ONE of North Yorkshire’s most popular breweries is to be sold by the end of this year. Sean and Alison Franklin, who founded Roosters Brewery in Knaresborough in 1994, have exchanged contracts to sell the firm to Ian Fozard. The sale will complete at
YOU know what they say about the Sixties, that rather silly nonsense that if you can remember them, you weren’t really there. Olivier Award-winning playwright Mike Bartlett opens his new play in 1967, the summer of love he is genuinely too
VIENNA Festival Ballet performs Cinderella at the Grand Opera House, York, tomorrow night at 7.30pm. This full-length ballet version of the familiar story of Cinderella has been choreographed by Sheila Styles to the music of Rossini.
HOW long do we have to wait for someone with more than two brain cells to use them? Just another example of the Government’s one-eyed economical cuts can be seen in the cost of paying 2,000 police officers Jobseekers Allowance, plus the cost of processing
THE Yes To Fairer Votes campaign has published its donor list – you can see it at yestofairervotes.org It is time the No Campaign came clean and let the British public know who is funding their campaign to preserve the out-dated unrepresentative
WITH regards to the supposed aggressive tone of a letter from the council (Letters, March 28), it is a pity the guidelines set out by Elizabeth Levett, City of York Council’s head of environmental enforcement, are not followed by the council staff who
SUMMER is just around the corner, and isn’t it refreshing to see that ladies are at last being encouraged with the beautiful, stylish new ranges of feminine dresses. Night out? Some men go out as if they’ve just ended a shift in the iron factory, and
JUST how many baronesses are there in Westminster? They seem to be breeding like greenfly! On the politics show was Estelle Morris, who had the honesty to resign as Labour’s education minister because she admitted she was not good enough for the job
RE the proposed wind farm at Hagg Wood, no doubt the police authority will be making appropriate submissions in the planning application process, particularly in relation to the close proximity of the A64 and the consequent impact on passing traffic
I agree with quite a lot of what Dennis Barton says (Letters, March 22), but I would like to add my twopenn’oth as an opponent of Alternative Voting (AV). Over the last 50 years I have only had the opportunity to vote for two people with the integrity
HAVE the people who sanctioned the building of the new Selby hospital next to the council offices no respect for the war dead? They are stealing the land on which the War Memorial Hospital was built. For many years it was equipped, maintained and
A NEW dementia campaign highlights the signs and symptoms of dementia and explains why an early diagnosis is important. This is a timely reminder that only 39 per cent of people with dementia in York and North Yorkshire have received a formal diagnosis
IT IS clear the A1079 needs a major overhaul. I agree with several of your readers that it was not built for the traffic it receives. This impacts on the quality of life enjoyed in my ward. We need to expand our Park&Ride network to take cars
Once again the Conservative, Lib Dem supported, Government is cutting help to societies most vulnerable. Tens of thousands of people with sight loss will lose around £30 a week, and stop receiving support to find work under benefit changes due to
FATHER-OF-THREE Lee Bailey-Hague shouldn’t be around today, according to statistics. But not only is the 39-year-old fit and well – he has just returned from a gruelling fundraising challenge to walk the 82 miles of the Dales Way, in only four days.
I’VE just washed my hands with a bar of good old-fashioned soap. You know, the stuff that lurks on a supermarket shelf fighting for space against a multitude of soap pumps and the latest superhero of the keep-it-clean brigade, the “no-touch hand wash
A “GUTTED” Michael Rankine has been challenged to bounce back from his penalty woe at Kettering by becoming the match winner in tomorrow night’s home match with top-of-the-table Crawley. Rankine’s 88th-minute miss from the spot cost the Minstermen the
A FRESH option for York’s community stadium project has been revealed – which could allow the city’s football and rugby league clubs to get a new ground each. A Leeds-based consortium has earmarked 34 acres of land on the outer ring road near
YORKSHIRE off licence business R&M Swaine is considering buying up Yorkshire’s Oddbins branches after the business said it faced administration last week. Martin Swaine, managing director of the business, behind the chain called Rhythm and
Hands & Voices, the singing and signing choir from York, will join forces again with York St John University’s Big Band and Gospel Choir for the Out Of This World concert in the university chapel on Wednesday. “We’re delighted to be invited back to
Boss Dave Woods was left “pulling his hair out” as the woes mounted for York City Knights on the back of a record defeat. The Knights lost organiser-in-chief Chris Thorman to a potentially serious groin problem just before half-time of their 76-12
THE Admiralty telegram which arrived at 5, Filey Terrace, York, in the summer of 1915 was terse. Addressed to Charles Edward Wilson, it stated simply: “Deeply regret to inform you that Fred Wilson, Stoker 1st Class, Official number K1405, reported
A SAINT might have rescued a point for Kettering on Saturday but Michael Rankine should not be cast as a sinner following his late penalty miss for York City. Home debutant Kieron St Aimie, playing for nothing at Rockingham Road after agreeing non-contract
LEEDS United manager Simon Grayson is spot on when he says his players must not get carried away by their 4-1 win against fellow promotion chasers Nottingham Forest. The home side strengthened their Championship play-off position but were distinctly
FIVE-STAR Pickering Town left new Scarborough Athletic manager Rudy Funk with plenty to ponder after a stunning 5-0 victory. The win moved the Pikes above their Mill Lane visitors and into ninth place in the Northern Counties East League premier division
The battle to avoid relegation from the York Minster Engineering Football League premier division looks like going down to the wire. Hamilton Panthers moved to within two points of safety with a 3-0 home win over Kartiers as Poppleton and Easingwold
A LAST-MINUTE try saw York RUFC snatch a 20-18 Yorkshire One derby victory over Selby. The home side’s indifferent display hardly merited a win in a disappointingly low-key clash at Clifton Park. Missing four regulars in the backs, York lacked any
IT doesn’t get much easier for York City Knights. Last week they lost heavily to Barrow, who had applied for a Super League licence, and yesterday they crashed 76-12 at Widnes, who on Thursday were granted a place among the elite from next
A COMMITTED performance was not enough as under-strength York Acorn ARLC crashed to a 28-16 defeat at East Hull in the National Conference premier division. The Blue and Golds must now pick themselves up for their Thanet Road meeting with Siddal tomorrow
John Quinn, who is preparing to saddle Character Building in Saturday’s John Smith’s Grand National at Aintree, can underline his versatility by clinching the feature race at Pontefract’s opening meeting of the new Flat season tomorrow. The Norton
Ryan Sidebottom is determined to help develop Yorkshire’s talented bowling crop this summer in the best way he knows how. “I’m here to take wickets. You’re a long time in retirement, so I want to play as long as possible and keep taking wickets,”
THE wait goes on for Richard Fahey after Sweet Lightning (16-1) denied the Malton trainer victory in the William Hill Lincoln at Doncaster. Musley Bank-based Fahey, yet to win the Flat season’s first big handicap, was mob-handed with six runners for
Lifestyle editor MAXINE GORDON reports from the front row of Fashion City York’s first catwalk show. IT was standing room only as fashion lovers flocked to the Guildhall to see York on the catwalk. Fabulous outfits from the latest collections
A TRAINEE accountant was balancing on the parapet of Ouse Bridge when he fell in the river, an inquest has heard. Paul Alan Rogerson, 26, of Arthur Street, York, had been on a night out when he jumped on to Ouse Bridge and began to walk along it. But
A FRIEND of Claudia Lawrence, the missing York chef, has run 10km to raise money for the charity Missing People. Jen King ran with more than 700 other people in the Missing People’s Missing Miles 10km Run in Regents Park, London. A crowd of more than
TWO York councillors have confirmed they will not be standing for re-election when the city goes to the polls next month. Current Sheriff of York Richard Watson, who represented Haxby and Wigginton on City of York Council, is stepping down from his
PARENTS of children who have undergone lifesaving heart operations met in York to show their support for threatened cardiac services in our region. Heart doctors and surgeons addressed the meeting at The Marriott Hotel on Saturday to say it was now up
AN 11-YEAR-old boy was taken to York Hospital after a collision with a car on Cornlands Road, York, on Saturday. The boy suffered head injuries in the incident, which happened at about 5.30pm, and was taken to hospital by ambulance. He was later
A CAR fire in Lindsey Avenue, York, on Saturday is believed to have been started deliberately. The fire caused 90 per cent damage to the passenger compartment.
THIS stunning Rolls Royce Silver Dawn was once owned by comic legend George Formby and has now gone on sale at a Malton classic car centre. The Silver Dawn was bought in 1954 by the star who was then living in Lytham St Anne’s in Lancashire. In 1955
A TEMPORARY military headquarters at Imphal Barracks in York which prepared soldiers for operations in Afghanistan, has closed. The Army’s 6th (UK) Division was set up at Imphal Barracks in Fulford in 2008 and drew 54 military officers from all three
A PRIVATE school in York, which once taught Oscar-winning actress Dame Judi Dench, is changing direction. From September the Mount School will become North Yorkshire’s only all-girls school from the age of four to 18. Although the school’s senior school
A CANNABIS farmer has been jailed for ten months for growing an illegal crop that could have netted him £21,000. Police found 30 plants of skunk cannabis in Daniel Frost’s Sherburn-in-Elmet home when they raided it on July 30, said David Garnett, prosecuting
A SELBY councillor has criticised plans for traveller sites in the region, calling them “unrealistic” and “incompetent”. Hundreds of concerned Selby residents have turned out for meetings to discuss the Site Allocations Development Plan Document (SADPD
YORK’S universities and college students have combined to offer an internship scheme for local businesses. The Student Internship Bureau is a collaboration between Science City York and Higher York, the partnership between Askham Bryan College, the
Updated: RESIDENTS were evacuated from a York guest house when a blaze destroyed a building next door. Fire crews from York and Acomb battled to put out the blaze early yesterday at a derelict three-storey building next to Minster Lodge guest
PROPOSALS to turn a former amusement arcade in the centre of York into a restaurant and takeaway have been turned down by planners. Desmond Pheby Wok and Go UK Ltd applied to City of York Council for permission to change the use of the Wharton’s
A SCHEME to create a new cycle centre on the site of a former parcels office at York Station has been approved. Bishopthorpe Road-based Cycle Heaven applied for permission to set up a business selling, hiring out and repairing bikes at the old Red
THE parents of a four-year-old girl have criticised a York school for the way it handled a playground accident which left her with a serious head injury. Lucie Daniel was left needing three rows of stitches to close a wound on her forehead after she
THE University of York has defended its vice-chancellor from criticism in a TV documentary to be screened tonight. The Dispatches programe, to be shown on Channel 4 at 8pm and entitled Cashing In On Degrees, will claim Prof Brian Cantor gets his administration
FIRE crews attended a fire in the kitchen of a semi-detached house in Askham Lane, Westfield, York, on Saturday. The fire, which happened at about 5.15pm, caused some slight damage.
INTERNET search company WebCertain has bought a majority stake in Yellowtom UK, an internet search platform, which uses vouchers to promote small local businesses. WebCertain, which employs about 50 to 60 people in its headquarters at Northminster Business
DISABLED people, carers and care workers are to stage a protest against Government funding cuts outside a council meeting in York this week. The group plan to voice their anger against reductions in services for the disabled in the city outside the
SECTIONS of three York roads will be closed this month to allow work to be carried out. Vehicles will be prevented from travelling along Haxby Road, in New Earswick, between its junctions with Lucombe Way and the outer ring road between 9.15am and
EXTRA dental facilities could be on the cards for a York community. Plans have been submitted to City of York Council to build an extension to the Acorn Dental Surgery in York Road, Acomb, and provide additional surgery space, a hygienist’s room and
A MOTHER and daughter who stole jewellery from a York shop have been jailed. Firuta Rostas, 53, and Anca Sava, 27, persuaded staff at Harpers jewellers, in Minster Gates, to let them into the locked shop by posing as genuine customers, Stephanie Hancock
WALKERS are being sought to take part in a charity hike around York city centre. The sixth annual York walk, which sets off from the Hospitium on Sunday May 22, aims to raise money for Crohn’s and Colitis UK. There will also be live music, face-painting
YORK and North Yorkshire needs to be "ready for business" as it emerges from the economic downturn, Richard Flanagan, the new president of York and North Yorkshire Chamber, has said. The partner at property consultancy Lawrence Hannah started his role
DEVELOPERS have apologised after ripping out a hedge bordering the home of a widow in York. Shirley Clayton, 76, was distraught when she saw the laurel hedge alongside her back garden in Severus Avenue, Acomb, had been torn down. The work had been
RESIDENTS have had a chance to deliver their verdict on plans to redevelop Malton’s livestock market into a town centre food hall. The Fitzwilliam Estate held a consultation event on Saturday to show the public its proposals for a two-storey
One of the York area’s best-kept secrets is the handsome Georgian church of St Helen in Wheldrake, finished in 1779. Alongside its ecclesiastical merits, its broad spaces and lack of pillars make it an excellent concert hall. The Wheldrake Singers
Celebrating their 25th year, Lip Service’s talent for literary interpretations and myriad mixed gender roles have become much loved. Best Bits gives new life to Maggie Fox and Sue Ryding’s favourite moments. Entering as King Arthur and Guinevere, it
A YORK couple have celebrated their golden wedding at the pub where they met more than half a century ago. Maureen and Tom Cade, of Clifton, celebrated 50 years of marriage yesterday at The Fox and Roman in Tadcaster Road, where they got to know
DICK Turpin, John Barry, George Hudson, Emperor Constantine, Dame Judi Dench... These are only five of the many suggestions put forward by readers of The Press after we offered a unique opportunity to name a train locomotive to represent the city of
Selby Town Council is employing its first apprentice. Marc Leaworthy, aged 25, has been in the job for some months as part of his three-year appointment as a resource assistant. Apart from in-house training, he is attending a diploma course at Askham
AFTER more than four decades of deliveries to thousands of proud parents, the head midwife of York Hospital has retired. Margaret Jackson, 61, said farewell to colleagues at Wigginton Road last week following a career which began in the 1960s and had
AWARD-WINNING Ainsty Farm Shop at Green Hammerton has earned a national commendation in the Countryside Alliance Awards. Lily and Stuart Beaton emerged from the awards ceremony at the House of Lords yesterday with their certificate, saying: “It was
COUNCILLORS want to take another look at a blueprint designed to combat poor air quality in York. City of York Council’s executive approved the framework for a low emission strategy for the city earlier this month. They asked officers to draw up
ABOUT 30 people danced for ten–and-a-half hours to raise money for the York Theatre Royal’s Access For All fund. A total of 140 people took part in the Dance-A-Thon throughout the day yesterday, according to fundraising co-ordinator Polly Ingham.
AWARD-winning York letting and estate agency Coalters is sponsoring the Flying Legends roundabout at Clifton Moor and backing the York in Bloom initiative. Reuben Barrett, managing director, said: “We are proud to be based in York and are committed to
