STRIKER Jason Walker fired his seventh goal of the Blue Square Bet Premier season to salvage a 2-2 draw for York City at home to Darlington. The Minstermen stormed into the lead after only 65 seconds as Jamie Reed scored his third goal in as many games
TWO teenagers have been bailed in connection with a brutal attack which has left a 15-year-old York boy fighting for his life in hospital. Aaron Richardson, a pupil at York High School, is still in a critical condition in hospital after being assaulted
A MOTORIST who was changing his tyre on the A1 near Wetherby had to jump over a crash barrier to safety when he saw a lorry heading straight towards him. Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident, which happened just after 8.30am on
THERE has been a fire on an East Coast train today, leading to delays on services through York. The fire was reported at about 1.50pm, by the driver of the East Coast’s 7.55am Inverness to King’s Cross service, after onboard alarms alerted him
A YORK pub will stage a charity fun day this weekend in aid of an organisation which helps the families of wounded soldiers. SSAFA Forces Help provides accommodation for relatives of injured servicemen and women while they are visiting their loved ones
UNBEATEN New Earswick All Blacks ARLC went to the top of the Pennine League championship with a superb 19-6 victory at Keighley. Coach Simon Baynes was full of praise for his players after they extended their 100 per cent record to three games.
Jonny Bairstow has been named as the Cricket Writers’ Club’s Young Player of the Year. The 21-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman from York received nearly double the votes of runner-up Chris Woakes and he picked up his award at yesterday’s 65th anniversary
DARLINGTON centre-back Graeme Lee will return to the visitors’ starting line-up for tonight’s Blue Square Bet Premier clash at York City. Ex-Doncaster Rovers and Bradford defender Lee, now 33, missed Saturday’s 1-1 home draw against Hayes and Yeading
SIMON DYSON’S surge up the World Golf Rankings has caught the attention of the game’s biggest superstar, Tiger Woods. The 14-time Major champion has invited the 33-year-old York-born ace to take part in his exclusive Chevron World Challenge
YORK City Knights have confirmed they are close to agreeing a deal to bring Hunslet prop James Houston to Huntington Stadium – as the end-of-season player merry-go-round picks up pace. They also appear to be among the frontrunners to snap up back-rower
ASSISTS ace Ashley Chambers has been told not to fret about his lack of goals ahead of York City’s home match with Darlington tonight. Former Leicester City striker Chambers ended a 24-match drought with the Minstermen’s second goal in Saturday’s devastating
THE blueprint for a £100,000 scheme designed to breathe new life into the riverside area next to a York museum has been handed in to planners. York Museums Trust is hoping to give Raindale Mill, which stands beside the River Foss and has recently seen
THE full costs of a ‘war of the roses’ High Court battle between two North Yorkshire breweries have been revealed. Cropton Brewery, from near Pickering, said it had been left ‘many, many tens of thousands of pounds’ out of pocket in meeting
A RETIRED cook has been banned from driving after she was caught drink-driving in a pub car park, York magistrates heard. Police, acting on a tip-off, saw Jacqueline Anne Askham, 65, reverse and approach the exit outside the Magnet pub in Osbaldwick
POLICE are taking twice as long as last year to answer 999 calls, as force bosses continue to try to cope with Government cuts. Figures obtained exclusively by The Press show that emergency calls to North Yorkshire Police are now being answered after
The inquest into the death of a York boy with a serious heart defect has been adjourned. Bradley Brough died at the age of 11 following surgery to improve his circulation as he was born with his heart in the wrong side of his body. Bradley’s parents
A plan to replace fire control rooms with new regional centres ended in "complete failure", costing the taxpayer almost half a billion pounds, according to a damning report by a committee of MPs. The Public Accounts Committee said the so-called FiReControl
POLICE are appealing for information after an arson attack at an East Yorkshire farm. A farmer was working in his tractor off North Marine Road in Flamborough when two boys on bikes went into the field. They allegedly started a fire in the corner
UNSCRUPULOUS traders have been going door-to-door in North Yorkshire offering to buy gold, council officials bosses have warned. North Yorkshire County Council says its trading standards teams are aware of three separate cases of cold-calling in the
COMPLAINTS against Yorkshire Water have risen by nearly a quarter in the past year, new figures reveal today. The Consumer Council for Water (CCWater) said that nationally, figures had fallen for the third year running, this time by 4.5 per cent. But
A GLIMPSE of the world’s biggest ocean liner was available to people along parts of the North Yorkshire coastline. The 151,000-tonne Queen Mary 2, which can carry around 2,600 passengers, passed Scarborough as part of a round-Britain cruise
CONTINENTAL cafe culture could be introduced to Ripon’s historic Kirkgate. Harrogate District Council is consulting residents and local workers on whether to allow restaurants and cafes to provide outdoor dining in the street. Coun Don Mackenzie,
YORK’S transport chief is set to decide whether the controversial removal of a traffic lane at a junction in the city should be reversed. The left-hand filter route at the junction of Water End and Clifton Green was taken away in 2009 and replaced
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POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a 21-year-old woman was killed in a two-vehicle accident on the A19 last night. The accident happened on the southbound carriageway close to the Over Silton crossroads near Thirsk in North Yorkshire.
Flowers are an important part of any wedding day, adding a touch of elegance and beauty, whether with a simple bridal bouquet and buttonhole, or a venue full of gorgeous blooms. Wedding flowers often reflect the personalities of the bride and
You’ve got the dress, the shoes and accessories, but when it comes to completing your fairytale look, your hair is your crowning glory. So instead of relying on it miraculously bouncing into shape on the morning of the wedding, and ending up with
A CHARITY which delivers Christmas presents to vulnerable children in a dozen overseas countries is asking for York and North Yorkshire residents for their help. Operation Christmas Child sends shoeboxes full of presents to children facing
UNBEATEN New Earswick All Blacks ARLC went to the top of the Pennine League championship with a superb 19-6 victory at Keighley. Coach Simon Baynes was full of praise for his players after they extended their 100 per cent record to three games.
A RESEARCH assistant in York has raised more than £2,000 for a children's charity by climbing the world's highest freestanding mountain. Rachael McCool, of Heslington, scaled the 19,300ft Mount Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania, to raise funds for the
STAMFORD Bridge are celebrating a championship double in the Tyke Petroleum Men’s Tennis League. The East Yorkshire club’s second team wrapped up the division seven title a fortnight ago and now the first team have clinched the division three
HOLDERS Jill McCreedy and Jill Rounce won the IT Sports crown for the third year in a row as the Fulford Ladies Invitation Tennis League season drew to a close. Bishopthorpe duo Fran Critchley and Jane Parkin were runners-up, with two Fulford
THE last-four line-up has been decided for the York John Smith’s Ladies Darts League’s annual Elsie Bell Drawn Pairs competition. Walnut Tree’s Sandra Bruce teamed up with Cueball ‘A’ player Sue Smith to qualify from the half of the draw taking
INQUESTS have heard how the devastating asbestos timebomb has claimed another three lives. Two former York Carriageworks employees, Edward Horsman and Harold Abbott, both contracted the asbestos-related disease mesothelioma after being repeatedly exposed
A DRUG courier smashed a beer bottle over a former friend’s head and jabbed the broken shards into his stomach in Selby town centre - just hours after being caught with nearly £3,000 of cocaine and cannabis. Gary Andrew Smith, 21, was caught red-handed
CLASSMATES of a 15-year-old York boy left fighting for his life after a vicious assault have been praying for his recovery, as he remains in a critical condition in hospital. An 18-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy, both from York, were yesterday
