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City Screen, York will play host to the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, and filmmakers Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson for a discussion at the special showing of Mugabe And The White African (12A), on April 18. This award-winning documentary portrays

AUDITIONS for the York Settlement Players’ production of The Tapiters and Couchers’ Play, Christ Before Pilate 1: The Dream Of Pilate’s Wife, will be held on Sunday April 11 at Clementhorpe Community Centre from 2pm to 5pm. Staged by the

Updated: THIEVES stole jewellery worth thousands of pounds in a raid on a York city centre jewellery shop. The raiders struck at Silverado in Shambles sometime during the evening of Monday, April 5 and the following morning. The thieves

Updated: A MOTORCYCLIST has been killed in a road accident near Towton. The 42-year-old man, who has been named locally as Trevor Peacock, was riding a red Honda motorcycle on the A162 between Towton and Scarthingwell Golf Club on Wednesday evening,

THE Press will be bringing you the views of our reader panel in the run-up polling day. They told Jamie Thunder where they think the race for Westminster will be won and lost. LIZ EDGE SAYS: “The key issues will be maintaining what progress

THE quest for votes is in full swing across York and North and East Yorkshire, as General Election candidates pound the streets. The battle to win the new York Outer seat is already hotting up, with politicians from all parties knocking on

FIRST-TIME voters in Selby are being urged not to let their chance to have a say in who takes control of the country slip away. The call has been made by the electoral services team at Selby District Council, as they emphasise the importance of voting

Nominations for the election are open until April 20, but this is the current provisional list of candidates. York Central Hugh Bayley - Labour Christian Vassie - Lib Dem Susan Wade Weeks - Conservative Andy Chase - Green Paul

NORTH YORKSHIRE artist John D Wilson has been invited to join the Elephant Parade in London this summer. The parade forms part of an open-air exhibition to raise money for the endangered elephants of Asia. More than 250 international artists and

A SELBY Abbey verger is marking his retirement by organising a concert to raise funds for a charity which helps abused and neglected children. Chris Walters, who has worked at the abbey for 18 years, joining after being made redundant from the power

DREAMS of a teenager will unfold into the real deal for York’s greens king Simon Dyson today. The most successful North Yorkshire professional makes his bow among the world’s elite in the Masters, the first Major of the year. Declared Dyson: “This

HUNTERS Property Group of York has extended its Hunters Personal concept to Manchester. Carl Crompton, a former operations director of a national telecoms and technology company, has bought the Hunters Personal franchise for Whitefield and Prestwich.

It seems appropriate, having just enjoyed an Easter break, that we should return to work by telling the tale of Chapel House, a delightfully refurbished family home that, as its name implies, was once a place of worship. It was built in 1927 as a Methodist

Pennine League division four champions-elect Selby Warriors aim to erase their Andrew Bennett Memorial Trophy heartache and enjoy a promotion party at home to Drighlington ‘A’ on Saturday. Victory over bottom club Hollinwood last night would have clinched

I WAS amused and then slightly depressed by the quote ‘libraries are for everyone’ from the council’s library chief in Monday’s Press. The original letter writer had politely worried that based on the evidence of the Explore Centre at Acomb

HEWORTH ARLC do not yet know if player-coach Chris Smith will remain at the helm next season – but they hope he agrees to stay in charge. The former Super League and York City Knights star has overseen a torrid season in National Conference division

YORK City clinched a play-off place last night, barring a mathematical miracle, following a 5-0 thrashing of long-time, top-five contenders AFC Wimbledon. Richard Brodie claimed a first-half hat-trick for the Minstermen, including two penalties, during

I WOULD like to thank you for raising awareness of the plight of the workers who have recently been made redundant by Jarvis Fastline. I feel it is my duty to point out that there is another group of people who have been affected by the collapse of

Andrew Gale and Martyn Moxon will sit down today to finalise a squad for Yorkshire’s County Championship opener against Warwickshire at Edgbaston tomorrow. It is going to be touch and go as to whether they will be able to call upon the services of West

THE “humble stale loaf” can be turned into biofuel without the aid of green technology (Comment, 5 April). It must first be toasted, or sliced up and soaked in milk with added dried fruit, or served encapsulating cool summer fruit or hot winter

HOLDERS York were dethroned by Featherstone in the Hebden Challenge Cup. North Cave finished in third place and Selby in fourth. York started well in their first game against Selby and had two winning rinks and one drawn. Eric Hodgson’s team made

SIXTY-FIVE years ago, a wise old owl, head lad, said to me, son, there are three things in life you will never see, “a fat jockey”, “a bookie wearing bicycle clips” and a “dead donkey”. I have seen none of these. When I catch up with him at that Royal

THE fifth annual Mascot Gold Cup is set to take place at Wetherby races family day on April 25. Aside from making a great spectacle as the mascots run the final furlong and stumble over the six fences, this is a great opportunity for local organisations

KALAHARI KING, who came good at Aintree last year after just missing out at the Cheltenham Festival, can produce an encore for North Yorkshire trainer Ferdy Murphy tomorrow. The feature race is the £175,000 John Smith’s Melling Chase, which is the target

Huntington moved into a promotion place in ladies two in the York Badminton League after a 9-0 home win over Tadcaster. Beverley Tebbutt and Angela Hobman put in their best series so far with three straight wins. Clifton ‘A’ went down 7-2 at home

WITH regard to the report on student homes (The Press, March 10), Coun Steve Galloway’s comment regarding short-term tenants does not apply because once these homes become home of multiple occupation they continue from year to year as student lets

THIS Easter Bank Holiday, me and my family visited York, as I do most years, but this time my visit was ruined by your city council’s inconsistent policy on public toilets. In some toilets you are charged 40 pence per person per visit (the average is

As the starting pistol for the General Election has now been fired, we want to see the care of older and vulnerable people in this country’s society take centre stage. For too long, social care has been chronically underfunded. We call on each party

I WILL be voting at the General Election for a party which does not insult my intelligence and which does not use lies and spin in all their pronouncements. I have to say that my choice is extremely limited. Malcolm Maddock, Jute Road, Acomb

THE prospect of the General Election already brings down a storm of mind-numbing ambiguity and bickering politicians. As an “undecided”, I am tempted to vote for the first party that will tell us what they really are going to do, rather than keep

JOHN Humphrys, on BBC Radio 4, is going to travel around the UK before polling day, asking “ordinary folk”: do you feel better now after 13 years of New Labour than you did before May 1997? I have been feeling steadily worse since about 1956. Almost

WHEN Harry first met Sally in 1989, it sprinkled new glitter on the old–fashioned formula of a silver-screen romantic comedy with the winning New York combination of Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan before they both became irritating. When Harry met

FOOTBALL fans in York could get the chance to watch the World Cup on the city’s very own big screen – but policing will be stepped up to cope with any crowd trouble. Talks have been held about the possibility of providing an outdoor base for supporters

YORK City strikers Richard Brodie and Michael Rankine ran riot as a play-off place was all but secured during a scintillating 5-0 victory over AFC Wimbledon. Brodie took his tally for the season to 33 with a first-half hat-trick while Rankine bagged

BY SOME twist of pre-election silliness, the fictional police officer Gene Hunt has briefly become a political mascot. The foul-mouthed, cigarette-lipped, boozy, sexist pig copper from Ashes To Ashes, the BBC1 time-slip drama, has been claimed by

Updated: THE police investigation into the mystery disappearance of York woman Mandy Bishop was stepped up as teams of divers searched the River Ouse. An underwater search and rescue team from Humberside Police was drafted in yesterday to scour

ARTIST Mark Hearld’s work may look oddly familiar to anyone who has seen the film Nanny McPhee And The Big Bang. There’s a very good reason for that. Some of the most striking artwork on the set was painted by Mark. “I painted a cockerel

A DESPERATE attempt is being made today by Government officials to prevent skilled Jarvis jobs leaving the railway industry forever. Three major track renewal companies pitching for work which would otherwise have been done by the ill-fated York-based

THE A64 was closed for 30 minutes after an accident involving three vehicles, just after 1pm yesterday at the junction with North Lane. The eastbound lane was closed while the vehicles, which included a Vauxhall Corsa and an Audi Quattro, were recovered

TRAIN operator Grand Central has apologised to customers in York after they were forced to travel like “sardines in a tin” on a service to London. Many bank holiday travellers decided not to board Monday’s 14.08 service from Sunderland to Kings

SID Storey, perhaps the best bargain York City ever bought, has died aged 90. The inside right, who lived in Haxby, was part of the famous Happy Wanderers side which reached the FA Cup semi-finals in 1955, and played more than 350 games in nine years

A SPURNED boyfriend who planned on stabbing his love rival had a change of heart and handed himself in to police. Michael James Hulme, 22, of Westbourne Road, in Selby, had drunk nine pints of cider when he decided to get a knife and go round to his

A KELFIELD pensioner who made sure the village got to read its copy of The Press every day has died in hospital, aged 82. Sylvia Joan Barker, of Bank End, Kelfield, delivered the newspaper to residents between 1962 and 2001 after the local shop stopped

SELBY residents who pay their household bills by cash at the council’s customer contact offices will no longer be able to do so from June 1. Selby District Council said residents who use the service in Selby or Tadcaster to pay bills such as council

TWO masked thieves stole a single pint of milk from a delivery man before fleeing through the streets of York in a stolen car. The bizarre incident began early yesterday morning in the village of Stockton-on-the-Forest, and ended with the arrest of two

A GAS leak in The Mount area of York has seen the closure of a lane of traffic as engineers work to fix the problem. A spokesman for United Utilities said there was no danger to the public from the leak and said he hoped repair work would be completed

REVELATIONS about healthcare and a riot in a top security jail near York have sparked anger and concern. The Press reported yesterday how a watchdog’s annual report on Full Sutton Prison claimed inmates expected “gold-plated” standards of healthcare,

THE owners of one of North Yorkshire’s top restaurants have blasted “damaging and totally unfounded” rumours they are selling up to celebrity chefs. Andrew and Jacquie Pern, who have run the Michelin-starred Star Inn at Harome, near Helmsley, for the

A SEA Cadet from York was flying out to Australia today to represent the UK in a once in a lifetime foreign exchange with the Sea Cadet Corps. Petty Officer Cadet Megan Cox, 17, from Acomb, has been an active and committed member of York Sea Cadets

YORK continues to be a safe place to live and work – that will be the message delivered to residents today as police stage a city centre roadshow to show how they are driving down crime levels. Safer York Partnership teams will be in Parliament Street

A REMARKABLE pensioner who has dedicated the past 30 years of her life to running a social club for disabled people has been nominated for a top award. Joan Eastwood, of Strensall, is in the running to win Volunteer Of The Year at this year’s Community

RESIDENTS are to be consulted on the introduction of four 20mph zones in York after money was made available for the scheme. Coun Steve Galloway, City of York Council’s executive member for city strategy, has agreed to allocate nearly £10,000 to create

PUPILS will return to a York primary school after the Easter break to discover a new outdoor learning area. English Martyrs’ RC Primary School in Acomb has built the “superground”, which is a cross between a playground and a classroom, to stimulate

CHILDREN from a York primary school have been invited to Prague to address an international conference about how to encourage more pupils to walk or cycle to school. Dringhouses Primary is the only school in England to be chosen to send pupils to the

A MYSTERIOUS feature of Strensall’s village hall will be revealed today at its 21st anniversary party. The hall was built 21 years ago at a cost of more than £200,000 after 15 years of fundraising. While the hall is well-used by toddler

A CAMPAIGN by The Press to boost organ donation rates could be used as a springboard for similar drives nationwide. Politicians across the country are being asked to back our Lifesavers campaign and to see if they could take similar steps in their areas