EMERGENCY services remain at the scene of a chemical spill that has closed the A1 in North Yorkshire. Two lorries collided between junctions 47 and 48 near Boroughbridge at about 4pm, causing one of them to spill about 300 litres of a sodium hydroxide
A stiff back for Ryan Sidebottom put paid to Yorkshire’s chances of setting up a game with Surrey during today’s fourth day at Headingley. The White Rose county had to settle for their fourth LV= County Championship draw of the season to leave
A PUB landlady from York has been fined £595 and given a suspended jail sentence after her bingo night was raided by police. British bingo fans, including holidaymakers, were arrested in the swoop on the Yorkshire Tavern in Albufeira, in the Algarve
Yorkshire have suffered a disappointing fourth morning with the bat to open the door for Surrey at Headingley. All three results are still possible heading into the final two sessions of this LV= County Championship match as the White Rose reached
York was privileged to play host to a band now in the middle of a UK tour supporting The Who on the Quadrophenia tour, about to play Glastonbury this weekend and soon to support The Rolling Stones at Hyde Park. They should need no introduction
Mel Watson laughs happily with her partner, Josh, as she talks about the exciting changes happening in her life. About to become a mother for the first time, she is also packing for her first ever trip abroad where she has been invited to stay for
THE future of the NRM is looking much more secure now that threatened Government cuts to museums funding appear to be less severe. But there is no harm in reminding ministers, and the leadership of the Science Museum Group which runs the NRM, just
A BRANDING and graphic design agency based in York has grown substantially over the last year, securing a wealth of new clients. United by Design, based in The Mount, is now working for global professional services firm KPMG, Leeds-based retail
SCARBOROUGH manufacturer Unison has launched a new phase in its history with a week of exhibitions and visits at its new premises. The company, which designs and manufactures electric tube-bending machines for the automotive and aerospace industries
YORK City Knights boss Gary Thornton bemoaned a “game-changing” refereeing call but praised his side’s have-a-go mentality in defeat at big-guns Leigh. The Knights lost 42-20, with Thornton slating the decision to allow a breakaway home try to
A YORK security firm has passed an independent assessment and accreditation process enabling it to forge links with blue-chip businesses. Eboracum Security Ltd, which has five staff but can employ up to 85 during festival season when it covers
SKELWITH Leisure is providing more bedrooms at the Raithwaite Estate, near Whitby. The company has opened the 28-bedroom Keep at the estate, on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors National Park, where they already operate the 45-bedroom Raithwaite
HUGH Bayley, MP for York Central, has met some of the winners of The Press’s Local Business Accelerators campaign. Mr Bayley met Alex Claydon and Samantha Agnew, founders of Now and Then Events, a small business which arranges shopping events,
THIS week, the York Cocoa House, in Blake Street, York, will become a temporary theatre in the evenings when the audience will be “hit by the gorgeous smell of chocolate and a cacophony of chocolate-making sounds”. As part of the York Festival
I’VE been having a root through my drawers. No, not those ones and don’t be so rude… The ones which are a household dumping ground for all manner of things that for some inexplicable reason can't or won’t be thrown away. Stuff like old phone chargers
ON Look North recently, in reference to the possible closure of the NRM, James Alexander advised the government to get a backbone. I would suggest that Coun Alexander does the same with regard to the Community Stadium project. It was understood
CITY of York Athletic Club star Richard Buck brought Great Britain’s 4x400 metres relay quartet home in first place in the final event of the European Athletics Team Championships in Gateshead. Buck was handed the baton in first place after Conrad
It is true, those new speed “cushions” are dreadful (Letters, June 20). No matter at what speed you approach them it’s a very uncomfortable experience. They are much worse than the normal humps. Coun Andy D’Agorne says that they are mostly being
Recently I attended the council’s “consultation” in Copmanthorpe where residents can see details of the Local Plan. Sadly there was a limited range of documents, many only having one copy, and there was no effort to be relevant to Copmanthorpe,
IT IS gratifying that the Labour Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills has written to council leaders because it suggests Labour has finally decided it would be good to support small businesses. Quite clearly our Labour
I would like to thank Councillor Tracey Simpson-Laing for her reply (Letters June 17) to my earlier letter (June 9) about Leeds city council reclassifying some of its council housing so tenants won’t have to pay bedroom tax. I have the greatest
I would appreciate it if you could make your readers aware that my e-petition (which asks for Richard III to be reinterred at York Minster) is still available to sign and has now passed the 27,000 signatories mark. It can be found at epetitions.direct.gov.uk
MBE stands for “My Big Ego” (letters June 19). I could not have put it better myself, but I spent quite some time last week-end searching the paper to find out if any TV presenter in the south had also been awarded a decoration for talking endlessly
FORMER York City Rowing Club star Tom Ransley and his eights crew mates won gold for Great Britain in the Samsung World Cup at Eton Dorney. The University of York graduate lined up alongside North Yorkshire rower Andrew Triggs Hodge for the final
IF points were handed out for giving it a go, York City Knights would have been awarded at least a bonus yesterday. As it was, they returned from Leigh with nothing, a 42-20 defeat not only continuing their wait for an away win in the Championship
CARLTON Feast - a tradition going back more than a century - was held again in the village near Selby at the weekend. The event started with a parade through the village, led by the Beverley Pipe Band. with the feast queen, Sophie Hudson, 10, riding
A PLAY area in Selby could close if it is the target of vandals again, the town council has warned. The Barwic Parade play area underwent a £5,000 renovation earlier this year. A special surfacing was used to coat the ground around the mound and
A DROP in standards resulted in York Acorn ARLC crashing 28-18 at West Hull in the National Conference League. The Blue and Golds were unable to match the performance that toppled premier division leaders Thatto Heath the previous weekend.
A magnificent seven-wicket haul by Daniel Woods gave York victory over Appleby Frodingham in an enthralling Solly Sports Yorkshire ECB County Premier League contest at Clifton Park. In a match reduced by rain to a timed contest, the home side beat
ACOMB are fifth in the Hunters York & District Senior Cricket Legaue premier division after a superb seven-wicket win over Studley Royal. The Royals, who were flying high in second place, were only able to make 94-6 batting first at Acomb.
LOWLY Pickering were denied a valuable 18 points when their division one game against Fenner was abandoned in the Hunters York & District Senior Cricket League. The Pikes needed only 27 more runs for a victory over their promotion-chasing visitors
Newcomers Brandesburton gained their first victory at the eighth attempt when they recorded a seven-wicket home win over third-placed Osbaldwick in division six. Nigel Rippon hit 75 out of the York side’s total of 123. Harry Atkin logged nine maidens
CIVIL Service’s promotion hopes in division seven received a setback when they were beaten at home by Tadcaster Magnet by five wickets. Kevin Wakefield claimed 5-17 and James Key 3-31 as Service were dismissed for 115, with Simon Desborough making
Rowntrees & Huntington maintained their recent momentum when they eclipsed Easingwold by eight wickets in division four. Alan Robinson, with 48, was the only bright spot for Easingwold as they were pegged to 92-8, with Tom Shaw taking 3-9.
HEWORTH eased into second place in division five with an eight-wicket victory at Hornsea. Oliver Nicholson grabbed 4-13 as the hosts were restricted to 118-8. Lee Bradshaw (25) was one of only two Heworth batsmen to perish as Guy Wilkinson
POLICE are searching for a man who has not been seen since leaving hospital at the weekend. Mark Andrew Nicol left York Hospital at about 11.20am yesterday, and currently has both legs in plaster, and is using crutches to get around. North
PEOPLE will be able to report drink-drivers by text message, as North Yorkshire Police strive to catch more offenders. The force plans to launch a new number later this year following the success of a similar scheme in Sussex. It is thought
SCIENTISTS and healthcare workers demonstrated how diseases are being tackled to shoppers in York city centre. Science Out Of The Lab, an interactive York Festival of Ideas event in St Sampson’s Square, explored the treatment and prevention of
A MOTORBIKE caught fire after it was involved in a collision with a car at Gilling East, near Helmsley, yesterday morning. North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service said firefighters from Malton and Easingwold put out the blaze, and it was not
THE Liberal Democrat housing spokeswoman on City of York Council is facing eviction by the authority. Coun Lynn Jeffries has been taken to York County Court in a dispute over whether she should be allowed to stay in temporary accommodation provided
YORK’S newest venue for youth and children’s work has been officially opened. There were speeches from church leaders and people were able to look around the new space at Basement Central, below the Central Methodist Church in St Saviourgate. There
WHEN seven-year-old John Allison drowned in the River Ouse in 1946, his grave at a York cemetery was marked only by a plain wooden cross. Now, 67 years after the tragedy, his younger brother Barry has flown across the world from his home in New
A NEW drive to make York a more dementia-friendly city will be launched today. York Dementia Without Walls is a local action group involving local businesses, community groups, individuals and public services. They will gather at City of York
ABOUT a hundred greyhounds went for walkies together by York’s River Ouse yesterday. The dogs were taking part in the Great British Greyhound Walk, an annual dogwalking event held at locations across the country, aimed at raising the profile of
A DRUG-DEALER is facing jail after being found guilty of possessing more than £24,000 worth of heroin. Philip Andrew Wishart, 47, was convicted at York Crown Court of possessing 245 grams of the class A drug with intent to supply. Wishart,
A MAN who entered a Beverley property by an unlocked back door and burgled the house while the occupants lay asleep has been jailed for two years and ten months. Nathan Lewis Hilton, 23, from Hull, took the keys to the family’s two cars and stole
A YORK councillor claims Labour is being “economical with the truth” over controversial plans to allocate land at Knapton for a showpeople’s yard. Rural West Tory councillor Chris Steward has spoken out after Labour’s housing cabinet member, Coun
HISTORIAN Hugh Murray has been buried at the place he loved and where he spent many happy years as a volunteer – York Cemetery. More than 150 people, including his widow, Jill, gathered at a packed funeral in the cemetery’s restored chapel to celebrate
A STUNNING display of shrubs and flowers within a Viking longboat is spearheading Stamford Bridge’s entry into this year’s Yorkshire In Bloom contest. The six-metre long model has been painstakingly constructed by tutor Phillip Mountain and students
TV PRESENTER and interior designer Linda Barker started a fun run at the end of a successful three-day festival in the grounds of a care home near Tadcaster. Linda, whose father, Bob, is a resident at Barchester Healthcare’s Highfield Care Home
North Yorkshire Youth Council and North Yorkshire County Council have announced the Ride-Around-For-£1 under-19s bus travel scheme will be expanded to include Scarborough and Selby this summer, between July 27 to September 1, enabling travel for a
THE role of housing in preventing and tackling poverty will be on the agenda during a week of events and activities in York later this year. Housing Week 2013 will run from October 14 to 18, with landlords, private and public-sector organisations
NINE fundraisers saddled up for a 132-mile ride to support Diabetes UK, the York Diabetes Centre and York Eye Clinic. Members of the North Yorkshire Diabetic Eye Screening Programme team cycled from Skipton to Bridlington for the challenge, with
THE site of a former York superclub could become a new gym after an outdoor clothing firm moved out. Proposals have been handed in to City of York Council for the Clifton Moor building which once housed the Ikon & Diva nightclub and was vacated
100 years ago The Rev Howard May, of Harrogate, had related to an Edinburgh audience that one of the most humorous examples of epitaphs he had come across was the one where a woman had lost her husband, and on the tombstone, after the usual inscription
A FREE screening of a documentary film about a man suffering from a fatal illness will be held in York on Friday. I Am Breathing is the story of Neil Platt, who died of motor neurone disease in 2009, and wanted his final days recording to raise
A HARROGATE student delivered a “dead goose” to London department store Fortnum and Mason as part of a protest organised by PETA. Photography student Rose Patterson, 23, wished to highlight the cruel treatment of geese in the production of foie
FROM War of the Worlds to Et and beyond, the idea of extraterrestrial life has captured imaginations for decades. For 25 years the Ministry of Defence even kept top-secret records of all reported UFO sightings, such as the “irregular pattern of
A GIRL from York who was struck by meningitis as a toddler and has raised funds for York Hospital has been nominated for a Community Pride Award. Edie Palmer, eight, of Acomb, featured in The Press in 2007 when she was rushed to hospital after
THREE York soldiers are preparing to take a cycling tour around all their regiment’s squadrons in aid of an armed forces charity. Starting on July 15, Lance Corporal Nat Wainwright and Staff Sergeants Jon Streather and Craig Jackson, all members
THERE was a heroes’ welcome for the father of a one-year-old eye cancer sufferer as he completed a 192-mile-run to help fight the disease. Billy White and his friend Chris Wright, both from York, ran coast to coast in just a week to raise money
A NORTH Yorkshire council’s plans to build new offices have been questioned by councillors who claim money should instead be spent on upgrading its existing facilities. Harrogate Borough Council has tabled two options for its future accommodation
UPGRADES to roads in west York as part of the city’s Access York transport scheme will mean new speed restrictions coming into force. The scheme includes two new Park&Ride sites at Poppleton Bar and Askham Bar as well as road improvements.
BEING honest and talking through your problems are the key to a happy marriage, according to Dennis and Elsie Barton from Woodthorpe, who have celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary. Dennis and Elsie, both 84, met in 1947 and celebrated their
A warm midsummer’s evening in York and a crowd gathered at the Grand Opera House to relive a magical event from their past, the sound of Tamla Motown. It was tribute to great artists who have stood the test of time and will never be forgotten such
AN EXHIBITION venue has been found for a collection of photographs of “great women of York” following an appeal in The Press. The Spurriergate Centre is hosting the exhibition of pictures by Andrea Denniss, of Pink Lily Photography of New Earswick
YORK council’s plans to allocate land at Dunnington for a travellers’ site have come under fresh fire at a public meeting. York Outer MP Julian Sturdy, who organised the meeting in the village on Saturday, claimed City of York Council had failed
