A FIREFIGHTER said a man who escaped from a serious blaze at a property in York was lucky to be alive. Twenty five firefighters tackled the fire, which broke out shortly before 4.30pm yesterday in a downstairs flat in Station Road, Haxby. It is believed
Re: Fixing some holes. York Press. Tuesday 5th April. Apart from the winter weather, utility work, increased traffic and the quality of materials, the quality of road work must be a factor. In the days when the North Riding had their
A FIRE in a York city centre restaurant led to a neighbouring flat being evacuated and several shops being cordoned off. The blaze broke out in a first-floor office at the Bombay Spice restaurant in Goodramgate at about 11.30am yesterday. Shops
GORDON Brown has this morning confirmed the General Election will be held on Thursday, May 6. Flanked by his Cabinet ministers in Downing Street, the Prime Minister said the date the country will go to the polls was "the least well-kept secret
A MOTHER who has been told by doctors that her three-year-old son will not live to be a teenager has spoken of her unbearable pain. Theresa Etheridge-Clarke was eight months pregnant with twins last August when she and her husband, Tony Clarke, were
MORE than a dozen yobs smashed up a York pub after being ordered to leave a city centre bar. The gang caused hundreds of pounds worth of damage to the Red Lion in Merchantgate at around 4pm on Easter Sunday. Tony Wasley, landlord of the Red Lion, said
FOOTBALL fans were invited to save a life, as York City FC backed The Press’s campaign to boost organ donation rates. As reported in The Press yesterday, the promotion-chasing Bootham Crescent club have backed our Lifesavers initiative, which aims to
RATTY, the bus-hopping York dog who loved taking a trip to the pub, has died. The ten-year-old Jack Russell became a media celebrity after The Press revealed how he would wander onto First York services near his home on a Dunnington farm and make solo
ANGRY passengers were left on the platform at York Station as train services to London were overwhelmed with bank holiday travellers. Yesterday’s 14.08 from Sunderland to Kings Cross, run by Grand Central, was described as being similar to the London
THE annual Easter walk organised by Tang Hall Working Men’s Club saw 60 youngsters step out for some bank holiday exercise. The event also included an adult’s competitive road walking race through the Hull Road area and out to Murton. Ray Barker,
THE garage owner who helped catch quadruple killer Mark Hobson after a week-long massive manhunt has sold his business to a former police constable. Oliver Plaskitt, 26, was training to be a police officer in 2004 when North Road Garage, in Shipton,
MOTORISTS in Selby face weeks of diversions and jams as a major road into the town is closed. New Street is due to be shut for several weeks from today, meaning diversions and potentially long delays, particularly for commuters. The closure is being
HOPES have been raised that a massive funding gap which has prevented progress on a new swimming pool at the University of York could finally be narrowed. The project has stalled due to a £4 million shortfall for the facility at the Heslington campus
POLICE investigating the disappearance of a York woman who has not been seen for more than two weeks are trying to build up a picture of her movements over the past month. Mandy Bishop, who lives in the Skeldergate area of the city, was reported
VISITOR attractions in and around York reported a good turn out of visitors on Easter Monday despite a damp start to the day. At the Castle Museum there was the chance to make your own Easter nests in the kitchen studio, while at Beningbrough Hall families
I am a low-income earner whose rent may very well increase to compensatefor the forthcoming council tax increase. If City of York Council is so short of funds, can it please justify why it is spending, or planning on spending, so much money on cyclists
Surprise, surprise. Easter came upon us once again and the A64 at Hopgrove was at a standstill. At 2.35pm on Good Friday the traffic was still backed up to Grimston Bar. So despite the £9 million-plus spent on the roundabout nothing has changed and
THERE is a saying “holier than thou” – well, this might well be my biblical interpretation of the ever-spiralling problem of potholes appearing in our roads and across the country. Over the years, Government and council highway authorities always
After listening to a recent Radio York interview with council leaders from the main three parties regarding the new proposed community stadium, I was left underwhelmed at their lack of commitment, seven years after the project originally began. Only
For 60 years ABTA/The Travel Association has been at the heart of travel, its members providing holidays to millions of Brits. ABTA members have catered for customers from the birth of the package holiday to booking a last-minute break online. To
I would like to know where the City of York Council spokeswoman (Letters, April 3) gets her facts from. Most York people would love to see the local market back in its old home of Parliament Street,with the visiting markets given a special place in
FEARS have been raised over how York’s newest bridge is to be kept safe during wintry weather. A new study by City of York Council says some de-icing materials could damage the Millennium Bridge’s paintwork, and should be avoided, to prevent the authority
A VITAL rail link through York could be fast-tracked for investment under plans by the Liberal Democrats. The party has proposed a Rail Expansion Fund, which it says would lead to thousands of miles of tracks and stations being reopened, financed through
A COUNCILLOR has criticised the closure of a York road, saying it will inconvenience elderly bus passengers and pointing out that bus users were not properly informed. Andy D’Agorne, Green councillor for Fishergate, said City of York Council also ruled
A BUDDING businesswoman will make her debut today, less than a year after a heart transplant. Claire Davies, 34, of Acomb, York, has set up her own business selling home-made jams, preserves and crafts, trading under the name Grace.
THE courage of chocolate workers from York who laid down their lives for their country is to be immortalised outside the factory where they once plied their trade. Nestlé has won permission to create a new war memorial in stone as part of a revamped
FIVE British soldiers who were injured in a bomb explosion in Afghanistan are to cycle more than 800 miles to raise money for charity. The group, who will be led by York soldier Captain Pete Graham, 45, will undergo the gruelling 874-mile journey from
AN unemployed mother-of-four has been jailed and banned from keeping horses for five years after causing suffering to eight Shetland ponies. Margaret Briggs, of Boltby, near Thirsk, admitted eight charges of causing unnecessary suffering to a Shetland
A PENSIONER who suffers from a muscle-weakening condition has visited a four-legged friend with the same disease. Ron Middlemass, chairman of the York branch of the Myasthenia Gravis Association, said he decided to drop in and see Oscar after reading
NEW Earswick Musical Society’s next production is based on the film Some Like it Hot. Sugar follows the fortunes of two unemployed musicians who witness the St Valentine’s Day Massacre. The pair dress as women to avoid the gangsters and join an all-female
If we go out today, chances are it will begin with me standing at the bottom of the stairs screeching. Or I may be at the door screeching, or even in the car screeching. And what will I be screeching? “Come on! Hurry up!” My husband is a terrible timekeeper
For some, it’s too little, too late. For others, Chancellor Alistair Darling’s proposal for the UK’s first-ever green investment bank – in practice, a fund for investing in green technology – is a welcome sign that Britain is moving towards a low-carbon
After stealing the kids’ chocolate eggs York needed a way to burn off the excess calories – cue Beverley Knight. On the first note, the three backing singers roused the audience to their feet for five songs segued together in a tour de force featuring
WHEN I was younger and very naive I believed the cliché about building a better mousetrap and the world beating a path to your door. I took this to mean if you had a great idea it would take off, no matter who you were. But time moves on, and I now see
DABBERS at the ready, we put down our glasses of wine and stop giggling. A hush sweeps over the hall as the bingo caller gets down to business. “All the fours, 44,” announces the man with a song in his voice. It’s Wednesday night and I’ve joined members
Tony and fellow co-founder Tony Thomson sold York Brewery to Lancaster pubs business Mitchell’s Hotels and Inns in 2008. He remained with the business after the acquisition to run the brewery’s mobile bars service. But last year, Mitchell’s decided
Discerning Images, the photographic studio based in Green Lane Trading Estate, Clifton Moor, is expanding into two new studios. Rob Scott, who set up the business with his Nottingham-based business partner, Jeff Ditchburn, in 2005, is replacing
Stephen Kennedy, managing director of CPP, will be the guest speaker at the annual dinner of York Professionals at York Racecourse on May 20. His invitation to speak comes as his firm, one of the biggest employers in York, has successfully floated
A hairdresser’s in York is celebrating its tenth birthday on Thursday. Grosvenor Salon, in Grosvenor Terrace, was started by Debbie Kingham. She has operated alone, cutting hair for men and women, for the past decade. The occasion will be
This East Yorkshire-made rocking horse is claimed to be the biggest in the world. The 16ft long 12ft high wooden steed has been lovingly carved by Anthony Dew, master rocking horse-maker and founder of The Rocking Horse Shop in Fangfoss. It was commissioned
ACCLAIMED gardener Roy Lancaster planted a tree at a York college in memory of a famous former student. Mr Lancaster went to Askham Bryan College to give the first Geoffrey Smith Memorial Lecture, a tribute to the gardening expert who died last year
A YOUNG woman from a York guiding family has received the organisation’s top award. Becky Lowe, of Gower Road, Dringhouses, was awarded the Queen’s Guide Award at a ceremony at Strensall Village Hall, and will travel to London for a national ceremony
Forty metres of silk were dropped down and hoisted up the side of York’s city walls to mark the culmination of an art project between York St John University and local school children. Local folk band Blackbeard’s Tea Party played live music to accompany
YORK City manager Martin Foyle praised Richard Brodie’s “guts” after he converted the injury-time penalty that earned a 2-1 home win over Altrincham. Top scorer Brodie had seen his last spot kick saved at Mansfield in March but made no mistake from 12
FEARLESS Richard Brodie rattled in his 30th goal of the season to leave York City tantalisingly close to securing a play-off spot. Brodie, who saw his last penalty saved at Mansfield, stepped up to take a crucial spot kick in the third minute
JAMES RATCLIFFE refused to blame referee Clint Sharrad for York City Knights’ defeat at Blackpool – despite seeing his side have two tries ruled out while the Panthers had a questionable touchdown allowed to stand. The Knights lost 27-14 yesterday
EASTWOOD and Inspiral Carpets keyboardist Boon might be heroes to many but, on this showing, Sharrad isn’t likely to join them on the list of popular Clints. The Mancunian referee was who most people were talking about at the end of York City Knights
CYGNET’S final pairing of Karen Richardson and Shona Benson gamed in 23 darts to secure victory at Clifton in division one of the York John Smith’s Ladies Darts League. Clifton’s Carole Layne hit two 140s and a 121, while Judy Hall closed 72, but the
Malcolm Jefferson, who saddled three winners last week, is the trainer to follow at Wetherby this afternoon. The Norton handler, whose horses seem to be reaching top form after an in and out winter, is fancied to complete a double with King Fontaine
NEW Earswick All Blacks ‘A’ suffered semi-final heartache for the third successive year as they bowed out of the Pennine Supplementary Cup. All Blacks lost 27-20 at Woodhouse Warriors after a gripping encounter. The visitors took the lead with a try
Yorkshire youngster James Lee says he has got to be ready to take his first team chance when it arises. The 21-year-old former England under-19s pace bowler is one of a handful of seamers looking to take advantage of the departures of Darren Gough, Matthew
PICKERING Town suffered a rare defeat in the Northern Counties East League premier division as they went down 3-0 at home to Arnold Town. A win for manager Mark Wood’s men would have thrust the Pikes into the top five, but the Ryedale side slipped a
The battle for the second automatic promotion spot in Coca-Cola League One looks set to go to the wire after victories for all four of the contenders. Leeds United, Swindon, Millwall, and Charlton are separated by only two points, with the Robins leading
