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A LATE goal from striker Jason Walker earned York City a 1-1 draw at npower League Two promotion-chasers Cheltenham Town. The Minstermen held their own for 66 minutes at Whaddon Road, but striker Shaun Harrad then hit the opening goal that appeared

THREE men were arrested in two separate incidents in the Acomb area of York on Saturday morning. Several police vans and a helicopter were seen in the Dringhouses and Beckfield Lane areas at around 10am, though so far North Yorkshire Police have

THE front row will be at the forefront of coach Gary Thornton’s thinking tomorrow when his York City Knights side host North Wales Crusaders in their second pre-season outing (3pm). With the future of pack leader Paul King still in doubt, with

WE were given a delicious panettone at Christmas. It was flavoured with orange and cranberry and I wanted to use it in a dessert smart enough for a dinner party. A posh bread and butter pudding was the obvious candidate, but I don’t like

YORK City manager Gary Mills is unlikely to bring Adriano Moké back to Bootham Crescent following his release by Cambridge United. But the Minstermen chief has not completely ruled out a return for the 23-year-old winger with his squad short on

It is not original to label Bergerac wines “the poor man’s claret”. Nor is it original, or funny, to make reference to the fictional detective of the same name when writing about the wines of the region. The theme this week is Bergerac’s vines,

While smoked beers can be found in various parts of the world, it is only in the northern Bavarian province of Franconia that they form a distinct regional speciality, known as Rauchbier. The centre of production is Bamberg, a city somewhat smaller

GAVIN AITCHISON meets a brewer whose results are simply divine. IAN Parkinson is maintaining a rather noble tradition, all things considered. In fact, when I suggest that not many clergymen double up as brewers, he quickly puts the record straight

The stars didn’t put in an appearance but there was still plenty to thrill at York’s own Stargazing Live event, reports STEPHEN LEWIS. YOU don’t expect to find space-suited astronauts wandering around the main Roman gallery at the Yorkshire Museum

George Wilkinson enjoys a walk across East Moors, near Helmsley – at least that’s what he thinks it’s called. EAST MOORS – that’s what this place is known as, says my navigator, although this name lies two miles north on the Ordnance Survey map

Drop-in advice sessions on housing options for older people are to be extended following their successful introduction last year. The City of York Council sessions aim to offer advice on making decisions about future housing needs. They cover

VOLUNTEERS and performers are needed for a special event in York to celebrate International Women’s Week. Organisations including the York Women’s Counselling Service and Independent Domestic Abuse Services (IDAS) are set to contribute to the week

THE future of York’s libraries and archives is in the balance. The plan to transfer the service and responsibility for the buildings into a community benefit society is in line with the coalition Government’s agenda to reduce local government to

I WOULD like to thank Steve Aldous (December 22) and Stephen Newton (December 15) for their letters on the state of the gardens at the front of the old factory building in Haxby Road. We take comments like this to heart and I would like to apologise

SO MICHAEL GOVE is seeking to remove Mary Seacole’s name from school curriculum, re Christian Vassie’s letter of January 9. Mary tried to get help from the government of her day and Florence Nightingale, but to no avail. She worked as much to help

OUR big “friends” across the Atlantic are warning Prime Minister David Cameron not to rock the boat too rigorously with the European Union. They, unlike us, are carefully looking after number one. America knows it cannot bully France, and Germany

A FEMALE cyclist, not once but twice, rammed her cycle into my wing mirror in her attempts to pass on the inside as I was in a stationary line of traffic, much to the bemusement of the pedestrians on the pavement. I hope I am never in such a rush

I AM delighted to hear Yorkshire has been declared the first Fairtrade region in the country and would like to congratulate all those who have worked incredibly hard to make this happen. While times are tough for many people at home, it is heartening

INSTEAD of spending £32 billion, which in reality will be nearer £100 billion because it is a government project, on ruining large swathes of open countryside while building the proposed HR2, wouldn’t it make more sense to add more carriages on to

I WAS pleased to read that free bus travel is being offered to job-seekers, and wish them well in their endeavours. But I cannot help comparing their luck with my own misfortune, having started work in 1970 and in continual employment until I took

WITH regards to the letter from Keith Chapman on January 4, I believe there is a calendar produced today which does shows the highlights of our wonderful city at differing times of the year. The calendar is produced by local artist Tony Brook.

BAD news for pram manufacturers: according to research carried out by hare-brained scientists living on another planet, new parents should carry their babies upright, rather than push them in prams to help improve development. I pity mums who bear

I WOULD like to thank Graeme Robertson for his hard work and effort in producing a most informative analysis of readers’ letters to The Press (January 9). I came third. If I was a politician I would be asking for a recount; but I am not. Matthew

YORK City Supporters’ Trust chairman Ian Hey was not surprised by this week’s news that the club made losses of £467,000 last season. The figure, largely reached due to 96 per cent of income at Bootham Crescent being spent on playing costs including

UPDATE: Opening training session tonight (Monday) cancelled due to snow. YORK City Knights’ new under-20s squad have their first training session on Monday – boosted by the confirmation former first-team boss Mick Cook will be part of the coaching

York City Knights have agreed a new sponsorship deal with sports nutrition specialists Ironscience. Ironscience will provide supplements to aid players with hydration, replenishments and recovery before, during and after training sessions and games

FORMER York City Knights cult hero Ryan McDonald is set to return to Huntington Stadium tomorrow as part of a new-look North Wales Crusaders outfit. The 34-year-old is one of several new recruits to the Racecourse Ground, along with a posse from

LEEDS United could pitch a formidable midfield into Yorkshire derby action when they visit bottom-placed Barnsley in the npower Championship today. New on-loan signing Ross Barkley – Everton’s England Under-21 international dynamo – is in line

The Fulford Ladies Invitation Tennis League’s annual general meeting will be at Fulford sports club on Wednesday, February 13 at 7pm. Any items for discussion need to be sent to league secretary Terry Haw by the end of January.

ACOMB ‘A’ suffered a major blow to their York Conservative Clubs’ Carlsberg UK Snooker League title hopes as they lost 6-1 to Fulford ‘B’. Bob Smith, Jim Rollinson and John Adcock paved the way for rising Fulford before Paul Holmes stopped the

Yorkshire believe hosting music concerts at Headingley could bring them in as much as £500,000 per year. The county were given consent by Leeds City Council earlier this week to hold as many as three events per calendar year for 2013 and 2014,

IT Sports Wigginton opened 2013 with a crucial 3-2 success at Chapel Allerton in the Yorkshire Squash League premier division. Manager Ian Tooms hailed an “important victory”, adding that two more wins were likely to guarantee top-flight squash

Popular North Yorkshire gelding Lease Lend, three times a winner at Wetherby, returns to his favourite course this afternoon with every chance of clinching the feature race. Trained at Great Habton by Tim Easterby, the ten-year-old was absent from

YORK could be in line for a multi-million pound windfall that would kick-start some of the city’s biggest stalled developments. City officials have bid for a share of a Government pot which could fast-track work on the A19 at Germany Beck in Fulford

A NORTH Yorkshire MP has said pay rises for politicians would be “nonsensical” after a survey by Parliament’s expenses watchdog showed more than two-thirds believe they are underpaid. A poll of 100 MPs, which is part of a consultation by the Independent

THE mother of a baby girl who died after spending all her life in a damp and overcrowded flat has spoken of the daily struggle without her. Eleven-month-old Telan Carlton died suddenly after being taken ill at her family’s one-bedroom flat in Chapelfields

A BURGLAR with 63 previous convictions has been jailed for three- and-a-half years after he terrified a care worker in her own home. The victim’s experience of coming face to face with repeat house raider John William Connelly, 29, affected her

Former College of Law York student Fay Marshall has been awarded a prestigious law student award for outstanding performance in her family law studies. Fay, from South Milford, has won the annual Resolution Prize awarded by Resolution, an organisation

SELBY and Ainsty MP Nigel Adams has been appointed as the Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the new Leader of the House of Lords, Lord Hill of Oareford, following the resignation of the former leader. Mr Adams had also worked as PPS to Lord

A YORK bus service could be scrapped as transport chiefs claim it is underused. City of York Council is looking at several services it subsidises, and part of the No 14 route is among those under review. Bus operator First runs the daytime

ACTIVITIES for young people in potential trouble “hot spots” have been boosted with an award of £3,000. The award was presented by Julie Good, the High Sheriff of the East Riding of Yorkshire, at Goole Leisure Centre, during a twilight football

PEOPLE wanting to adopt a child will now be able to consult a map of local authorities with children in need of adotion. Would-be adopters can read a new map showing the areas with the highest number of children waiting for new homes and make use

A SELBY resident is marking her hundredth birthday today, surrounded by her family and friends. Ethel Stocks, who lives at Denison House Nursing Home, was born in Goole in 1913, one of seven children, and moved between Goole and Bradford, where

Bosses at Nestlé have pledged to tidy up gardens in front of a former factory building in York following complaints by Press readers that they were in a “disgusting state”. The company has also revealed it intends to get historic clocks in the

A FAMILY has said it may appeal against a council decision which claims its home is at severe danger of flooding. Selby District Council’s planning committee this week refused permission for the traveller family’s three-caravan site to remain in

POLICE are appealing for help to identify two suspected shoplifters following a theft of showers in York. They were caught on CCTV in the B&Q store at Osbaldwick, at 6.45pm on Thursday, January 3. It is believed they stole 18 Mira shower units

ESTATE agents in York and North Yorkshire have reported a very promising start to 2013 and predicted a steady year in the housing market. Stephensons, which has offices in York, Boroughbridge, Selby and Easingwold, last weekend reported its busiest

A DOMINANT display by Ella Eadon capped a marvellous day for City of York Athletic Club’s juniors at the Yorkshire Cross Country event. Eadon, the club’s English Schools’ 800 metres finalist, got off to a fast start in the under-15s girls’ race

YORK Cubs booked their place in the semi-finals of the York FA Junior Minor (Under-13s) Cup with a 3-2 home win over Copmanthorpe. The waterlogging on Knavesmire finally subsided to allow the much-postponed game to go ahead and Cubs came out on

STUDENTS at a school near York were treated to a special coaching session from one of the biggest names in British rugby. Stuart Lancaster, England rugby coach, visited Queen Ethelburga’s Collegiate at Thorpe Underwood, near York, to meet pupils

100 years ago Writing in his parish magazine, the Rev W B Soole, vicar of Elmton-cum-Cresswell, near Welbeck, had expressed himself on the subject of dancing. He wrote: “The question of a girl’s dance doesn't trouble me in the least. Indeed

POLICE say no witnesses have come forward to help them discover the cause of a fatal accident on the A64 near York. Marzena Dajlanaj was killed when her Toyota Celica came off the dual carriageway close to Bilbrough Top last month, hit a tree and

BUZZWORDS are integral in the lexicon of sport. They give meaning, they provide succinct descriptions, they add to the attraction, and they can also become tedious clichés. This week, and next, the new shoo-in words start with R and R. Not rest

IN-FORM Pocklington RUFC under-14s picked up in 2013 where they left off in 2012 with a 10-0 victory at Malton & Norton. The Percy Road youngsters have only lost one of their nine games this season, a run which includes a trio of wins in the

SENIOR netball players at St Peter’s School in York have taken part in a Superleague netball workshop with members of the Yorkshire Jets squad. The guests included England international Natalie Haythornthwaite, Shana Potgieter and Stephanie Wilson

TEAM Jorvik earned 12 speeding tickets, 33 medals and 40 personal best times at the Doncaster Dartes Meet. Harry Nozedar took the silverware for the top boy in the 15 years and over category. His brother, Max, bagged three speeding tickets and

NEW Earswick All Blacks ARLC’s junior ranks return to training next week. The White Rose Avenue-based club’s under-8s and U9s squads start training at Burnholme School sports hall on Monday, from 6pm to 7pm. The U10s will meet on Tuesdays and

Winter jasmine cheers up the chilly garden and heralds brighter things to come, writes GINA PARKINSON. THE WINTER jasmine has been flowering since December in our garden. It grows against an east-facing wall. This is reached for a short while by

ALL the places for York’s first marathon have been snapped up within three days as tourism bosses predict the event will bring £1.5 million to the city. The Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon was launched on Tuesday and 5,500 places have now gone for the

VILLAGERS campaigning for action to prevent their main street becoming a sewage-contaminated watercourse again hope to find out what progress has been made next week. Brawby in Ryedale was cut off for five days in November when sewers backed up

PLANS to refranchise the East Coast Mainline look set to get back on track after an independent review of Government strategy recommended sticking with franchising. Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin asked Richard Brown, chairman of Eurostar

YORK Schoolboys under-11 footballers started 2013 with a 1-0 defeat at home to Leeds. A tight affair was settled with only ten minutes remaining when a Leeds striker lobbed York goalkeeper Aaron Burn from close range. York tried their best to get

Rawcliffe kept up their 100 per cent record in the York FA Under-19s Football League with an 11-1 victory over Poppleton, who are still searching for their first point. The win was was led by a five-goal haul by Robin Jefferson, with Jordan Grosse

CHILDREN living in a “bubble” will have the chance to talk to their families and friends, thanks to the fundraising efforts of a young transplant patient and his family. Kyle Spencer, now eight, was only able to chat with his sister Ashleigh, ten

SOLDIERS in Afghanistan will be among the first to use a new type of pistol that has been developed in Harrogate. More than 25,000 new Glock pistols and holsters will be supplied by gun wholesaler Viking Arms Ltd, based at New York Industrial Estate

With snow and icy weather forecasted to take hold this weekend, North Yorkshire Police are advising drivers to keep safe. The cold snap is predicted to last about two weeks so drivers are urged to be prepared. Insp Vicky Taylor said: “If your

COULD you solve the mystery of the identity of these men? The image – which was taken at a York photographic studio – was found inside a book in a city shop and has stirred the interest of a local history group who believe it could be of local

VETERAN rugby players – aged between 40 and 99 – are being urged to take part in a match to help raise thousands of pounds for the MS Society. The match, which will take place in Malton on Saturday, March 2, is being organised by Nina Aldrich,