FORMER York City player Chris Smith struck a late equaliser for Tamworth to deny his old club a vital Blue Square Premier win. Smith levelled in the 82nd minute to cancel out Minstermen defender Luke Graham's 57th-minute bullet header from
A PARTLY demolished section of the Nestle factory in York doubled up as a disaster area in a valuable training exercise for Yorkshire firefighters. More than a hundred fire and rescue staff from Yorkshire and Humberside converged on the Wigginton
Coun James Alexander, Labour prospective Parliamentary candidate York, is a young rising star from our University. In answer to his York Press letter 26th Mar., pointing out where the Tories are going wrong. I would like to know; Political parties
ABSENCE rates in York are among the lowest in the country, according to newly-released Government figures. Statistics released by the Department for Children, Schools and Families show that absenteeism – including truancy – continues to fall in York
WITNESSES to a gang attack on a man in Selby are being asked to come forward. The violent assault took place on Friday, March 19, but police have only just released details about the incident. Officers said the victim was walking down Shipyard Road,
THREE men have been arrested on suspicion of carrying out a rape in Selby town centre. Half a dozen police cars descended on Gowthorpe at around 3.30pm yesterday and arrested the three, who are all local. Detective Inspector Steve Smith, who is leading
POLICE bosses in North Yorkshire have been referred to a watchdog for the second time in two days, following concerns that they failed to stop a wanted man who murdered a teenager. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) will investigate
EMMERDALE actor Jeff Hordley, who plays Cain Dingle, is to take part in an annual charity walk in York. The actor will cut the ribbon at the start of the York Walk For Colitis and Crohn’s, and then do the walk himself. On Sunday, May 23, hundreds
TWO men have been charged with an armed robbery at Henshall post office, near Selby, earlier this month. The two are alleged to have broken into the post office on the morning of March 4 and threatened to shoot a female customer if the postmaster did
The UK’s original celebrity weather woman, Wincey Willis, has been burned at the stake in York. Happily the former TV-am star survived the ordeal without so much as a blister. York Dungeon is recreating the horror of 16th and 17th Century witch burnings
NEWLY-appointed administrators for the ill-fated Jarvis group have sprung into action, launching an investigation into what can be salvaged from the York-based maintenance and freight group. Jarvis collapsed on Thursday when its bank lenders declared
AN EAST Yorkshire woman is preparing for a tandem skydive to raise money for charity, writes Dan Bean. Jo McDonough hopes to perform the jump at Hibaldstow airfield, in Lincolnshire, in July, to raise money for suicide prevention charity Papyrus. “I
A COUNCIL’S battle to control noisy motor vehicle sports on an airfield near York has taken a new twist at the High Court in London. Elvington Park Limited has been given permission to appeal against a planning inspector’s decision last November to
A BRIDE-TO-BE has been left almost £1,000 out of pocket and her plans for a hen party weekend in York have been ruined, following the sudden closure of the city’s Lamb & Lion hotel. Gemma Cox, who booked the entire hotel for herself and 17 of her friends
POLICE investigating the disappearance of York chef Claudia Lawrence have completed their search of fields near her former workplace. Officers this week scoured land near The Outgang, in Heslington, near the University of York, but said yesterday they
GORDON Brown has given his strongest hint yet that The Press will win its campaign to have the danger drug mephedrone banned after the Prime Minister is handed a crucial report from advisors on Monday. Mr Brown has suggested the Advisory Council On The
TRADERS have told the people responsible for huge hikes in York business rates what they think of the increases. More than 40 businessmen and women from across the city attended a crisis meeting in Micklegate, where some of the deepest concerns have
THE Yorkshire Air Museum, at Elvington, will be the only museum in the world to display a “live” example of the Nimrod military reconnaissance aircraft. The plane will be flown into Elvington from RAF Kinloss on April 13, where it will be maintained
A CHANCE to win a unique visit to York’s Nestlé factory is up for grabs tomorrow when the company organises a great Easter treasure hunt. The hunt, which starts and finishes in the Museum Gardens, is being organised by York confectioners Nestlé in association
A YORK charity shop has unveiled a special wedding service. Oxfam, in Goodramgate, has set up a new bridal department. With an extensive range of second-hand dresses, from sizes eight to 18, women across the city now have the opportunity to give a slice
A BURGLAR who preyed on elderly women and broke into their homes at night has been jailed. Jonathan Downs, 25, was on parole from a three-year sentence for raiding the central York home of a 61-year-old woman in the dark when he disturbed a Rawcliffe
A BAR in the heart of York will relaunch next week after changing its name in a copyright dispute. The owners of Pivo, in Patrick Pool, near Newgate Market, have told customers that from Friday, the business will trade as Pivní York. A spokesman for
It has been very interesting following the debate and discussions around the proposed traffic management scheme at Blossom Street, and as we have reached the end of the public consultation period it is worth reflecting on Coun Galloway’s reassurance to
A MOTHER has called in a vicar to bless her York home after she and her daughter were spooked by what they say are ghostly noises and apparitions. Tracey Glen and her daughter Tasha Kennedy, 14, told yesterday how their home in Water Lane, Clifton, had
THE building of a new public toilet block in the centre of York has been hit by a £24,000 overspend. Contractual difficulties and structural issues mean the Silver Street project has cost City of York Council thousands of pounds more than originally
A STUDENT celebrated her 25th birthday by swimming 25km for Sports Relief. Amy Pressland, who is studying for a PhD at the University of York, completed 1,002 lengths at the David Lloyd Gym in Hull Road. Amy, who completed the swim in just under eight-and-a-half
YORKSHIRE Ambulance Service NHS Trust is among ten more NHS trusts which have had conditions placed on their registration with a healthcare regulator. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has granted licences to 201 trusts and another ten with conditions
THE company bidding to build a controversial incinerator at its Tockwith site has been fined £40,000 for health and safety offences involving its handling of flammable chemicals and its equipment. BCB Environmental Management Ltd, of Marston Business
Since the passing of the recent long “deep freeze”, the many repairs, relaying of surfaces to pavements, parking areas and creating new parking spaces, with the tarred mixture giving a smooth surface, have been resumed, which looks fine and tidy. However
THE slope falls away, the front wheel bounces over the stones and the rattling begins. Scary, but that’s enough about my ride to work down Fossgate each morning. Now the wheels of my borrowed mountain bike are kangarooing all over the place, hitting
WE CONTINUE to enjoy the occasional shopping trip to Pocklington, with its easy parking and range of individual shops. This venue is small, noisy (the background music and buzz every time the door opened was intrusive) and was busy when we visited. The
While it seems correspondents to The Press seem to think that York’s busy roads can operate safely without traffic lights, I cannot agree. Last Wednesday morning I had to travel through the Blossom Street/ Micklegate junction on my bike just before
So City of York council wants to have a cycle lane in Blossom Street? Another daft, money-wasting idea. Surely it would make more sense to get rid of the bendy buses. The number of times I have waited behind these buses in Blossom Street taking up
I read the letter from S Dawson (Teen bus challenge, The Press, March 24), asking First York to come up with an answer to the challenge: “What do you offer our young adults, in full-time further education, in the city?” Well, assuming S Dawson is
The actions taken by the Labour Government have ensured that during the biggest economic crisis in more than 60 years, the number of York people claiming unemployment benefit in December 2009 was still 45 per cent less than under the last Conservative
Carol Ann Lee’s ten-year-old son River had a question for her when she finished writing her latest book. “Why don’t you have a go at writing a happy book now?” he asked. It was a good question. The 41-year-old author, who lives in Wilberfoss, has carved
1. From the car park at Scar House Reservoir, head down to quickly join the road where you turn left to reach the dam wall. Follow the road across the dam wall then, at the other side of the dam where the road bends sharp right, take the stony track up
WELCOME to the first of our monthly DIY columns. It’s arrived in the nick of time - spring is finally here, Easter’s around the corner and thoughts naturally turn to sprucing up home and garden. We’re here to help. Each month one of the Cooper & Westgate
Last week it felt that spring was about to knock on the door; this week it has pushed the door open and invited itself in. Once again, the days are lengthening and temperatures rising. The clocks go forward tonight and after the long winter it at last
CRIME pays for York Theatre Royal in a three-day youth theatre festival that ends today. Together with York company Riding Lights and their Scottish guests from the Edinburgh Lyceum Theatre, they are presenting six, hour-long, crime-related dramas,
FOOTBALL mad youngster Tonika Greaves is made of the write stuff. The ten-year-old York City supporter, of New Earswick, is the winner of our Young Sports Writer of the Year award, which is backed by the Minstermen and local employer CPP. Tonika entered
YORK Schoolboy Under-13s hit Bradford for six at Silsden. The visitors fell behind before bouncing back to register a 6-1 win, with Tom Robinson netting a hat-trick. Robinson levelled with an overhead kick into the top corner following good work from
IT was six of the worst for Fulford who crashed 6-3 to visiting Poppleton in the first division of the York FA Under-19s Football League. Niall Kirby, Danny Whittaker and Dom Halstead Harris were Fulford’s scorers. Poppleton’s haul was shared between
BISHOPTHORPE have booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Primary Schools’ Football Cup, writes Nick Long. Bishopthorpe earned their place in the last eight with a 3-2 victory over Yearsley Grove in round two. An own goal and a Liam Potter
THE annual primary schools tag rugby tournament run by York City Knights is underway, with two heats played and two to come next week. The Year 6 festival is one of the largest of its kind, involving four heats featuring primary schools from all over
SPRING has sprung and the clocks are going forward – cheerful times indeed. I was tempted this week to clamber on to my soapbox and lament the injustice of pubgoers once again being targeted in the Budget. But I won’t. We’ve been exploited, but it’s
YORK City will stage their second Football Fun Camp at Selby Abbey Leisure Centre during the Easter holiday. With more than 50 young footballers, aged between five and 14, attending the community team’s first fun camp at the Selby venue in February
YORK City will stage their second Football Fun Camp at Selby Abbey Leisure Centre during the Easter holiday. With more than 50 young footballers, aged between five and 14, attending the community team’s first fun camp at the Selby venue in February
KINGSLEY Wetherald bagged a brace as York City’s youth team beat Bradfoird City 3-2. Wetherald opened the scoring in the first minute from Nick Thompson’s pass and then added a second on the quarter-hour mark after striking partner Dom Brown had shown
JAMES RATCLIFFE returns to the dugout believing his York City Knights side can kick on to better things thanks to the “fantastic” work of his assistants. The head coach takes the helm away to Doncaster tomorrow (3pm) for the first time this season,
TOP rugby union coach Tosh Andrew was in sevens heaven at Pocklington School. The Leicester Academy backs coach and former England U19s chief led a 90-minute session at Pocklington, covering core handling skills and structure for attacking play in sevens
CHARLIE Greswold and Will Witty were among the scorers as Malton RUFC Under-15s toppled Pocklington. Greswold bagged a hat-trick of tries in the 34-29 victory, with his third touchdown snatching the result from under Pock’s nose. Danny Boddy also got
THE Yorkshire Youth League season ended on a bizarre note for City of York Hockey Club under-16 girls ‘A’ and ‘B’. The two sides turned up at Darton High School expecting to take on Wakefield ‘A’ and Slazengers, but both sides failed to show. That left
THE City of York Council’s Labour Group have insisted they are “100 per cent” behind plans to build a new community stadium. York City chairman Jason McGill told The Press this week of his concern regarding the council’s “negative and underwhelming
New Earswick ARLFC U14s lost 38-10 at high-flying Featherstone Lions but did better than the scoreline suggests. Finishing was the big difference, as only centre Louis Phillips and man-of-the-match Kieron Parker crossed for All Blacks, Tom Kilvington
Half-backs Sam Young and Shay North were in fantastic form as Heworth ARLFC Under-10s beat Townville 28-18. North and Young controlled the play and were backed up well by ‘team player’ Henri Grimbley. Josh Rogerson worked overtime in defence and opened
FORMER Great Britain rugby league legends Paul Sculthorpe and Garry Schofield are to hold a rugby league camp at New Earswick Sports Club at Easter for six to 18-year-olds. The four-day camp, from Tuesday, April 6 to Friday, April 9, from 10am to 3pm
York Acorn ARLC Under-18s helped their play-off chances with a cracking 26-26 draw against high-riding Normanton. Acorn fell behind before gradually turning the balance. Jimmy Mountford followed his own little kick to score before good pressure down
YORK RUFC Under-12s brought the Yorkshire Cup back to Clifton Park after a superb 14-0 win over Huddersfield at Bradford & Bingley. Having already beaten tough opponents Doncaster and Sheffield in earlier rounds, they were faced with an extremely big
CREAM of the crop – that’s the under-11 boys’ hockey team from St Olaves School in York, who were crowned champions at the northern regional finals of the YAZOO regional youth hockey festival organised by the milkshake manufacturers.
MALTON’S Phil Hart and Simon Weatherill (0 handicap) won the York Conservative Clubs’ Dave Burdett Snooker Pairs Trophy when they came from behind to win two black-ball games and beat Bootham’s Lee Bunce and Brendan Ledgeway (431 h/c) 2-1 at Heworth.
PENALTY queens York City Ladies dethroned holders Middlesbrough to win their first North Riding County Cup since 2006. The final – a re-run of last year’s showpiece – was a stalemate with the sides locked at 0-0 after extra time, but the Minsterwomen
BOXER Matt Doyle put in an accomplished display in front of a partisan crowd to notch his second professional win. The Heworth fighter took an easy 59-56 points victory over Afghan-born Monsoor Walli at Sheffield’s Don Valley Stadium in six two-minute
KNIGHTS general manager Ian Wilson has praised the first-team staff and players for the way they rallied round in head coach James Ratcliffe’s absence – and he believes the club can now push forward apace now he has returned. As reported
GOALKEEPER Michael Ingham has climbed up to fourth position in The Press Player of the Year standings after Tuesday’s man-of-the-match performance during the 1-0 victory at Kidderminster. As a result Ingham collected three points to add
IN a ding-dong battle for Cross Trophy glory, Fulford Golf Club’s former king of the boxing ring Henry Wharton, was floored. After the Cross Trophy 13 event at Heworth GC, holders Fulford struck first advantage to lead by four strokes on the day and
Tino Best is hoping a spell as Yorkshire’s overseas player can rekindle his international career with the West Indies. But the bubbly Bajan bowler, who has English grandparents, is not ruling out turning his back on the Caribbean and taking up status
Sessions ‘A’ thumped University ‘A’ 9-1 in division one of the NEDL York & District Table Tennis League, with Richard Moss and Mick Wilcockson unbeaten. Bootham ‘A’ drew with Coneysthorpe ‘B’, while Dave Lamb was in good form as Shepherds ‘A’ overcame
TEENAGE days are still more than six months away but Benjamin Statters is all the rage after the 12-year-old Easingwold GC player bagged his first hole in one. Playing in a friendly with his dad, Sian Statters, and his uncle, Richard Hanson, he unleashed
IN a bid to inspire his Sheffield United charges to get back to winning ways, manager Kevin Blackwell opted to show his men a clip from a movie. The film he picked is arguably one of the best of British, albeit not necessarily about sport. Blackwell
Record Breaker, fit from the all-weather, can come out on top in the most valuable race at Doncaster tomorrow. The Mark Johnston-trained six-year-old runs in the £20,000 William Hill-sponsored Doncaster Shield and is fancied to have the edge over another
