RIVAL factions within City of York Council have unveiled their spending and saving proposals as the authority prepares to thrash out its financial plans for the year ahead. The council’s Conservative group has revealed it would raise council
CONTENTIOUS plans to turn a disused hotel in a North Yorkshire village into an outdoor education centre for school children have been put on hold following a fiery public meeting. About 100 people squeezed into a classroom at Rosedale Abbey
YORK City’s FA Trophy quarter-final clash at Barrow will now be played on Tuesday, March 2, after being called off for a second time. The tie, postponed on Saturday because the Bluebirds' Holker Street ground was frozen, was rescheduled for
This is the face of a man being hunted by police after a teenage girl was raped in York. North Yorkshire Police have just released this e-fit of the man in his 20s who is believed to have carried out the attack between 6.50pm and 8pm on Saturday
Theatre Centre’s premiere of Ashmeed Sohoye’s new social drama for 14 year olds and upwards will be staged in The Studio at York Theatre Royal tomorrow and Thursday. The first play to be commissioned by artistic director Natalie Wilson, Rigged
YORK City’s FA Trophy quarter-final clash at Barrow tonight was called off because the Bluebirds Holker Street ground is frozen. And talks between the two clubs to move the tie back another 24 hours until tomorrow could well be dashed with a forecast
A BAKERY in Haxby has started holding free baking classes for a group of home-educated children. Baker Phil Clayton, who runs Food For Thought, at Ryedale Court in Haxby, with his wife Tina, teaches the children bread-making methods and skills to promote
THE Lord Mayor of York was the guest of honour as a new shop catering for outdoor pursuits opened in the city. John Galvin attended the official opening of the new Blacks outlet at Monks Cross, following the closure of its previous store at the centre
A former Easingwold schoolboy who went on to become chief executive of one of the UK’s biggest banks has said he will not take his £1.6 million bonus. Stephen Hester, 49, head of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), turned down the reward this weekend amid
A MASSIVE demand by businesses in York for staff with computer skills is not being met, a new survey has revealed. The sample was commissioned by learndirect, the online learning provider which questioned 27 firms and 153 staff in the city. It found
A NEWLY-OPENED store is the latest well-known brand to sign up to a North Yorkshire project which encourages shoppers to make greater use of their local stores and independent retailers. The Yorkshire Linen Co, in High Street, Northallerton, is now part
BUSINESSES in York which want to slash their power bills by up to 20 per cent should attend a free workshop at the Park Inn, in North Street, York, on Monday, March 8. The event, which lasts from 9am to 12.45pm, is being organised jointly by CO2 Sense
THE atmosphere was buzzing at one York park – when it hosted an event all about bees. St Nicholas Fields Environment Centre hosted the workshop on Saturday. Visitors were able to make beehives, learn about the insects from experts from the National
A NORTH Yorkshire youngster is going the extra mile this weekend to raise funds for the Haiti appeal. Seven-year-old Joseph Busuttil, from Thirsk, will be following in his father, Walter’s, footsteps when he takes on a triathlon. On Sunday, he will
TEENAGERS from schools across York and North Yorkshire are to get an opportunity to learn an important lesson from history in a visit to a notorious Nazi death camp. Pupils from Fulford, Bootham, Archbishop Holgate’s CE, Huntington, All Saints’ RC Schools
YORK City left-back James Meredith is hoping success in this season’s FA Trophy can compensate for missing out on last year’s Wembley final. Meredith was on the receiving end of City’s two-legged, 4-1 semi-final victory last March, while playing
YORK City Knights’ postponed Northern Rail Cup group game at home to London Skolars seems unlikely to be played this week as no new date had been agreed yesterday. There remains a chance it might be rearranged for next midweek, although the difficulty
YORK City manager Martin Foyle is refusing to accept his side have a straightforward passage into the FA Trophy final. The winners of tonight’s quarter-final between the Minstermen and fourth-bottom Blue Square Premier hosts Barrow have been drawn against
BARROW striker Gregg Blundell is expected to be fit to face York City in tonight’s rearranged FA Trophy quarter-final at Holker Street. Blundell would have been doubtful had the game gone ahead on Saturday as scheduled but the postponement, due to a
Yorkshire have pulled off the exciting capture of South African master blaster Herschelle Gibbs as their Twenty20 specialist. The 36-year-old batsman will arrive in time for the first Friends Provident 20-over clash with Durham on June 10, and will be
MATCH-WINNER Faye Garland ensured that City of York Hockey Club Ladies I closed the gap on Wakefield II in North League division one. Garland struck the only goal of the game deep into the second half after a hard-fought match. The side’s drew 1-1
WINGER Robert Snodgrass is in line for a Leeds United recall after sparing his side’s blushes at the weekend. Snodgrass was dropped after the disappointing midweek defeat to Walsall, but climbed off the bench to earn lacklustre Leeds a late
PROMOTION is still in sight for City of York Hockey Club Men’s I after a 6-2 victory at Chapeltown I in North League division one. York occupy the second promotion slot behind runaway leaders University of Leeds I, two points ahead of Chester I and
RAMPANT Stamford Bridge Ladies Hockey Club were 4-0 winners over visitors Malton. A strong Bridge side started well and Claire Hargreaves netted the opening goal. A chip finish from Katie Mitchell made it 2-0 and Harriet Wood added a third thanks
ACOMB Hockey Club Men’s I were held to a 2-2 draw by Doncaster IV in Yorkshire League division three. The sides were locked at 0-0 at half-time, but Doncaster took the lead after the break. After several short corners, Acomb finally levelled as Chris
A DRAMATIC finale saw New Earswick All Blacks ARLC surrender their 100 per cent record in 2010 as they went down 26-24 to Kippax Welfare. Welfare scored two tries in the closing five minutes to snatch the points in the Pennine League premier division
CLIFTON went on the rampage to secure a 7-2 victory at Burnholme in York John Smith’s Ladies Darts League division one. Clifton’s Carole Layne gamed in 20 darts in her singles, including scores of 140 and 121. She also hit a ton in the pairs with Judy
TWO converted tries in the last ten minutes from centre Mike Winfield brought Nestlé Rowntree a 26-15 victory over Selby fifths. Selby got off to a great start, with Nathan Spencer scoring from an overlap with just two minutes on the clock. Rowntrees
I QUITE agree with York transport chief Coun Steve Galloway regarding a decongestion charge: it would be an expensive disaster for York (Road toll plan fury, The Press, February 18). In fact, I would go further. Do we really have a traffic
I have lived in York long enough to remember the thousands of vehicles from the Leeds direction heading for Scarborugh, crawling their way through the city. I think it was one Easter holiday when I saw complete gridlock. This hell for York
IT’S still not quite the end of February and Mark Johnston already has 27 winners on the board in 2010. Furthermore, he is currently maintaining a strike-rate of a remarkable 35 per cent. Is it any wonder that he is a punter’s favourite? The North
Of course, Mrs T never handbagged anyone. Neither did Harold Wilson have an inner circle of cronies, nor did Winston ever have too many whiskies and get a bit garrulous. Please, can we consider who should govern us in terms of policy, not personality
The council has made an excellent job of the flood wall protecting Peckitt Street and Friar’s Terrace. The materials and workmanship are exemplary, and to the casual observer the change will be hardly noticed. The council’s own labour force
MORE than £600,000 of York taxpayers’ money was spent on council consultants, even though they walked off the job before it was finished, The Press can reveal. Outside experts Northgate Kendric Ash were brought in 14 months ago to help City of York Council
It was nice to see everyone in York enjoying the 25th annual Jorvik Viking Festival, giving all an opportunity to dress up including the children (Going out in a blaze of glory, The Press, February 22). Many visitors were in York from overseas, from
THESE were the scenes when a derelict pub near Selby was hit by arsonists. Two fire crews spent nearly two hours tackling the blaze at The Anchor, in Burn, after the alarm was raised shortly before 4pm. The bar area of the former pub was badly
A PROPERTY developer is being urged to hurry up and complete its plans for Selby before its planning permission expires. Dransfield Properties was originally granted permission in 2006 to knock down Selby Abbey Primary School and extend the Morrisons
ONCE upon a time, the very famous children’s writer Hans Christian Andersen arrived, unannounced, at Gad’s Hill Place in the Kent marshes, home to fellow author Charles Dickens and his large, engaging family. To the lonely and eccentric
I KNOW comedy is the new rock’n’roll, but does it have to be so loud? The volume was too high for the incidental music, the enjoyable support act from Simon Evans and the annoying cinema-style adverts in the interval – where did they come from?
NO ONE likes to be called a bully. Most, I suspect, regard themselves as more sinned against than sinning in this respect, or have an attitude which could be expressed as: “I am forceful; you are bombastic; he/she is a bully.” I have no idea whether
LOCAL bands who think they have the talent and charisma to be the next big thing are being invited to enter this year’s Selby Battle Of The Bands competition. Now in its sixth year, Selby Town Hall’s annual battle of the bands competition for young musicians
Today celebrates something I do far too much of. It’s World Thinking Day, and while the focus this year is on poverty and hunger, sadly, most of us will go about our daily life bogged down by the usual thoughts about bills, mortgages, relationships
YORKSHIRE is experiencing its coldest winter season for more than 30 years, weather experts have found, ahead of another Arctic blast. As forecasters last night predicted snow would fall in the York and North Yorkshire area tonight, tomorrow, Thursday
FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD Tarryn Watkins is one of York’s young aspiring musicians making the most of the city’s Jam Factory Saturday Academy. Sessions take place from 11am to 2pm at the recording studios in Eldon Street, The Groves. They are aimed at anyone
BUSINESSES in one of York’s busiest city centre streets are bracing themselves for a drop in trade as the route closes for six weeks. Workers yesterday began the task of replacing 250m of old metal gas mains with plastic pipes along Gillygate
TRANSPORT bosses have unveiled plans for a 600-space Park&Ride site on the outskirts of York. The development, west of Whitehall Grange at Clifton Moor, is the latest stage in City of York Council’s ambitious Access York programme, which aims to combat
THE Press’s campaign to ban the potentially deadly “legal high” mephedrone from our streets will step up a gear tomorrow. The Press is calling for the drug to be outlawed, as its use spirals throughout York and North and East Yorkshire. Hundreds of
A MULTI-MILLION pound cash row is brewing between hospital bosses in York and health finance chiefs after demand for vital treatments soared. The cost of providing secondary care within York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is expected to be £3.3 million
THE 25th Viking Festival looks to have been one of the most successful ever according to those behind the week-long event. The head of York’s official tourism body said the amount of visitors over the past week to festival events “bodes well for a strong
HOUSEHOLDERS in East Yorkshire will learn this week how much council tax they must pay next year. East Riding Of Yorkshire Council will set its council tax rise tomorrow night. A rise of 1.5 per cent – the lowest in the council’s history – has been
A MAN accused of grabbing two women by the throat in two separate attacks has had his case sent to a judge for sentence. Martin Butterworth, prosecuting, told York Magistrates Court that Mark Winteringham, 37, grabbed his ex-partner Kerry Cox and another
A POLICE station in York could be about to reopen its doors to members of the public after seven years. Acomb Police Station is currently looking for members of the public to volunteer to staff its front desk to visitors, as part of a trial which could
THE REIGNING Miss England, Katrina Hodge, will put this year’s Miss York finalists through their paces at a different kind of beauty pageant this summer. In a new twist for 2010, the Miss York final will include a sports day led by serving
WORK to convert the former Boots store in Coney Street into three separate shops could begin shortly as the building comes under new ownership. The premises have been standing empty in one of York’s main shopping streets since Boots moved to the nearby
A NEW study into how childhood obesity can be tackled in York is to analyse how many nursery cooks in the city are qualified to ensure youngsters eat healthily. City of York Council has formed a task group on the issue with the aim of making sure sufficient
YORK’S MP has met with a group aimed at improving women’s rights in Afghanistan. Hugh Bayley met with Maryam Bibi, the founder of Khwendo Kor, a non-governmental organisation that works to improve the health, education and economic status of women and
FRESH gritting supplies were yesterday on their way to York as the city faced the prospect of more snow. Further snow showers are forecast to fall on North Yorkshire over the next few days, after the area was again hit by blizzards over the weekend,
RESTORATION projects aimed at protecting York’s historic Bar Walls for future generations are expected to secure £90,000 in funding next year. The slice of cash earmarked for repairing stretches of the centuries-old defences which have now become one
The Bar Convent is an elegant Georgian building located close to the railway station just outside Micklegate Bar and within easy walking distance of the city centre. It houses a beautiful neo-classical chapel built in 1769 and designed by Thomas
