A 12-year-old boy remains in a critical condition in hospital after being knocked from his bicycle in a collision with a car. The boy was cycling from Holly House Farm, just outside Riccall, near Selby, towards Kelfield Lane, when the accident happened
THE man killed in an accident while working in a field near Pocklington has been named as Lee Woodhouse, 30, from Wilberfoss. Mr Woodhouse, a former pupil of Woldgate College in Pocklington, was described by bosses at Inturf, where he had worked
WITNESSES are being urged to come forward after a man was attacked outside a restaurant. The assault happened outside Valencia in Railway Street, Beverley. A 46-year-old man was allegedly punched to the ground by a youngster, who then
THE owners of a bar in York must pay more than £2,500 after selling alcohol which was “falsely described” on the premises. A representative of Marston’s PLC, owners of Pitcher & Piano in Coney Street, appeared before magistrates in York on
THE mother of two children at York schools has been prosecuted for their poor attendance record. City of York Council took out the prosecution against the woman after her children, who cannot be named for legal reasons but are aged eight
YORK’S newest bridge – a stylish steel structure crossing the River Foss – has been officially opened by the Lord Mayor, Coun David Horton. The foot and cycle bridge links Navigation Road and Walmgate to Palmer Street in Hungate, a ten acre
A FRESH appeal for information has been sent out by police investigating the death of a York pensioner who was hit by a car. Raymond Thomas Fowler, 89, of Heworth Green, died after he was hit by a white Vauxhall Astra estate at the junction
DERBY delight went the way of Heworth ARLC under-17s when they kicked off their season against cross-city rivals New Earswick All Blacks U17s – man-of-the-match Fraser West starring with four tries. Both clubs have combined their U16s and U17s to form
YOU see them every day, negotiating city streets, driving along the ring roads or heading out on the motorway. They are the estate cars that make up a sort of auto backbone of the economy, transporting goods and people to and from businesses
Brian Page visits a stylish and spacious city centre apartment formed from ‘a house inside a house’. YES, Stephanie Leeman tells me, I would be delighted to show you around my house inside a house… And that, as it turns out, is a wonderful
TOP-scorer Jason Walker is being backed to keep his emotions in check when he faces former club Luton Town at Bootham Crescent tomorrow. York City striker Walker was scapegoated by some Hatters fans after failing to convert from the spot during the
IT will be a case of a former Press Player of the Year replacing the new Press Player of the Year at the head of York City Knights’ pack, now that Adam Sullivan looks set to come back to Huntington Stadium. The 28-year-old’s return, after
Yorkshire fans are set to see York’s Jonny Bairstow playing for England at Headingley. As part of their major match group packages announcement yesterday, the England and Wales Cricket Board revealed Headingley would host Test match cricket for the
Six Lips Theatre by name, and now six plays in six months is the all-female York company’s aim. Set up by former York St John University students Roxanna Klimaszewska, Anna Rose James and Hannah Wallace – hence Six Lips – the young company
ECHO & The Bunnymen’s Ocean Rain is “the greatest album ever made”. Who says so? Step forward the never-shy-in-stepping-forward Ian McCulloch, lippy lead singer of the psychedelic Liverpudlians, and what’s more he said it before its release in 1984.
SHED Seven will perform an exclusive acoustic set at Sunday’s Foxtonbury Music Festival in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care and Help For Heroes. The Sheds will be on stage at Tadcaster Albion’s stadium, 2Inspire Ground, Ings Lane, Tadcaster, at 6pm:
NORTHUMBERLAND Theatre Company’s new performance version of Moliere’s Tartuffe heralds a new season of theatre, comedy and music at Pocklington Arts Centre on Tuesday. Stewart Howson has adapted the outrageous French tale of Tartuffe, a roguish imposer
HERE comes the new Ford model for a live show. After his solo gig of book extracts and songs, How To Nearly Make It In The Music Industry, at Fibbers in York in April, the Eastbourne singer, songwriter and author returns to Yorkshire tonight to play
DAMIAN Cruden puts one Alan Bennett myth to bed. “A lot of people say Forty Years On is an earlier version of The History Boys but it’s not all,” says York Theatre Royal’s artistic director, whose production opens tonight as the In The Round ensemble
DAVID Zezulka is playing Macbeth for the first time in Mooted Theatre Co’s production in York, but he knows Shakespeare’s Scottish play only too well. “Twice I’ve been Banquo and once Ross, as well as numerous murderers and doctors – the delights
THE new theatre season brings a new director and new cast to Rowntree Players for the autumn production of Jim Cartwright’s Two. Peter Melia makes his directorial debut for the Players, in charge of company freshers Jamie McKeller, from York, and Beth
PLAYWRIGHT Brendan Murray faced an unusual challenge when adapting Aesop’s fable for Leeds children’s theatre company Tutti Frutti and York Theatre Royal’s new collaboration, Hare And Tortoise. “Of course it’s a story that’s only ten lines
YORK Against Cancer will play host to 25 artists, ceramicists, jewellers and photographers from across Yorkshire in a three-day exhibition at Grays Court, Chapter House Street, York. Tickets for this evening’s 7.30pm to 9.30pm preview include a glass
ONE Man, Two Guvnors, Three Screenings. After last Thursday and Sunday’s National Theatre Live performances of Richard Bean’s adaptation of The Servant Of Two Masters, a further encore show will be screened at City Screen, York, on Sunday, October 2
THE Ebor Ruggers, the thriving York group of textile artists, will take over Grays Court, York, from Tuesday for We Are Not Doormats!, their feast of recycled warmth and colour. “We’ve been meeting in York for more than 15 years, preserving the traditions
JANE Pinkney, the mouse book illustrator from Keldholme, Kirkbymoorside, has sold £36,000 worth of pictures during her six-week summer exhibition at Nunnington Hall. “It was one of our most successful shows ever, and Jane’s sales were up there with many
Only One Question for… Eamonn Fleming, co-star in Zach Lee’s football comedy, Two Brothers And One World Cup. UNLIKELY as it is, looking at you and Zach in the picture, is Two Brothers And One World Cup about those sibling heroes of 1966, Jack and
YORK stained glass artist Helen Whittaker is making her exhibition debut in a joint show with fellow glass painter Jonathan Cooke at Lotherton Hall, Aberford. Exploring the theme of Angels And Demons, their stained glass and drawings will be on display
PLANNERS have backed an expansion of Nestlé’s Product Technology Centre, which could create 35 new jobs. The extension will be three storeys high and be placed next to Nestlé's Insight centre, screened from public view by trees, and will include a
DON’T be fooled by the fact she’s only 21 – Laura Marling’s prodigious talent has seen her accelerate through two top-selling albums and now it’s time for her to assert her maturity. The darling of the indie-folk scene does not stray miles from her
THE blurb accompanying the new CD from 21-year-old Cosmo Jarvis wants us to be sure of the talent we are about to behold. Cosmo Harrison Krikoryan Jarvis is not only a singer and songwriter, but also, we are told, an actor, director, composer, producer
The works of Alan & Marilyn Bergman are as synonymous with Barbra Streisand as Burt Bacharach & Hal David are to Dionne Warwick and Andrew Lloyd Webber to Sarah Brightman. Indeed, the deluxe version of What Matters Most includes an additional disc
THE tenth studio album from Portland alt.country four-piece Richmond Fontaine is an audacious, intriguing song cycle of operatic proportions. Its dark drama of drugs and despair, madness and murder and a missing girl is told in story-telling songs
AFTER years of campaigning by the Musicians’ Union (MU) and other bodies, the Government recently announced a new consultation on the Entertainments Licensing Act. The MU supports Lord Clement-Jones’ Live Music Bill, which proposes that pubs, clubs
MARK Olson and Gary Louris reunite 16 years after their last album together for a collection of soaring singalongs that should in theory lift the soul. There’s a lot going for this reunion of the country rockers who often sound like The Byrds or
STRUTTING out of the Shoreditch scene, S.C.U.M wear their Joy Division influence proudly on their sleeve from their debut album’s opener Faith Unfolds. There’s plenty on Again Into Eyes worth praise, with epic synthesiser soundscapes and tight,
TUNES will fill the Joseph Rowntree Theatre tomorrow night when Millegro York Contemporary Choir performs its latest concert, A Grand Night For Singing. The choir will present a new repertoire, consisting of works by classical composers such as Eric
I AM glad J Beisly has congratulated us for our Temple Avenue SuperHome work (Letters, September 20). He asked if the SuperHome “provides a blueprint for future affordable homes”, and “who would be able to produce such an expensive luxury home”. These
WHY these hateful letters about cyclists? When I cycle to work I see hundreds of ordinary law-abiding people doing the same thing. If I spot cyclists riding unsafely on pavements (which is very rare), I see that as a youth problem, not a cyclist problem
GEOFF ROBB states (Letters, September 20) that, “at least the unions are doing what they were invented for – looking after their members”. Nothing could be further from the truth in relation to my 2008 dismissal from a seven-year career. My union supplied
HEARING that another long-established quality builder has gone into liquidation has prompted this letter. People are, understandably, taking advantage of the situation to get building work done cheaper. However, there are pitfalls. Some builders
I AM buying a house within the Leeman Road area of York and have found it immensely difficult to obtain buildings insurance. According to the flood map, and after checking with the Floodline and City of York Council’s flood team, the area is classed
THE York Conservatives’ website says: “James Alexander has announced that he supports a campaign headed by Julian Smith, MP for Skipton & Ripon” in relation to the Labour council’s plan to pilot free Wi-Fi in the city centre for the benefit of shoppers
THREE York-based projects are competing in the final of the National Lottery Awards 2011 and are calling on your readers to show their support to help them win before voting lines close next Monday. The Quilt Museum and Gallery’s Unfolding
I think wind turbines are beautiful. To me, their towering presence is potent and protective. I love their elegant, refined lines, their hypnotically rotating blades, their simplicity of design and purpose. I realise most people do not feel
SAVILLE Audio Visual has reopened its headquarters in York following a £500,000 investment. The business, which has a turnover of £30 million and employs 250 people in 15 offices across the UK, has invested in hi-tech showrooms to show off the latest
I AM confused about road markings on Beckfield Lane, as two Acomb councillors stopped the last council from dualling a footpath into a dangerous shared cycle/footpath last year. Not that this matters – every s ingle day I see cyclists breaking the
I WAS dismayed to read the letter from Mrs Pamela Frankland in The Press of September 6. Over the past few years, I have been a patient for several periods in York Hospital. On each and every occasion, I found the food very good and I enjoyed it
ACCOUNTANCY firm Garbutt & Elliott is providing technology workshops in a bid to help fill the gap created by the closure of Business Link. The firm will hold the ten free workshops in association with Technology Mentors, a new business set up by Charles
TWO new vintage shops have opened in York. Paul and Rebecca Lowman have launched a record and book shop in Gillygate, and vintage clothing company Purple Haze, run by the mother and daughter team, Laura and Carolyn Cowlbeck, has now moved to larger
A NEW letting agency has opened in St Saviour’s Place, York. Mint Move Property has moved into the city to focus on up-and-coming developments such as Hungate and The Croft, along with older properties which are characteristic of the city of York, it
LUTON Town star striker Amari Morgan-Smith is suspended for tomorrow’s clash with York City at Bootham Crescent. Leading marksman Morgan-Smith, who has netted seven times this season, was shown his fifth yellow card of 2011/12 during Tuesday night’s
PICKERING Town move from the Cup to the Vase tomorrow – with manager Pete Vasey threatening a big shake-up. Following their 4-0 defeat in the FA Cup first qualifying round at Staveley Miners Welfare on Wednesday night, the Pikes turn their attention
Keeping up high levels of performance is what Tadcaster Albion boss Paul Marshall wants from his team as they look to extend their unbeaten run to eight matches at Parkgate in the Northern Counties East League premier division. With a colossal FA Cup
Hounds went top of division one in the Ian’s Cars of Barlby York Sunday Morning Football League on goal difference after beating Nestlé Flag 8-2. Hounds, who have hit the target 17 times in an unbeaten start to the season, showed no mercy to a Flag side
SELBY TOWN felt a “change was needed” when they sacked manager Leon Sewell after just nine games in charge. As reported in The Press on Wednesday, the Robins dismissed Sewell following a return of just two points from their opening nine Northern Counties
MAL PEARSON scooped the Club Aggregate Trophy in York Railway Institute Angling Section’s end of season awards. Pearson, who also won the club’s Memorial Trophy, scored 99 points out of a possible 100 to take the prize ahead of runner-up Lee Geldart,
Malton & Norton RUFC face their toughest test to date in North One East when they travel to Billingham. The Teessiders are an established side at this level and Malton, whose impressive start following promotion continued with a 40-24 win over Durham
Leeds United boss Simon Grayson is confident their Carling Cup lesson at the hands of Manchester United will not have a negative effect when they travel to npower Championship high-fliers Brighton tonight (7.45pm). The Whites were comprehensively beaten
Britain’s leading rally stars will be speeding around Ryedale this weekend in the penultimate round of the Dulux Trade MSA British Rally Championship. The Trackrod Rally Yorkshire has attracted all the championship’s front-runners for tomorrow’s start
THE top two in division on of the York John Smith’s Men’s Darts League went head-to-head and Ainsty ‘A’ came out on top. They beat Mitre 7-3 in a game that produced 56 ton or ton-plus scores, including ten 180s. Mitre’s best performers were John
COMPOSURE is the key for York RUFC, who take a trip to the seaside for a Yorkshire One derby with Scarborough. It says something about the Clifton Parkers’ potential when they can score 48 points and still be a little dissatisfied – but head coach
MILLS & BOON this isn’t. There’s no small talk. No dinner and a box of Milk Tray. The world of the stud farm can be quite cold. It is all business. We are dealing in commodities. Stallions are insured for huge sums. Bringing a mare to visit will cost
Kevin Ryan, who sent out Our Jonathan to win last Saturday’s Ayr Gold Cup, can take the feature honours tomorrow at Ripon’s final meeting of 2011 with a former winner of the Scottish showpiece. Advanced, who has been a wonderful servant to the
A MAN has been killed in an accident involving a turf cutting machine. The 30-year-old, who has not yet been named, died while working in Feoffee Lane in Pocklington. Humberside Police said he was from Wilberfoss. The Health and Safety
A BABY boy had to be delivered at home by his father while a York midwife instructed him over the phone after the family’s repeated 999 calls went unanswered. After going into labour at her Strensall home, Liz Howden, 26, had to rely on her
THE writing skills of a pupil at a York school have given him the chance to reach for the sky. Ben Kite won an essay competition at Rufforth Primary School, organised with nearby York Gliding Centre, with his prize being a quick spin in a glider.
THE father of a 15-year-old York schoolboy badly injured in an assault at the Knavesmire has thanked local people for their support. Aaron Richardson, suffered serious head injuries in the attack near to the entrance of the travelling fair
A SOLDIER from East Yorkshire who was injured while serving in Afghanistan has won his battle to have his benefits reinstated. Aron Shelton, 27, of Bridlington, had his lower left leg amputated when he was caught in an explosion while on patrol in Helmand
AMBULANCE bosses appeared before a meeting of City of York Council’s health scrutiny committee to explain a recent surge in written complaints against the service. The four members of Yorkshire Ambulance Service were invited to
CITY-centre pub landlords have thrown their support behind The Press’s Think, Don’t Swim campaign, saying they have witnessed too many people risking death in York’s rivers, writes Miranda Kirkwood. Publicans have agreed to put up our posters, which
A PROTESTER who climbed into a tree to save it from the chop is being urged to come down. Mark Snow, nicknamed “Snoz”, occupied the 100-year-old beech tree in Irton, near Scarborough, earlier this week after North Yorkshire County Council decided it
RESIDENTS in York will be able to have a final say on the future development of the city this autumn. A public consultation on the core strategy section of City of York Council’s Local Development Framework (LDF), which aims to lay out a planning
PLANS to bring a festival and cinema to Selby have been welcomed by the town’s political and business leaders. The town’s Chamber of Commerce has unveiled plans for a host of new projects, including a week-long theatre and food festival. It is also
Charities and community groups have until October 7 to tap in to criminals’ cash. North Yorkshire Police are reminding people of the deadline for applications under the Why Should They? campaign which is offering £25,000 to causes which help
DISABLED youngsters and their families in North Yorkshire will be among the first in the country to put to the test planned reforms. The county is one of 20 pathfinder areas from across the country to test out proposals in the Government’s special educational
A YORK councillor has backed a national campaign to teach financial responsibility to schoolchildren. Councillor Lynn Jeffries, of City of York Council, has added her name to a petition calling for the Government to debate in Parliament teaching
Arriva North East is offering 12 weeks free bus travel to people who choose to give up their car. The bus company, which operates routes across Scarborough, has teamed up with Trade Your Transport, a new scheme by Cartakeback, which is the largest
CALLS for a full review of York’s city centre pedestrianised zone and the way its rules are obeyed are being made by a leading councillor. Coun Ian Gillies, who heads City of York Council’s Conservative group, wants enforcement measures in areas such
TRAVELLERS’ site near Selby could see an increase in children’s and adult education facilities, following discussions with the council and other agencies. The discussions took place as part of Operation Birch, the summer-long multi-agency initiative
A YORK couple have had a major breakthrough in their bid to try for a baby that could save the life of their two-year-old son. Scientists in California have managed to find the faulty gene which causes William Rhodes’s rare form of anaemia and left him
Two soldiers seriously injured while serving in Afghanistan are due to set off on a five-day 500-mile charity bike ride from Edinburgh to London passing through Harrogate. The Ride of Britain has been organised by the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and
HAYDN Kelly thought he simply had a sore throat – until consultants discovered he had a tumour “the size of a satsuma”. The father-of-two, who prided himself on being “fit as a fiddle”, was stunned to learn he had throat cancer, news which devastated
NORTH Yorkshire Police’s mobile speed cameras will be operating next week. In the York area, cameras will be on the A1237 York Outer Ringroad, Monks Cross, Church Lane in Wheldrake,Temple Lane in Copmanthorpe and Skipwith Road in Escrick, In the
A LANDLORD has told of his shock after his terraced property in a York suburb was advertised on the internet as a lap-dancing club. The Press discovered that anyone keying in the words “lap dancing York” into the Google search box in recent days has
AWARD-winning sculptor and lecturer Michael Lyons has unveiled a collection of his work at York Hospital. Michael, who now lives in Cawood, near Selby, draws inspiration for his art from myth, landscape and primitive art and culture. His exhibition
OLD people’s homes in York cost £5.5 million to run last year. The figures emerged as a massive shake-up of care for the elderly in the city is being debated. City of York Council is considering building three “super-care homes” in Fulford, Haxby
SIXTY-FIVE entries made an appearance in the Barlby and Osgodby Scarecrow Festival and Fun Day. Besides the scary characters there were various events around the villages including a hog roast, tug of war, barbecue and a festival service held at All
CALLS have been made for on-street parking charges to be considered across North Yorkshire. Knaresborough councillor Bill Hoult said it would be “the most effective way of managing traffic across the county”, as North Yorkshire County Council transport
THE boss of a North Yorkshire council has warned a review of its buildings is crucial as it faces a multi-million-pound maintenance bill. John Dillon, Scarborough Borough Council’s chief executive, said proposals which include potentially selling the
THERE is still time for charities in York to apply for grants of up to £10,000 from the Gannett Foundation. The foundation, which supports good causes in regions of the UK covered by Newsquest newspapers, including The Press, is now prepared to accept
York could at last have its new community stadium, if plans are approved. But the proposals also include new shops at Monks Cross – and city centre retailers fear that could put them out of business. STEPHEN LEWIS reports. SOME time soon
Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick were the first “big name” act ever to appear at The Shed. They were supported that Ryedale day, almost 20 years ago, by an upand- coming poet from Barnsley called Ian McMillan, who charged the princely sum of £70
STAMFORD Bridge In Bloom competition winners were presented their awards by Pockington town cryer Geoff Sheasby. The contest was started by Bryan Lawson in 2006 and led to Stamford Bridge winning the Silver Gilt Award at the Yorkshire In Bloom awards
A CHARITY calendar has been launched on a stall at York Food and Drink Festival in aid of Scarborough-based charity Ellie’s Fund. Founded by Heather Othick after the death of her 11-year-old daughter Ellie, who raised £25,000 before she died of a brain
NOT since Saving Private Ryan has a long, silent opening to a film said so much to set the atmosphere. Very different films, of course, and no further comparison is needed, but what that ten-minute silence does in Drive is establish both the lead
