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  • Artsbarge events

    RON and Judy Burnett are holding a two-day art exhibition on board the Artsbarge, moored on the River Ouse next to the Bonding Warehouse, as part of the Festival of the Rivers in York today and tomorrow. They will host workshops on the barge between

  • Royals turn out for Great Yorkshire Show

    JUST as it did on Tuesday, the day started bright and sunny but a cloud covering quickly arrived. Not that the animals will have minded though. Temperatures at the show have been in the low 80s in the past, but this year a cool wind made it

  • Yorkshire v Worcestershire - Lunch, Day 3

    Yorkshire took two wickets in the morning session to strengthen their position in the LV=County Championship against Worcestershire. By lunch on day three the visitors had reached 168 for six at Scarborough. It meant they were still

  • York golf ace Simon Dyson embraces ultimate Open challenge

    GLOBE-TROTTING golf ace Simon Dyson treads virtual new ground in tomorrow’s third Major of the season – The Open Championship. Royal St George’s in Sandwich is the venue for the 140th Open Championships – and it will be the first time the 33-year-old

  • Ofsted delight for Lakeside School

    A PRIMARY school in York which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year has had a fitting birthday present from Ofsted. With 320 pupils, Lakeside School, in Clifton Moor, is entering its second decade with a “good” rating from Government inspectors

  • Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens and Nurseries

    SUSTAINABILITY is something close to the heart of Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens and Nurseries. And that is why it is entering the Think Green Business Of The Year category at The Press Business Awards 2011, as well as Tourism And Hospitality. The business

  • P B Curran

    A FAMILY insurance business which keeps on growing has entered The Press Business Awards 2011. P B Curran is entering Family Business Of The Year and Small Business Of The Year as it strides on with its growth strategy. P B Curran moved from its city

  • Cedar Court Grand Hotel & Spa

    IT IS set to be York’s first five-star hotel and it is seeking the title of Tourism and Hospitality Business Of The Year in The Press Business Awards 2011. Cedar Court Grand Hotel & Spa, the flagship property of Cedar Court Hotels, Yorkshire’s largest

  • York City must focus to eclipse Sunderland

    YORK City manager Gary Mills is expecting a “tough workout” when Premier League big guns Sunderland visit Bootham Crescent tonight. The Black Cats have promised to bring a strong squad to face the Minstermen, which will represent a stiff step up in class

  • Sunderland to parade new signings at York City friendly

    PREMIER League Sunderland will parade new signings Craig Gardner, David Vaughan and Kieren Westwood in tonight’s friendly against York City at Bootham Crescent. Gardner, Vaughan and Westwood have been snapped up from Birmingham City, Blackpool and Coventry

  • Pace pairing put Yorkshire on course for a vital victory

    It is fair to say this has not been Ajmal Shahzad’s best season. Injuries and a loss of form have seen the fast bowler drop away from the England reckoning, while his performances for Yorkshire have been erratic to say the least. However, on day two

  • Losing money on affordable homes

    I feel I must respond to the comments made by Dr Roger Pierce (Letters, July 9) regarding affordable homes. Each one “sold’” does lose developers money, despite what he may say. Indeed if they did not we would not be complaining. Plus the aspect

  • Rowntree's to host Memorial Centenary Cup

    THE Tony Robinson Memorial Centenary Cup pre-season football competition will kick off at Rowntree’s Mille Crux ground on Monday, July 18. Organisers Rowntrees open up against Huntington, while Poppleton and Wigginton meet on Tuesday, July

  • Woodhouse Grange Cricket Club facing double duel weekend

    SILVERWARE-CHASING Woodhouse Grange Cricket Club are gearing up for the most important weekend of their season. The Hunters York & District Senior League premier division leaders take on second-placed Stamford Bridge at their Sutton-on-Derwent

  • Delays on the agenda

    If, as a new councillor, Neil Barnes believes that accountability is important (Letters July 7) then he should investigate why the council is now delaying the publication of meeting agendas and reports on their web site. The papers for the last

  • We need the money

    What has happened to a once proud industrious country? Not content with giving away our tax money to other countries, the Government now gives away our industry orders, thus planting another nail in the British workforce (Letters, July 7, on train

  • This is not democracy

    I HAVE been a builder all my life and have constructed many roadways and footpaths. I have walked the entire length of footpaths in Gillygate and can find nothing wrong with them. Replacing this paving with sale proceeds from the Union Terrace

  • York City rivals sign Liam Enver-Marum

    YORK City’s opening day opponents Ebbsfleet have signed much-travelled striker Liam Enver-Marum. The 23-year-old forward started last season playing for eventual Blue Square Bet Premier champions Crawley but finished the campaign at Forest Green

  • King of Fife tipped to rule at Hamilton races

    Stillington trainer Marjorie Fife has Mandalay King in conquering form at the moment and the sprinter heads back to Scotland tomorrow to bid for a hat-trick of wins. The totequickpick Handicap is the target for the six-year-old, who will have the assistance

  • Family’s fight to free London riot student

    THE mother and sister of jailed student protester Frank Fernie have spoken of their shock and devastation at his year-long sentence. Diane Fernie, said the actions of her son at the London protest march against Government spending cuts in March

  • York's noise hotspots are revealed

    THE hotspots for noisy neighbour complaints in York have been revealed. About 2,300 complaints were made about noise nuisance in the past year with the most complaints being made about Elvington Airfield and streets in the Acomb and Holgate

  • National championships medal haul for Kenshinkan Karate Club

    YORK’S Kenshinkan Karate Club netted an impressive haul of medals at the Japan Karate Association (JKA) National Championships in Crawley. The meeting saw the club achieve success at almost every level, winning seven individual medals and displaying

  • York Millennium Bridge races entries open

    ENTRIES are now being taken for the York Millennium Bridge races on Tuesday, August 16. Hosted jointly by City of York Athletics Club and York Acorn Running Club, the races are now a regular feature of the York running scene. The main races are run

  • Chief Constable Maxwell to face vote of no confidence

    GRAHAME Maxwell, the chief constable of North Yorkshire Police, faces new threats to his job next week when North Yorkshire County Council will hold a vote of no confidence. Mr Maxwell kept his job, despite calls from local MPs and councillors for him

  • Restaurant at York business park gets go-ahead

    A NEW £3 million restaurant at a York business park has been given the green light and is set to create up to 70 new jobs. Cloverleaf Restaurants Ltd has secured permission from City of York Council to build a 280-seater outlet on Monks Cross Drive

  • Lulu meets shoppers at York store

    FANS crowded into a York department store to meet iconic singer Lulu. The diminutive star, who has been a household name for 47 years, visited Fenwick to promote her skin care range, Time Bomb, which has not been stocked in York before.

  • Two men hurt in B1228 crash still critical

    TWO men injured in a crash on a road near York are still in a serious condition in hospital. The 30-year-old rider of a green Kawasaki ZX600 motorbike, from Eastrington, and the 42-year-old driver of a grey Subaru Impreza, from Hartlepool, were injured

  • Police issue CCTV image following unprovoked nightclub attack

    POLICE investigating an unprovoked attack in a Harrogate nightclub, in which a York man’s tooth was knocked out, have asked for the public’s help. Officers looking into the incident, have released a new CCTV image of a man they believe attacked the

  • Children’s centres to stay open despite funding cuts

    YORK’S nine children’s centres are to stay open despite massive cuts in Government funding. City of York Council confirmed the facilities will survive the financial squeeze despite the authority needing to slice £1.6 million from its budget for children

  • Decision in brewery battle expected soon

    A DECISION in the white rose High Court battle is expected before the end of the month. Mr Justice Arnold reserved judgement after hearing from Cropton Brewery, Pickering, and Samuel Smith’s of Tadcaster, about the white rose symbols each brewery uses

  • First day of the Great Yorkshire Show in Harrogate

    IT’S a fine, dewy morning in Harrogate and crossed fingers have been blessed with no sign of the recent monsoons. In the early sunshine, Deb Smith is brushing her two-year-old Allerston Blonde bull, Eli, before he makes his first appearance

  • Consultation doubt

    CONSULTATION is a much devalued word these days. It’s a wizard idea seized on by public bodies. The period allowed varies from weeks to months, but it seems to me that the original plan then goes ahead anyway. Sure, there may be some tinkering

  • Selby man suffers broken cheek in street assault

    A SELBY man suffered a broken cheekbone and head injuries when he was kicked and punched in an assault in the town centre. The 46-year-old man was assaulted near the Market Tavern in Micklegate at about 6.15pm on Friday. He was allegedly punched

  • Title fight on jobs

    MAY I advise Mrs Goodrick that her school in the 1920s may well have had a “Learning Resource Manager” (Letters, July 6), but under a different name. My school, a grammar school in West Riding, when I was there in thethe 1940s, had a school

  • York Station tearoom bar moves closer

    THE final steps are being taken in a scheme aimed at transforming an historic tea room at York Station into a bar. Elvington-based Pivovar wants to carry out a £250,000 refurbishment to the building, which once housed York Model Railway, and turn it

  • Put that light out

    AS A taxpayer I was very pleased to read that North Yorkshire County Council plan to save some of our money by turning some street lights off after midnight. The added bonus of this scheme is that it will make seeing the stars at night easier

  • David Lodge was a remarkable man

    THE late David Lodge was one of the most remarkable men I have ever met, and I am sure he would have thanked Paul Hepworth (Letters, July 4) for reminding us where Acomb ends and Holgate begins. A dedicated fettler, David was into sustainability

  • Stop giving tickets to the wealthy

    HOW many others, I wonder, would have enjoyed Wimbledon more if, instead of dishing out free Centre Court passes to wealthy footballers and actors, the club had donated those same tickets to a sick children’s ward or such like. What a fantastic

  • Inquest is opened on doctor found dead

    AN inquest into the death of an “exceptional” North Yorkshire doctor, who died after going missing from his home, has been opened and adjourned. Dr Andrew Stanford, from Riccall, near Selby, had worked at the Posterngate surgery in the town

  • Pupils dance with giant Olympic puppets

    THOUSANDS of primary school children have taken part in a synchronised dance with giant Olympic puppets in a countdown to next year’s Games. About 5,700 primary school pupils in York took part in yesterday’s event alongside giant 3.5 metre

  • Women’s management quota calls are ‘insulting’

    A YORKSHIRE Euro MP has branded calls for 40 per cent of top management posts to be given to women as “insulting”. Godfrey Bloom, who represents the region in the European Parliament, says advising businesses to hire women on to their executive boards

  • Get hands-on experience of archaeology

    BUDDING Indiana Jones’s of all ages can get hands-on experience of what it’s really like to be an archaeologist when events are organised in the York area as part of the 21st Festival of British Archaeology. The Festival of British Archaeology, which

  • University of York degree results - Day 1

    THE editor of the Sunday Times will today receive an honorary degree from the University of York as hundreds of students graduate this week. John Witherow, who graduated from the university with a history degree in 1975, will receive the accolade

  • York in push to win funding for congestion-busting scheme

    YORK is facing tougher competition from rival cities in its bid to win millions of pounds of Government funding for a vital congestion-busting scheme. City of York Council is set to submit its application for a share of about £600 million of

  • Popularity of Great Yorkshire Show refuses to wane

    IT’S a fine, dewy morning in Harrogate and crossed fingers have been blessed with no sign of the recent monsoons. In the early sunshine, Deb Smith is brushing her two-year-old Allerston Blonde bull, Eli, before he makes his first appearance

  • Roofer in York lead raids alert

    A ROOFER in York is warning householders to be on the lookout after a spate of lead thefts in Clifton. Chris Garnett of Roofs Above, a family firm, based at Clifton Moor in York, said the price of lead at about £1 a kilo is making it increasingly

  • Global market is offering a host of exotic treats

    The World Village Market is back in Harrogate next weekend following a successful visit in May. The festival-style event, in Cambridge Street on Friday and Saturday, promises a mouth-watering feast for visitors – from Thai noodles to Spanish paella,

  • Farmers seal peas deal with Tesco supermarkets

    A CONSORTIUM of farmers growing Yorkshire peas has won a deal to supply 165 Tesco stores in the east of England. Swaythorpe Growers includes 40 Yorkshire farmers growing about 4,000 acres of vine peas, petits pois and broad beans across East Yorkshire

  • Rev Martin Otter takes up post in Sherburn-in-Elmet parish

    A LANDSCAPE gardener from North Yorkshire has been ordained to take up training within the parish of Sherburn-in-Elmet. The Rev Martin Otter, 45, was ordained as a Deacon at a ceremony at York Minster, and said he hoped to build on the work of the

  • Forest fun at York school

    AN open afternoon was held at the York College Day Nursery’s Forest School for children and their parents. York College’s Day Nursery has been successful in attaining an Early Years Capital grant from the City of York Council to start a Forest School

  • Caroline Stuttle awards presented to students

    TWO York students have been awarded prizes in memory of murdered York-backpacker Caroline Stuttle. Both Huntington School and York College, where Caroline used to study, have given out their annual prizes in memory of the former student. At York

  • Biodiversity the focus of Harrogate district’s decisions

    The Harrogate district is to be declared a wildlife haven in a bid to foster greater biodiversity. Coun Don Mackenzie, the leader of Harrogate Borough Council, and Coun Caroline Bayliss, its cabinet member for cultural services, will sign the declaration

  • Microlight pilot set to fly over dense jungle

    PARAPLEGIC microlight pilot Dave Sykes is facing one of the most dangerous stages of his attempt at a record-breaking flight from York to Sydney. Dave, a member of York Flying Club at Rufforth Airfield, is set to fly the next stage of his journey over

  • Police urged cyclists to register their bikes

    CYCLISTS in York have been urged to register their bikes with North Yorkshire Police, as part of an ongoing operation to combat cycle theft. Since it started in January 2010, Operation Spoke has marked almost 10,000 bikes with a security number and

  • Another chance to see community stadium plans

    RESIDENTS living near the proposed site for York’s new community stadium will get another chance to take a look at the plans tomorrow. Oakgate (Monks Cross) Ltd held two public exhibitions last month as it prepares to submit a full planning application

  • Miss York’s a diamond

    MISS York Anastasia Smith has visited a York jewellers as she prepares to take part in the Miss England contest next week. Anastasia, 20, of Norton, showed off an 18ct white gold £17,000 diamond solitaire ring – on offer at less than £8,500 – when

  • Man rescued on coast near Bridlington

    A MAN was rescued from rocks off the coast of East Yorkshire. The man, thought to be in his early twenties, was walking to his Bridlington home from Primrose Valley, when he got stuck on some rocks at about 10.50pm on Monday. The coastguard were