THE Great Yorkshire Show has been abandoned for the first time in 11 years as the wettest summer on record claims another high-profile victim. Organisers held an emergency meeting this afternoon and cancelled the rest of the show after a torrential
A FORMER private detective believes he may have seen missing York chef Claudia Lawrence in Amsterdam. He contacted the findclaudia.co.uk website last week to say he had seen someone bearing a striking resemblance to her on July 2. The
THE man behind controversial proposal to close child heart surgery services in Yorkshire is to be quizzed by regional health watchdogs. The meeting comes following last week’s decision to move the lifesaving service from Leeds General Infirmary
A broken down van is blocking part of the junction of the A1(M) and the B1224 Wetherby to York road. The vehicle has stopped unexpectedly on the northbound slip road from the motorway.
PREPARE for a once-in-a-lifetime union of music, creative lighting and architecture on Thursday in York Minster. If you have ever contemplated lying on your back in the Central Nave after hours and letting the music take control, then I Fagiolini’s second
VISITORS who are not already on their way to the Great Yorkshire Show are being advised not to set off, as the car parks are already full. The show's official twitter page is asking visitors to consider coming another day. In the last
YORK City have released their squad numbers for the npower League 2 season. New signing Danny Blanchett takes over the number three shirt vacated by James Meredith, while incoming striker Oli Johnson wears number 14, Michael Coulson number 11, Lee
COMEDIAN Tony Hawks is a man of many mediums. Regular success has come his way in stand-up, television, radio, music and books, and now he is promoting his new film, Playing The Moldovans At Tennis, by holding a question-and-answer session after Thursday
NOBODY bothers with summer seasons any more, laments Roy “Chubby” Brown. “I used to do five nights a week at Blackpool in the season; now no-one has any money and I just do a show there on a Saturday,” says the veteran lewd Middlesbrough comic. “I’ll
JOHN DAVIES will be one of Gary Thornton’s first targets as York City Knights step up their recruitment drive for 2013. The second-row ace, currently on dual-registration at York from Castleford, was already in the club’s thinking for next season. Thornton
Miss York has a flair for fashion, as MAXINE GORDON discovers. FRANK DWYER takes the pictures. ALICE Czyz was thrust into the world of beauty pageants unexpectedly. “My mum and sister entered me into Miss Scarborough in 2010,” begins Alice. “My opinion
For months I’ve been dreading my eldest daughter’s school prom. Not the event itself, but the financial implications. The dress, the shoes, the hair. I kept hearing all these horror stories of girls whose frocks had set them back hundreds of
SPORT really does have the power to lift us out of ourselves when things aren’t looking great. A cliché, I suppose, but I speak as someone who was heading rapidly into the realms of spectator-sport cynicism: someone who was sick of hearing about how
As Chairman of the City of York Council Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee, I attended the meeting in London where it was announced that the Leeds Children’s Heart Surgery Unit will close, and the Newcastle unit will provide services for York residents
THE proposed destruction of the nurses’ homes in Wigginton Road is an unnecessary waste of housing resources, no matter which branch of our health authority has custody of them (Letters, June 28). Moreover, the claim that they will cost
100 years ago North Wales presented many attractions for summer tourists, and since the visits paid to that quarter by Royalty it had become rather a favourite spot. It was furnished with several splendid seaside resorts, which had the advantage
WHAT a load of rubbish Mr E Carter writes (Cycle of change, July 3). If the car is such an advancement on the bike, how come we are now dependent on oil (mostly from the most unstable part of the world) at ever-increasing prices? Our cities are
With reference to James Alexander’s letter (July 4) in which he states: “We are working to ensure that communities are empowered to have a real say in the services they need and how they are run.” Perhaps he would like to explain how much of a “real
THE 35th anniversary of the death of Maria Callas, the 20th century’s greatest opera diva, will be marked with an exhibition at Banks Music Room, Lendal, York. The window and interior shop displays are presented by Peter Hudson, music reviewer, lecturer
I am writing to you about the cost of parking at York Hospital. Last Saturday I visited the hospital, parked and returned three-and-a-half hours later to a parking bill of £7.10. As you might expect the visit to the hospital was not an easy experience
HOW things change. During the 1939-1945 war, when ration books were the order of the day, some of the best friends farmers had were politicians, especially those seeking the favour of a leg of pork, a side of ham or bacon, a patty of butter, a dozen
I AM sure finding the Higgs particle is an exciting event, but at my age I’m far more concerned about how life will end – not how it began. Daphne Stead, Low Hutton Road, Huttons Ambo, York.
Many congratulations to the team that organised and ran the Copmanthorpe Carnival. The event took place against all the odds and the gods shone down upon us with a sunny and warm day. Special mention must be made of all those who pumped out and
A YORK businessman has launched a new product and business to prevent floods from ruining people’s homes. Steve Barnard, who owns gates and fencing business Sandalwood Gates, based on Elvington Industrial Estate, developed the new product after being
Did you meet my friend Dominic from New York on the train? I just had lunch with one of my oldest friends and he talked non-stop about a lovely lady from Raleigh, North Carolina, whom he met with her son on the train up to York last Tuesday. He
A POCKLINGTON software business has been listed among the top UK exporters by the Sunday Times. Phoenix Software is 14th in the first Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 league table, which ranks Britain’s private companies with the fastest-growing
WITH reference to celebrating the 800th anniversary of King John signing away his rights to the city’s riches, combined with the signing of the Magna Carta. The population of York was 8,000, London the highest with 12,000 to 15,000. Class distinction
A DELEGATION of Chinese lawyers met their York counterparts and dignitaries at the weekend. The group were invited by the College of Law to visit York as part of a professional trade mission that brings it to London every two years. Andrew Lindsay
THE Cliffemount Hotel near Whitby hopes to be considered for Small Business Of The Year in The Press Business Awards 2012. The 20-bedroom independent boutique hotel, perched on top of majestic cliffs over Runswick Bay, was bought by Ian and Carol Rae
AN events company known for vibrant vintage fairs is expanding across the region. Now And Then Events, which holds York’s popular York Does Vintage fair, has recently held its first event outside York, Harrogate Does Vintage, which attracted
A SOFTWARE business which is helping universities and colleges to communicate better is hoping to be recognised for its work in The Press Business Awards 2012. Ap16, which currently employs eight people at its offices in Heworth Green, is going
YORK City Rowing Club’s Adam Janes can lay down a marker for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio by starring for Great Britain at this week’s World Under-23 Championships in Lithuania. The 18-year-old St Peter’s School pupil is rowing in the eights crew as
PREVIOUS winners Woodhouse Grange and Sessay are poised to go head-to-head in the last-16 of the Yorkshire Tea National Village Cup, writes Charlie Hollinrake. The second national round fixture is scheduled to be played at Grange’s ground on Sunday
LEEDS United manager Neil Warnock will oversee the start of pre-season training at the Elland Road club tomorrow, writes Charlie Hollinrake. The players get together in the build-up to the Whites’ first friendly fixture against Evo-Stik League side Farsley
First-team coach Jason Gillespie believes Azeem Rafiq will prosper without the pressures of being Yorkshire’s stand-in captain for their return to LV= County Championship division two action against Hampshire at the Ageas Bowl tomorrow. Gillespie has
York Knavesmire Harriers are leading the way in the York & District Summer League. Harriers runner Chris Roberts has been in superb form all summer and heads the open category. He was second in the Bishop Wilton ten-kilometre race and fourth on Knavesmire
THE countdown is on to the Yorkshire Racing Summer Festival. The Festival starts at Ripon on Saturday, July 21 and takes in meetings at eight of the region’s racecourses, concluding at Pontefract on Sunday, July 29. The leading trainer and jockey will
THE semi-final of the Stephensons Estate Agents Junior Charity Cricket Cup between Osbaldwick and Dunnington II has been rescheduled. The last four tie was due to take place at Acomb Cricket Club today, but it will now be played at Dunnington’s ground
THE group stages of football’s B&P Selby Cup will kick off on Saturday, August 4 and Sunday, August 5. There are eight teams split into two groups in the Selby Cup, Selby Plate and Selby Cup Sunday. Selby Cup draw, group 1: Church Fenton, Cliffe
YORK Lokomotive ARLC were beaten 62-0 at Stanningley ‘A’ in the Yorkshire Men’s League. The postponement of Stanningley’s first team game at Oldham St Annes due to a waterlogged pitch allowed them to play a host of experienced players and the Lokos
SHONA Benson, partnering Five Lions captain Michelle Britton, gamed 23 in the second pairs to set up a decider against York John Smith’s Ladies League division one visitors Burnholme. The home side’s Muriel Britton and Dawn Exton secured victory by the
Nick Turnbull and debutant Michael Kwong were top of the Popps in division one of the Tyke Petroleum Tennis League. They scored three points from 24 games for Poppleton firsts as they defeated their own second team, including a narrow 7-5 rubber
League sponsor Ian Tooms and Denise Crane ensured Wigginton stayed top of the IT Sports Mixed Tennis League second division after a win against promotion-chasing Bishopthorpe. Bubwith moved into third place after Paul Blackett and Anna Longthorp led
Take the hint. North Yorkshire trainer Brian Rothwell bypasses tomorrow’s Catterick meeting with his recent course winner Tinseltown and instead sends his in-form gelding on the long haul to Yarmouth with no less a jockey than dual-champion Paul Hanagan
A £3.2 MILLION upgrade of York flood defences has come a major step closer with the submission of a planning application to City of York Council. The Environment Agency wants to strengthen existing defences which protect more than 400 homes and businesses
Families have been hit by soaring transport and childcare costs, leaving them with a "monumental" task in trying to get by, according to a new report. Research by the York-based Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) found that a couple with two children had
BOXING legend Henry Wharton remains in hospital with serious injuries after he was struck by a car following an alleged organised bare knuckle fight between travellers. The 44-year-old – a former undefeated European, Commonwealth and British super-middleweight
A YORK charity is set to get a new minibus thanks in part to a generous donation from York Round Table. The group presented a cheque for £10,000 to Bishopthorpe-based Brunswick Organic Nursery, a registered charity that offers work and training to
IT’S a sight to make York conservationists smile – the developers’ first sketch of a refurbished White Swan Hotel. This artist’s impression will go on display in York next week, as developers discuss their plans to redevelop the 100-year-old Piccadilly
A SEVEN-WEEK scheme to replace gas mains on a major road in York will begin later this month. Northern Gas Networks is fitting modern plastic pipes along a 670-metre stretch of Hull Road, between its junctions with Tang Hall Lane and Lamel Street,
STRIKING traffic wardens in York were today setting up picket lines for a second day in protest against changes to their shift patterns. The City of York Council staff yesterday began seven days of industrial action after the authority switched
The Wadkin Arms in Osgodby, near Selby, has been awarded the York CAMRA Summer Pub of the Year title, two years after being their Winter Pub of the Year. The popular village pub was nominated for the award by one of its customers, Colin Young, a member
A MOTHER who used fraudulently-claimed benefits to provide a bed for her young son has been ordered to repay more than £1,700. Appearing before Selby Magistrates’ Court, Joanne Lamb pleaded guilty to committing benefit fraud, by failing to inform Selby
Jam and chutney maker Janet McClure, of Storwood Nurseries, near Melbourne, is offering the chance to have a summer tasting at her farm shop to help raise funds for St Leonard’s Hospice in York. On Sunday, between 10am and 5pm, visitors will be able
RESIDENTS in Ryedale are being urged to text, phone or use the internet to make sure they are eligible to vote. Annual canvass forms have been sent out by Ryedale District Council to all homes. Residents need to reply in order to stay on the electoral
MILLIONS of pounds of spare council cash is set to be used to boost improvements to roads in East Yorkshire. East Riding of Yorkshire Council underspent its revenue budget by £16.5 million last year and its cabinet will next week be asked to approve
AN East Yorkshire man faces a court bill of nearly £3,000 after he lied to benefit officials about his savings. James Hubbard, 63, of Walkergate, Beverley, claimed he had no income and about £10,000 in capital. But he failed to declare several bank
THE first phase of the new £9 million York Sport Village is to open next month. An eight-lane, 25-metre swimming pool, capable of staging major competitions, will form the centrepiece of the development at the University of York’s new Heslington
A PUB near York is to stage a fundraising evening next month in memory of a former manager who died suddenly. The memorial event, which takes place on Friday, August 3, at The Cottage Inn in Haxby will raise money for The Samaritans. Andrew ‘Wyn’ Wingfield
ORGANISERS of the Great Yorkshire Show have said the relentless rain will not put a dampener on the event opening today. The three-day agricultural show is going ahead but the amount of parking at the Harrogate site has been “significantly
BRITISH Transport Police have released these CCTV images of two men they want to speak to in connection with the theft of a bike from York Station. A passenger reported seeing two men stealing a bike from the cycle racks on platform one at about 3.30pm
This is a view of York Minster that will be familiar to anyone today. The difference is in the details. The large pinnacle on the South Transept roof in Mackenzie’s painting has long been removed. But since his day, the crenellated turrets which
YOUNGSTERS at a York primary school have helped celebrate the school’s 60th birthday. At Westfield Primary School in Acomb pupils marked the milestone anniversary with a party which attracted more than 100 people to their recently developed community
DOZENS of people - including a group of former pupils - queued at a Malton bookshop to buy copies of a Ryedale author’s latest book, which is based on his experiences working at schools in the Yorkshire Dales. Andy Seed’s second book, All Teachers Wise
AN animal sanctuary in York has been overrun by dozens of rabbits desperate to find loving new homes. The staff at the RSPCA Centre in York’s Landing Lane say they have a large number of small animals on their hands and top of their list is rabbits.
A PLANNING blueprint for the future of Selby has become a “ bureaucratic nightmare”, a senior Selby councillor has claimed. Selby District Council is having to revise its action plan for development after a Government-appointed inspector raised concerns
A NORTH Yorkshire theatre is one of 49 theatre buildings across the UK at real risk of being lost forever, according to a theatres group. The Theatres Trust warned that unless owners recognised they were responsible for community assets and worked
CAROLINE’S Rainbow Foundation (CRF), a charity set up in memory of York teenager Caroline Stuttle is to develop a mobile app for young travellers. The charity, which works to prepare young travellers for a safe trip after Caroline was robbed and pushed
COUNCIL bosses in Ryedale say the district’s residents have avoided the worst of the downpours which lashed North Yorkshire last week. Surface water flooding was seen in many villages and towns in the area, as well as roads after Friday’s torrential
HE has been embroiled in controversy since taking over as chief executive of struggling Scottish football giants Glasgow Rangers. But many fans may be unaware of Charles Green’s past role as star striker at a rather less glamorous club in East Yorkshire
HOW Curtis Stigers has changed. The bouffanted 90s pop star from Idaho is no more, transformed by middle age into a guardian of jazz and swing. He’s the better for it. Stigers has always been blessed with a natural voice for this material and
RYEDALE Cameras in Action, the charity that manages CCTV in Malton, Norton and Pickering, has appointed Martin Dales as its new chairman. Mr Dales is a Malton town councillor and former mayor and has been a member of the committee since the charity
LEISURE airline Monarch will launch 12 new scheduled routes for summer 2013 from Leeds Bradford Airport, creating 200 jobs within the local area. The airline has launched new routes to Lanzarote, Antalya, Barcelona, Bodrum, Dalaman, Faro, Rome, Heraklion
AN AMNESTY on stolen and lost traffic cones has been declared by police in East Yorkshire. Police in Pocklington are asking all householders who might have any yellow “no waiting” cones to return them to Pocklington Police Station by the end of July.
A SCHOOLGIRL from York is taking on a major swimming challenge to raise funds for a York youngster with a rare cancer. May Beth Madill Parker, 13, a Year 8 pupil at Fulford School, was so touched by the plight of six-year-old Jamie Inglis, who suffers
HOLIDAY park business Park Leisure, which has its headquarters in York, hopes to raise more than £20,000 through cycle rides this year for two chosen charities. Company directors Gary Molloy and Miles Dewhurst, whose past charity cycle rides have seen
MORE than 400 people took advantage of a cut-price swimming offer to celebrate the arrival of the Olympic torch in Hambleton. All four leisure centres run by Hambleton District Council ran the offer on June 20, the day the flame came to the area, and
A TEAM of mountain bike stunt riders will stage a spectacular display at Tockwith Show next month. Savage Skills, the freestyle stars of ITV’s talent show Let’s Get Gold, who have eight world and 25 British championship titles between them, will also
TWO North Yorkshire community groups have secured grants from the Big Lottery Award. The initiative provides support to local projects and organisations, and the latest round of funding will benefit Easingwold Methodist Church and Appleton-le-Street
A SPECTACULAR performance of the song written to mark York’s 800th anniversary was performed to a thrilled crowd by hundreds of local choristers. The song, entitled This York, was premiered to a jubilant crowd at the Eye of York, on Monday
Former Lord Mayors of York have been joining in the York 800 celebrations, marking 800 years of local democracy. Here's what they said: Steve and Sue Galloway (Lord Mayors in 1983/84 and 2010/11 respectively) - "With the future of Europe
THE Duke of York has been visiting the city today, as the York 800 celebrations reach a climax. Prince Andrew joined in the festivities, 800 years to the day since York was granted its Royal charter by King John. He visited the Yorkshire Museum
