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The seaweed Irish Moss, or Caragheen (Chondrus Crispus to botanists) is known to brewers as “copper finings”, and is used in the brewing process not to flavour beer, but to enhance its clarity. However, this week’s feature, the Scottish beer Kelpie

Home baker JULIAN COLE gives his recipe for muesli bread I HAD this idea at breakfast one morning, funnily enough. It’s a bit of an experiment, but it seems to work. The recipe uses a ferment, a yeasty super-charger that gets things

Vinyl records are making a comeback. Is it because of a hunger for the past, a love of album cover artwork – or simply a recognition that they sounded better all along? DANIEL BIRCH and STEPHEN LEWIS report THERE has always been a certain magic about

GAVIN AITCHISON tries some low-alcohol ale and is pleasantly surprised I WAS sitting in The Phoenix last Saturday, flicking through a newspaper on the bar, when my eye was drawn to an interesting little article. It was a report on the

What’s the difference between Bordeaux mixture and Bordeaux blend? The answer is that you can drink the blend, whereas drinking Bordeaux mixture is not recommended! It is actually a combination of lime, copper sulphate and water, traditionally

MOTOWN royalty at The Duchess? Yes, you read that correctly, Martha Reeves and her Vandellas were playing The Duchess of York, as she quaintly called the Stonebow live music bar. This was the full soul revue package: a master of ceremonies cum

You’ll never look at cats in the same way after reading York author Matt Haig’s new children’s novel, reports STEPHEN LEWIS CALLING all children. Next time you’re trudging to school with only double maths to look forward to, see a cat sunbathing blissfully

OLYMPIC hopefuls were on hand at Selby College to unveil a special plaque. Members of the college welcomed London 2012 athletes Claire Cashmore and Rebecca Galantree to witness principal Allan Stewart give the final signature on the college’s pledge

A FATHER and his son have avoided prison after they admitted kicking a Selby man while he was on the ground. The court heard that William Pepper, 57, had visited the New Inn in Gowthorpe with a friend on July 16 last year, when an argument took place

A GRANDMOTHER from a village near Selby has gained a literacy qualification 60 years after she was refused entry to an exam due to her poor spelling. Marjorie Beal, 74, left school at the age of 15 after she was told she could not sit the Grammar

I WAS pleased to attend Thursday’s protest in support of gay marriage outside the Minster (News, Letters, February 2) and to take part in such a young, vibrant, good-natured demonstration. Well done to the Students Union for their organisation.

WITH regards to your article on St Leonard’s Midnight Walk (The Press, February 1), does anyone else feel men are yet again being excluded from fundraising events? I have taken part in this walk every year since it began but have been informed

A QUARTER of all callouts to firefighters in Selby are unnecessary, and most could be avoided with proper maintenance of equipment. A request by The Press under the Freedom of Information Act showed that firefighters in Selby had been mobilised to hoax

SO THE debate goes on about the new stadium and who pays what – York City, City of York Council and the York City Knights? What I would like to know is has anybody at York City or the council thought about asking the company who makes all the City

WITH regard to the Sutton Bridge weight limit (Letters, January 30), HGVs using the B1228 pass within metres of Elvington Primary School. Even with the ban in place, lorries often make an awkward turn into Dauby Lane passing in front of the school

SO SIMON Grayson has been sacked from my beloved Leeds United. The writing was on the wall after the 4-1 defeat on Tuesday night. Something seems to be wrong somewhere, with the team losing like they have been doing. They need a settled team,

THREE students from York College are celebrating Oxbridge success. The trio have received conditional offers to go to Oxford and Cambridge universities this year. Joe Towse, who went to Millthorpe School, hopes to study law at Magdalen College, Oxford

DESPITE the lack of sun this winter, Pocklington Arts Centre is already reaping the rewards of its new solar panels. Having had 52 panels fitted during December last year, the centre has already produced 130 kilowatt hours of electricity, which can be

NEW skipper James Ford is looking forward to the challenge of taking the York City Knights armband – but has stressed team togetherness should be the biggest leader on the pitch. The Press revealed yesterday that the former Sheffield, Castleford and

ONE of the top ten UK children’s authors will visit a school in Selby next week. Kes Gray, best known for writing Billy’s Bucket, will spend Thursday at Selby Community Primary School. Mr Gray will visit the school’s recently redeveloped library, listen

STUDENTS at a York secondary school have paid tribute to the victims of the Holocaust. Pupils from Millthorpe School in South Bank marked Holocaust Memorial Week with a fundraising appeal for the Auschwitz Preservation Trust. By selling charity armbands

APPLICATION forms are now available for the Great Selby Bike Ride. Participants can take part in one of two rides, either a 25-mile cycle, which costs £4.50 for adults and £3 for under-16s, or a 45-mile cycle, which costs £5 for adults and £4 for under

THE occupants of three vehicles all escaped without injury after they were involved in a collision on the A19 at Skelton near York. The incident, which happened at 1.50pm yesterday at the junction with Church Lane, involved a black Saab, a red Mercedes

YORK City manager Gary Mills has admitted he could look to loan out players with his squad having swollen to 24 senior professionals. But the Bootham Crescent chief will not be letting “three or four” go as he guards against an injury crisis between

YORK City winger Matty Blair has been called up to the England ‘C’ squad for the International Challenge Trophy curtain-raiser with Italy on Tuesday, February 28. The match will take place at Fleetwood Town’s Highbury stadium with former City striker

BACK-TO-BACK man-of-the-match displays have seen captain Chris Smith move up to joint-seventh on the Player of the Year leaderboard. Smith drew level with fellow defender Jamal Fyfield after collecting three points as our star man during Saturday

NEW signing Phil Jaques is determined to enjoy his forthcoming spell with Yorkshire after recovering well from major back surgery in 2008 which ended his international career with Australia. The left-hander announced his retirement from domestic

Lightening Rod, who got no further than the third fence at Catterick on his latest outing, is napped to win for North Yorkshire stalwart Mick Easterby at Musselburgh tomorrow. Officials at the course are optimistic that racing will go ahead

DEEP midwinter descended across York this weekend but thoughts of next July have got Forest Park Golf Club afire. The club this week received confirmation of the date when they will host their first Yorkshire Professional Golfers’ Association tournament

CITY of York Council has teamed up with Heworth Golf Club to offer coaching lessons for beginners this month. Running for five weeks, the courses start on Saturday, February 11, costing £20 per person for all the sessions. This includes an hour of

HARVEY BEAUMONT, a former captain of Fulford Golf Club and Stamford Bridge cricketer, has died in York, aged 96. Born in Thornhill, Dewsbury, Beaumont moved to Stamford Bridge in 1946 to work for Derwent Plastics from where he retired as managing director

BUDDING little dribblers will be able to develop their talents with York City Football Club launching their first pre-school coaching programme. Called ‘York City Tots’, the club’s community team are currently running free pilot schemes at Bootham Crescent

Ashley Hodgson guided Coneysthorpe ‘A’ to a narrow 6-4 success over nearest challengers RI ‘A’ in division one of the Northern Power York and District Table Tennis League. Chris Londesbrough chipped in with two fine wins on his seasonal debut for the

THE University of York sport teams enjoyed a successful round of fixtures in the Northern Conference Cup. The cup is an additional competition as part of the British Universities and Colleges Sports programme. And York’s four competing home teams

TAKE a long look at this photograph. Bobby Moore, now no longer with us, hoists into the dazzling blue sky the Jules Rimet World Cup trophy, his red-clad England team-mates gathered in unalloyed joy. It’s the iconic image of England’s history as a football

COUNCIL tax bills in York are set to rise by 2.9 per cent and a range of front-line services will be cut as the city’s leaders try to save £19.7 million over the next two years. The Beckfield Lane waste recycling centre will be closed and sold

HOMES and traffic lights in a part of York were left without power today after a fire started, involving electricity cables. An underground electrical junction box near Olympian Court, Hull Road, caught light in the early hours and was ablaze

INSURANCE giant Aviva has taken out an injunction against a customer who staged a one-man protest with his digger at its office car park on York’s outskirts. Armed police attended the Monks Cross offices last spring when self-employed plant hire operator

SINGER Shaun Ryder is to appear on television in the unlikely role of saxophone player on stage at York Barbican. The performance was filmed as part of the new Sky Arts 1 series First Love, which gives celebrities a chance to learn an instrument

YORK City have a proud pedigree in knockout competitions. The Happy Wanderers’ FA Cup semifinalists of 1955 were followed by Keith Houchen’s penalty that dumped the mighty Arsenal out of the same tournament three decades later and who will ever

DOMESTIC domination is now the target for under-14 footballers at All Saints’ School after their dream of national glory faltered. All Saints’ were knocked out at the last 16 stage of the English Schools’ FA Under-14s Premier League Schools

THE owners of a York shopping centre say its proposed £20 million revamp could prevent retailers turning their backs on the city. LaSalle UK Ventures Fund, which owns the Coppergate Centre and land earmarked for the £200 million Castle Piccadilly development

A UNION claims 29 conductors are at risk of redundancy following First’s decision to axe York’s ftr buses. Unite says it is in italks with the company to try to reduce the number of job losses, and it also wants a ‘fair deal’ by offering more

YORK Acorn ARLC Under-18s will take on Oulton Raiders on Sunday, April 1 for a place in the final of the Yorkshire Combination Youth League Cup. The winners of the last four tie, which was frozen out at Thanet Road last Sunday, will take on Shaw

DOZENS of young entrepreneurs will be doing battle in York this weekend in the city’s answer to Lord Sugar’s Young Apprentice programme. York Designer Outlet is playing host to the 2012 North Yorkshire Young Enterprise Trade Fair when four schools

AN 18-YEAR-OLD man who was found unconscious at a property in Acomb has died at York Hospital. A spokesman for North Yorkshire Police said they were alerted by the ambulance service last Monday afternoon after concerns had been raised for the safety

AN ANGLER heroically rescued his friend when he slipped into the River Ouse while fishing in York. Bobby Mensah, 56, came to the aid of Adie Addy, 42, when he heard his cries for help. Bobby said: “When I first heard him shout my name I thought he wanted

HIGH-FLYING Heworth Junior Football Club Under-9s are in top form. The U9s ‘A’ and ‘B’ teams played 40 friendly games before Christmas, suffering only two losses between them. The ‘A’ team scored 82 goals and conceded only 12, while the ‘B’ ranks

GOLDEN boy Alistair Cooper claimed four medals for Team Jorvik at Rotherham Metro’s Long Course Meet at Ponds Forge in Sheffield. The York swimming club sent a squad of six youngsters to take on 30 clubs from across the country. Jorvik’s

Snowdrops need care at first, then they more or less look after themselves, finds GINA PARKINSON FEBRUARY arrives and with it come the snowdrops. In some sheltered places these pretty, early spring flowers have been blooming for a number of

YORK U12s prised a worthy 2-2 draw from their league clash at Nottingham. After fending off early home pressure, York striker Marcus Haigh calmly slotted home. But in the opening exchanges of the second half, Nottingham went ahead with a penalty

YORK Schoolboys U13s emerged from their winter break to be edged out 4-2 in a friendly at arch-rivals Sheffield. The visitors twice came from behind during a frantic first half that saw Sheffield open the scoring from the penalty spot after a

YORK schoolboys under-15s extended their unbeaten run to ten games with a hard-fought 3- 2 win at Wakefield. Down to 12 fit players following their cup exertions, York had to dig deep. York took the lead after 15 minutes when Charlie

RAWCLIFFE stretched their lead to six points in the York FA Under-19s Football League with a 15-0 demolition of Elvington Harriers, writes Bob Stuart. The table-toppers took advantage of the cold snap that wiped out all the fixtures involving

PUPILS from Pocklington’s Lyndhurst School monopolised the North Yorkshire School’s Annual Cross Country at St Martin’s in Ampleforth. The school’s under-11 girls won the team tournament and also took the top four individual placings. Sophie

JUST when you thought the panto season was behind you, tickets for this year’s production at the Grand Opera House in York will be going on sale from 10am on Monday. Sleeping Beauty is the chosen production for the 2012 panto season and the show will

THE cause of a fire that led to the evacuation of 400 people from the University of York is still unknown. Fire investigation officers spent much of yesterday at Chemistry B block in Alcuin Way at the university in Heslington and a brigade spokesman

MEN caught spending a penny in public in Selby have been ordered to pay almost £2,000 in fines. Selby Magistrates ordered 19 men, aged between 18 and 45, to pay £1,925 in fines, after they were charged with urinating in public under a bylaw

TOURISM bosses in York are celebrating after the city’s hotels left their rivals around the country trailing behind. Demand for hotel rooms in the city held steady despite the economic downturn, with the city ranking second in a league of occupancy rates

POCKLINGTON RUFC Under-13s crashed out of the Yorkshire Cup after a 36-0 fourth round defeat at Wakefield side Sandal. The home side applied the pressure from the start and Pock were unable to settle into their natural playing style. Pock were

UNBEATEN York and Selby under-14s swept to victory in the North Yorkshire Inter-Area Netball Tournament at the University of York. The York and Selby girls saw off Scarborough/Ryedale, Harrogate/ Craven and Hambleton/Richmond to seal their triumph

A HAT-TRICK of wins were sealed by North Yorkshire under-17s in their latest hockey development competition fixtures in Hull. The North Yorkshire girls were 4-2 winners over Humberside, before beating South Yorkshire 2-0 and dismissing West Yorkshire

SOLDIERS serving in Afghanistan have cycled and trekked the distance to York to raise funds for a little boy with a life-threatening health condition. Troops in Lashkar Gah in Helmand province decided to cycle and walk 5,659 kilometres (3,516

YORK Theatre Royal is staging another Dance-A-Thon next month hoping for a repeat of the success of last year’s event. This time it will be held on Saturday, March 10, in the ballroom of the De Grey Rooms, in St Leonard’s Place. “Everyone can join

TRANSPORT bosses have allowed brown tourist signs directing people to a North Yorkshire town to be kept at the side of the A1. However transport minister Mike Penning has said the Government will be unable to fund the additional signs for Masham and

A LEADING York clergyman has defended the city’s Archbishop, following the storm over comments he made last week about gay marriage. The Rev Graham Hutchinson, of the York Elim Pentecostal Church, who is co-chairman of the city’s churches body

A YORK bus company has sold 17 of its buses for an undisclosed amount to a competitor which hopes to expand its business in the city. Veolia Transdev has bought the local buses and the sightseeing operation from York Pullman, which will now focus on

NEW figures show the number of student lets in York has risen again over the past year – and they are costing the city more than £3 million in council tax. The statistics, obtained by Independent Osbaldwick councillor Mark Warters, reveal there are 2,905

FOR CENTURIES, cities and towns have been used as inspiration for memorable songs with some proving more influential than others. In a new poll, York has staked its claim as being one of the most musically inspiring cities. PRS For Music took the

100 years ago A shocking tragedy had occurred at the Eiffel Tower. Herr Franz Reichelt, an Austrian and a tailor by trade, threw himself from the first platform in the confident belief that a parachute of his invention would enable him to reach