THE University of York is celebrating after it was invited to join the prestigious Russell Group, which receives the bulk of UK university research grants. The university will now work together with the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, and 21
A YORK company which has developed a blood test which could diagnose lung cancer, has raised more than half a million pounds of investment. Cizzle Biotech, based at Heslington Hall, which uses technology developed within the University of
BY his own admission, Peter Harland is an inveterate collector. “I collect anything really ... a bit of this, that and t’other!” the 78-year-old retired driving examiner from York admits. Among the items he has amassed over the years
HOW hard can it be to give up smoking? For some it can be the easiest thing in the world. Everyone knows one of those annoying people who has puffed away for 20 years before stubbing out their last cigarette on New Year’s Eve – never to smoke
A CT scanning service has been introduced at a York hospital, enabling doctors to obtain a better analysis of conditions affecting organs such as the lungs, kidneys and liver. York Nuffield Hospital, on Haxby Road, says the new service will allow radiologists
MISS Yesterday began life in 2004 as one of Alan Ayckbourn’s plays for young people at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough. However, York Settlement co-directors Graham Sanderson and Sue Skirrow were not alone in believing this funny, serious, sad
IS it any wonder Royal Mail always seems to be whacking up its prices? It’s either that or pleading poverty to the government, or a combination of both. And their antics of recent weeks explain why we’ve got a second rate service for a second-class standard
NORTH YORKSHIRE turf specialist Lindum is collaborating with award-winning landscape artist Alan Gardner to create a garden for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2012. The Alan Gardner Lindum Garden, called Out Of The Blue, is part of
A new company based in Pocklington has been set up to help firms who are under investigation by HM Revenue and Customs. The company, Bailey Tax Investigations, is run by Daphne Bailey, who was previously a tax investigator for the HMRC for 20 years
AN expanding York-based landscape design and construction business is targeting the corporate market to grow the business. Think Land Design, established by Lee Sudlow in 2010, saw turnover increase by 60 per cent in its second year by growing its
North Yorkshire artist Claire Milner’s portrait of Marilyn Monroe, which was commissioned by pop star Rihanna, generated headlines around the world. STEPHEN LEWIS finds out a bit more about the artist behind the image. THE most striking
CONFERENCE organiser Joe Manby Limited has been appointed to handle event services for the largest conference in the international nuclear industry’s calendar. The European Nuclear Conference will bring together scientists, industry representatives
YORK band Likely Lads are seeking extras to appear in the film shoot for their new song Not Too Fussed at The Duchess, Stonebow, York on Friday. The up-and-coming alternative rock group have booked the live music bar from 10am to 4pm that day, and the
MORE than 10,000 new NHS dental places have been announced for York following a multi-million pound investment in the region. The badly-needed boost will also see an extra 1500 places created in Selby and 1100 in the Ryedale region. Lorraine Naylor,
TROUBLED York employer CPP has asked staff to consider voluntary redundancy as it pares back its operating costs. The business held a briefing with staff this morning to tell them it needed to reduce its staffing by about ten per cent.
IN reply to the letter from Roger Westmoreland in The Press, March 6, police “terror tactics”, I think Mr Westmoreland is a little naïve. Can I first say that all warrants executed by North Yorkshire Police are risk assessed prior to the operation.
The debate about the distribution of ward funding overlooks the simplest and biggest cost-saving solution. Most residents forward ideas through their unpaid, mostly non-political volunteer parish councils or neighbourhood managements.
York Labour Council’s proposal to sell off Beckfield Lane Waste Depot as housing land presupposes that someone will buy it. There are no buyers for residential land at Terry’s, Nestlé South, British Sugar or Central Teardrop. What makes the council
I had some business in Osbaldwick and decided to go for a walk as I spent part of my time as a boy there. I could not believe my eyes when I came across the new Derwenthorpe development. This surely has to be the most ugly development put up
IF the extension of Monks Cross goes ahead I can see that in a few years time the centre of York will have nothing but banks, building societies, coffee, charity and nick-nack shops, plus restaurants and that octopus with ever longer tentacles called
SMARTING York City boss Gary Mills railed against booing home fans after Saturday’s 1-0 FA Trophy semi-final, first-leg victory over nine-man Luton Town at Bootham Crescent. City forged ahead in the tie when Jamie Reed converted a 14th-minute penalty
A MAN who was left fighting for his life after he was assaulted in his York home has finally left hospital – but police fear they may never bring his attackers to justice. Former businessman Dominic Conlan, now 57, suffered such severe head
A YORK healthcare business is exporting its services to New Zealand. CMA Group (Consulting), based in King Street, which provides management consultancy and business intelligence to the healthcare sector, has won two contracts in New Zealand following
In response to Phil Shepherdson (Letters, March 6), while I agree with what he says the main reason people are not using buses is that the fares are too high. Last Friday, I helped out at Bus Users UK with their surgery in York and the high fares were
J Beisly writes an interesting letter (March 5), about the recent on-board fire and loss of all power on the cruise-ship Costa Allegra. He/she speaks with some indignation at the way this “modern” ship did not have a number of “back-up” systems.
Re the letter from Mr Wright of Wrights’ Pies (March 2): Charlie Leadhill was manager at Wrights’ Bridge Street shop in 1950. Sylvia and I knew him well and still see his daughter Barbara. We are best friends with her and her husband Denis
Financial crime reached record levels in 2011, the value of reported fraud rocketed to £3.5 billion. Fraudsters cheated the public sector in 2011 of £1.1 billion of our money. These crimes were found out, but how much goes undetected. It was
I am writing to thank you for your article, “Parachute jump fundraiser to help Scottish Greyhound Sanctuary” (March 3). Congratulations to all at RSPCA York Animal Home in Landing Lane for participating in an innovative method of raising funds and
“ONE in, all in.” That was the motto proclaimed by player-boss Chris Thorman as he refused to apportion blame to any individual after his York City Knights side got off to a sorry start in their Co-operative Championship campaign. The Knights yesterday
Updated: CITY of York Athletics Club ace Richard Buck insisted it was Great Britain error and not a USA’s infringement that cost them a 4x400 metre relay gold after they were finally awarded silver in a chaotic end to the World Indoor Championships
SEETHING manager Paul Marshall panned Tadcaster Albion’s 4-1 home defeat to Northern Counties East League premier division leaders Bridlington Town as “garbage”. Marshall was so dismayed at his strikers’ inability to trouble the visiting defence
IT does not matter how you get to Wembley, it’s getting there that counts. That has been York City manager Gary Mills’ repeated mantra ever since Jon Challinor’s scrappy stoppage-time equaliser forced an FA Trophy first round replay against
YORK MMA fighter Nic ‘The Slammer’ Sanderson takes a punch from George Smith during his bout on the Cage Confrontation V bill at Energise. • Don’t miss The Press tomorrow for results, reaction and more pictures from the event
ELATED Neil Warnock was eager not to get carried away with his start to life at Leeds United after a 2-0 win at Middlesbrough. The win reduced the gap between the Whites and Cardiff, currently in the last play-off place, to only four points with his
HOLDERS Strensall were within five minutes of exiting the York Minster Engineering Football League Junior Cup at the first hurdle before winning on penalties against Moor Lane. Division four side Lane led 2-1 but Lee Lyon hit a late equaliser for
PREMIER division pair York RI and Keystones were dumped out of the York Minster Engineering Football League Senior Cup by lower ranked opposition. RI struggled in the first half and conceded goals to Ben Richardson and Alex Yates (2) as division one
KNOCKOUT kings York Acorn ARLC will join York City Knights in the hat for the Carnegie Challenge Cup third round draw after a stunning round two win over Skirlaugh. The Blue and Golds conjured one of their best performances of recent seasons
THREE wins out of four in the Northern Rail Cup brought some cause for optimism at Huntington Stadium – but much of that positivity was blown away in the first 40 minutes of the season proper. The Knights trailed 12-0 at half-time of yesterday
YORK golfer Simon Dyson finished last in the World Golf Championship – Cadillac Championship at Doral in Florida after a last round 81. The Malton & Norton Golf Club ace was floored by a nine on the par four third hole after opening with a birdie
North Yorkshire trainer Brian Ellison sends nap selection Artisan to Stratford today in the hope that the gelding can gain a victory and earn himself the option of joining half a dozen of his stable-mates at this week’s Cheltenham Festival. Runner-up
TITLE-CHASING Pocklington RUFC moved seven points clear of the chasing pack in Yorkshire One with a 74-0 thrashing of visitors Castleford. The hosts did not hit top form, but another high octane start saw them score 20 points inside the first quarter
BATTLING Malton & Norton RUFC hit back from 24-3 down at half-time to beat North One East promotion-chasers Middlesbrough 29-27 at The Gannock. The comeback was sealed with seconds remaining as forward Sam Triffitt charged down a Boro clearing
YORK RI RUFC were beaten 50-9 at home by Yorkshire Three leaders Roundhegians. Seb Weir landed an early penalty for RI, but Roundhegians scored two tries to lead 10-3. Weir was forced off by a shoulder injury, but Chris Morley took over kicking
SELBY RUFC celebrated their first derby win at Goole in 15 years after a 34-6 success in Yorkshire Two. The hosts led 6-3 at half-time, with Mike Stoakes kicking two penalties for Goole to one from Selby fly-half Josh Cruise. However, the Swans quickly
A 16-YEAR-OLD boy has been seriously injured after he was mowed down by a van while inside a tent during a camping trip near Selby. A 20-year-old local man has been arrested in connection with the attack on the boy. A group of
Updated: TWO football fans were arrested in a weekend which saw rival supporters clash in the centre of York. The arrests were made as York City and Luton Town took part in the first leg of the FA Trophy semi-final at Bootham Crescent on Saturday
FIRE chiefs in North Yorkshire have called in police to investigate their transport department over “unusual working practices”. Fraud officers have launched an inquiry into North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service’s Northallerton-based section which
POLICE have renewed their appeal for witnesses after a North Yorkshire landmark was attacked by vandals. Officers are still investigating after the much-loved statue of Freddie Gilroy, which sits on Scarborough’s North Bay, was defaced with yellow
A TEENAGE burglar who tried to attack a man with a wooden fencepost was jailed for three years on his 19th birthday. Nathan Richard Hall appeared at York Crown Court on Friday to face charges of burglary, assault, affray, criminal damage and carrying
A YORK department store is backing the fight against dementia by hosting a fashion and beauty party in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society. The idea for the event at Browns, in Davygate, came from Diane Coulton, who works in the cosmetics section and whose
COUNCIL chiefs have finally revealed how much they paid to a media consultant hired to advise them on York’s community stadium project. Jim Knight was paid £3,300 by City of York Council for 11 days’ work – £300 a day. He also claimed £492
A HUGE fundraising campaign to help a disabled York teenager walk unaided for the first time is expected to reach its £25,000 target within days. The mother of 14-year-old Tom Arnett says she is overwhelmed at how quickly the cash has been raised and
York can no longer take for granted a performance of one of the Bach Passions during Lent. The Minster Bach Society is sadly defunct. If the city’s two largest choirs decide otherwise, Passion-lovers are left bereft. Yorkshire Bach Choir’s programme
A BEVY of beautiful and talented women from across the city turned out for the semi-finals of the Miss York 2012 competition. The event, staged at the Biltmore bar, in Swinegate, York, yesterday, saw 50 girls battling it out for a coveted place
TODAY marks three years since The Press launched a campaign to support York as a business city. The York Means Business campaign, which aimed to revitalise the economy by encouraging customers to support their local shops and markets and
RECORD-breaking crowds enjoyed the Spring sunshine at Askham Bryan College’s annual lambing day. The York-based college welcomed about 6,000 visitors for a day of activities and fun. Everything from tractor rides to cows being milked were on the
COUNCILS, including those in York and North and East Yorkshire, are shunning a £250 million Government bid to encourage them to switch back from fortnightly rubbish collections to weekly bin rounds. Communities Secretary Eric Pickles first announced
PLANNERS have agreed to allow more time for work to start on a Ryedale housing development which has been stalled for almost four years. Ryedale District Council granted planning permission for 24 properties near Pasture Lane, Hovingham, in April
A SCHOOLGIRL from York said goodbye to her long hair after raising money for charity by having it cut. Nine-year-old Tyler-Sue Chapman shed a tear at Sensu salon in Ousegate as the hairdresser lopped off more than a foot of the hair she had grown
100 years ago Now that an improvement in the weather had set in, much progress was being made in the erection of the new dining-hall which Messrs Rowntree were providing for the accommodation of their large staff on the site of the old orchard on Haxby
A PUB landlord who feared he would be forced to take down a pirate flag in his beer garden after a complaint has now been told it is safe. Vito Logozzi, of the Goodmanham Arms, Goodmanham, was stunned when a member of East Riding of Yorkshire Council
ETHICAL traders gathered in York for the city’s annual Festival Of Fairtrade market. Visitors enjoyed the spring sunshine as traders filled Parliament Street from Friday to Sunday, and entertainment was laid on in St Sampson’s Square. Goods
A CHARITY trek across the North York Moors by a team of bank staff from York has raised thousands of pounds for local hospices. The 15-strong team from Yorkshire Bank’s headquarters at Clifton Moor, battled mud and foul weather to complete the 40-mile
PLANS to build 12 homes on the site of a former York pub have cleared a major hurdle. City of York Council planning officers have recommended approval for proposals to create two and three-storey properties where the Turf Tavern, in Dringhouses, once
TWO scientists from the University of York are attending Parliament today to present their science to a range of politicians and a panel of expert judges. Posters on research by PhD student Rosemary Wilson, 25, and postdoctoral research fellow Dr
A FUNDRAISING drive by a North Yorkshire airbase has raised more than £600 to help support families dealing with the loss of a serving family member. The Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen’s Families Association (SSAFA) provides help for those who have
FORMER pupils and staff are celebrating a York school’s 200th anniversary tonight. Manor CE School is holding a founder’s dinner at the Merchant Taylor’s Hall in Aldwark with guest speakers Margaret Sentamu, wife of the Archbishop of York, and Lord
A NORTH Yorkshire council faces a second public inquiry in the space of a year over an airfield development. Hambleton District Council has issued enforcement notices to prevent development of Bagby Airfield, near Thirsk, and the change of use of
AN MP says he has been left “staggered” after being told the installation of two signs directing motorists towards a North Yorkshire town’s tourist attractions will cost at least £36,000. Julian Smith, who represents Skipton and Ripon, has campaigned
A ROYAL British Legion club in Ryedale is thinking of severing ties with the Legion to help it survive. Kirkbymoorside Royal British Legion Club is holding a special general meeting at the club in Shaw Drive in the town on March 20, at 7.30pm to discuss
SINGERS will be raising the roof of one of York’s most historic buildings to support the city’s hospice. York Philharmonic Male Voice Choir is preparing for a concert at the Guildhall on Saturday for St Leonard’s Hospice. he concert, which starts
HUNDREDS of youngsters from across York flocked to the city’s historic Guildhall for the annual secondary schools conference. This year’s theme was eco-schools, and pupils took part in a series of events throughout the day, including a “question time
TROUBLED computer games retailer Game has put itself up for sale in a last-ditch bid to stave off financial collapse. Its quarterly rent bill is due in a fortnight and failure to pay its landlords could push it into administration, jeopardising 10,000
PLANS for a wind turbine in an East Yorkshire village could be approved this week. The Hasholme Renewable Energy Project is looking to install a 78-metre high structure on land near Hasholme Hall in Bursea Lane, Holme-on-Spalding-Moor. Its application
HUNDREDS of students from the University of York have raised more £10,000 for local and national charities. Between February 3 and 10, students took part in a range of activities to raise the cash, starting with a 200-strong balloon launch
PUPILS in York are being invited to come up with a name for an energy system which will power hundreds of affordable new homes. The Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust has officially unveiled The Energy Centre at its Derwenthorpe development, ahead of Climate
A MOTORCYCLIST is embarking on a 40,000 kilometre charity bike ride from York to Mongolia in a bid to raise cash for sufferers of the cancer that turned his friend’s life upside down. Jonathon Parish will endure temperatures ranging from the 30Cs to
