ANTI-CUTS campaigners have tonight sent out a plea for York's politicians to ensure the funding fears of vulnerable people in the city are driven home in Parliament. Disabled people, carers and care workers gathered outside the Mansion House ahead of
FOUR people were seriously injured when two cars collided on the westbound carriageway of the A63 Selby by-pass near the turn-off to Selby Golf Course. Yorkshire Air Ambulance airlifted one of the injured people to Leeds General Infirmary.
TEN years together and twice winners of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Duo, Spiers & Boden play a sold-out gig at the National Centre for Early Music in York on Monday at 7.30pm. Loud and proud at the forefront of 21st century English folk, they
THE three men convicted of the attack on Michael Brown have been jailed for a total of 17 years. Mr Brown was hit in the face with a baseball bat by Sean Craib, 21. He had been hired to hurt Mr Brown by breaking one of his arms and legs by Alan Lumley
We are astounded… hurt… mortified. Someone has suggested to us that last week’s column had far too much waffle and not enough properties to rent. All right, all right, the editor’s got a right to edit, I suppose. So, boss, here’s less waffle
HEAD coach Dave Woods reckons the two blank weekends have come at a good time for York City Knights as they look to regroup following the club record defeat – and bounce back with a vengeance. The break has firstly given key players extra time to recover
THE cream of York's tourism businesses and attractions are celebrating this morning following a glittering industry award ceremony which recognised the best the city has to offer to visitors. Now in their 14th year, the annual tourism awards
Now, when I were a lad, every village had at the very least the following basic amenities… a church, a primary school, a pub, a shop and a bank or building society (yes, I know, it shows how old I am). In recent years, pubs have been vanishing faster
THREE-TIME World Championship finalist Peter “One Dart” Manley will attend the first York Darts Open Championship grand finals night. The competition, organised by the newly-formed York Darts Promotions, will reach its conclusion on Saturday, August
YORK ACORN ARLC will be playing only for pride against Saddleworth on Saturday after a 36-8 defeat against Siddal confirmed their relegation from the National Conference League premier division. Although they showed plenty of endeavour against well
Double-chasing Selby Warriors ARLC host old rivals Lttleborough In Pennine League division three (2.30pm) boosted by last week’s magnificent 30-28 win at Thornhill ‘A’ in the quarter-finals of the Andy Bennett Memorial Trophy. Thornhill are a physical
NEIL FARLEY, tipped for apprentice stardom this season, can continue his flying start to the new campaign at Newcastle tomorrow. The North Yorkshire-based rider has netted three winners in the first week of the campaign and Ballarina can be another for
JOCKEY Denis O’Regan believes King Fontaine could belie his tag as an outsider with a big run in Saturday’s John Smith’s Grand National at Aintree. The jockey, second 12 months ago on Black Apalachi, rides King Fontaine in the four-and-a-half-mile
YORK gun dealer Gary Hyde has appeared in a British court charged with illegally supplying 32 million rounds of ammunition and tens of thousands of guns. Hyde, 41, who has resigned as a director of York Guns in Dunnington, was summonsed to
Anthony McGrath has been included in a 14-man Yorkshire squad for tomorrow’s LV= County Championship opener against Worcestershire at New Road. The 35-year-old had been described as being “80-20” against playing by director of professional cricket Martyn
York Indoor Bowls Club ‘A’ team finished their division one season in fourth place, 12 points adrift of champions North Cave. And for York ‘B’ it was seventh place in the second division, though the ‘B’ team challenged their illustrious counterparts
Copmanthorpe Bowling Club are in need of new members, male or female, experienced or beginners for the coming outdoor season. With excellent facilities and one of the best bowling surfaces in the York area, the club also has equipment provided for beginners
The Yorkshire Ladies Indoor Bowling Association’s Finals Day is to be held at New Earswick IBC this Sunday. The event starts at 10am with Eva Dayes’ North Cave side against Katie Baxter’s Hornsea team in the pairs. That will be followed at 1pm with
York Indoor Bowls Club stage their ladies knockout triples final between Helen Walker and Pat Bracken’s teams tomorrow, starting from 6.30pm. Then, on Monday, York & District IBC stage their finals day with Joan Jackson and Helen Walker playing in the
YORK’S political chiefs have urged voters to choose “experience and achievement” as they unveiled their local election battle plan. The Liberal Democrats, who boast the largest party presence on City of York Council and are aiming to extend their eight
I HAVE just read Tom Mitchell’s letter (The Press, March 29) about the recent TUC march in London, and his assertion that there was not a ‘bleep’ from Ed Miliband about the “silly people” causing some violence. In fact, Ed Miliband declared, on the evening
A SHADOW minister joined a York councillor and schoolchildren to collect signatures for a road safety petition. Sharon Hodgson MP, the shadow minister for families and children, stopped parents outside Poppleton Road Primary School with Labour
I HAVE written to the headmaster and pupils at the Minster School, asking them to forgive me for my rather rash comments about the stunt which raised £555 at their school for Comic Relief (Letters, March 28). They say a “little knowledge can be a dangerous
I WAS disappointed to read the opinions of Mr Daniels concerning his daughter’s injury at Lakeside School (The Press, April 4). While I feel sorry to hear about Lucie’s traumatic experience, I question the reported criticism of the school. Head
THE problem started with the “jam sandwich”. Ever since the police moved from foot to wheels, the public’s first line of defence has gradually disappeared. Spinning the crime reduction figures is now the main aim at police HQ. The result is transfixed
THE Government is planning to save money on the backs of people unfortunate enough to have to live on Disability Living Allowance (DLA). A small minority of people receiving DLA work “on the side” or could do some form of work; if weeding them out
WHILE there was little in the Chancellor’s budget to write home about, I don’t recall him announcing a cut in the winter fuel allowance. We are constantly reminded that fuel prices are going to continually increase, but the Chancellor has chosen
THE Labour candidate for Fulford has clearly been to the Labour school of economics which teaches if the finances don’t quite suit you, make something up (Letters, April 2). He claims the Heslington and Fulford ward committee budget was going to
THE Press on Monday April 4 showed how some people will say anything to persuade the need for an Alternative Voting system (AV). I must disagree profoundly with K Kendal, who compares us with North Korea because they do not have AV – not only that
THE senseless murder of the 25-year-old Roman Catholic police officer in Omagh on Saturday very sadly shows that Northern Ireland may have a peace process, but has not got peace. Hopefully, the villains will be caught and severely punished.
THE footage of Anne, Britain’s last circus elephant, being beaten by circus workers angered the nation (Letters, April 1). Anne has now been re-homed, and will live out the rest of her years away from her life of suffering in the circus. Anne’s plight
I URGE all pensioners receiving the state pension not to get too encouraged after reading The Press report on April 4 under the headline “Pensions to rise to £140”, indicating that “Pensioners currently receive £97.65 a week but this will rise to at
THE highest concentration of people going bankrupt in the UK for 2010 has been recorded in the Scottish towns of Glenrothes, Livingston and Kirkaldy; double the average rate of the UK as a whole. Some cruel people may reason that the voters of Kirkaldy
I WAS delivering in Dunnington last week and to my huge annoyance, saw three council workers painting flower tubs in Church Street – and as if that wasn’t enough, two more painting the wooden railings over the railway bridge on York Road.
JULIA Heaton mocks our linking of voting YES to electoral reform with the suffragette movement (Letters, March 29). I bet she and those who support NO don’t know the real history of the suffragette movement in York. We do. We have searched the
YOUR interesting analysis of the prospects for the May 5 council elections in York (The Press, April 5) was wrong in one respect in that the Green Party vote in York Central at the General Election was actually one of the highest in Yorkshire. This
TWO veteran Selby Conservative politicians are to be kicked out of the party after choosing to stand as Independent candidates in next month’s local elections. Brian Percival, who currently represents the Conservatives in Appleton Roebuck on Selby District
The Rev Canon John Weetman has been officially created the new Vicar of Selby Abbey. Canon Weetman, 44, was previously Vicar of St Peter’s Church in Redcar and Rural Dean of Guisborough, and is a member of the College of Canons at York Minster.
THE first footstreet in York was Stonegate. I distinctly remember that when it started, we were told we should not even see so much as a bicycle in this street. A second point: some of the cycling fraternity have suggested that when the cycle store
A TEENAGER who ran away from police after being caught with mephedrone in his pocket has been given a rehabilitation and supervision order. The 16-year-old from the Selby area was stopped in Millgate but ran away when an officer found a packet of a
TWO school pals got on a roll to raise £260 for charity Friends Julia Seager and Olivia Swain, both 16, rollerbladed from their homes in Bishopthorpe to Tadcaster Grammar School in support of Comic Relief – a distance of nine miles. The gruelling
THE Morse-less Morse is back on television in the shape of Lewis. Sunday’s episode was called Old Unhappy Far Off Things, which wasn’t a dig at poor Lewis, but a quote from Wordsworth. Such a title suggested the sort of undercurrents loved by the writers
EXTRA police have been drafted in to help prevent any drunken disorder when an East Yorkshire sporting tournament takes place on Good Friday. Sergeant Pete Rogers, of Humberside Police, said his team would operate a zero-tolerance approach to troublemakers
A JOGGER suffered a nasty eye injury when she was hit by an egg thrown from a passing car. The assault happened shortly before 9pm on Sunday in Leeds Road, Harrogate, when someone threw an egg from a moving car at a 37-year-old local woman.
THE cream of York’s tourism businesses and attractions are celebrating after a glittering industry award ceremony which recognised the best the city has to offer to visitors. Now in their 14th year, the annual tourism awards, hosted by Visit
AMID the whiff of honeycakes, chocolate and chilli mayonnaise, there was a delicious kind of concoction going on at York Racecourse yesterday. It was the marriage of more than 60 buyers like supermarkets, big stores, hotels, farm shops and restaurants
A top entrepreneur has been appointed as the first chairman of a Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) set up to boost the economy of York, North Yorkshire and the East Yorkshire. The York and North Yorkshire LEP’s new head is Barry Dodd who turned a two-person
A SUPER slimmer has lost more than half her weight, after being spurred on by the fear of leaving her two sons motherless. Zelda Haxby, 47, has won Slimming World’s Greatest Loser 2011 title, having over five years, dropped from 35st 7lbs to
HARKER Construction, which has an office at York Business Park is rebranding as “E-build”. It reflects the company’s new environmental emphasis, concentrating on buildings with ground heat source pumps, solar panels powering hot water, biomass
THE jobs of York rail workers may be at risk after Thales revealed it was planning to axe 80 posts nationwide. The company employs more than 1,000 staff at sites across the country in connection with its transport business, including about 40 people
AN OUTDOOR equipment store which has created 45 new jobs was opened yesterday by the Lord Mayor of York, Coun Sue Galloway. The 34,000 sq ft GO Outdoors store, at the former Homebase site in Foss Bank, has an indoor climbing wall which can
A shopkeeper accused of murdering his postmistress wife broke down and wept as a court heard a recording of his 999 call for help. A jury also heard Robin Garbutt told detectives his wife, Diana, wanted more sex but he did not like doing it
A HUGE procession of scooters is expected to ride through the centre of York in memory of an enthusiast known to his friends as “Vespa John”. John Norman Martin died suddenly in his sleep at his Bishopthorpe home on March 30 last year, aged 53. The
A YOUNG student committed suicide months after leaving his course at the University of York, an inquest has heard. Thomas William Robinson, 21, of Bransdale Crescent, Osbaldwick, had a history of depression, York Coroner’s Court heard. The day before
Residents angry at the level of service provided by bus companies in York have made renewed complaints about timetabling, bus routes and the No 4 ftr service at a meeting in the city. About 25 people gathered at the Explore York library learning centre
MORE than 100 police staff in North Yorkshire have applied for voluntary redundancy – but the shortfall means hundreds more could be forced to leave their jobs. One of the region’s most senior officers has praised staff for their “dedication and professionalism
A NEW boxing club has been launched in York, giving a fresh opportunity for children to take up the sport as well as adults. Gary Kelly has opened the Jorvik Boxing Club in a former science lab in the ex-Manor School building off Boroughbridge Road,
PARISH councillors claim developers of York’s Derwenthorpe scheme have broken their promise by removing a 20ft stretch of hedgerow. Osbaldwick Parish Council said the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust (JRHT) repeatedly gave assurances that the
YORK has topped a poll of favourite small cities and towns in Great Britain. The city took top spot in a survey conducted for travel publisher Rough Guide. Whitby was seventh. York beat off competition from other hugely popular destinations including
THERE’S a new man at the helm of the iconic North Yorkshire tearooms chain Bettys. The appropriately named Andrew Baker has been appointed chief executive of Bettys & Taylors of Harrogate following the retirement of long-serving boss Jonathan Wild.
THE Archbishop of York has welcomed calls to make St George’s Day a public holiday. Dr John Sentamu was responding to calls from MPs made in the House of Commons to make April 23 a national holiday. The archbishop said: “I am delighted this issue
COUNCIL bosses in York used bailiffs and debt recovery agents more than 12,000 times in three years to help secure money owed to the city, according to civil liberties campaigners. Figures released by Big Brother Watch showed City of York Council used
YORK beat Cambridge when the two university cities set out to prove they were better at encouraging people to take up cycling. Fifty-four teams representing major employers across the city successfully completed the three-week York Cycle Challenge which
