A SELF-MADE property investor and millionaire whose story has proved an inspiration to millions of people will complete the line-up of speakers for this year’s Yorkshire International Business Convention on June 10. Caroline Marsh is a partner in Platinum
YORK housebuilder Persimmon has said it is well positioned for the upturn as it released “excellent” final results yesterday. The group increased pre-tax profits to £153.9 million in the year ending December 31, from £77.8 million in 2009. It increased
URGENT reassurance must be given by the Government to farmers and agri-businesses in York and North Yorkshire wanting to install wind turbines for income generation. They need to know that a new review on sustainable energy tariffs will not stifle their
CHILDREN with “clear and natural” voices with a passion for singing are being invited to audition for York Minster Choir. The successful candidates, following the auditions for boy and girl choristers on Saturday, March 19, will join the choir in September
THE proposed £7 million investment in solar panels on council homes reported in The Press of February 28 is fantastic news for the city. People in areas of high fuel poverty will benefit from free daytime electricity and a big reduction in their fuel
I WOULD like to correct the suggestion given by Coun Watt that Labour and Green budget amendments denied the need to cut the deficit (Letters, March 1). The Green Party conference recently voted to “deplore the Coalition Government’s huge reductions
AS THE chair of North Riding branch of the Inland Waterways Association, I would like to commend the approach to the future of the city of York shown by the York City Beautiful organisers and Professor Alan J. Simpson, and thank The Press for running
IF there wasn’t so much waste at the BBC, the licence fee would be more like £90 rather than £145. On reading that Andrew Marr is being paid £600,000 a year (£50,000 each month), he must be the epitome of a champagne socialist. This is about three
THE Press and Justin Craig Education are offering readers the chance to win an Easter revision classes worth £410 at The Mount School, in York. Justin Craig Education is the UK’s leading provider of structured revision courses, since 1981, offering
GETTING off the London to Aberdeen train at York, I realised as the train pulled out of the station that, to my horror, I had forgotten to pick up my bag. Arriving home, I immediately cancelled all my cards. Later that evening, the telephone rang
WITH the forthcoming alternative vote (AV) debate, I wonder if voters realise this system would not be compulsory; if we wish to offer only one vote, then we may do so. The current voting system is not satisfactory, let alone democratic. Often
THE Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution (RMBI), which runs the Connaught Court care home on St Oswald’s Road, Fulford, is inviting residents to have their say on possible future development of land surrounding the home (The Press, February 24). Previous
CAN anyone explain why Tesco’s at Brayton charge £1.35 per litre for diesel, yet at Tesco’s on Tadcaster Road they charge £1 29 for diesel? No doubt Tesco’s will come up with an explanation that no one will understand. I have also noticed that
THE York & District Branch of the MS Society would like to thank community-based band Generation Groove for their £350 donation raised at two Christmas concerts – the first at main foyer at York Hospital and the second at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre
I JUST wanted to say what a great idea the York Cat trail is. I picked up a free copy from the visitor information centre after reading the article in The Press. Both my two children and myself thoroughly enjoyed walking around the city trying to find
IN RESPONSE to the letter of February 28 regarding the Derwenthorpe article, it is interesting that Hungate had five years planning and the University of York’s East Heslington development had seven years. Derwenthorpe has had 11 years planning, yet
I WOULD like to respond to Mike Usherwood’s letter about how government funding aimed at improving cycling facilities in York has been spent (Letters, February 26). Between 2008 and 2011, £3.68 million in central government funding was allocated
“Have you heard of Maggoos Bothy?” chips in Janet I read an article in a magazine, it sounds a great place, I will send you a copy.” A bothy is a basic mountain shelter available for anyone to use free of charge. The Mountain Bothy Association
A YORK-BORN author who won the Whitbread Book Of The Year Award will discuss her latest novel at York library this weekend. Kate Atkinson will be at York Explore Library Learning Centre to celebrate World Book Night. Her novel, Case Histories, is
PUPILS and staff at Millthorpe School in York are celebrating raising standards at their latest Ofsted inspection. The school in South Bank had an inspection last half-term and received a “good” rating, meaning the school has moved beyond the “satisfactory
A HOTEL in York has been awarded a four-star rating – less than two years after being placed into administation. AA inspectors have concluded Marmadukes, a 20-bedroom boutique hotel in St Peter’s Grove, just off Bootham, should rise from
“VERY flat, Norfolk,” runs the most famous line in Noel Coward’s 1930 comedy of maddening love, frivolous folk and disingenuous behaviour, but there is nothing flat about Robin Herford’s beautifully appointed and exquisitely arranged revival.
Fretwork, the foremost viol consort in the world, will be involved in the National Centre for Early Music Instrumental Composers Award for the first time in the 2011 event in York. Presented by the NCEM and BBC Radio 3, this national award is in its
PROMISING City of York Athletics Club thrower Scott Lincoln scooped shot put silver at the Aviva England Age Group Championships in Birmingham. The teenager’s best throw of 15.28 metres was enough to take the runners-up spot in the under-20s event, behind
YORK City midfielder Jonathan Smith’s match-winning performance was hailed by manager Gary Mills after last night’s 2-1 home victory over in-form Gateshead. Smith scored City’s opening goal on eight minutes and then won his side a 62nd-minute penalty
FAMILIES who follow York City Knights are in for a cash boost as under-16s can go to games for free during school holidays this year. The initiative, which covers all the clubs in the Co-operative Championships, was announced at the launch of the 2011
York City racked up a sixth successive home League win for the first time since 1997 with a 2-1 victory over Gateshead. A first-half goal from Jonathan Smith gave the Minstermen an early lead against a Gateshead team, who had won their last
FULFORD’S Tom Lister won his second York Conservative Clubs’ billiards knockout crown in three years when he toppled Acomb’s Adrian Barraclough in the final. With both players boasting +35 handicaps, Lister went 90-83 ahead before Barraclough’s 32 break
BOOTHAM ‘A’ opened a two-point lead in the York Conservative Clubs’ Carlsberg UK Snooker League after beating their ‘B’ team 5-2 aided by three black-ball games. Chris Dower needed the last three colours to start the win only for Matt Smith and Lional
DAN Owers saw his penalty saved as an injury-plagued York City youth team drew 0-0 at Darlington. Captain Tom Richardson, Jonny Andrew and Arran Hudson were all sidelined for the match, leading to call-ups into the squad for under-16 trio Rob Moncur
York RI Monday/Wednesday ‘A’ maintained their grip on the men’s one title race with 9-0 wins over Clifton ‘B’ and University Students ‘B’ in the York Badminton League. Paul Turner and Sam Kee were the pick of the RI pairings, taking six straight wins
YORK Boxing Club fighters continue to excel as a hectic programme yields dividends. The Layerthorpe-based club produced a superb three out of four success on an amateur bill at Halifax, where the leading York light was Paul Gordon. Back in the ring
GRAVY manufacturer Goldenfry Foods has won its case against three former senior employees that misused trade secrets to prise away a £5m contract to supply own-brand gravy granules to a national supermarket chain. The Wetherby-based business
HEWORTH boxer Matt Doyle dedicated his fourth professional victory to New Zealand earthquake victim Greg Tobin. The 27-year-old welterweight out-pointed Leeds’ Tommy Broadbent over four three-minute rounds at the Elland Road banqueting centre. The
THREE York businesses are moving to Pocklington to expand and create new jobs. Portable cabin and modular buildings company Britcab Ltd, which sells and hires second hand cabins, bought a 1.5 acre plot at the 12-acre Allerthorpe Business Park
JOCKEY Sean Levey is about to become a high-profile addition to the apprentice ranks in North Yorkshire. The 22-year-old, who has ridden Group and Listed winners during his time with Aidan O’Brien at Ballydoyle, in Ireland, is set to arrive
A North Yorkshire-trained colt, who changed hands as a yearling in the US for $190,000 and who made an impressive winning debut at Wolverhampton at the end of January, returns to the same course tomorrow with every chance of making it two from
PICTURE it, if you can: a wooden boardwalk along both banks of the River Ouse between Ouse Bridge and Lendal Bridge. n the Micklegate bank, coffee shops and restaurants open on to the walkway. On the city centre side, many of the big Coney Street
LSL GROUP is looking to grow significantly in the next three to five years. The York-based business, which comprises estate agency brands Your Move and Reeds Rains, invested in all its estate agency branches, new employees, training, a new
AN organ-builder from York has told how he miraculously survived the New Zealand earthquake which killed three of his friends and workmates. Neil Hooper, 48, was trapped under an organ as the walls and roof of Durham Street Methodist Church, in Christchurch
THE father of Claudia Lawrence has helped secure a Parliamentary inquiry to help those whose loved ones go missing. Peter Lawrence, 64, spoke to MPs and members of the House of Lords to press for new legislation for those who find themselves
POLICE have closed down two suspected cannabis farms in six hours in York after tip-offs from members of the public. Detectives are now hunting a man and two women of Chinese appearance following a raid on a house in Newborough Street, Clifton, on
COUNCILLORS have given the go-ahead to a controversial play park in Pocklington. A planning committee for East Riding of Yorkshire Council approved Pocklington Town Council’s plan to build a play park on the Broadmanor estate. Council officers
POLICE are investigating after a 43-year-old woman allegedly assaulted a 13-year-old schoolgirl in East Yorkshire. As pupils left Wolfreton Lower School in Carr Lane in Willerby, an argument is believed to have broken out between the woman and the girl
ALTHOUGH Christmas is still nearly a year away, York theatre-goers were not deterred from queuing around the block for pantomime tickets. Fans brought folding chairs, picnics and even china mugs, to wait patiently for tickets to go on sale at the Theatre
POLICE have issued a fresh appeal for help in tracing an East Yorkshire student who went missing a year ago today. Russell Bohling, a student at Bishop Burton College, was last seen by his family on Tuesday March 2, last year, when he was aged 18. His
YORKSHIRE Forward has submitted a plan to the Government on how to dispose of its assets, which include York’s Holgate Park and the ESS site at Burn airfield. In the plan outlining how it intends to dispose of its assets and liabilities as it is wound
YORK’S annual Festival of Remembrance will return to the Barbican Centre this November, delighted organisers have confirmed. Ted Griffiths, of the Royal British Legion, said the event will be staged again in the huge auditorium after an absence of three
A NURSE who works at York Hospital will compete before millions of television viewers tonight as she hopes to move to the next round of the BBC’s popular Masterchef programme. Sara Danesin Medio, a critical care sister in the intensive care unit at the
A SELBY man jailed after police and customs officers found more than 80,000 smuggled cigarettes at his home must pay the state all his profits, a court has ordered. Last year, York Crown Court heard how neighbours of cancer sufferer Andrew William Watson
PUPILS at a North Yorkshire school were delighted to get a “culture box” full of goodies all the way from China. The package, opened by Year Eight students at Tadcaster Grammar School, contained items including books, drawings, calendars, banners, tea
ANTISOCIAL behaviour has resulted in three arrests in Selby town centre. At about 1.30am on Friday, police were called to disperse a large crowd of youths which gathered outside the New Inn, in Gowthorpe. A 17-year-old boy from Goole who was arrested
THIEVES have broken into a yard near Selby and stolen a £25,000 bridge which was destined to be part of a new shopping centre. The intruders are believed to have hooked a trailer holding the 10.5-tonne bridge on to their own lorry cab and driving away
YORK’S National Railway Museum could be given powers to preserve railway heritage in the Government’s shake-up of quangos. Lord Taylor of Holbeach, a Government Whip in the House of Lords, said he would consider a plea from Labour’s Lord
POLICE have appealed for witnesses after a serious crash in a North Yorkshire town. The collision happened at 9.30pm on Saturday in Richmond and involved a black Vauxhall Corsa, which was heading out of the town on the A6108, and a pedestrian. The
THESE three sisters will setting out to take on the highest peaks of the Lake District in a fundraising trek in June. Joanne Robinson, 42, a York teaching assistant, will head out with sisters Amanda Britton and Deborah Smith to raise money for the Alzheimer
A SPEED-CUTTING scheme outside two York primary schools has been backed by the city’s transport chief. The 20mph speed limit is to be put in place along a stretch of one of York’s busiest roads, which passes Fishergate and St George’s RC Schools. City
THE fight against crime in York will be hit by massive cuts in Government funding, a councillor has warned. York’s Community Safety Partnership, Safer York, will have its budget slashed by 20 per cent this year and then 60 per cent next year, said
A TODDLERS’ playgroup could get a new play and education area thanks to a charity giveaway. The Press has teamed up with Rebecca Tomlinson, the daughter of the late cancer fundraiser and campaigner Jane, to give away £30,000 to charities and
AN HISTORIC tearoom at York Station is set to be transformed into a “breathtaking” pub through a £200,000 refurbishment. Elvington-based Pivovar is converting the building, most recently used by York Model Railway, into the York Tap, which will boast
A NORTON health charity and a York counselling service are to get extra Government funding because the Department of Health believes it is needed to help them survive. The Next Steps Mental Health Resource Centre, in Church Street, Norton, and York Women
UNIONS are to hold talks with council bosses in York to voice their concerns over cash cuts which have seen their budget slashed. despite 170 jobs facing the axe. The amount of money City of York Council makes available for trade union convenors within
BUILDING work has begun on a £19 million community hospital which will serve residents in East Yorkshire. Yesterday the boss of NHS East Riding of Yorkshire, Karen Knapton, carried out a turf-cutting ceremony at the site of the controversial new hospital
AN expert on the work of the therapist portrayed in the Oscar-winning film The King’s Speech is visiting York to address fellow speech specialists. Caroline Bowen, an acclaimed therapist and author in her native Australia, will be in the city
