We are told CUTS, CUTS, CUTS and the difficult decisions to be made to balance the books. Public spending must be brought down; public services, on which many people depend, have to be cut. Those and their families who have lost their jobs. The old,
POLICE launched a frantic search after a woman went missing from her home in North Yorkshire. Maureen Tatterton, known to family and friends as Verna, failed to arrive at work on Friday, sparking fears among relatives and friends. Her
RICHARD BLAKEWAY has urged York City Knights’ travelling army to turn out in force tomorrow and shout the side into the grand final. The Knights go to Keighley Cougars for their long-awaited Championship One play-off, where victory would send James Ratcliffe
YORK-BASED centre Dan Potter rejected suggestions Keighley Cougars might be “ring rusty” in tomorrow’s Championship One play-off tussle with York City Knights. The Cougars have been out of action since confirming second place in the table with a 28-10
THE first Yorkshire PGA Masters to be held at Sandburn Hall Golf Club resulted in the course record being broken by Woodsome Hall professional Chris Hanson. An eight-under par morning round of 64 saw Hanson play the best-ever 18 holes at the Flaxton
A YOUNG York RI ‘A’ team have edged to victory in the York Table Tennis Summer Handicap competition. The RI teenagers beat Bootham Conservative Club ‘B’ in the final by the narrowest of margins. The match at York RI was drawn 5-5, so count-back
Twining, born in Essex, had lived with his wife, Pat, in the East Yorkshire village since moving to the north 41 years ago. He worked in the chief signals and telecommunications engineers’ department for British Rail for 45 years. His work included
WOODTHORPE brother-and- sister Ryan and Chloe Buck, pictured left, both made a splash for Yorkshire and Humberside at the UK School Games. Ryan, 16, shaved six seconds off his 1,500 metres steeplechase personal best in Cardiff on his way to a fifth-place
Yorkshire will face a nervy final week of the season in their fight against relegation if, as looks likely, their Championship match against Sussex at Hove ends in a draw. Sussex forced the pace during yesterday’s third day thanks to Rory Hamilton-Brown
THIS time last year, York City Knights fans were bemoaning the Rugby Football League’s disciplinary beaks for killing the Knights’ play-off chances. It might not be quite so bad this year, but there will be a distinct case of déjà vu – or
MORE than 120 golfers competed in Allerthorpe Park Golf Club’s annual Drakes Trophy, with Sheena Barton and Margaret Senior winning the women’s event and Neil Savage and Tim Foggin taking the men’s title. Club captain David Marginson said: “It was, as
YORK City have recouped almost £3.2 million from former players who have gone on to play in the Premier League. One-time England non-League international David Stockdale, however, is the first to have left Bootham Crescent for free. Stockdale became
THE hospital is set well back from Bootham and is accessed by a drive bordered by playing fields. Having entered the hospital, proceed along the corridor. Turn left at the clock and the café is on the left. I felt the approach was Victorian in style
IF you like your beer, as readers of this column surely do, then this week has quite possibly been one of the highlights of your year. Since Thursday, Knavesmire has been hosting the York Beer and Cider Festival, the biggest such event to take place
Future Gem, Jamie’s Kyne’s last mount in a race on the eve of his tragic death, runs at Hamilton tomorrow and is fancied to pay his own galloping tribute to the apprentice. Trained near Thirsk by Allan Dickman, who also provided Kyne with his
PLAYS are coming so thick and fast from Hull writer Richard Bean, there is a danger of Bean’s magic wearing off. The ashes of controversy are still aglow from his National Theatre debut with the immigration play England People Very Nice, his portrait
Having played here before and with their debut mini-album – Vivarium – released this week, Glaswegian quartet Twin Atlantic certainly had reason for Fibbers to welcome them back a second time. Made up of singer Sam McTrusty, bassist Ross McNae,
CHOP Gate is a staging post on the modern valley road through Bilsdale and has a useful North York Moors National Park car park. A stone lintel is carved with a horseshoe and dated 1826 and the name Chop Gate means “pedlars’ way”. Before the days of
MAYBE it is a symptom of the recession or perhaps I’m getting fussier, but there isn’t much being given away at the supermarkets these days. Although if you take a casual glance down some outlets’ wine aisles, you could be mistaken for thinking there
YORK goes car free for the day on Tuesday. That’s the theory, anyway. It is joining other cities around the world in calling on its citizens to abandon the car, for one day at least, in favour of walking, cycling or taking the bus to work. Just how many
FED UP of a constant diet of blubber, the Eskimo began to hum a familiar tune. “What’s that song?” said his mate. “Oh I heard it on the radio, it’s all about what we eat... it’s called whale meat again!” OK, bad gag and it certainly won’t have the Arctic
SEPTEMBER is a busy time in the garden. Many perennials are dying back, climbers need to be tidied, hedges trimmed and summer pots emptied and planted up for the winter. Time can be spent on the lawn, which will need rejuvenating after the summer, and
PLANS have been unveiled for a massive boost to the railways across York, North and East Yorkshire. Network Rail has published an ambitious manifesto, dubbed A Bright Future For Rail In The North, setting out its vision for the next 20 years. It said
RESCUERS pulled a man from a York river after a householder heard his desperate pleas for help. The 23-year-old man, who is believed to have been drinking, was only saved from the River Foss when a neighbour was awoken by his screams and had the presence
MODERN art is going on show in historic surroundings in a new exhibition at Nunnington Hall in North Yorkshire. The Past Present event has been organised by the National Trust and the Arts Council Collection and will see contemporary works
THE green door of Claudia Lawrence’s deserted York home was the backdrop of another desperate appeal by the missing chef’s father for information about his daughter’s disappearance. Six months to the day after the 35-year-old University of
How the case has unfolded since March Wednesday, March 18: 3.10pm: Claudia is last seen by an acquaintance at about 3.10pm, as she walks home 8.10pm: Claudia speaks to her mother on the phone 8.23pm: Claudia sends her last text message to a friend
A FRIEND who holidayed in Cyprus with Claudia Lawrence says she would never have left York to go and live abroad. Jen King, 24, who works as a barmaid in the Nag’s Head, near Claudia’s home in Heworth Road, said Claudia had spoken of the possibility
THE number of suspected swine flu cases in York and North Yorkshire has started to rise again, following a late-summer lull. New figures have revealed there were more than 20 consultations for influenza-like illness per 100,000 patients over the fortnight
THE former landlord caught secretly filming female guests undressing in his pub has been placed on the sex offenders’ register for five years. Jason Martin Manto, 40, pleaded guilty to two charges of voyeurism committed in May 2008 at the Bay Horse,
A FORMER Tory cabinet minister dropped in to give an address at a York horticultural college. The Institute of Horticulture is celebrating its silver anniversary with a high-profile conference at Askham Bryan College, and this year the keynote address
FOUR vital witnesses have come forward to help police investigating the fire that killed young jockeys Jamie Kyne and Jan Wilson in Norton earlier this month. Two men captured on CCTV footage and two others in the area near the time of the blaze contacted
THESE youngsters queued up outside York’s Grand Opera House for a chance to star in this year’s pantomime of Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs. Children aged seven and above did their best to impress during auditions and win a place to appear alongside
NOW that David Cameron has expelled former European Conservative leader Edward McMillan-Scott MEP from the Conservative Party, not one political party holds more than one Yorkshire seat. The former MEP for York took a stand against the Tory decision
COUN Andy D’Agorne mentions the increased pollution on Fulford Road (Readers’ Letters, September 14), but he conveniently forgets to mention that he has directly supported recent traffic restrictions – grass verges, traffic islands and protection
THIS year’s The Press race day at York was marred by the death the day before of young jockeys Jamie Kyne and Jan Wilson. We went to the races at the invite of our good friend John Sissons, who owns that cracking good racehorse Ishetoo, ridden
THE debate surrounding this year’s GCSE and A-level results, and the attendant shortage of university places, risks missing a fundamental truth about a new generation of workers in Yorkshire. Whether they are preparing for a place at university or the
A GRUELLING 150-mile speedmarch over six days is how a group of friends have decided to raise vital cash for soldiers injured in Iraq and Afghanistan. Setting off near Newby Hall, near Ripon, Adrian Rennie, Scott Sinclair and Alex Berry intend to march
THE reference to the Hull-Beverly-York rail link (Readers’ Letters, September 11) needs comment. The revival of this route has been raised frequently as a relief to the A1079. History will show that when it was “in situ” it was not viable due to the
FOOD fans descended on the centre of York for the start of one of the city’s most mouthwatering annual events. The York Festival of Food & Drink opened yesterday, beginning ten days of appetising events. Markets and demonstrations are being held in
CHILDREN can play for free at an indoor activity centre in York this month. Creepy Crawlies Adventure Park is taking part in a Government-backed scheme, aimed at encouraging children to get “exercise in disguise”. It is one of 74 play centres across
YORK MP Hugh Bayley joined toddlers, parents and education leaders to talk about the city’s children’s centres. He attended a party in Museum Gardens, where families and council officials praised the venues. Mr Bayley said: “The Children’s Centres provide
MORE than 1,500 householders in York are to be asked for their views on a landmark blueprint aimed at protecting the character of their local area. Officials at City of York Council have drawn up a draft conservation report for the Fulford Road area,
A TEAM of cyclists from York and North Yorkshire was pedalling 100 miles today from Scunthorpe to York to raise funds for cancer research. The team of staff from North Yorkshire Sport, which helps deliver and invest in sporting structures and programmes
SIXTEEN months after teenage cyclist Ruby Milnes was killed by a lorry on a York cycle path, prosecutors have still not decided whether to take any action. A spokeswoman for the Crown Prosecution Service said today it had the file on the accident near
DOZENS of runners from York will be taking part in their first half-marathon tomorrow to raise funds for Action Medical Research – accompanied by Paddington Bear. About 40 “novices” and another 30 more experienced runners will be competing in the Great
A MAN who admitted using a bonfire to dispose of unwanted tyres on a York business park has been fined under the Clean Air Act. David Russell Thompson, 40, pleading guilty to a charge of emitting dark smoke from an industrial or trade premises, when
THE owners of a York visitor attraction say they have had their best season. York Maze, near Elvington, closed its gates to visitors last week after a bumper summer which saw 80,000 people looking to find their way out of the astronaut-themed attraction
ONE of York’s most well-known nightspots has changed its name, and now hosts some of the best underground club nights in the city. Hub, in Micklegate, is the new name for Ziggy's, and is now the home of several of the city’s established club nights
YORK City Knights have launched their scholarship scheme for 2009/10 – boosted by a cash donation from the Higgo’s 13-a-side Rugby Foundation, a charity set up in memory of late scholarship and academy chief Paul Higgins. The scholarship, now in its
Tadcaster Albion were 6-1 winners at home to New Earswick in division one of the York FA Under-19s Football League. Earswick took the lead with a great header from James Bond, however Tad equalised with a penalty and then went on to win comfortably with
A HOST of aspiring young footballers have been put through their paces during York Schoolboys selection trials. Throughout the week, York College has played host to trials at Under-12s, U13s, U14s and U15s level, with the right to represent the city
YORK Karate youngsters enjoyed their day in the sun at the KUGB Shotokan Cup, the National Individual Championships. Members of the York College-based club turned in some fine performances to bring home a host of trophies and medals. Jake Atkinson
JUNIOR footballers in Elvington Harriers are celebrating a £8,175 grant from the Football Foundation. The cash injection will allow the Charter Standard club to develop their junior section to meet an ever-increasing demand. Chas Thornton, welfare
Man-of-the-match centre Gareth Smith bagged four tries as York Acorn under-18s got their season off to an easy start with a 72-4 thrashing of a poor Harehills team. Apart from one defensive lapse in the first quarter, it was one-way traffic to
Heworth ARLC Under-10s started their season with a 38-4 victory over Garforth Tigers. Man-of-the-match Keiran Costanzo’s tackling display was the backbone of a fine team defensive effort, and debutant Harry Shepperd capped a fine all-round display
SVEN Goran Eriksson’s Notts County juniors were taught a footballing lesson by York City under 18s at Wigginton Road. The Minstermites ran out sensational 7-0 winners with wily winger Jamie Hopcutt hitting a hat-trick. Centre-back Dean Lisles also
YORK Cricket Club Under-11s claimed a cup double when seeing off Londesborough Park for the second time. After beating their rivals in the cup, they then put them to the sword in the league final. Having lost the toss and been put into
Tockwith Junior Football Club Under-16s are looking for more players to complete their squad. They play in the York Minor League on Sunday afternoons and training is on Thursday evenings. The club are also on the lookout for girls and boys of all
SELBY RUFC Under-16s opened their season with a stunning 38-5 victory at Huddersfield. The full 30-strong Swans squad was given a run-out, which led to frequent interchanges – but the quality of play was consistent. After ten minutes, Jay Robinson
