EAST Yorkshire businesses will find out on Thursday whether they have been successful in the Remarkable East Yorkshire Tourism Awards (REYTAs). The awards, organised by Visit Hull and East Yorkshire (VHEY), recognise 40 finalists and the winners
THE University of York’s sport were involved in a dramatic series of fixtures in the final round of the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) season. Arguably the best result came from the women’s hockey firsts who, in beating Northumbria
SINEAD O’Connor? Performing in a cathedral? Isn’t this the oft-troubled, rebellious Irish woman who once tore up a photo of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live in protest at sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic church and was ordained as a priest
TRAFFIC data company Sky High’s plans to acquire the traffic survey and market research arm of Clearview Traffic Group were approved at an extraordinary general meeting today. Sky High, based in Tadcaster, will buy Count On Us, through the issue of new
A NORTH Yorkshire business has strengthened links with Moldova as it looks to extend its reach there. The Kerfoot Group, which provides oils to the food manufacturing, cosmetic and aromatherapy industries, welcomed the Moldova ambassador to the UK,
GROWING North Yorkshire food producer GF Foods (York) has won a contract to supply online supermarket Ocado. The gluten-free food producer, which already supplies convenience stores and supermarkets with frozen gluten-free foods, mainly branded under
A HAIRDRESSING apprentice from York has won the annual UK National Trainee Hairdresser Competition, held by The Association of Hairdressers & Therapists (AHT). Abi Theaker, 19, a second-year apprentice at Bang Hair, in Low Petergate, came first
James Meredith is doubtful for York City’s FA Trophy semi-final, second leg clash at Luton Town tomorrow after clashing heads with team-mate Jamal Fyfield. The Australian full-back, who has won back-to-back Press man-of-the-match awards having
DUAL registered back-row forward Laurence Pearce is on standby to make his York City Knights debut against Halifax on Sunday. The 21-year-old Hull player is back in training after a hand injury and is in contention for the Co-operative Championship
FORMER York City defender Janos Kovacs will be available to face his old team in tomorrow’s FA Trophy semi-final second leg after Luton Town’s successful appeal against his midweek red card. Kovacs was sent off for allegedly denying a goalscoring
CHRIS THORMAN hailed the enthusiasm in the York City Knights reserves side as they were edged 28-26 by a strong Sheffield 17 last night. The Knights under-23s were without hooker John Gay due to late work commitments and suffered injuries to an already
FRUSTRATED manager Paul Marshall has finally lost patience with his players after Tadcaster Albion’s implosion in the Northern Counties East League premier division title race. The Brewers have slipped off the radar following an horrendous run of
SELBY Town have six games to preserve their Northern Counties East League premier division status. The seemingly forlorn battle against relegation to division one is the sole focus of the Robins’ season in the wake of their midweek League Cup exit.
SHARP-SHOOTING Severus surged to the top of division one in the Ian’s Cars of Barlby Sunday Morning Football League after beating Acorn 7-1. Prolific marksman Mark Woodward took his tally to eight goals in two games by bagging a hat-trick. Also on
Acomb Celtic are through to the final of the Ian’s Cars of Barlby Senior Challenge Trophy after easing past Albion Vaults 4-1. Lee Powell led the way with a brace of strikes backed by Kevin Scott and Mark Powell goals. Chris Harkin hit Vault’s reply
AFTER gaining their first win under new manager Neil Warnock, Leeds return to their Elland Road base for the big one. For the first time this season Leeds’ fortress will be heaving with a 30,000-plus attendance after fans heeded Warnock’s appeal for
EAST Yorkshire driver Guy Smith starts the defence of his American Le Mans Series tomorrow when the contests the Sebring 12-Hours race in Florida. Smith scored seven top-two placings from nine races last season and believes the ingredients are in
TOUCH rugby sessions are starting in Selby, being run by community rugby league coach Adam Prentis in conjunction with Selby Warriors ARLC. Sessions will start on Monday, March 26, 6pm to 7pm, and continue for ten weeks, excluding Easter Monday, at
THE new season of the York Thursday Darts League will get under way on April 5. Organisers are looking for new and existing teams to sign up for the league, which is expected to be run with two divisions. The league format is one game of triples (best
CARS have been getting steadily larger over the last decade and, with the increases in weight and dimensions, engines might have been expected to get bigger, too. This has not been the case, however. More advanced engine designs have allowed car
A DREAM bream haul enabled Mick Doyle to end the Acomb Tackle York Winter Angling League on a high. The Leeds Angling Centre rodman won the sixth and final league match of the series with a 60lb catch comprising no fewer than 13 bream and one skimmer
IN-FORM Malton & Norton RUFC are hitting the road in a quest for a top five finish in North One East. The Ryedale club will see out March with a run of three away games against teams in the bottom five of the North One East table. The
FOR a sport which manufactures legends on tales of glory and romance, this would be the story to trump them all. If Kauto Star can win today’s Cheltenham Gold Cup, it will be a yarn so extraordinary it will be worthy of a Disney epic. Consider the
THE multi-award-winning Seat Alhambra started the year as it ended 2011, by scooping another prestigious trophy. The highly-acclaimed seven-seater once again claimed the MPV title at the influential What Car? Awards – the UK motor industry’
AN emotional Malcolm Jefferson ended a 17-year wait for a Cheltenham Festival winner after landing the Pertemps Final with Cape Tribulation. The North Yorkshire trainer welled up with tears in the winner’s enclosure after watching his eight-year-old
BIG BUCK’S claimed a record-breaking fourth successive Ladbrokes World Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. Also equalling the winning streak of 16 straight victories over jumps, set by Sir Ken nearly 60 years ago, Paul Nicholls’ brilliant stayer (5-
On a day when Shadow Catcher is napped to win the opening race, Long Run is fancied to catch the shadow of Kauto Star, who has haunted him all season in today’s featured Gold Cup. Trained by Nicky Henderson, whose prolific production of winners this
IF the previous generation Honda Civic was something of a space-age revolution that made everything else in its class seem so 20th century, then the new model is perhaps best described as a gentle evolution. There’s no doubt that the new Civic is
THE builder might be banging around, warns illustrator Emily Sutton. “We’re having some work done,” her email explains. By “we” she is referring to herself and fellow illustrator Mark Hearld, who are, as the argot has it, an item. As
TADCASTER artist Susan Bower’s new series of gentle, witty portrayals of family life go on show at Kentmere House Gallery, York, from Thursday. “Susan’s paintings have a mesmerising effect on people, which may explain the ever-growing interest in her
THE owner of the business where Jordan worked as a travel consultant has also added to the tributes. Paul Smith, of Quartz Travel, described Jordan as a “rising superstar” and said he and his team had been left “heartbroken” by the news.
KASSIDY return to Fibbers tonight, 11 months after the Glaswegian four-piece played a gig there that “wasn’t terribly busy”, as band member Lewis Andrew recollects. Nevertheless, Lewis remembers that night in York fondly. “The people who came along
THE mother of a missing teenager whose body was found in the River Ouse has made a moving tribute to her son as “ an amazing individual, gorgeous inside and out”. Jordan’s body was found on Tuesday at Naburn Marina, following a month-long search
LYNDA Beast will be unleashed on an unsuspecting Ryedale public tomorrow. One of the many anagram alter-egos of Stanley Bad, also known as Dylan (Bomber) Bates, Lynda is the superstar violinist with Billy Jenkins and The Blues Collective. Previous North
Following the tragic death of Jordan Sullivan, a book of condolence has been opened to allow people to pay their respects. Please use the comment facility below to leave your messages of condolence. This page is dedicated to personal
MATT Harper is directing Upstage Centre Youth Theatre in the stage adaptation of Sue Townsend’s internationally bestselling book The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole at 41 Monkate, York, from Thursday. In his secret diary, teenager Adrian Mole excruciatingly
HOW long can Bruce Springsteen keep this up? It must be a stretch being a superstar multi-millionaire who keeps his finger on the concerns of the downtrodden common man. It might almost be ridiculous, if he wasn’t so good at it. Wrecking Ball
ON paper, at least, Jodie Marie should be one of the main contenders for great commercial success in 2012. The 20-year-old Welsh lass has a beautiful clear voice and cover girl looks. Under her belt she has a contract with the rather posh Verve
THE third album from New York duo School Of Seven Bells won’t win any awards for originality, but it’s still a classy, well-produced and entertaining effort. Lyrically, the nine tracks tell the story of a girl named Lafaye, and her memories and
YOLANDA Quartey has a one-in-a-generation voice and her overwhelming presence lifts Phantom Limb from an OK country/R&B band to one of importance. She does tender, grit and hollering with equal aplomb, nowhere better than Give Me a Reason and
AN album in the newest sense of the word. To borrow a phrase from the past, it is more of an experience or ‘happening’ – see for yourself by going to the website that is also the title. Broderick was in the highly tuneful Danish collective Efterklang
AFTER the nice-boy nuances of Mumford & Sons and Noah And The Whale, here come East Londoners Dry The River to put the pneumatic into nu-folk. “Hey,” they shout on track two, New Cermony, to herald the change to a more epic scale, led by very
ACERBIC journalist Victor Lewis Smith once remarked that he went to Dover to see the Continent and to jazz clubs to see the incontinent, a cruel and untrue observation on the prevalence of wrinklies in the audiences. The coming week’s jazz will confound
THE 2012 York Mystery Plays have already stirred two major discussion points – the use of 1950s costumes and God and Jesus being played by the same actor – and the return to the York Museum Gardens is still more than four months away. Earlier this week
EACH year in England, more than 250,000 people are reported as missing. Some are merely late but the majority are missing by choice. What drives someone to give up everything they have ever known, ponders Fin Kennedy in How To Disappear Completely And
NEXT Sunday evening’s double bill of films at City Screen, York, ponders the question: What relevance does Mahatma Gandhi’s non-violent methods in the struggle for Indian independence have in modern-day India? Later this year, 100,000 people
THE National Theatre production of Travelling Light visits Leeds Grand Theatre from Tuesday to Saturday. Directed by NT artistic director Nicholas Hytner, Nicholas Wright’s new play stars Antony Sher and Being Human’s Damien Molony in a humorous tribute
MIKE Scott is in two minds about The Waterboys’ return to York Barbican for the first time since November 2001 on Thursday. The 8pm show will be split into two halves, definitely with no support act, and certainly with Scott’s new seven-piece line-up
A GOVERNMENT Minister is being urged to reopen a York post office which closed down “ temporarily” more than a year ago. York Central MP Hugh Bayley has written to Norman Lamb MP, the Lib Dem Minister responsible for post offices, to call for Tang Hall
CAN it be true? Are Led Zeppelin and The Beatles both playing in York this weekend? Yes and no. Not the real Led Zep and Fab Four maybe, but tribute acts Hats Off To Led Zeppelin and The Bootleg Beatles will be at York Barbican tonight and Sunday
ARTIST David Hockney’s smash hit exhibition of works featuring East Yorkshire landscapes is to move to Spain. A Bigger Picture, which has been drawing huge crowds and equally huge acclaim at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, will transfer
Introducing…comedian Chris Ramsey’s York-bound touring show, Offermation. How come we never talk when we have such an extensive array of communication capabilities at our fingertips, asks Chris Ramsey? Why is it that we often know more about random
A FASHION show at York’s Guildhall gave tips on the latest looks, while raising money for two worthy causes. Last night’s show featured an evening of catwalk entertainment and stalls selling various accessories.
After jetting around the world, CLARE TEAL is ready to bring her own brand of jazz back to her native shores, as CHARLES HUTCHINSON discovers. AFTER a six-week tour of New Zealand and a whistle-stop visit to Hong Kong, promoting her Hey Ho
Students in North Yorkshire will help choose a national programme of after-school activities that will be offered to thousands of children to help them fulfil their potential. Fifteen pupils from Barlby High School, in Selby, are to work with The
MORE than £1,000 was raised at the funeral of a 31-year-old woman for York Hospital’s Special Care Baby Unit. Reggie Smart, of Huntington, York, whose daughter, Laura, died last month, said more than 200 mourners attended the service at York Crematorium
YORK’S historic Bonding Warehouse has still not been sold, more than eleven years after it fell empty following severe flooding. Charterer surveyors appointed to sell the landmark riverside building near Skeldergate Bridge, which was used as a bar
A CYCLIST claims he was nearly killed when he emerged from a cycle path on to a York street where traffic was travelling on the wrong side of the road. Richard Lane said the near miss happened on Monday when he went from Tower Gardens into Tower
AS RESIDENTS of Fulford will know, I have been working with residents, the council and the Highways Agency for months to try to find a solution to the problem of noise from a fault on the A64 Fulford-Bishopthorpe bridge. I was concerned that,
WITH all the tensions and internal rows within the coalition Government, and the main opposition to its awful policies and effects coming from former Conservative Party chairman Lord Norman Tebbit. I sincerely hope that this coalition collapses
A NUMBER of letters about Beckfield Lane tip provide only a partial focus in understanding the recent decision on its future. The site requires more than £2 million of investment to make it suitable for use. The narrow entrance has never been suitable
THE concerns and criticisms by David Vickery, the planning inspector, of City of York Council’s core strategy, were anything but everyday occurrences (The Press, March 14). The reaction of Richard Wood, the council’s assistant strategy director,
RATHER belatedly, but nonetheless sincerely, I would like to express a huge thank-you to the doctor and two nurses who came out to attend to me in the early hours of February 23. They were all very efficient and the nurses in particular were so
YOUR correspondent, R Westmoreland, seems to have a very blinkered view (Letters, March 14). “The current round, which started with an Israeli terror attack”, is not in fact true. To set this in its proper scene, until the 1920s Gaza city had been
I WELCOME the news that the University of York has accepted an invitation to join the prestigious Russell Group of the United Kingdom’s leading research universities. As a member of the university court, I have seen for myself the hard work of
WHEN did the constant presence of litter on highway grass verges become acceptable? Driving along Yorkshire’s motorways, dual carriageways and minor roads, there is a growing build-up of litter (plastic bottles, plastic bags, etc), items thrown out
REGULARLY eating red meat significantly increases the risk of dying from heart disease and cancer, according to a recently published study of more than 120,000 people carried out over 28 years by the Harvard School of Public Health. The study found
ONCE again Britain has been descending into nature-induced paranoia. A year ago and, to a lesser extent this year, snow virtually paralysed the country. Now there could be a possibility of water shortages. Desalination has been mentioned
SPRING has arrived in York and, as usual, it has been marked by the bright display of cheerful daffodils on the mound of Clifford’s Tower. Sadly, I was horrified to see young children picking handfuls of these flowers and gleefully handing them over
THE roles of God and Jesus in the York Mystery Plays 2012 will be played by the same actor, although the identity of the professional performer charged with that challenge remains a mystery. “They will be performed by one actor, as we are sticking
YORK soprano Rebecca Newman will be the headline act at the Lord Mayor’s Charity Gala Concert on March 25. The 7pm concert will open the year-long celebrations of the 800th anniversary of the city of York’s mayoralty and will feature performances by
YOUNGSTERS at Clifton with Rawcliffe School are gearing up for York School’s Drama Festival. They will be among hundreds of youngsters who are set to take part in the festival tomorrow. The stage is set for 300 young performers to showcase their
A SET of traffic cameras placed at either end of an historic East Yorkshire bridge has been described as “grotesque” and “totally out of place” by angry village residents. The two cameras appeared last week on Grade II listed Sutton Bridge, between Elvington
AT CHELTENHAM Races on Tuesday, we once again witnessed the sickening sight of horses being thrashed with whips, and three being killed. How can we condemn other countries for their cruelty to animals when we accept this treatment to our racehorses
A WAR of words has broken out between the chief inspector of schools and teachers over literacy standards in primary education. Sir Michael Wilshaw, head of Ofsted, claims England is being overtaken by other leading nations because progress on literacy
A LIFE-SIZE doll of the Queen as she was in 1929 has turned up at an antiques discovery day in East Yorkshire. The doll dates was modelled on the then three-and-a-half year old future Queen by German doll makers Schoenau and Hoffmeister. The firm applied
ACCLAIMED film producer Lord Puttnam will give a public lecture at York St John University on Wednesday March 28. In a lecture entitled “The Children Left Behind – A Response”, Lord Puttnam, formerly President of UNICEF UK, will comment on
A PUPIL from a York secondary school has been short-listed in the final of a national advertising competition. James Eden from Joseph Rowntree School in New Earswick has been named in the 11-14 year old category of the Be©reative powered by ScreenThing
A ROSE named after the young wartime diarist Anne Frank is to be planted in York in memory of the 150 Jews who were massacred in Clifford’s Tower in 1190. The planting of the Souvenir d’Anne Frank rose will take place on Friday 10.30am in Tower Gardens
SHOPPERS in York have been learning how to save money and boost the environment as part of Climate Week. The national week-long campaign aims to inspire action on climate change. York has been playing its part with a host of educational and fun
The horrific ‘sport’ of badger baiting is alive and kicking in North Yorkshire, as a recent court case proved. STEPHEN LEWIS speaks to the man whose photographs helped convict six men and a youth of animal cruelty. ON A lovely Sunday afternoon just
PLANS are under way to prepare York’s streets for the arrival of the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh and thousands of visitors in April. The royal couple are due to spend the day in the city on April 5 on Maundy Thursday, in a visit which will take in Micklegate
SOCIAL media is changing the way we watch television with a growing number of Yorkshire viewers “chatterboxing” as they watch their favourite shows. People watching popular programmes such as X-Factor or Eastenders are simultaneously Tweeting about
AS part of the Queen’s Maundy visit, she will tour the Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gardens and see a special exhibition put together to mark the city’s 800th anniversary of being granted its Royal Charter. Some of York’s most significant medieval objects
A GANG of travelling burglars who broke into a York home in the middle of the night have been sentenced. Joel Hutchinson, 26, Lee Cunningham, 23, and Leroy Killoran, 25, had crept into a house in Hunters Way, Dringhouses, at about midnight
TEXAN singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith concludes her 11-date British tour at York Barbican next Friday, brandishing her most angry album in years, Intersection. “It’s emotional for me, and it’s personal, and it makes my heart pound, thinking
Anglers across North Yorkshire are being reminded that rivers are now off limits as the close season starts. The Environment Agency says the coarse fishing season will be closed and anyone caught breaking the rules may be prosecuted. Fishing is still
STUDENTS at Stagecoach York are getting ready for the first time to star in their own show at a major city venue. More than 150 students, aged between six and 18, will take part in ‘A Century of Song and Dance’ at York Barbican tomorrow, with
100 years ago In spring, the poet told us, “The young man's fancy, lightly turns to thoughts of love.” The more practical person said - “The housewife’s thoughts turned to spring cleaning”; but all our thoughts turned to the question of holidays,
MORE than 80 people have taken part in a zumba and bokwa fitness event to raise funds for seriously ill Thomas Cammack. The parents of four-year-old Thomas, from Selby, are desperately trying to raise the £500,000 needed for vital cancer treatment in
BURNHOLME Community College is still an option for York parents sending their children to secondary school in September. That is the message from the chairman of the Burnholme Parents’ Forum, the group formed to try to save York’s smallest state secondary
A CARING 90-year-old great-grandmother who continues to volunteer for charity has been nominated for a Community Pride Award. Violet Armitage, who has volunteered at the St Leonard’s Hospice shop in Tang Hall since it opened almost 20 years ago, has
On 21st March the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, will make his Budget statement. Although the York economy is faring better than other cities in the north of England, the Coalition Government’s decisions to halt schools and hospital
The first major exhibition of sculptures by one of the greatest artists of the 20th century, Joan Miro, opens at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park tomorrow. Visitors will be able to wander around the large bronze sculptures in the grounds of the park, near
THREE community schemes in North and East Yorkshire have been given thousands of pounds-worth of grants to help with upcoming projects. Over £600,000 has been awarded by WREN to 21 worthwhile community projects throughout Yorkshire and Humber, following
This year’s Harrogate Spring Flower Show is urging visitors to “come and have a go.” MATT CLARK gets a preview of what’s on offer. DES Granger is rolling up his sleeves. Under a surprisingly strong, spring sun, he’s about to get his hands dirty using
THEY came dressed as everything from Spitfires to cowboys to raise money for charity in All Saints RC School’s annual fancy dress walk. Pupils completed a three-mile walk around Knavesmire on Wednesday, with sponsor money going to the Catholic
THE Meningitis Trust is calling for runners of all abilities to join them in Jane Tomlinson’s Run For All charity 10k race this summer. With a trio of runs taking place across the county, running enthusiasts can enter all three, or choose to tackle just
PUPILS at a Ryedale school have been splashing around as part of a fundraising appeal for Lent. The children are supporting an annual appeal by CAFOD, the official Catholic aid agency for England and Wales, to provide families in third world countries
ONE of East Yorkshire’s top police officers is retiring after 30 years of service. Chief Superintendent Paul Davison – Divisional Commander for the East Riding of Yorkshire – will be leaving the force on March 30. He began his police career at Queens
PUPILS at a Ryedale secondary school took part in a national campaign aimed at raising the profile of journalism. About 90 pupils from Malton School joined about 1,000 schools across the UK yesterday in making the news. The pupils were taking part
A GALA dinner at York’s Cedar Court Grand and Spa is set to complete a £100,000 fundraising drive to buy an ultrasound heart scanner for York Hospital. The dinner next Friday will be the last fundraising event for the Heartbeat Appeal, as
THE Olympic torch could come through Sherburn-in-Elmet if a campaign by Selby District Council proves successful. The flame is due to be taken by runners through Camblesforth, Selby, Monk Fryston, Barkston Ash and Tadcaster when it comes through the
LONDIS in Hemingbrough has won the Small Store category of the Londis Store Of The Year Awards for the third year running. Geoff and Teresa Turner, owners of the store, received their award at a ceremony at the Londis annual conference and gala dinner
