BLINK-182 are the first main-stage headliner to be confirmed for the 2014 Leeds Festival at Bramham Park, near Wetherby. Their summer appearances at Leeds and the sister Reading Festival will be their only British shows of the year. Also announced
POLICE are still searching for information after a "distressed" woman was spotted getting into a car in Heslington on Monday morning. Officers first appealed for information after a passerby spotted the woman getting into a black Peugeot 206 on
NORTH Yorkshire Police have released details of their mobile speed camera sites around the county for the coming week. Cameras will be in place for the week commencing Wednesday, December 4, but will not be in use all day every day. • A65 Clapham
THE St Nicholas Fayre boomed in popularity this year and visitor numbers have rocketed by 74 percent, council figures show. Almost 250,000 people flocked to the fayre over the four days last week, up by 106,000 since 2012. On Saturday alone
GUITARIST Richard Durrant plays a candlelit Christmas concert at the Milton Rooms, Malton tonight, after hot-footing it to North Yorkshire from Paraguay. He enjoyed a sun-drenched fortnight’s visit there, celebrating the reopening of the British
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE five-piece Hacktivist play the Cockpit in Leeds tonight on their 23-date autumn and winter tour. The metal, grime, hardcore and hip-hop merchants will be promoting their November mini-album, EP+, on their first British headline
A DRIVER escaped injury when his car left the road near York and crashed into a ditch. The black Citroen C2 was travelling in Common Lane End, near Elvington Lane, at about 5.30pm on Monday, when the crash happened. A North Yorkshire Police
THE NEW owners of Hudson House have revealed major refurbishment plans as they sign up their first tenants for the offices. The building in Toft Green was acquired in October alongside 23 other UK properties by Palace Capital plc for a sum of £39.25
Latest business appointments in York SAVILLS York has appointed Tom Whitehead as associate director in its rural team just weeks after appointing Richard Morley as an associate. The international property firm, which has offices in York and Leeds
Sheppee International was crowned York Business Of The Year at the Press Business Awards last month. Also winning Large Business Of The Year and the Dare To Export award, Sheppee was this year the recipient of a Queen’s Award for Enterprise. Business
MALTON Foods has sold a majority stake in the business to Dutch food group Zwanenberg Food. Zwanenberg Food UK has bought the stake in Malton Foods, which trades as Westlers Foods. The business, based in Amotherby, turns over £25 million through
A YORK hotel manager is enjoying promotion after becoming one of the UK’s first hotel management apprentices. Adam Iyer, 26, has moved into a management position at Travelodge York Micklegate two years after starting on the UK’s first ever budget
YORK City Knights will hold their official season launch tomorrow still not knowing what they will have to play for come 2014. The Kingstone Press Championship One fixture programme was released yesterday, with the Knights kicking off their campaign
FESTIVITIES may start in December, but Christmas is pencilled into the business diary much further in advance. While we’re all used to tinsel and reindeer in October, preparations began far earlier in many industries. Business editor Laura Knowlson
SIMON DYSON surged 17 places up the world rankings after his joint third finish in the Alfred Dunhill Championship. York-born Dyson, who also won almost 80,000 euros in South Africa, is now up to 168th place. His next outing is on Thursday
As you will have no doubt heard or read, starting from last October and going on through to 2018, every employer will need to have a qualifying pension scheme in place for their employees. You will also have to automatically enrol certain workers
JOHN HIGGINS felt like quitting the game during his 6-4 win over Jamie Burnett but the three-time UK Champion is delighted to still have a chance of adding another title. The Wizard of Wishaw was frustrated with his form throughout the last 32
AN East Yorkshire company has cemented its bid to become a world leader in its field by investing in a new laser-marking machine. Detectamet, based in Pocklington’s Industrial Estate, specialises in producing equipment predominantly for the food
DALE Power Solutions is positioned to surge ahead with its growth strategy after striking a deal to raise its banking facilities. The Scarborough-based generator and UPS systems provider has agreed a deal with RBS only 15 months after the firm’
THE fairytale continues for Mitchell Travis. The young amateur produced one of the biggest shocks in UK Championship history when dumping Marco Fu out in the first round – and he kept his York dream alive by disposing of Kurt Maflin in similar
JUDD TRUMP said he was “in the zone” as he produced some phenomenal scoring to beat Xiao Guodong 6-2 at the williamhill.com UK Championship. The 2011 winner at the Barbican finished off with a break of 133 and hit two other centuries to set up
YORK is to be the home of a new legal office as a Hull law firm expands into the city. Andrew Jackson solicitors, which also has an office in Grimsby, is opening a new office at The Innovation Centre, within the University of York’s Science Park
YORK Landyacht Club member David Green won the Mini Euro Cup hosted by the Westende Club in Belgium. Green made good use of aborrowed small sail, putting in constant top-three finishes to emerge victorious in the 40-strong field. York Landyacht
COMMUNICATIONS technology specialist TeleWare has launched its products in the US in a move triggered by new legislation. The Thirsk-based business, which employs 75 staff at its office in York Road, has developed recording technology in response
STALWART Steve Wadsworth has stepped down as secretary of Stillington Cricket Club after 21 years in the role. Wadsworth was one of the longest-serving secretaries in the history of the Hunters York & District Senior Cricket League. Chair
ROWNTREES RUFC scored ten tries in a 70-12 victory over a depleted Selby fourth team. The York side’s quick backs strung passes together and ran in four tries in eight first-half minutes, with two from full-back Ed Kemp and one apiece from Alex
It is estimated that anything between 250,000 and one million workers are employed on zero hours contracts in the UK. Employment law does not define a zero hours contract. In practice it has come to mean a contract for casual work, where the employer
DIVISION one leaders Crescent ‘B’ were 4-3 winners at home to Acomb Sports in the York White Rose Ladies Darts League. Acomb’s Julie Bond finished on the losing side despite scoring a 100 and firing a 24-dart leg. King William lost 4-3 at home
YORK’S out and out gusto for celebrating the talent, inventiveness and determination of entrepreneurial individuals has been prevalent over the last few weeks. The city has been buzzing with chat among corporates, SMEs, established businesses,
ROSIE HATTEE fired a 76 checkout to help Marcia Grey to a 7-4 win over Severus ‘B’ in division two of the York John Smith’s Ladies Darts League. Hattee’s effort and wins for Maggie Bedingham and Chris Peebles helped Marcia Grey to enter the pairs
ONLINE sports retailer newitts.com is a fifth-generation family-owned business established in 1902. Lisa Newitt joined seven years ago and her role as director includes choosing and buying the vast product range that the company sells online. This
Businesses in York are being urged to plan in advance to avoid missing crucial payments over the Christmas holidays. Bacs Payment Schemes Ltd, the company behind Direct Debit and Direct Credit, is reminding businesses which routinely pay via an
THIS has been the best year for tourism in York since records began. That will be no surprise to anyone who was in the city centre at the weekend, when crowds flocked to the St Nicholas Fayre. But it has been the same all year. The city’s main
THERE was a time when neighbours looked out for one another, when everyone had time for a chat over a cup of tea. Nobody would be lonely if they had someone living next door. It’s a bit different nowadays. We all lead busy lives and elderly neighbours
THE restriction of traffic on Lendal Bridge is a bold move by City of York Council. There may be better ways to limit the motoring free-for-all that blights this city, but this restriction should be seen as an essential step toward freeing the
A HAT-TRICK by Rich Jenkin was not enough to earn City of York men’s I their first win of the North Hockey League premier division season. City of York are now three points adrift at the bottom after Saturday’s 6-4 defeat by Whitley Bay and Tynemouth
IN THE heat of the night – the small hours of Sunday morning here, courtesy of the BBC World Service – I hear of York City’s fortunes on a Saturday. With a win I’m raised with the Minster Men to stand on mountain tops; if they’re beaten, I hit
Dakar Run, a useful bumper horse last season for Malton’s Richard Fahey, can carry the legendary Tony McCoy into the winners’ enclosure at Sedgefield this afternoon. Now trained by Jonjo O’Neill and owned by JP McManus, after changing hands in
IT’S good to see The Press give some positive feedback on an initiative that City of York Council undertook to renovate King’s Square (The Press November 28). For quite a few months, residents and local traders have criticised the work that was
IN REPLY to Coun Andy D’Agorne’s letter of November 29, how can he think that the Millennium Bridge should be added to Illuminating York next year? What is the council going to do – put on buses to take visitors to see it, as that is the only way
DOES anyone know of any charities wanting volunteers this Christmas? Despite many emails offering my help on Christmas Day, I haven’t heard back from any. I was hoping to maybe serve lunches, offering help to those less fortunate. Name and address
IT HAS been revealed that several big energy companies, including British Gas and nPower, have failed to carry out even six per cent of the energy efficiency improvement measures to vulnerable people’s homes they are obliged to perform under the Energy
A YORK optician has lost her locks to help a charity which makes real-hair wigs for young cancer sufferers. Alex Brightwell, store manager at Specsavers in Acomb, donated more than nine inches of her previously waist-length hair to the Little Princess
100 years ago However popular it might have been in ordinary social circles, the tango, it appeared, would not be countenanced at court. The King had on more than one occasion lately expressed strong disapproval of the tango as entirely unsuitable
BADAPPLE Theatre Company’s Theatre On Your Doorstep programme has been door-stepping pretty much non-stop since September 10 this autumn. First it was the Swinging Sixties pop tale of an Italian milkman turned beat group star in Eddie And The Gold
A FORMER senior figure in York’s civic life once complained that whenever the city’s leaders tried to do anything new and better they were inundated with complaints from people who just wanted things leaving as they were. Trying to run a city that
A VIOLENT thug has been jailed for ten years after he was caught on CCTV attacking two men outside a York pub. Ryan Lewis MacLeod, 22, set about the two strangers without provocation in a drug and alcohol-fuelled rage outside the Castle Howard
Stars flock to Harley Street skin expert Lesley Reynolds for all their beauty concerns. MAXINE GORDON heads to her London clinic for a red-carpet facial. WITH its gilt-edged chairs, ornate chaise longue and antique tea cups, 48 Harley Street feels
DETAILED plans for a housing development in York which council bosses wanted to block have been given the go-ahead. City of York Council rejected an application from Hogg the Builder for eight homes between Westview Close and a nearby sports field
A CYCLE path linking two North Yorkshire towns has been reopened. A lack of funds had prevented a full resurfacing scheme being carried out on the Beryl Burton Cycleway between Harrogate and Knaresborough, but North Yorkshire County Council and
Elvington’s Christmas craft fair will be held in the village hall on Saturday, from 10am, with a wide selection of stalls selling handmade goods. Coffees, lunches and teas will be served throughout the day. On Sunday at 6pm, there will be carols
SHOPPERS can park for free in Selby this Saturday, as part of a scheme to help trade in the town. All Selby District Council pay and display car parks will be free to use this Saturday, on Saturday, December 21, and on Christmas Eve. Councillor
A GRANDMOTHER died after being given morphine six times more powerful than she was prescribed. Judith Marshall, 72, of Old Malton, had been prescribed the painkiller by her doctor at the Derwent Surgery in Malton, but shortly afterwards, Beecham
FORGET wrinkles and grey hair – a liking for sprouts could be a sign of ageing. As a child, in common with millions of other youngsters, I tried to avoid the vegetable at all costs. I would ask myself who in their right mind wants to eat soggy
Tchaikovsky’s enchanting and magical Christmas story The Nutcracker was a perfect introduction to ballet for my dance-mad nine-year-old daughter and her friend who had just found out they would be performing the same show at their school this Christmas
Five nineteenth-century firebrands were summoned for the unveiling of York Symphony Orchestra’s season to a packed Lyons on Sunday with a programme that allowed 200th-anniversary nods to both Verdi and Wagner. It was by way of Shakespeare that
The annual BBC Radio York Carol Service will this year be recorded in Selby Abbey on Thursday, December 12, at 7.30pm. Canon John Weetman is inviting everyone from the Selby community and local churches to support the Abbey Choir and organist and
A LEADING councillor has defended his party’s call for the Lendal Bridge traffic trial to be abandoned early after political opponents said he supported closing it three years ago. City of York Council’s Conservative group has formally asked the
NORTH Yorkshire is being hit by more shoplifting and minor theft as people steal to support themselves because of austerity cuts, the region’s top police officer has said. Low-value items such as food and nappies are being more regularly stolen
THE son of a 79-year-old man who died in York Hospital has told an inquest some of the treatment his father received was good, while some was shocking. Roland Wilson, from Sheriff Hutton, near York, died in January, four months after he was seriously
A SCHOOLGIRL in York was followed home from school by a man in a small silver car, police have said. Officers are investigating the incident, which happened on Monday, November 18, when the 12-year-old girl was walking in Maythorn Road in Huntington
EVERYONE from farmers and nuns to mayors and soldiers braved the cold and the cowpats yesterday at Murton’s annual Christmas fat stock market. Tinsel and trimmings were a far cry from the mud-braised 4x4s and drab containers in the car park.
A DRUG dealer who used a motor vehicle repair business as cover for a £350,000 cannabis farm has been ordered to hand over some of his ill-gotten gains. York Crown Court heard Richard George Oldroyd, 36, from Whixley near York, had benefited from
The bills of Yorkshire Water customers are not expected to rise as high as planned in the next financial year. Following concerns about rising household costs, the company has decided not to push ahead with a price increase planned for 2014-15
PEOPLE who use social care services in York face being left isolated and insufficiently supported, a survey has found. Findings were revealed in a report to City of York Council’s health scrutiny committee, which met to discuss findings from an
THE skills of young York mathematicians were put to the test at a city supermarket. The youngsters competed in the semi-final of the National Young Mathematicians’ Award at Sainsbury’s Monks Cross store. Schools taking part were Badger Hill
THE stars of a York pantomime have given festive fun-seekers a sneak preview as they prepare to unveil their Christmas production. Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs begins its run at the Grand Opera House on Friday, December 13, with ex-Emmerdale
THERE are a number of small choirs in and around York, but none smaller than Paul Gameson's Ebors, who - on Saturday at least - were a mere 14 voices. This is a true chamber group, with its premium on blend and individual effort. The evening’s
AN APPEAL has been launched to find family members of a York man who has died. Stephen Hall, believed to be in his forties, was found dead at an address in York earlier this month. His friend David Petherick, of Scarcroft Hill, said Mr Hall
A PATIENT has told of her experiences when she was sent from York to a hospital in London when she had a psychiatric breakdown due to a shortage of local beds. Alison*, who is in her 30s, was taken by ambulance to a unit in London in the middle
10:00pm Apologies for tonight's problems. We have had techincal hitches which have prevented us from updating the blog. We missed a great game too. Stephen Maguire beat John Higgins 6-3 and he hit the highest break of the
DON’T you step on my green baize shoes – two snooker champions have teamed up with York’s own Elvis to mark the opening of a new betting shop in the city. Jimmy White and Ken Doherty took the UK Snooker Championship trophy with them to meet Elvis
York Crematorium is holding a special memorial service on Sunday, at 12.30pm. Crematorium Chaplain the Rev Allan Hughes will take the service and families are invited to remember their loved ones, either by attending or by giving the names of those
RESIDENTS in Selby will benefit from a new-style Citizens Advice Bureau thanks to Lottery funding. The new Selby District Advice & Information Network will be introduced in the next two years, following grants of about £250,000, and will see
MOTORISTS across North Yorkshire have been urged to have “not a drop, not a drag this festive season”. Road safety charity Brake has launched its festive campaign to help prevent drink-and-drug driving this Christmas and New Year and have also
A RURAL museum is opening its doors for free to stage a weekend of Christmas activities. Ryedale Folk Museum, in Hutton-le-Hole, is to celebrate its last weekend of the season by waving its admission fee on Saturday, December 7 and Sunday, December
A NORTH Yorkshire town is gearing up for the start of its Christmas celebrations this week. Friday will mark the beginning of Helmsley's two-week annual Christmas Tree Festival, which last year drew 2,500 visitors and raised £4,000 for good causes
CAMPAIGNERS who want to reopen a rail line between York and Beverley say plans being considered by council bosses will “kill off any chance” of it happening. The cabinet of East Riding Council will today receive the draft Local Plan report which
York Minster is hosting a series of festive workshops this month offering the chance to create handmade gifts in time for Christmas. The craft workshops will take place on each Saturday leading up to Christmas and involve creating cross-stitch
CHARACTERS from Roald Dahl tales provided the inspiration for a York chef’s annual Christmas treat for seriously ill children. Ashley McCarthy, co-owner of Ye Old Sun Inn at Colton, has made a themed chocolate display every Christmas for the last
A new interactive website for community groups in York will launch on Saturday. TIM in York has been designed so groups can promote events, communicate and co-ordinate projects. It was named by 12-year-old Zack Chamberlin-Kidd using the initials
THE annual World Wildlife Fund’s Wildlife Enforcer of the Year Awards has been won by North Yorkshire Police’s PC John Wilbor. PC Wilbor, who is based in Richmondshire, won the title for his work tackling wildlife crime and his work on the Border
YORK’S city leaders have pledged to cut smoking in the city, where nicotine causes 300 deaths every year. City of York Council yesterday became the first local authority in Yorkshire to sign the Local Government Declaration On Tobacco Control,
RECORD-BREAKING visitor numbers have been reported at York’s biggest tourist attractions with an eight per cent rise this year. This has proved to be the best year since records began almost a decade ago, according to tourism figures from York’
NEW cycle racks have been unveiled in York city centre, bringing the number of spaces for bikes to more than 1,000. The installation of new racks and the extension of others by City of York Council during this year has added 150 spaces throughout
WEEKEND noise crackdown teams in York have seen the number of calls they receive and visits they make rise this year. Figures have shown that City of York Council’s noise patrol officers, who operate between 9pm and 3am on Friday and Saturday nights
We have launched a new monthly column, highlighting the work of employee volunteering in York through the charity York Cares. WITH its extraordinary history and vibrant culture, York is a beautiful and exciting place to live and work. But supporting
