THE family of the 50-year-old man attacked in Acomb have spoken of their shock and distress. Keith Wright suffered serious head injuries and went into a coma following the assault at the corner of Fairfax Court and Acomb Road on Monday evening.
HOPES of dualling part of York’s Outer Ring Road have risen with the city set to get a share of £183 million in Government cash for transport projects. The Department for Transport has announced a new Local Transport Body (LTB) covering West Yorkshire
A CONTROVERSIAL bid to build a £23.5 million green energy plant between York and Selby has been backed by highway bosses - despite objectors claiming it could cause traffic headaches. Peel Environmental Management (UK) Limited and North Selby Mine
A GROUP of young people learnt more about careers in the newspaper industry on a visit to The Press today. The visitors were taking part in the Springboard programme, a project giving young people an opportunity to experience work-related opportunities
ENGLAND under-19 international Jack O’Connell looks set to make his York City debut at Gillingham on Saturday after signing a one-month loan deal from Blackburn Rovers. The 18-year-old defender was recruited by City boss Gary Mills after impressing
IT might be unlucky for some but boss Gary Thornton hopes the number 13 will prove a spur and confidence-booster for York City Knights young gun Tyler Craig. A product of Heworth ARLC, Craig, pictured, has been on a steep learning curve in professional
YORK-BORN Simon Dyson is aiming to hit the sweetest notes in Qatar tomorrow fresh from his opening tournament of the European Tour campaign. After negotiating his first foray of 2013 with a tie for 52nd spot in the Abu Dhabi Championship, in which
THE outgoing head teacher at a York primary school has had the best possible leaving present. As The Press reported, Janet Colling took early retirement as the head of Tang Hall Primary at Christmas. At the age of 47, she decided to leave England
YORK Stage Musicals have always had interesting titles for their concerts of songs from the latest shows, says director Robert Readman, as he explains the thinking behind Saturday night’s Mayhem @ The Grand. “We’ve had A Night Of A Thousand Stars
GLASGOW five-piece The Yawns will play The Basement at City Screen, York, tomorrow after Please Please You promoter Joe Coates was given a tip-off. “An email from an old friend arrived suggesting we check out the debut album by The Yawns,” says
PAUL DAVISON is hoping the Sky Sports TV cameras can inspire him to glory in a prestigious invitational tournament on Friday night. The Pickering-based snooker professional is on prime-time when he meets Ben Woollaston in the first round of the
PICKERING Town manager Jimmy Reid was confident star striker Liam Salt would be staying at the club despite an approach from Bridlington Town, writes Dale Harris. The Pikes boss said that Salt had already turned down a contract offer from Northern
WITH Thirsk & Sowerby Harriers entered for the York Brass Monkey half marathon and the latest cross-country event ko’d by the big freeze, cyclo cross took centre stage. Thirsk’s Noel Clough finished third in the open category in the North-east
It’s lights, cameras and action for Pickering snooker player Paul Davison in this weekend’s televised Betfair Snooker Shoot-Out. He tells STEVE CARROLL how he can’t wait to get out on the table. THIS is what all the practice is for – the hours
YORK mutual Benenden Healthcare Society is today launching its new identity as the organisation enters a new era with a new name. The organisation was started in 1905 as a mutual fund specifically to help postal workers falling ill with tuberculosis
A DIGITAL media company based at York Science Park has launched a new venture. Takanomi Limited, based at the Catalyst, has launched vWriter.com, a global crowd-sourced content creation platform, which connects thousands of writers, often recent
VIDEO games designer Charles Cecil will deliver the keynote speech at Venturefest Yorkshire next month. Mr Cecil, co-founder of Revolution Games, will host a discussion on the technical and social developments in the games industry at the event
DEREK PATERSON (Letters, January 19) is right to be concerned about the proposed use of Rawcliffe Country Park for the Galtres Festival, but not simply for the reasons stated. The music can just about be tolerated for the duration. The festival
I SUPPORT letters recently sent to The Press highlighting the numbers of people who could be made homeless when the latest benefits cuts are implemented. Much has been made by the Government’s spin doctors about the huge amounts of money paid to
THE opportunities presented to small and medium sized businesses by fibre broadband will be discussed at a free breakfast seminar. Superfast North Yorkshire, a partnership between North Yorkshire County Council and BT, will roll out fibre broadband
A MAN was last night fighting for his life in hospital after a brutal attack in York. The 50-year-old victim suffered serious head injuries when he was assaulted in Acomb on Monday evening. Last night he was in a critical condition in Leeds
DOES Ken Holmes (Letters, January 19) not realise there is no jam today or tomorrow for existing pensioners? The Government’s idea for the new pensions Bill was to simplify the system and introduce one standard rate for pensions from 2017, but
MR G PAPPS suggests that for carers there is no consideration or safeguards in mental health (Letters, January 15). My husband has been in Peppermill Court for three years and this is certainly not my perception of the mental health system.
DR J WILSON (Letters, January 19) need not worry when the Tour leaves York on July 6. Because when the stage starts, the first few kilometres are under a neutralised zone where no racing actually takes place. They will roll out of the city at a
I AM sure it has come as a huge shock to many readers on discovering they may have been eating horsemeat in burgers. However, considering that 10,000 horses and ponies are slaughtered in Britain each year, the odd one was bound to slip into the
I SAW the article in The Press of January about the cost to York Hospital for lost dentures. I was reminded of when I worked at the old St Mary’s Hospital and we had the means to etch names on dentures. When my husband was in York Hospital three
I HAVE noticed the clearance of trees around the city from Boroughbridge Road to Knavesmire. It takes 30 years to grow an English oak and two days to chop it down. Are any of the trees then replaced? If we are not careful we will lose a quality
IS THERE any wonder that the council is always showing a shortfall in the annual budget if it is worked out on the same principle as Coun Julie Gunnell put in her letter of January 15. How do you spend £32m on renovating offices, recover £17m over
PORTAKABIN has invested £3 million in a new sustainable hire and visitor centre at Bridgwater in Somerset. The investment follows a £6 million new manufacturing facility the modular building company built at it headquarters in York last year.
A NORTH Yorkshire school cook is to take part in the School Chef of the Year regional finals. Joanne Simpson, the school cook at Reeth Community Primary School, has been selected after impressing judges with her locally created dish called The
I HAVE been surprised not to see any letters of complaint to The Press about Mrs Brown’s Boys on BBC1, on December 30, in an episode about the Nativity. Some senior official must have given the go ahead to broadcast this alleged comedy in the full
MILDER, rainy weather should reach North Yorkshire by the weekend – but it could be preceded by further snow on Friday night, say weathermen. The North York Moors experienced further snowfalls yesterday, and the A169 Whitby to Pickering road remained
HUMBERSIDE Police looks set to appoint its first female chief officer. Humberside police and crime commissioner (PCC) Matthew Grove has put forward the Tayside chief constable Justine Curran as the force's new head. Her appointment will need
THE chief executive of structural steel business Severfield Rowen has been asked to stand down after the company reported another blow. The business reported Tom Haughey would leave with immediate effect after it announced another contract - for
A FUNDRAISING effort has started on behalf of a baby girl who died after spending all her life in a damp and overcrowded flat. Eleven-month-old Telan Carlton died suddenly after being taken ill at her family’s one-bedroom flat in Chapelfields,
THE Mile Farm Shop and Feed Shed in Pocklington is celebrating the launch of its online shop with a family food and fun afternoon next month. The event, from 2pm to 4pm on February 9, will feature tastings by local food and drink producers including
A NORTH Yorkshire MP has described a new Bill she is to present to the House of Commons as “crucial for the future of UK horse-racing”. Anne McIntosh, who represents Thirsk and Malton, took on the Offshore Gambling Bill from fellow MP Matthew Hancock
FIVE hundred tonnes of straw are burning in a large barn fire in York. There has been a large plume of smoke from the fire at the farm in Wigginton. Firefighters were called to the scene at 1.36am. The barn - which measures about 100ft by 120ft
A SELBY school’s hopes of using its floodlit sports facilities until late at night have been dealt a blow. Selby High School has applied to keep its outdoor games area operating as a “community facility” until 9.15pm during the week – three-and-a-half
RESIDENTS in the Easingwold area are being given the chance to find out more about greener energy systems for their homes at a roadshow next week. The event is being held at Alne village hall on February 2 as part of a scheme organised by Yorkshire
YORKSHIRE president Geoffrey Boycott believes the county will continue to produce England internationals to follow in the footsteps of Tim Bresnan, Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root – and has earmarked batsman Alex Lees as a potential star of the future.
A WOMAN was treated for the effects of smoke inhalation after a fire started in a bin inside her Malton home. A neighbour called fire crews to the scene in Hawthorn Avenue after hearing a smoke alarm sounding from the house at about 8.45pm on Monday
PLANS to demolish an historic waterfront crane in York have been shelved. York Sea Cadets applied to City of York Council in November for permission to demolish a gantry which juts out from their Skeldergate base, on the western bank of the River
100 years ago An advertisement told us that: “The island of Ceylon, one of the most fertile and beautiful parts of the Empire, was doubly interesting as the ideal land of the tea plant. To the natural advantages of the soil and climate had
STAFF and students at York St John University are marking Holocaust Memorial Day with a series of events. They include hosting City of York Council’s civic event from 6.30pm to 8.30pm tomorrow at the university and an images of Auschwitz exhibition
A NORTH Yorkshire artist has been given three weeks to leave his home after a landslide left it precariously perched on a seaside cliff. Kane Cunnningham blames Yorkshire Water and McCain Foods for the earth movement at Knipe Point near Cayton
THE public are being asked their views on how North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority should fund its lifesaving activities in 2013/14. The authority will hold its budget meeting on February 13. It will look at freezing its part of the council
TODAY marks the opening of a show flat in York which will demonstrate technology aimed at helping older people to continue to live safely and independently in their own homes. The Independent Living Telecare show flat, at Alex Lyon House in Tang
VULNERABLE residents in York and those on low incomes are being offered free home energy checks. City of York Council’s successful bid for support from the Warm Homes Healthy People fund has enabled initiatives including advice about measures such
REAL ale will become reel ale in York next month, when a remarkable collection of old pub films is shown in the city for the first time. City Screen cinema will host the special showing of “Roll Out The Barrel – The British Pub On Film”. Staff
Microbes, seals and terns were constant companions for one York scientist during a trip to the lonely ice fields of Antarctica. MATT CLARK caught up with him on his return home. WE MAY be fed up with this cold snap, but spare a thought for Dr James
YOUNGSTERS at Marton-cum-Grafton primary school got a surprise visitor. This giant Winnie the Pooh turned up in class on Friday to help celebrate Winnie the Pooh Day. Sue Timoney, chairman of the Friends of Marton-cum-Grafton School, said the
AN international Michelin-star- trained chef is to open a new café and restaurant at the site of the former Claret restaurant in Harrogate. Jonathan Elvin, who has worked at some of Europe’s finest Michelin-starred restaurants including Bagatelle
THREE men have been ordered to pay compensation to a doorman they attacked in York. Artur Hussan was off work for several weeks with a damaged shoulder following his encounter with Michael Andrew Crowe and Matthew and Paul Chipchase, Nicholas Adlington
A TODDLER group has been launched in the hope of bringing together young families from villages north of York. Huby Jelly Beans met for the first time in sub-zero temperatures with a warm welcome for those who braved the cold, tempted by the offer
POLICE chiefs in North Yorkshire are to shake up the shift system for their officers – fewer than two years after a sweeping revamp of work patterns. North Yorkshire Police carried out radical changes to the shifts worked by officers in 2011 as
INDEPENDENT businesses said they are disappointed at the lack of support for York firms after being made to take down signs. The group of 14 businesses is addressing the challenging retail environment by putting on York Lifestyle 2013, an exhibition
A 12-year-old boy from Harrogate hanged himself after he was permanently excluded from school, an inquest has heard. Jordan Green’s mother, Heidi Green, found him dead in his bedroom, still wearing his school uniform. His final words to her were
THE police watchdog is to investigate after it emerged a stolen Range Rover which killed a pedestrian in North Yorkshire may have been involved in two earlier incidents. Douglas Scott Robertson, 27, was killed in Stokesley just after noon on Saturday
