A BLAZE that destroyed a York flat was caused by a gas leak, fire investigators have revealed. Twenty five firefighters tackled the fire, which broke out yesterday afternoon in a downstairs flat in Station Road, Haxby. As reported previously
BROADCASTING legend Sir David Frost will be delivering the keynote speech at this year's Yorkshire International Business Convention this summer. He will be helicoptered between the convention's twin venues at the Yorkshire Event Centre in
AS a new three star Premier Inn prepares to open in York city centre on Saturday, the land on which it stands has been sold for £10.45 million. The new 91 bedroom four storey hotel next door to the Reel Cinema in Blossom Street will generate
Vix is looking to form a girl group. It would be r'n'b/soul/acoustic influence. "I'm trying to do something a bit different, compared to all these naff girl bands out there right now. I'm not looking to go all out and be famous, just
WILL New Earswick Musical Society actor Steve Padfield wear his cross-dressing costume from Sugar when he runs the London Marathon on April 25? “Many of my fellow cast members are trying to convince me to do it for the run,” says Steve, who will be
HAPPY Wanderers hero Sid Storey has died, aged 90. The York City legend, who was based in Haxby, played 354 times for the club between 1947 and 1956, and was part of the Minstermen team that reached the FA Cup semi-finals in 1955.
The party managers and Whitehall staff are franticly trying to work out what to do if, as the surveys suggest, a HUNG PARLIAMENT!! ! is voted in by the people. Could there be a clearer message from the people about our voting system and the
In light of today’s political climate, Newcastle company, Northern Stage, have attempted to reinvent Joan Littlewood’s urgent orchestra of musicians, dancers, singers and clowns with a modern relevance by drawing parallels with the horror and futility
And they’re off! Gordon Brown has set May 6 as general election day. After weeks of waiting, the campaign starts now. But what are the issues that matter to ordinary voters? And will you even bother to vote at all? STEPHEN LEWIS and MAXINE GORDON canvassed
PUPILS and teachers swapped jobs for the day at a York secondary school as part of an idea for everyone to gain an insight into school life and teaching. Whitney Calder, 16, a pupil at Huntington School, found herself before a class of 11-year-olds for
FOUR primary schools in York are set to see a cut in the number of pupils they will welcome in the 2011/12 academic year. And one of the city’s secondary schools is looking to increase its Year 7 intake as education bosses prepare to assess head teachers
A SCHOOL cook has been hailed as the “ultimate professional” after a quarter of a century at Archbishop of York Junior School. School pupils and guests, including the Mayor and Lady Mayoress of York, made sure Kate Woods got a sizzling send-off at her
GLOBAL leaders from the computer games industry will descend on York this week for an international self-publishing conference. By hosting the State Of Independence conference, which focuses on the changing business landscape of the gaming sector, at
SCIENTISTS at the University of York have developed a new adhesive which could reduce the impact of carpet tile waste on the environment. Around 70 million kilogrammes of carpet tile waste is incinerated or sent to landfill sites across Europe each year
SIXTEEN jobs have been saved at two value clothing retail shops. Relieved staff at Ethel Austin stores in Malton and Driffield are celebrating that they have been spared the axe by administrators. They are among 90 stores bought from administrators
York City’s play-off hunting players have been set the challenge of going unbeaten to the end of the season. Manager Martin Foyle’s men are on a run of six games without defeat following Easter Monday’s morale-boosting last-gasp win over
THE LORD Mayor of York, Coun John Galvin, is setting off for China next week. He flies to Beijing on Tuesday to “promote York as a city open for business, tourism and education”. During his five-day stay he hopes to meet business leaders in the Chinese
IF AFC Wimbledon are planning on gate-crashing the Blue Square Premier play-offs then three points are an absolute must from their trip to Bootham Crescent tonight. Although a draw with the Minstermen would theoretically keep their post-season hopes
A FORMER Major winner will be alongside York’s Simon Dyson in his maiden US Masters appearance tomorrow. Dyson has been paired alongside New Zealand’s Michael Campbell, winner of the US Open championship in 2005, and American Ben Crane, whose successes
York golfer Simon Dyson is gearing up for a dream debut at Augusta. TONY KELLY talks to him about the Masters. FOUR rather than fore will be the driving power behind York tsar of par Simon Dyson’s first assault on the US Masters championship
HEWORTH ‘A’ clinched the York Conservative Clubs’ Carlsberg UK Snooker League championship with a 4-3 victory over holders Malton after a final frame decider. Nick Dyson and Phil Hart gave Malton a good start only for Steve Burdett, who beat Simon Weatherill
Stamford Bridge Cricket Club are holding a junior cricket signing-up session on Sunday, from 3pm. Any youngsters interested in develop their cricketing skills are welcome to attend. Qualified coaches will supervise all age groups – Under-9s, U11s
Yorkshire can figure in the hunt for trophies this summer, according to England all-rounder Tim Bresnan. The White Rose county start their summer with a County Championship clash against Warwickshire at Edgbaston on Friday, with many tipping them to
I hope that readers of William Dixon Smith’s letter, published on Monday (Focus on present evils rather than past), also took the opportunity to view the BBC TV documentary The Orphans Who Survived The Concentration Camps, broadcast the same day.
WHEN will the very sad trail of our super young men’s coffins parading through Wootton Bassett ever end? How awful that our brave armed forces are in another land fighting for justice for others, and being killed, maimed, or blown to pieces by the
SIR ALEX FERGUSON takes a break from the stresses and strains of trying to win the Premier League with Manchester United by donning his owner’s hat at Aintree tomorrow on the opening day of the Grand National meeting. The legendary manager is part-owner
THE new electric car plant in Sunderland will produce very large numbers of electric vehicles, which run for 100 miles between chargings. Instruments indicate when a charge is needed and the location of a public electric point. Apparently these cars
I SAW a pair of swallows flying around Bridge Dyke, Escrick, on Saturday. Bill Reader, Main Street, Escrick, York
LISTENING is an under-rated skill. We quite often spend a good 80 per cent of the time talking at another person in any interaction when the research shows that effective communication requires us to do only 20 per cent. Even when we are
FRIENDS of a York woman who has been missing for nearly two years have urged the public not to forget her. Lisette Dugmore, of Clifton, has not been seen since she was captured on CCTV in York city centre on July 6, 2008. Her friends have created a
A WOMAN who has been missing for more than two weeks is an agoraphobic who had not stepped outside her York home in 13 years. Police have revealed missing Mandy Bishop was also the sole carer for her mother, who has terminal cancer, while her
I see that the five “affordable homes” unveiled at Dane Avenue and announced in Monday’s Press cost £1.4 million, which, if my arithmetic hasn’t deserted me altogether, means that the average cost was £280,000 each. So who is making the money on these
BEV Jones, the doyen of York musical producers, is putting on Les Miserables School Edition in only ten days, from start to finish. The first rehearsal was held last Sunday, followed by sessions from Tuesday to Friday this week and Monday to Friday next
SELLING land and securing cash from developers have been identified as ways of providing a chunk of the money York’s political leaders must find for the city’s revamped Park&Ride network. The Government has provisionally agreed to provide £22.89 million
A MAJOR rail company is poised to take over the jobs that Jarvis workers were meant to do. At the same time, York MP Hugh Bayley has called on Harriet Harman, speaker of the House of Commons, to take action to ensure that 1,200 Jarvis workers
POLICE are hunting a mugger who robbed a lone woman in broad daylight. Detectives are also appealing for witnesses to the incident, which happened between 5.15pm and 5.35pm on Monday. The man began following the 26-year-old woman as she walked home
THIS seven-year-old boy is determined to ensure the National Railway Museum in York keeps the fun factor. Sam Pointon made headlines last year after he applied for the position of museum director when Andrew Scott retired, and was subsequently
POLICE investigating the murder of a North Yorkshire postmistress say they have completed all forensic examinations and searches – but will continue house-to-house inquiries. Former York woman Diana Garbutt, 40, was found dead in the upstairs living
A 25-YEAR-OLD man was taken to hospital after being assaulted during a brawl that started in a Selby pub. Police have appealed for witnesses to the attack in the pedestrianised shopping area of Market Cross on Easter Sunday. A spokesman for North
MOTORISTS faced traffic chaos when an overturned lorry closed a major roundabout on the Selby bypass on the same day a major road into the town shut for three weeks. Police were called to the Whinny Hagg roundabout near Thorpe Willoughby at 8.30am yesterday
PLANNERS have turned down a scheme to bulldoze a row of houses in the centre of Selby and replace them with modern homes. The Broadacres Housing Association had applied to build six two-and-a-half-storey properties, each with three bedrooms, after demolishing
The Prime Minister has announced the election date as May 6, so now all the parties will be campaigning for your vote. Both of the major parties seem to be telling you to vote for change in their party slogans. What they seem to have missed out is
I very much support Mary Ainscow’s view (Letters, April 2) that everyone should use their vote, despite widespread disillusionment with the current batch of politicians and party leaders. She rightly acknowledges the option of voting for the Green
No sooner had Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced the election date, than local candidates had launched their own campaigns. Julian Sturdy, Conservative candidate for York Outer, got his drive underway in Haxby yesterday afternoon. He was joined
THE boundary changes introduced for the 2010 General Election will see sweeping changes for voters across our region. Here is an at-a-glance guide to how they will affect you: YORK CENTRAL Includes the Acomb, Clifton,
Are you fed up with the current sleazy, devious and downright dishonest political parties, always bickering how they will get us out of the massive debt they got us into? So are we. These political parties continue to employ undesirable individuals
THE struggle for political power in York and North and East Yorkshire was today kicking into top gear, as the most hotly-anticipated General Election for 13 years loomed. Campaigning has been launched across the region following Gordon Brown
I read with interest comments from Steve Helsdon (A voter’s priority, Letters, April 2). Steve fails to take into account that the recent recession was a global phenomenon. Steve can accuse Gordon Brown all he wants for the recession, but did
At the risk of giving James Alexander the oxygen of publicity, he has really lost the plot this time on his trip to Brussels to protest at the European Commission. The 540-home Derwenthorpe development is exactly what York residents need: a landmark
A SHOCK report has lifted the lid on life at a maximum security jail near York. The report on Full Sutton prison revealed: • A bragging prisoner led a riot in segregation cells after magistrates gave him a lenient sentence for assaulting a prison officer
PROFESSOR Neil Carter, from the department of politics at the University of York, gives his views on the election fight which lies ahead. The central issue, quite rightly, will be the economic recession, the financial crisis and how the country is
A PLANNED move to Tockwith by a company producing animal care products and industrial chemicals has been abandoned. Animalcare, which has bases throughout the UK, had planned to consolidate its operations at the Tomlinsons Antiques site at Moorside,
THEIR best friend fought and won a battle against breast cancer – now a York couple are preparing to hit the city’s streets to raise money for other sufferers. Christine and John Bramwell, of Holgate, will join thousands of others who are set to take
A YORK architect who has staged a one-man protest over the looming demolition of a former homeless hostel says it should be turned into a stop-over base for visiting school groups. Matthew Laverack voiced his anger at City of York Council’s plans to
CALLS are being made for York to join the fight to safeguard the work of police community support officers as uncertainty surrounds their future after the General Election. York Labour councillor Ruth Potter – a member of North Yorkshire Police Authority
A RETIRED vet has turned to internet website YouTube in his latest effort to help injured and sick donkeys in the Middle East. Stuart Easby, who lives near Stamford Bridge, is a retired vet who now runs a veterinary advice line. But he also
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