YORK City missed the chance to strengthen their grip on a Blue Square Bet Premier play-off place as they lost 2-1 to Gateshead. Micky Cummins lashed in a second-minute opener for the visitors at Bootham Crescent and the midfielder doubled his
THE team behind a bid for a share of £1 million to improve Selby’s main street have been named. James Dunwell, from the Selby Chamber; Coun Steve Shaw-Wright; Eve Lambert who runs the Selby Globe Cinema; and Richard Sharp, from Mollie Sharp’s Cheese
A PRIVATE school near York has today won a court battle brought by one of its former employees. Queen Ethelburga’s College at Thorpe Underwood was at the centre of a three-day court battle at Manchester County Court this week after former guardian,
A TEACHER who felt under pressure to get good exam results set himself on fire in the school car park, an inquest heard. Science teacher and dad-of-two David Charlesworth, 43, managed to get home and summon help after he set himself alight in the car
TWO York businesses have been shortlisted in a competition to find Yorkshire and Humber’s best export idea. The competition, launched last month by UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), in partnership with HSBC and PwC, is offering travel grants business support
A 71-YEAR-OLD man was brutally assaulted in a York street in an attack which left him with a fractured foot, cut lip and missing teeth, police have said. The man had been making his way across Rougier Street to the bus stop with his son, who suffers
IT’S time to get tough, declared York City boss Gary Mills ahead of tonight’s crucial Blue Square Bet Premier clash against Gateshead at Bootham Crescent (kick off 7.30pm). The Minstermen manager believes if his side are to achieve their promotion
CLUB class Simon Dyson was primed for a shoot-out in Arizona in the drive to gun his way back up the world rankings. After a week’s break, Dyson was back on European Tour action today. He was in the field of the world’s top 64 players vying for a share
GATESHEAD are hoping hit-man Jon Shaw will have recovered from injury to help reignite their stuttering Blue Square Bet Premier promotion push at York City tonight (kick off 7.30pm). The 30-goal striker, who spent eight games on loan at the Minstermen
RICHARD BUCK says nothing will distract him from his Olympic goal – not even the prospect of World Indoor Championship glory. The City of York Athletics Club runner has been selected for Great Britain in both the individual and relay squads for the 400
THAI-STYLE excellence was to the fore for a brace of upcoming fighters from the York-based Chokdee Academy, writes Tony Kelly. Dan Malarky and Danny Harrison-Little both won their bouts at a show in Leeds with knockouts after stylish knee work, prompting
SIX Thirsk and Sowerby Harriers were among the starters in the North Yorkshire-South Durham cross country league final race. Jack Spence set the tone in the under-15s boys’ race, – second in 14 minutes and 07 seconds. In the ladies’
POCKLINGTON Rocket Harry Matthews is plotting an assault on a Central Area title in 2012. The middleweight, who turned 24 yesterday, will fight an unnamed opponent on a VIP Promotions card at Hull City Hall on Friday, March 23. A Saturday, April 14
CITY of York Hockey Club ladies seconds eked out at 2-0 Yorkshire League division one win at Brigg. The first half was goal-less, but coach Karen Boddison’s firm half-time talk prompted a rally. Player of the match Fiona Gemmell slotted in the
YORK pair John Quantock and Rich Corner caused a BDO Scottish Open shock when they dumped John Walton and Martin Atkins out of the pairs competition, writes Dave Flett. The Mitre duo overcame 2001 world champion Walton and ex-World Masters semi-finalist
A MAN whose car crashed into a garden wall in North Yorkshire today has died. The accident happened at 10am on Westgate in Pickering, near the Sun Inn police said. A 58-year-old man who was driving the silver Honda Accord was pronounced
In under six weeks, Doncaster will be preparing for the curtain-raising of the Flat season – the annual cavalry charge of the Lincoln Handicap – but today it’s jumping action on Town Moor and good prospects for Malton-born jockey Andrew Tinkler and top
Spamalot, described as “lovingly ripped-off” from Monty Python's Holy Grail, is a delightfully brash mix between adult humour and a school pantomime. The touring version of the big Broadway musical has been cut back into a snappy 1hr 55min production
DRAX Power has scrapped plans to build a new dedicated biomass plant at its existing power station site near Selby. The Government gave the go-ahead in August to £2 billion plans for two new power plants, which would burn raw materials such as straw
RECYCLING company UNTHA expects to double turnover during 2012 as companies focus on waste management. UNTHA UK, a supplier of shredding technology based in Boroughbridge, now expects to recruit a new member of staff every month this year. Chris Oldfield
A YORK opticians has increased sales by 600 per cent after investing in new premises. Viewpoint Opticians, which has been based in York for 26 years, relocated to Feasegate, where it launched a design led, state-of-the-art practice in October, employing
A YORK student has won a place at one of the world’s most exclusive and prestigious universities. Adam Janes, 18, currently in his final year at St Peter’s School, has secured a place at Harvard University in the United States and hopes to major in economics
AFTER the flock of wee girls at Annie, now comes the march of the teen queens in Angus Thongs & Even More Snogging. Any more of this, and boys might start to feel they’re being left out (although they did once have Adrian Mole), but then again Annie
It is the size of a tennis court and will take years to restore. MATT CLARK meets some of the conservators working on York Minster’s Great East Window. EVERY morning for six centuries, dawn sunlight flooded through the golds, greens, purples
A YOUNG Selby area man has been given a suspended prison sentence for a campaign of death threats and harassment that left the victim too terrified to sleep in her own home. Sandra White, prosecuting, said Emma Riley had a 30-minute panic attack when
HOW very disappointed we were to receive a letter from Simon Gumn, the headteacher of Burnholme Community College, in which he advised parents and pupils of the probable closure of this fantastic little school. A couple of years ago the staff and families
I READ with interest the letter from David Quarrie (Letters, February 20) bemoaning the cost of alcohol-related treatment to the NHS and wanting to dismantle the guiding principle of the NHS, free at the point of treatment, because of this and other
SOME water companies are saying that due to shortage of rain, reservoirs are getting very low and need a lot of rain to fill them up, or else there could be a shortage of water in the summer. This could even lead to hosepipe bans. How the devil did
IN REPLY to Philip Roe (Letters, February 6), much of the sun’s energy is reflected by the earth’s atmosphere, but some of that which does hit the ground is converted to heat (infra red) and it is this energy that is absorbed by CO2. He asks what
CHILDREN in Selby are “giddy” about their creche finding a new home. Staff and children at the Abbey Leisure Centre creche had been moved around various rooms there, but were unable to find a permanent home when the centre was rebuilt last year. Now
JOHN Bibby (Letters, February 14) states “we should support the right of the Iranian people to self-determination and peace”. On the same day, one of a group of Iranian terrorists, while throwing grenades around Bangkok, blew his legs off when one
GOODBYE soon, apparently, to the Splash Palace, that sad, relatively modern architectural eyesore. Why risk replacing it with anything at all, or with something perhaps equally unsuitable? A tree or two would be by far a happier solution. Even better
THE headline “Call to axe OAP free bus travel” (The Press, February 21) would represent a blow to senior citizens. Many pensioners would find it acceptable to pay perhaps 50 pence with the pass for each journey, but to lose the concession all together
THANKS to the bike thief who stole my bike that was locked to the cycle rack outside of St William’s College on February 6. The following Monday, I walked into town for my daily pint at the Cross Keys, Goodramgate. Looking out of the window, I nearly
I SYMPATHISE with B Horsley whose road wasn’t gritted during the recent snow and freezing weather, and I hope a volunteer snow warden clears the Raven Grove pavements next time (Letters, February 20). I’m on a low income too and cannot afford to
I COMPLAINED to City of York Council on January 20 concerning wheelie bins blocking the pavement after refuse collections, forcing mothers with prams to negotiate roads to pass the bins because of pavement obstructions. I have received a reply saying
WORLD Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) is delighted to offer runners free entry to a race that traces the Olympic Marathon route – and raise money for cancer prevention at the same time. The BUPA London 10,000 follows the planned route of the Olympic
A LORRY driver whose 30-tonne HGV smashed into a bridge on the A64 was last night sitting up in hospital, having walked away from this devastating wreckage without serious injury. The vehicle, which was carrying grain, hit the Castle Howard
NICE to see Christopher Timothy back in York (yorktwenty4seven, February 17). I remember him from his appearance as Christ 32 years ago at the Mystery Plays. At the time I was working putting the scaffolding up for the plays and the grandstand seating
A WOMAN saved her sleeping neighbour’s life by calling firefighters when she heard his smoke alarm going off in the middle of the night. Virginia Weir, 45, said how she woke at her flat in Ancress Walk, off Nunnery Lane, York, in the early hours
SHROVE Tuesday was celebrated throughout the region with pancake races through the streets of North Yorkshire’s towns and cities. In York, teams gathered in the city centre, pans-in-hand, to race through Parliament Street. The charity event was jointly
YORK’S new chocolate-themed visitor attraction Chocolate – York’s Sweet Story, is to open on March 31. Michael Constantine, general manager of Chocolate – York’s Sweet Story, said: “I’m thrilled to announce that our opening date will be 31 March 2012
TRANSPORT chiefs in York have rubber-stamped the city’s bid for Government money towards a £4.2 million scheme aimed at improving bus services. City of York Council will look at introducing a “smart ticketing” scheme where credits can be electronically
THE famous whale jawbone arch in Whitby is to take up a fresh location in the seaside town, two years after an appeal was first launched to find it a new home. The arch, which was replaced on the town’s West Cliff by a new set of whalebones in 2003,
AN EAST Yorkshire man died after his car crashed into a field beside the M62. Police said the man, who was in his 40s, was found after his silver Ford Mondeo Estate left the motorway near Howden and went down an embankment shortly after 1am yesterday
ESTIVE fundraisers have thanked everyone who helped ensure charities received a total of £1,600 due to a Christmas lights spectacular. The cash was raised thanks to donations sparked by the seasonal illuminations in Twinpike Way, Wigginton, whose residents
THE distraught mother of a missing York teenager made an emotional and heartfelt plea for her son to get in touch with his family, exactly a week after he disappeared. Nicola Jobling was speaking yesterday morning near the spot where her 19
COULD you be in the running to help raise cash for York’s St Leonard’s Hospice? Sue Bonarius, who manages the hospice’s shop in Fourth Avenue, Tang Hall, is already in training to help the York charity raise extra funds by taking part in the Jane
MEMBERS of Parliament have vowed to protect local jobs after meeting CPP chief executive Paul Stobart last night. York MPs Hugh Bayley and Julian Sturdy and Selby and Ainsty MP Nigel Adams said they were committed to working together to protect jobs
A FORMER Burnholme Community College student who campaigned to keep the school open in 2009 has described fresh plans to close it as “crazy”. Lee Wright, 18, who lives in Burnholme, is now studying software development at York College, but back in 2009
A RESPECTED former Master of the Gild of Freemen of York and life-long glider pilot has died at the age 96. Moyra Foxton Johnson became a freeman in 1981 shortly after City of York Council agreed to reinstate the admission of women. As well
THE father of missing York chef Claudia Lawrence says he hopes a Government report out today will help ease the anguish for families of missing people. Peter Lawrence has called for politicians to back recommendations by the Justice Select
THE sound of bagpipes heralded the start of the final phase of the University fo York’s £9 million Sports Village. The university’s vice-chancellor Prof Brian Cantor drank a celebratory noggin of ale with the works manager for contractors Sir Robert
ONLY six days after launching an e-petition that calls on the Government to refund to air ambulances all the VAT which they pay on the fuel they use, York resident, Ken Sharpe, collected 3,800 signatures. He presented York Central MP Hugh
BUSINESSES in East Yorkshire are to be given more ways to recycle greater amounts of waste. East Riding of Yorkshire Council has signed a commitment of 12 pledges aimed at making recycling easier and helping companies with their legal responsibilities
MORE than 100 residents in an East Yorkshire village face being without phone lines and the internet for the rest of this week after thieves stole half a mile of cable. BT customers living in Tickton, near Beverley, lost their connection following
A CHARITY fund set up to help the children of a murdered policewoman from York has almost tripled its target. Heather Cooper, 33, who grew up in Acomb, was killed in October and her body was found in woodland in West Sussex, where she served
In those palmy days when the university boasted a resident string quartet, the Lyons was always full. Now it is only the British Music Society that regularly satisfies that need. The appearance of the Dorics predictably drew a nearly-full house
ASDA has opened a Yorkshire deli in its Monks Cross, York, store to showcase the region’s best suppliers. The deli has been made permanent following a trial before Christmas and the store has increased the number of local Yorkshire products it sells
THIS team from North Yorkshire County Council have helped clean up an historic bridge in the grounds of Castle Howard. The bridge at the arboretum is due to be surveyed and restored, and the team of young offenders were given the task of clearing it
MILLIONS of pounds in funding for flood defences is set to be shared out among 59 projects aimed at tackling the threat in East Yorkshire. Schemes in Stamford Bridge and Pocklington have been included in a provisional list of initiatives which are looking
A YORK based company has recognised and rewarded its top suppliers for 2011 at an annual awards ceremony held at The Majestic Hotel in Harrogate. Costcutter Supermarkets Group, who has its head office in York, invited hundreds of suppliers and employees
THESE impressive tree carvings had people in Knaresborough scratching their heads. Bemused residents have been trying to work out the identity of the elusive artist behind the intricate work. The eye-catching works, which include a kingfisher and a
POLICE have appealed for information after a car was damaged in an East Yorkshire town. Two people are alleged to have approached a grey Ford Focus C Max which was parked in Stepney Grove, Bridlington, between 1am and 1.30am last Saturday, and damaged
A DECISION is expected today in the case of a man who is suing one of North Yorkshire’s most prestigious private schools. Representatives of Queen Ethelberga’s College in Thorpe Underwood Hall near York appeared before Manchester County Court yesterday
PENSIONERS in York and North Yorkshire are missing out on fuel subsidies because the Government is failing to inform people about the scheme, according to a consumer group. The Warm Front scheme, which last year was taken up by a total of 334 pensioners
Musicians from an Indonesian samba group took part in a workshop to share their skills to students in York. The SambaSunda Quintet stayed on after a concert in the city to work with a group of music students from York St John University. The group’s
A NEW style bin, which can hold up to eight times as much waste as traditional bins, is to be tested out across York city centre. City of York Council’s trial of the Big Belly Bin started in King’s Square last August, as part of a de-cluttering and
AN award-winning council chief executive was sent home on gardening leave due to “serious management issues”, it has been revealed. The announcement was made by Hambleton Council leader Neville Huxtable at a meeting yesterday. Peter Simpson, chief executive
THE Bishop of Selby, the Right Rev Martin Wallace, will lead a one-day seminar at St Michael-le-Belfrey church in York on March 3 about Christian solutions to society’s problems. Called Solutions For A Broken World, it will run from 10am to
A CHARITY which helps people with hearing problems has urged York residents to join a new research panel. Action On Hearing Loss, formerly RNID, needs people who are deaf or have hearing loss or tinnitus to join the charity and help influence the organisation
VILLAGERS have the chance to prove their floral expertise as part of this year’s royal celebrations. Upper and Nether Poppleton, near York, have entered the Yorkshire in Bloom competition for the first time as part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations
A SCHEME that provides free bike racks to small businesses has been relaunched in York with the aim of making cycling easier and more convenient. City of York Council’s Intelligent Travel York programme is working with the social enterprise ParkThatBike
HEALTH bosses in North Yorkshire have hit back in a row over the future of a historic hospital site. NHS North Yorkshire and York has been criticised for launching a bid to sell the Rutson Hospital site in Northallerton, with voluntary groups and
100 years ago A large audience had gathered in the York Railway Institute to hear a lecture by Mr Walter Bagshaw, JP, FRMS, of Batley, entitled “Under the Microscope: the Wondrous Beauty of Nature.” The lecture was in connection with the NER Natural
