A 12-year-old boy remains in a critical condition in hospital, after he suffered head injuries when knocked off his bike by a car. The boy was cycling from Holly House Farm towards Kelfield Lane, in the direction of Riccall, near Selby when
A CYCLIST has been injured in a hit-and-run accident in East Yorkshire.The driver of the car failed to stop at the sceen of the accident, near the roundabout on Grovehill Road, Beverley. It happened at 7.30am on Wednesday. The car is described as a blue
TWO men have been arrested in connection with the suspected theft of drain covers in the area. The men, aged 21 from Knottingley and 24, from Little Heck, were arrested in Kellington on Tuesday, September 20, after being spotted taking a drain cover
ALEX BENSON says re-signing at York City Knights was not a difficult decision to make after agreeing a new contract for 2012 – and he is optimistic this next year will be spent in the Co-operative Championship. The Knights’ immediate future rests on
Yorkshire’s future spin plans have become clearer after they announced that Azeem Rafiq had signed a contract extension and that David Wainwright intends to leave the club due to a lack of first-team cricket. Off-spinner Rafiq, 20, has committed for
DANCE can be interpreted in many ways, from a classically produced ballet to traditional Irish dancing with a contemporary twist, such as Riverdance. But what happens when folk dances such as clog, sword and Morris are thrown in to a bar room
IN Response to your article regarding the ragwort problem at the plant centre in Buttercrambe, I also lease property and land from Aldby Park estate, where I keep my much-loved horses (The Press, September 19). I have nothing but respect and admiration
How encouraging it is to hear the community voice being raised so effectively to defend Malton’s shopkeepers and residents (The Press, September 14). Coming from the small rural town of Bridport in Dorset, I see many similarities in the issues Malton
BUSINESS Secretary Vince Cable is perfectly correct in his attempt to stop irresponsible companies rewarding failures. Failures in high-flying jobs should either be demoted or shown the door. Rewarding them is immoral and an affront to decent
ON BEHALF of Fulford and district branch of the Royal British Legion, I should like to thank Mabel and Lawrence King, and all their dancers who attended the Friday Dance, in aid of the 2011 Poppy Appeal. The magnificent sum of £202 was raised.
LAST Sunday, on a cool breezy morning, England smiled and cried with pride as the largest and best organised half-marathon on the planet was ran, plodded and walked from Newcastle to South Shields. No other run feeds the spirit of generosity, hope
YORK Fairness Commission looks like another gimmick dreamed up by James Alexander to get himself in the public eye (The Press, September 19). Judging by his record over the Union Terrace car park debacle, Coun Alexander has little intention of listening
THE 1970 film version with Alan Bates and Julie Christie is indelibly stamped in the memory, Harold Pinter script and all. Forty-one years later, The Go-Between takes on a new life as a musical drama with the book by David Wood, the doyen of children
MORE parents fear they can’t afford private schools, according to a story doing the rounds this week. One website even warned: “Holidays are cancelled and second homes sold to pay fees…” Now where is Bob Geldof when you need him? These people are sacrificing
WASTE to energy business Bioflame is holding discussions with creditors on Friday before going into liquidation. The Pickering-based business has made its 38 staff redundant and ceased trading after its funder decided not to continue backing it. Victor
A CAMPAIGN to encourage people to donate unwanted suits to the more needy is in the running for an award. Restaurant chain The Living Room, which has a branch in York, appointed brand design consultancy Fitzpatrick Design, based at Woodend Creative Workspace
CLOUD computing will come under the spotlight at an international e-Science conference at the University of York next week. The tenth anniversary UK e-Science All Hands Meeting, Towards the Cloud – Infrastructures, Applications, Research, will
ARTISAN cheese maker, Shepherds Purse of Thirsk, has picked up two awards at the Global Cheese Awards. Yorkshire Blue, the company’s best-selling cow’s milk cheese, picked up silver in the blue vein cheese, soft class, and Yorkshire Fettle, made with
BUSINESSES in North Yorkshire have formed a band of “dragons” to mentor the next generation of entrepreneurs. Paul Marsh, managing director of Knaresborough-based GSPK Design; Tracy Smith, managing director of York Science Park; Rick Armstrong, managing
Adil Rashid will look to put a disappointing English county season behind him this week when he links up with the South Australian Redbacks ahead of their Twenty20 Champions League campaign in India. The Yorkshire leg-spinner is set to play for the
MATURITY is what ‘Lightning’ Lee Stewart will need to show when he gets into the ring for his second fight tomorrow. The 21-year-old, York’s newest boxing professional, is up against Nuneaton journeyman Kristian Laight at the Barnsley Metrodome in a
EXCITEMENT is filling the York Acorn ARLC camp ahead of the first competitive derby against Heworth in more than six-and-a-half years, according to head coach Scott Rhodes. The Villagers, meanwhile, big underdogs for Saturday’s Elm Park Way encounter
NEW Earswick ARLC host Halifax Irish in the Pennine League championship on Saturday believing the game could be a pointer to their promotion hopes. All Blacks have taken maximum points from their first three fixtures but coach Simon Baynes sees last
FORMER Selby Warriors youngster Gareth Ellis has been added to England’s train-on squad ahead of the Gillette Four Nations tournament starting next month against Australia, New Zealand and Wales. The Wests Tigers back-rower, 30, one of the outstanding
CORINTHIANS Cougars retained the York Super Seven bowls crown with a sudden death extra end play-off win over Poppies. The late drama was a repeat of the 2010 final between the same sides, when Cougars also edged out their foes to take the title for
VICKI Back maintained her record of scoring in each of York City Ladies’ first three league games with the goal that earned her team a 1-1 draw at fellow early pacesetters Hull. The Minster ladies remain unbeaten in the North-East Regional League following
SNOOKER coach Kevin Gall hopes drawing on the skills of two world champions can put him in the driving seat when the UK Championship returns to York. Gall, who coaches out of the Cueball Club in James Street, picked the brains of 1979 Crucible winner
THE boys listed have been selected to be part of the 2011/12 York Schoolboys Under-15s squad. All boys are to meet at York College on Saturday at 9.30am for photo shoot followed by a friendly versus York U14s. Those who cannot attend should contact
Updated: A potential vital witness is being sought by police as they piece together the cause of a crash near York which left a man dead. The accident, which happened at 8.14pm on Tuesday on the York outer ring-road, involved a Tesco heavy
FALLEN FOR YOU is napped to take her revenge on Lyric Of Light in a fascinating renewal of the Shadwell Fillies’ Mile at Newmarket tomorrow. The pair met recently at Doncaster in the May Hill Stakes when Lyric Of Light narrowly beat Fallen For You,
GARDEN centre Dobbies has revealed plans to create 120 new jobs with a new Garden World development at York Business Park. The new £8 million garden centre follows the retailer’s withdrawal of plans in 2009 to create a Garden World near York
POLICE have appealed for witnesses after a moped rider was seriously injured on a North Yorkshire road. The 46-year-old man suffered ankle and arm injuries when he was forced off the B6164 Knaresborough to Wetherby Road at about 8.25am on Tuesday. He
PARENTS of children who attend a York special school say City of York Council has “put children's lives in danger” by reorganising a taxi contract to save money. The taxi contracts to transport children from Hob Moor Oaks and Applefields School switched
A PROTESTER who climbed a 100-year-old tree in a North Yorkshire town to stop it being chopped down said he felt he had no choice if it was to be saved. Mark Snow strapped himself to the branches of the beech tree at Irton, near Scarborough, on Tuesday
POLICE in East Yorkshire have sent out a warning to residents not to fall for a letter scam. The letter states it is from a Hong Kong bank and the recipient is due to receive a large amount of inheritance money, as long as they email or phone the company
POLICE in Selby collected nearly £500 in unpaid fines and issued five fixed penalty notices during a day of action in the town. Operation Birch, which has been running in the district since June, has already led to a number of arrests across the
A RAZOR-SHARP eye for an image has seen an award- winning Press photographer claim the highest accolade of his career. Anthony Chappel-Ross was named Regional Photographer Of The Year at the UK Picture Editors’ Guild Awards 2011 in London, regarded
POLICE investigating an “obscene” series of letters sent to residents in Acomb say they have received numerous new leads in the last 24 hours. Yesterday, The Press reported how over the past eight months, nine residents in Foxwood had received disturbing
YORK Library Service has announced proposals to improve its services for the blind and partially sighted. The service has made a committment to improve its collections of large print and audio books and making sure accessible technology is available
HUNDREDS of friends of a 15-year-old York schoolboy seriously injured in an assault on Knavesmire have joined an online support group. Nearly 400 people had by yesterday joined the Facebook group Get Well Soon Aaron Richardson and many left messages
As part of our Think, Don’t Swim campaign, JENNIFER BELL joins the team whose aim is to prevent more river tragedies. IT is a job which is cold, wet, pressurised, involves working unsociable hours and is often harrowing. But without the speed and professionalism
ACCESS Intelligence has agreed to revise the amount it will pay for Cobent after the acquired business's performance proved to be a “disappointment”, the company said. Access Intelligence's MS2M business, which provides training and competency software
A NEW plan for protecting a nature area in York is to be drawn up with the help of a city councillor. Coun Anna Semlyen, who represents Dringhouses and Woodthorpe, has wants to draw up a management plan for Chapman’s Pond, which would help with
A MOTHER left in a “never-ending nightmare” after her son drowned in the River Ouse when he slipped off a bridge has today backed our Think, Don’t Swim campaign. Trainee accountant Paul Rogerson, 26, of Arthur Street, York, fell into the river as he
FIREFIGHTERS have taken The Press’s “Think, Don’t Swim” campaign out to thousands of students at York St John University. Yesterday’s campaign launch coincided with the university’s freshers’ fair, attended by most of the 1,900 new students
RESIDENTS of an East Yorkshire seaside town have been invited to a new nature trail which has been designed by children. Pupils from Burlington Junior School helped East Riding of Yorkshire Council design the Kirkham Road play area in Bridlington,
MORE than 1,000 people from around North Yorkshire visited an event which offered advice, help and encouragement to unemployed jobseekers. The Selby Jobs Fair, held in the Abbey Leisure Centre yesterday, had stalls from 50 companies, employment and
THE man who put the flute into rock brought an acoustic, stripped-down version of Jethro Tull to York’s Grand Opera House – and a packed house of devoted fans loved it. I remember founder member Ian Anderson from his wild-haired and equally wild-eyed
JUSTICE Secretary Ken Clarke has been accused of ignoring safety fears amid plans to privatise York’s controversial Southview probation hostel. Labour council leader James Alexander contacted the minister in June to highlight his concerns about the potential
WHO was Betty? That’s the question behind a new book speculating on identity of the mysterious figure who inspired North Yorkshire’s famous tearooms, writes Sophie Wills. Alan Ayckbourn, Kay Mellor, Jilly Cooper, Joanne Harris and Alan Titchmarsh are
A FORMER York airman and wartime historian died after the tube used to feed him following a stroke became dislodged and ended up in his lung. An inquest into the death of Ian Robinson, 85, of Skelton, heard how a severe stroke had left him
ARTIST Joseph Hartley will be developing new work in ceramics, textiles and other media at the The New School House Gallery until Saturday. The talented Manchester Metropolitan University undergraduate won the opportunity to showcase his skills at the
THE long-serving head gardener at a prestigious York hotel has been honoured for his work in the latest round of Yorkshire in Bloom results. David Barker, who works Middlethorpe Hall in Bishopthorpe, accepted the Gold Award – Best in Category
A ROYAL British Legion stalwart is planning to raise funds by carrying the organisation’s standard around York’s City Walls, starting at Bootham Bar. Marie Taylor, of St Wulstan’s Close, off Fossway, is to take part next week in a sponsored carry in
THE Press was invited to a York betting shop to gamble £100 for charity. The new Ladbrokes shop in Market Street invited a representative from the newspaper to make the bet in aid of our chosen charity - York Against Cancer. Although Karen Hunton
THE summer outbreak of rioting which swept the UK is to come under the spotlight at a York conference. The event, at the University of York, will examine the unrest and look at issues such as economic decline, social inequality and criminal culture
A VOLUNTEER service in Selby has urged new members to take part in a range of services across the district. Selby District Volunteer Centre needs residents who can help people live a healthy life and to get involved in a number of activities to improve
A FIRE in a four-storey house in Malton was caused by an overflowing shower. The electrical fire started after water seeped on to wires under the floorboards of the bathroom in Castle Howard Road. An electrician was called after firefighters dealt
PLANS for wind farms in East Yorkshire have been criticised by an MP whose has branded them “costly and largely useless”. Greg Knight, who represents the region in Westminster, said energy companies should be focusing their efforts on offshore facilities
People are invited to slip on a pair of dancing shoes and get moving at a charity Zumbathon. The event, organised by Zumba teacher and enthusiast Debbie Beat of, Millfield Fitness, along with Black Diamond Health UK, is to raise money for St
TRIBUTES have been paid to a kind-hearted mother and grandmother who was a well-known face at a York bakers for more than 30 years. Joyce Coyle, formerly of Nunthorpe Crescent in South Bank, was a supervisor at Woolgrove Master Bakers, famed for its
A CYCLING paramedic service in a North Yorkshire town is to be axed after a four-month pilot scheme. Yorkshire Ambulance Service said it will not be making the trail scheme in Harrogate permanent because the results were inconsistent, but have also
GARDEN centre Dobbies has revealed plans to create 120 new jobs with a new Garden World development at York Business Park. The new £8 million garden centre follows the retailer's withdrawal of plans in 2009 to create a Garden World near York
