A MASKED gunman suspected of murdering a village postmistress told her husband "we've got your wife," before making off with cash, police have said. Diana Garbutt's body was found in the living quarters of the post office and store she ran
Beating the record-breaking 2009 season is the challenge for York Racecourse this year, as head of marketing and sponsorship James Brennan tells STEVE CARROLL. THEY could not have asked for a better year. Record crowds, two massive Saturday meetings
FUN for all is guaranteed at The Press Family Raceday. The feast of entertainment returns for its 11th outing on Sunday, September 5 and remains the only Sabbath fixture in York Racecourse’s 17-race calendar. Along with a seven-race
There have been a few changes at York Racecourse’s Melrose Stand. STEVE CARROLL takes a look. IT’S not quite finished yet, but these pictures should still give you a good idea of how York Racecourse chiefs have invested £1.8 million in the Melrose
The third Yorkshire Racing Summer Festival in July promises to be the best yet, as Go Racing In Yorkshire public relations officer Graham Orange tells STEVE CARROLL. WHERE else do you get the chance to visit one of the world’s finest race tracks one
Paul Pickard was one of the surprise packages of 2009. The apprentice jockey tells STEVE CARROLL how he has set his sights on the top this season. THERE is no messing about, no hedging your bets. Paul Pickard’s belief about the Flat season ahead
Coming off a best ever 2009, no one is more excited about the new Flat season than the north’s leading rider Paul Hanagan, as he reveals to STEVE CARROLL. THAT appalling spell of weather, the snow and ice which dominated the turn of the year, may actually
Following an electric run of form on the all-weather and the jumps, Norton trainer Brian Ellison has his eye on a half-century in 2010, as he tells STEVE CARROLL. THERE is no such thing as a mere Flat horse at Brian Ellison’s yard. If you are lucky
PUPILS from Skelton Primary School were first to cycle their way over the finish line in York’s first inter-school virtual cycle race, organised by Cycling City York. The two-week race began on March 1, and saw Elvington Primary School come a close second
Pocklington Arts Centre’s Mirth Control Comedy Club presents headline sets by Martin ‘Bigpig’ Mor and Elliott Tiney, of Idiots Of Ants fame, on Thursday night. “We’re extremely pleased with this month’s line-up,” says assistant manager James Duffy.
THE winning schools in York Rotary Club’s annual schools technology tournament have been announced. Now in its fifth year, the Rotary Technology Tournament, organised by the three York Rotary Clubs and held at the National Railway Museum last week
FIFTEEN bosses of York and North Yorkshire businesses will get the chance to question one of the UK’s leading economists this week on how today’s Budget will affect them. It will be part of a nationwide teleconference organised by Yorkshire Bank. Tom
FUNDRAISERS in York were rewarded for their efforts with a visit from the Lord Mayor. The civic party visited a tombola stall after it raised more than £2,000 for Brunswick Organic Nursery and Craft Workshop. The nursery and craft workshop is a workplace
CHILDREN at Haxby Road Primary School in York have been welcoming some new arrivals, after the hen eggs they had been caring for hatched. The three and four-year- old foundation stage pupils had been looking after the eggs throughout the three- week
A MUSEUM near York will be able to help youngsters travel back in time thanks to a special flypast. Every year, hundreds of local schoolchildren get lessons in wartime history at the Yorkshire Air Museum, at Elvington, near York. Now forthcoming
A “window of opportunity” now exists for agricultural land buyers across Yorkshire. That is the conclusion of new research by land experts Savills. The short-term cost of borrowing money has dropped below the income generated from farming assets, according
UNVEILED of its scaffolds and netting, this is the new £6 million Aspire building, on what was once the derelict former Charlie Brown car repairs site in Bootham Row, York. Sainsbury’s will move its nearby local store to the ground- floor of
POLICE have launched a murder hunt after a North Yorkshire woman was found dead in a village post office. The body of Diana Garbutt, believed to be formerly from York, was discovered after a robbery at the building in Melsonby, near Richmond
It is utterly deplorable that City of York Council is seeking to demolish the empty Peasholme Hostel without any firm proposals for the land on which it stands (Anger over hostel plans, The Press, March 15). This is not some decrepit Victorian slum
YORK City goalkeeper coach Simon Miotto believes Michael Ingham is the Blue Square Premier’s top man between the sticks. Ingham, man of the match in a 1-0 win at Kidderminster last night, has kept 20 clean sheets this season and Miotto, who has now
York City moved up to fourth place in the Blue Square Premier standings after a hard-earned 1-0 victory against Kidderminster last night. The Minstermen leapfrogged Rushden and Diamonds in the battle for play-off places after Neil Barrett
Reading about the new Park&Ride sites that may be introduced by City of York Council (£25m Park&Ride plans pass a crucial first test, The Press, March 23), and looking at the Rawcliffe Park&Ride site, it is an ideal situation, being close to the river
I am increasingly concerned about our prisons. Stabbings in Durham, smuggling in Wakefield, and both are both category A jails. Any prison officer who wants to write to me can be assured of confidentiality if I take matters up with the minister responsible
I REFER to Olly Sherwood’s letter (Fares too high, March 6) and the excellent response from managing director of Arriva Yorkshire (March 17). So come on, First York, what do you offer our young adults in full-time further education in the city?
York LINk (Local Involvement Network) helps local people and organisations have their say on health and social care services. One of the issues we have been looking at during the past year is end-of-life care services in York. People approaching
Candidates for the election in York are arguing in The Press about who is home-grown and who isn’t. MPs are rarely representative of constituencies. Independent MPs and councillors stand alone against parties who always have the final say on where
The “Musical chairs” report in The Press on March 20 illustrates the sort of “human error” which does occur quite often in many places and needs correcting. Was the emphasis on the extra cost really necessary? Surely the same workmen or department
LIKE Coun Tracey Simpson-Laing, I too think the TV licence is good value. You don’t get ten minutes of adverts every 15 minutes on the BBC, and the programmes are more interesting. The tacky Tory newspapers not only moan about the BBC, they moan about
ACADEMY graduate back-rower Oliver Wilcox-Harrison, 20, makes a surprise return to the York City Knights reserves line-up tonight after over a year out with a knee injury. York visit Featherstone for a reserve friendly (7.45pm) short on props due to
David Wainwright says all three of Yorkshire’s spinners can play in the same side. The left-armer played his first game of the pre-season tour of Barbados on Monday after recovering from a knee injury, and picked up one wicket. He was the sole recognised
Guy Smith salvaged third place in the LM P2 category of the opening American Le Mans Series at Sebring in Florida. Smith and co-drivers Chris Dyson and Briton Andy Meyrick collected valuable championship points in the nine-race series at the wheel of
As a journalist reporting on major events like the Lockerbie plane crash or Omagh bombings, I witnessed the British Red Cross in action – they were there helping people affected and, much more importantly, were going to stick around long after the media
WHAT’S that coming over the hill? It’s the return of The Automatic, the Welsh four-piece best known for a certain Monster-sized hit. They are in the final week of a tour in support of their third album, Tear The Signs Down, released earlier this month
University Student Ladies improved their title chances in division two of the York Badminton League with a 5-4 win at Huntington, and a 6-3 win at Tadcaster Sports Centre. Becky Ward and Liz McFadzean were best for the campus over Huntington with three
Half-way around the world to Bootham Crescent is an arc of ardour for new goalkeeping coach Simon Miotto, whose task is to keep number one in prime condition at York City as he reveals to DAVE FLETT. FORMER triple jump international Simon Miotto might
How often do you feel overwhelmed at work? I don’t just mean by the things you have to do and the deadlines you have to meet. A friend of mine was saying only the other day that it seems you never really get to the end of any task as the moment
Just Mandy, who provided Richard Fahey with his 1,000th career success as a trainer at Southwell last week, turns out again at Kempton tomorrow evening in a bid to add another winner to the Malton handler’s scoresheet. Fahey, who began training with
A YOUNG woman found dead in North Yorkshire after taking the danger drug mephedrone has been described by her mother as a “really lovely girl”. Fighting back tears, Alison Waters paid tribute to her daughter Lois, 24, as fresh calls were made
POLICING is in Grahame Maxwell’s blood. His father was a village bobby and used to describe himself as the ‘local chief constable’. When Mr Maxwell followed in his footsteps he spent six years on the beat, and while his dad may have joked about
I attended Showtime Spectacular 4 with my grandparents and my friend on March 19, at the Grand Opera House, York. I thoroughly enjoyed it, with the fantastic West End hits and the amazing singing and dancing. It was fabulous. Also, I have attended
LINDA Lusardi and Sam Kane will not take Broadway by storm in their new song-and-dance show Viva Broadway at the Grand Opera House, York, tomorrow evening after all. The show has been postponed until July 6, by when a new cast will be in place
TAXI drivers in York have launched a petition against plans to reduce traffic lanes in Blossom Street, despite the exercise being described as pointless. York Private Hire Association said it would only call off the petition if City of York Council gave
A MAN was stabbed in the buttock by a mystery attacker as he walked through the Tang Hall area of York. The 27-year-old victim was treated for stab wounds in York Hospital on Sunday evening and has since been released. A spokesman for North Yorkshire
IT’S taken longer than expected, but finally daffodils are blooming in York. As The Press revealed last week, daffodils have bloomed approximately a month later than normal this year, although in Sinnington, near Pickering, the wait goes on. To
VICKI Capes is a loser – and she’s proud of it. A member of the Holgate Slimming World Class in York, Vicki was awarded the title of Greatest Loser 2009 after shedding six stone and four pounds in a year. Now Vicki, of Leeman Road, York
AN EXPLODING tyre smashed at least five windows and blew out a door in a historic building in Selby. The explosion happened in New Street on Sunday morning. The damaged building, which is currently vacant, is owned by Terry Sowden. Mr
SELBY bosses are hoping that the construction of a new public garden will improve one of the town’s major approaches and boost tourism as well as giving residents somewhere to enjoy. The derelict petrol filling station, near the town’s toll bridge
RESIDENTS of York are being given the chance to help shape a York version of the world’s most famous board game. Monopoly is due to release its York Edition later this year, and makers Winning Moves want the public to suggest locations around
A WOMAN was taken to hospital after she was shot by someone with an airgun in a York street. Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident, which happened at about 11.25am on Sunday. The victim, a 52-year-old local woman, was walking
RESIDENTS have backed plans for a £6.5 million upgrade of flood defences which protect 500 homes in the Leeman Road area of York. The Environment Agency held a drop-in session yesterday at St Barnabas Church Hall about its proposals to boost
RESIDENTS in some areas of North Yorkshire are paying more for groceries at Tesco-owned convenience stores than shoppers who use Tesco supermarkets, new figures have shown. Research carried out by a national newspaper has shown shops belonging to the
GOLDEN couple Jack and Joan Rylatt celebrated 50 years of marriage with a fundraising meal. The York couple held a lunch party and invited family and friends. But instead of getting their nearest and dearest to buy presents, the pair encouraged their
SEVERE altitude sickness did not stop the family and friends of York war hero Matthew Hatton from reaching the 5,896-metre summit of Africa’s highest mountain. The 23-year-old’s parents, sisters and other friends and relatives have successfully completed
YORK’S Festival of Remembrance is being staged again at the Theatre Royal, after organisers realised there was no chance of returning this year to its traditional home, the Barbican. The event will take place at 7pm on Sunday, November 7, and once again
