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Reports are coming in of a serious road accident near York. Emergency services are at the scene near Dunnington. Several vehicles are understood to have been involved. More to follow.

CONTROVERSIAL plans to sell off Union Terrace coach and car park were the subject of a packed meeting in York on Thursday evening. About 60 business owners met in Bennett’s tea room in High Petergate to voice their concerns over City of York Council

BRAZEN thieves climbed on to wheelie bins then stole the sign from an East Yorkshire pub in broad daylight. They unscrewed a 12-foot sign from the archway to the Green Dragon pub in Beverley then made off with it in a white van. The sign has “Green

A WOMAN is recovering in hospital after being injured when her car plunged off an East Yorkshire cliff. She had been driving a car which went off a cliff and 50m towards the sea in Thornwick Bay, near Flamborough on Wednesday. The woman

Here is a confession… this column comes to you all the way from an internet café in sunny Menorca. Yes, the sun is shining and the beach looks very inviting but, dear reader, we have interrupted our holiday especially for you (ah, the wonders of modern

It’s a beautiful sunny day as I walk down the lane, open fields to one side, a short run of cottages and houses to the other. In the front garden of number 21 I turn and look across the countryside – and catch sight of the tower tips of York Minster

WITH 229 years of continuous hospitality behind it, The Three Tuns pub, in Coppergate, York, prides itself on being a tourist destination in its own right. So “mine host” Jason Hawkins recognises the need to make everyone who visits his pub

WHAT began as a venture with a single ice-cream van has turned into a £920,000 turnover success story employing 16 people. Leslie Buxton’s Yorvale offers the real taste of Yorkshire in a cone. The pedigree Friesian Holstein herd, which grazes on lush

TRUSTMARQUE Solutions, the expanding IT reseller, which employs 153 people in York, is going for Large Business Of The Year and Best Business And Community Link in The Press Business Awards 2011. Trustmarque, based at Alpha Court, Monks Cross, supports

TWO York businessmen have bought the modular bathroom manufacturer which supplied bathrooms to the Olympic Village. Mike Hampton and Andrew Forshaw said they intended to create a group of modular building companies after buying Badekabiner from construction

ROLAWN, the Elvington firm which is Europe’s largest producer of cultivated turf, has invented a way of tripling the shelf life of its grass. When used with the company’s specially developed Profresh, a patented and trademarked system, it is

A York developer has completed a deal to sell a 50 per cent stake in its Lichfield city centre scheme to Development Securities PLC. S Harrison Developments Ltd has signed a joint venture agreement which should speed the delivery of Lichfield’s £100

READING about the latest ructions surrounding Menwith Hill – the American listening post apparently set to house equipment capable of doing everything from thwarting enemy missiles to ensuring Sky Sports doesn’t pack in during heavy showers – left me

I would like to add my voice to that of Ms Rylatt (Letters, July 12) in finding the punishment of Frank Fernie disproportionate on two counts: that his actions were by no means the most extreme on that day; and that away from this particular day of action

I note that Coun Julie Gunnell is preparing a report for cabinet regarding the Union Terrace Car Park (Car Park sale stalls, July 11). She mentions that York St John’s are working with the council to find solutions She makes no mention of seeking

THOUSANDS of graduating students were collecting their University of York degrees today in the second of three ceremonies this week. Among those graduating is Louise Redsull, 26, who has returned to York following a month’s backpacking trip

How can the new Labour executive be so out of touch with voters’ opinions? The newly appointed council leader, James Alexander, reminds me of Gordon Brown in the early days of New Labour. York does not have gold reserves to flog off to waste

Some years ago, Sylvia bought a mug with this on it for Barbara, her lifelong friend: “You will be my friend for ever. You know too so much about me.” She thought it was funny but true and it has been in a prominent place in Barbara’s kitchen

IT was very sad to read of the passing of Eddie Gill (Tributes paid to a true gentleman, July 5). I was in the same class as Eddie throughout secondary school at Canon Lee, and it was our first year there that York City lost their FA Cup semi-final

The New Generation Singing Club would like to thank all its friends and supporters, especially the Gallery nightclub, without whose generosity the recent charity evening would not have been such a resounding success. Thanks also to regular compere

ON Saturday, June 25, the York Actionaid Group held a collection at Monks Cross Shopping Centre. Actionaid helps the poorer people of the world to help themselves. When many have to live on the equivalent of 85p to 95p per day, it is easy

I have seen articles in The Press regarding travelling on local bus services with a concessionary pass before 9am. Having recently purchased a ticket and then got chatting to the driver, he suggested that I could have had the journey for free

I am writing to give the residents of Westfield ward an update on a couple of issues we are taking up on your behalf in the areas near Tedder Road and Chesney Fields. A new set of goalposts was erected on the Tedder Road playing area on Friday

I HOPE that by getting down to eat the Wimbledon grass, the champion tennis player Novak Djokovic hasn’t given “save with Dave” and George Osborne any unsavoury ideas as regards us golden oldies. Ken Holmes, Cliffe Common, Selby.

It is wonderful to read that plans are afoot to redevelop the riverside area next to the Castle Museum (£100k project is to open up river bank, The Press, July 12). York does not make enough of the potential that the many waterways offer. Birmingham

YORK City manager Gary Mills praised his players for giving a good account of themselves in last night’s 2-1 pre-season friendly defeat to Sunderland. Jamie Reed was on target from the penalty spot for the Minstermen in response to Phil Bardsley

NO first-teamers have been punished for the defeat to Toulouse by being relegated to the reserves tonight – but head coach Dave Woods admitted he felt a strong temptation to make a point. The Knights crashed 46-32 to the French strugglers on Saturday

HARD-HIT York Lokomotive controversially fell from first to fourth in the Yorkshire premier east division of the Co-operative RL Conference this week – and face a tough task on Saturday to bounce back up, writes Peter Martini. The Lokos had to call

YORK’S greens giant Simon Dyson was bidding to get off to a flier as one of the earlier starters in The Open Championship at Royal St George’s today, writes Tony Kelly. The world-ranked number 74 went through his only practice round yesterday ahead

YORK City pushed Premier League Sunderland all the way before going down 2-1 at Bootham Crescent last night. Jamie Reed opened his City account for the pre-season by netting a 64th-minute penalty after first-half goals from Phil Bardsley and

BELT and braced up – that’s the treat in store for mixed martial arts fans at the Cage Confrontation 3 show. The 16-fight bill at York’s Energise Centre at Oaklands on Saturday will feature no fewer than six contests vying for title belts. That guarantees

IT was all change at the top of division one of the HPH York Vale Cricket League as Copmanthorpe moved into pole position. Deposed leaders Bishopthorpe paid for a poor batting display as they crashed at home by eight wickets to North Cave after being

LIFE doesn’t get any easier for Pickering potter Paul Davison in this season’s Players Tour Championship events, writes Steve Carroll. The 39-year-old, beaten by Jimmy White in the second round of qualifying for the Australian Goldfields Open last

No fewer than 19 Thirsk and Sowerby Harriers were among the 308 finishers of the well-organised Kilburn 7 Road Race, part of the annual Kilburn Feast celebrations. Julian Norton was first Harrier home, in 12th place, in a time of 44 minutes and 19

Director of professional cricket Martyn Moxon has backed Jonny Bairstow to become Yorkshire’s long-term Twenty20 opener, writes Graham Hardcastle. The 21-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman from York started this summer’s Friends Life t20 campaign as Andrew

Yorkshire captain Andrew Gale promised his side would play attacking cricket when he took over as skipper at the start of last season. There was not much evidence of that from the Tykes on day three of their LV= County Championship against Worcestershire

A RUN of 11 unbeaten games came to an abrupt end for RI Amateurs when they lost 7-1 to Haxby Road in division one of the York Amateur Bowling Association League. That signalled the start of a bad week for Amateurs as they also lost to Shipton in the

YORKSHIRE’S elite bowlers conjured a dramatic Middleton Cup fight-back against Cumbria to seal a quarter-final place for the second time in three years. The White Rose team went into the tie at Dunnington Bowls Club needing only two rinks wins and

It’s the Scottish Stewards’ Cup at Hamilton tomorrow evening, and with £33,000 in prize money up for grabs, it’s no surprise that a maximum field of 16 runners – ten of which are trained in North Yorkshire – are set to face the starter. It’s no surprise

RESIDENTS in York got the shock of their lives when they were confronted with their neighbour’s escaped boa constrictor just yards from their homes. People living in Osbaldwick Lane called in City of York Council after a three foot-long dwarf

FIRE chiefs have taken another step towards closing down York’s “outdated” fire station in Clifford Street and building a new one several hundred yards away. A planning application for a £4.5 million new station on the site of the former coach park in

THE campaign to block the sale of a York car and coach park has gone international. German tourists visiting the city have backed calls for plans by City of York Council to allow York St John University to buy the Union Terrace site for a campus

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

A TEENAGER from York will feature in a BBC documentary tonight as she decides whether to undergo a double mastectomy due to a high genetic risk of breast cancer. Josie Bellerby’s mother, Radio York presenter Julia Booth, took the decision to undergo

PROUD parents and grandparents have the chance to win picture perfect prizes in The Press Little Mon-Stars competition. We are looking for the cutest youngsters in nine categories: 0-6 months, 6-12 months, 12-18 months, 18-24 months, 2-3 yrs, 3-4 yrs

THE danger of “boiler-room” scams has been highlighted by the case of a North Yorkshire pensioner who lost his life savings to a cold-calling conman. The 86-year-old has urged other share dealers to learn from his mistake after losing £60,000 to a

A UNION leader says a campaign would be mounted against any privatisation of York’s elderly person’s homes. Mandy Golding, general convenor with Unison, said City of York Council should keep its residential care homes in-house, staffed by local authority

COMMERCIAL drivers across Selby have been praised by police, after an operation to check vehicles were being operated with appropriate licensing and insurance. Police stopped 244 drivers during the operation, which ran between April 1 and June 30, and

THIS was the scene as firefighters made their way down an East Yorkshire cliff to rescue a woman whose car had plunged 50 metres towards the sea. The orange three-door car plunged down the slope, but landed on its wheels and the woman survived

YORK has been hailed as a transport trailblazer after securing £4.65 million in Government funding. Norman Baker, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, visited the city yesterday to speak to City of York Council chiefs about how their

THE cost of school dinners for children in York is going up to £2.20 a day – making them one of the most expensive in the region. From September, lunch at the majority of the city’s schools will rise by 5p from £2.15 a day to £2.20.

A TALENTED dancer who left York for the bright lights of London’s West End will this weekend bring his self-produced show back to his home city. After appearing in some of the best-known musicals in the world, 28-year-old Ian Stroughhair has choreographed

A FORMER brewery worker and resident of a North Yorkshire residential home will celebrate his 100th birthday today with a walk down Memory Lane. Donald Buckingham, who was born in Aldwark, will celebrate the milestone birthday today, surrounded by

STAFF at a York city centre hotel have given youngsters a master class in hospitality. On a visit to the restaurant at the Best Western Monkbar Hotel, pupils from Yearsley Grove Primary School learned skills – including the art of silver service.

THE current vice-chancellor of the University of York has paid his respects to Lord Harewood, the Queen’s cousin, who died this week. Lord Harewood, who died at his family home Harewood House on Monday, aged 88, was the university’s first chancellor

DEVELOPERS who want to build a renewable energy plant on a disused mine site between Selby and York have defended their decision to appeal against a council order which requires the site to be returned to agricultural land. City of York Council made

A 41-year-old man has been remanded in custody after being charged with a knife attack at a Harrogate takeaway. Felix Cutting, of Park View, Harrogate, appeared on Monday at Northallerton Magistrates’ Court after being charged with two counts of

A COUPLE have told of their family’s devastation when arsonists destroyed hutches in their garden, killing pet rabbits and guinea pigs. John and Mandy Craft said several hutches were burned in the garden at the back of their home in Burton Stone Lane

A YORK man with a debilitating condition has won praise from NHS officials for his charity work. Ron Middlemass, of Huntington, has raised more than £25,000 for York Hospital since he was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis at the age of 72 in 2006.

THE number of people claiming Job Seekers Allowance in York has fallen this month. A total of 84 people are no longer claiming the benefit. Figures released yesterday by the Office for National Statistics (NOMIS), showed that in York

THE Archbishop of York joined staff and pupils at a North Yorkshire College for the burial of a time capsule at a new campus. Dr John Sentamu was due to attend the official opening of Selby College’s new Abbot’s Road site on June 9, but was unable

DOC Brown's DeLorean time machine famously took to the skies in iconic scenes from the film Back to the Future. Now a team of York aviators is creating its own version of the sports car and hopes it will at least fly a short distance – ‘or maybe

COUNCIL bosses say a new waste collection system which will come into force in York next week is set to save £313,000 a year. More than 1,450 households will be asked to change their collection day or week by City of York Council in a move which the

AN EAST Yorkshire prison could be put in the hands of a new private operator under a shake-up of the jail system. Justice Secretary Ken Clarke said HMP Wolds would be one of nine prisons put out to competition in the autumn, while two others are set

A TEENAGER from York has admitted creating and possessing indecent images of children after they were discovered by fellow pupils. The 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared before York Youth Court charged with four counts of

Hundreds of heart patients in North and East Yorkshire will be spared lengthy journeys thanks to new facilities in Scarborough. Scarborough Hospital has announced it will shortly open a centre to boost its coronary diagnosis capabilities. The cardiac

NORTH Yorkshire Police’s new mobile safety camera will monitor motorists on the A171 Scarborough to Whitby road, as well as the A64 between Scarborough and York until next Wednesday. At various times between these dates, the camera will be in use

TEAMS entering York’s Dragon Boat Challenge, organised by York Rotary Club, expect to raise about £70,000. Thirty-two different charities were supported by the 36 teams which entered the races on Saturday. The club also sold £5,000 lucky number