled to the Isle of Man for scheduled fixtures against Valkyrs Hockey Club, in Peel, and Castletown Hockey Club
POPPLETON 2 won promotion to division one of the Tyke Petroleum Men’s Tennis League after a thrilling last game with rivals Castlegarth. Castlegarth beat relegated Wheldrake 72-36 to set up a division two promotion decider with Poppleton in the final
THE final two rounds of the OMS Championship will be staged this weekend at Yorkshire’s Harewood Hillclimb. On Saturday, there will be special classes for Ferrari and MG cars at the north’s premier hillclimb in the Greenwood Cup meeting. The following
THE trial of a group of Chinese-speaking defendants arrested by detectives investigating an alleged large-scale cannabis factory near York will take place on February 15 at Leeds Crown Court. Mandarin interpreters translated the court proceedings for
ENTRIES are now being taken for the Pickering Singles Winter Pool League. Matches are played on Monday nights from next month through to April in a best of nine frames format, with two divisions of eight players. Entry costs £30, plus £3 per week,
NEW recruits starred as Nestlé Rowntree RUFC beat Pocklington Merovians 19-15 at Percy Road. The newcomers scored all of ’Trees’ points, with teenage scrum-half Kyle Booysens darting over for an early try which was converted by Mike Winfield. Pock hit
Ajmal Shahzad has given the strongest hint yet that his future lies with Yorkshire. Shahzad is mulling over a new contract offer from his Headingley bosses, but has turned a number of heads with a string of impressive displays in County Championship
CLIFFE began life in the York Minster Engineering Football League division three with a 3-3 draw at Strensall. Kev Taylor put Cliffe ahead, but they fell 3-1 behind before David Evans pulled a goal back from the penalty spot after a foul on Billy Atton
SEMI-PROFESSIONAL cyclist Kit Gilham took first place in the Clifton Cycling Club’s folding bike race. Former Clifton CC member Gilham won the event at the finish of the Tour Of Britain stage in Malton Road, York, on Saturday. Entrants were timed over
All signs currently point to Scotland for the three-day Ayr Western Meeting which starts tomorrow and reaches its climax on Saturday with the £150,000 Ayr Gold Cup, Scotland’s premier sprint handicap. North Yorkshire trainers are fancied to make a
YORK’S fifth festival for the over-50s has got under way with a big information fair held at the Guildhall. The fair, held yesterday, featured about 30 stands offering advice and speciality services from a range of organisations including York Carers
DOES the thought of paying at least £250,000 for a permanent life on the Ouse float your boat? Well here’s your chance. After 25 years of living on the MV Till, a three-bedroom motor vessel which has the only freehold private land mooring in York, Ken
THE boss of a York-based compensation claims company says it is trading as normal, despite its “Secret Millionaire” part-owner going bankrupt. Property developer Chek Whyte, who appeared in the Channel 4 series in 2007 to give money to deserving causes
VANDALS have been accused of putting bikers’ safety at risk, by repeatedly removing bollards on a chicane in York. Yobs in Woodthorpe have broken numerous bollards at the corner of Ashbourne Way and Rycroft Avenue, to the dismay of locals. Coun Tom
YORK is celebrating after scooping a Silver Gilt Award in the Yorkshire In Bloom competition. The judges highlighted York’s displays of spring flowers, the standard of highway verges, open spaces and business premises and colleges as ‘excellent
QUESTIONS will always remain unanswered about the death of a man whose body was discovered in a York river a week after he went drinking on his own in the city centre. Kristien Lee Daniels was found in the River Foss four days after being reported missing
LOCAL organisations in Selby are calling for council chiefs to improve waste collection in the town centre, claiming litter is blighting the streets. The Selebians, a non-political group of about 100 people that aims to improve the town, Selby Civic
A CONMAN who preyed on older people and exploited a mother’s love for her mentally ill son has been jailed. David Smith, 45, charmed his way into his victims’ trust by pretending to be an honest, hardworking tradesman able to do repair and upgrade work
THE shadow executive at City of York Council looks set to be scrapped, savings the public tens of thousands of pounds a year. Ian Gillies, leader of the Conservative group at Guildhall, said the formal opposition group, currently held by Labour, is a
A TODDLER and his parents who were threatened with deportation have won their fight to remain in York indefinitely. The family have won a reprieve after it looked likely they would be forced out of the country and returned to Turkey.
A FORMER member of the Second World War “Dambusters” squadron has died at the age of 88. William Jabez “Bill” Austin-Clarke, who lived in Camblesforth, near Selby, was selected to work as part of the team modifying 617 Squadron’s Lancaster bombers to
A NEW Elizabethan-style theatre could be built in York just a stone’s throw from one of Dame Judi Dench’s first acting triumphs. The British Shakespeare Company (BSC), which wants to recreate Shakespeare’s Elizabethan Rose theatre in the north of England
ROAD safety chiefs are stepping up a campaign to help older drivers stay safely on the road in North Yorkshire. Motorists aged 50 and above are being offered the chance to go for a refresher drive, undergo a basic eye check and see a free DVD specially
AN ARMY captain from York who has served in Iraq will take on a new challenge this Sunday when she takes to the streets in the Berlin Marathon. Captain Rebecca Drummond, of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, will line up alongside more than
RESIDENTS have a chance this weekend to look round York’s new Joseph Rowntree School during a fun day organised by the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust. The trust is holding its annual meeting and residents’ event on Saturday at the old Joseph Rowntree
SHOPPERS in York were urged to turn their attention to a serious sight condition during an awareness campaign in the city centre. Members of York Blind and Partially Sighted Society set up a stall in Parliament Street and spoke to passers-by about the
HIGHLIGHTS from the most important Viking treasure to be found in 150 years will go on show for the first time this week in York. The hoard was found in a field near Harrogate in January 2007 by Leeds father-and-son David and Andrew Whelan, using metal
UP and coming York band Littlemores feature in the next edition of Radio 1's prestigious Switch with Annie & Nick show, which airs on Sunday at 7pm. This sought-after spot offers the band a fantastic opportunity to present their particular blend of indie
A CONSERVATION watchdog plans to create a digital database of York’s great views to help prevent them being blocked by developments and street clutter. York Civic Trust’s annual report says there are some favourite views in and around the city which
UNIVERSITY bosses have won their bid to extend the amount of campus car parking they can offer after redrawing their plans to lessen the impact on the landscape. Work can now begin on enlarging the southern car park at the University of York
