A PEDESTRIAN has been injured in a collision in North Yorkshire. North Yorkshire Police are currently at the scene on the A171 Whitby to Scarborough road, close to Fylingdales Service Station, where a man was struck by a car at about 5.40pm.
YORK should be declared a human rights city within the next four years, placing it at the centre of international campaigns, a charity based in the city has said. International Service, which is based in Rougier Street, made the call today, following
A MAJOR event in York’s festive calendar has been cancelled due to lack of ticket sales. The promoters of this year’s York Barbican pantomime, Dick Whittington, announced yesterday that the show has been cancelled, just over two weeks before the
DETECTIVES trying to identify a woman who was found dead in a North Yorkshire river have released images of the jewellery she was wearing. The body of the elderly woman was found in the River Nidd at Knaresborough at about 8.50am on Wednesday,
BUSINESS groups have welcomed today’s Autumn Statement though calls have been made for more support, especially for families. Chancellor George Osborne this morning revealed a number of measures aimed at supporting business, in particular helping
BERWICK Kaler is fretting. “I’m not a comedian,” he says. “And I’m not going to be the voice of pantomime – though I know quite a bit about pantomime, but it’s just something you have to see to understand it.” Berwick is speaking ahead of Thursday
THE honour of kicking off the York pantomime season once more falls to the Rowntree Players, whose production of Jack And The Beanstalk opens on Saturday at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre. Written and directed by Howard Ella, the show revolves around
PAPER Beat Scissors is the Canadian project of ex-pat Brit Tim Crabtree, who relocated to the Maple Leaf country’s windy East Coast. Soon catching the attention of the music scene in his adoptive home, Crabtree recorded his self-titled debut with
THE jazzinyork.com website is usually spot on with listings, but there are one or two blips at the moment, due to the change of programming at the Old White Swan. Jazz at the Goodramgate pub is now reduced to only the first Thursday of the month and
PAPER-CUT artist Jimmy Brunt has completed a hand-cut of York Minster, the first in his series of Yorkshire-inspired works commissioned by Nunnington gallery Bils & Rye. “The ancient art of paper-cutting requires skill but also a great deal
THE York Artists’ Christmas Exhibition in the York Cemetery Chapel, in Cemetery Road, York, takes place this weekend. Billing the show as “Living Art in a Dead Place!!!”, participant Lesley Birch introduces the event as: “Four artists painting,
BADAPPLE Theatre Company has settled on its first two shows of 2014. Kate Bramley, the Green Hammerton company’s founder and director, will present a new play to mark the centenary of the First World War, The Thankful Village. “These were the
ALFIE BOE and Russell Watson were fortunate to have been born into their generation. For the better part of 50 years, and the heyday of Kenneth McKellar, cultured trained voices were strictly marginalised solely for musical theatre and the better opera
THE eighth collection from Radio 1’s Live Lounge is mainly more of the same, although the quality of some tracks disappoints. Performance-wise, there’s a lot to like, with artists performing their own hits and covers of recent releases. The real
RING RING is the latest ABBA album to receive the full and fabulous deluxe make over, with 13 additional tracks and a complimentary DVD. But technically Ring Ring wasn’t even an ABBA album. Originally released in Sweden in 1973, Ring Ring was the
FOLLOWING their critically acclaimed and home recorded debut album Bliss Release, Sydney band Cloud Control have discovered the value of studio time, not to mention a top-notch producer in Barny Barnicott. The somewhat carefree, ramshackle approach
REMEMBER those Ronco collections, where, for copyright reasons top 20 hits had to be covered by session artists? We breathed a collective sigh of relief when That’s What I Call Music finally broke the mould, and with good reason. Because covers
NADUR is Clannad’s first album of new material since 1999’s Landmarks and their first with the full original line-up since 1989’s Past Present. Past and present and even the supernatural future have always come together in their Celtic compound
DERBYSHIRE folk singer and fiddler Bella Hardy brings her festive Bright Morning Star tour to York with special guests Anna Massie and Chris Sherburn on Tuesday night. Expect to hear seasonal favourites O, Come All Ye Faithful and Have Yourself
TURN to page 13 of Pocklington Arts Centre’s autumn and winter brochure and you will find an unusual notice for Friday, December 6, at 8pm. This reads: “A rather special singer/songwriter will be appearing on this date”, a message inserted at the request
SCREAMING TARTS, alias York promoter Martyn Rudd, presents Howard Marks: Scholar, Smuggler, Prisoner, Scribe on Thursday, December 12, in the Basement bar at City Screen, York, at 8pm. This year, the intrepid bon-viveur and onetime York resident
AESTHETICA Short Film Festival is on the lookout already for Yorkshire film talent for next year’s event in York. Organised by York cultural publication Aesthetica Magazine, the 2013 festival ran for four days in November, when 15 locations were
CITY Screen, York is celebrating the Christmas season with a series of festive films and satellite ballet, and concert screenings from Monday to December 31. These will include live broadcasts from the Royal Opera House, London, and the Berlin
A YORK primary school teacher who molested his pupils and filmed children as they changed for swimming lessons has seen his six-month jail sentence more than doubled. The Court of Appeal has ruled that Richard Oldham, who was jailed for just six
IS it possible to be more multinational and multitalented than Zak Ozmo, director, archlute player and baroque guitarist of the early music group L’Avventura London, who play the York Early Music Christmas Festival on Tuesday? Born in Bosnia Herzegovina
WHILE York waits for the verdict from the delayed judicial review of Richard III’s remains, the York Waits have pressed ahead with their new disc of music from the life and times of the last Yorkist monarch. “Arguments may still rage over a final
ROB McVeigh went from leading man in amateur dramatics and builder to Any Dream Will Do. Only one dream would do, and it was the chance to see how far he could go with his talent for singing. “Rob The Builder” was born, as the South Yorkshireman
HERB Helpless And The Marijuana Brass, also known as The Herbs Festival Experience, perform the history of the great British music festival at the Victoria Vaults, York, tonight at 8pm. “We’ll be going from the jazz of the 1950s to the flower power
FRONT man Mike Scott and violinist Steve Wickham are reuniting with saxophonist Anthony Thistlethwaite and bass guitarist Trevor Hutchinson in the Fisherman’s Blues-era line-up of The Waterboys for the first time since 1990 this autumn. Joined
SWISS pianist Louis Schwizgebel performs Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert sonatas at the Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York, on Friday, December 13. This 8pm programme, which includes Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, will be the third in
YORK atmospheric rock band Mostly Autumn are playing two gigs in successive nights in York this week. Bryan Josh and co will be performing a semi-acoustic warm-up with a meet-and-greet too at Fibbers tomorrow, when Bird To Beast duo Hannah Hird
TICKET sales for Chapter House Choir’s first Carols by Candlelight concert in a new setting at York Minster on December 18 are going strong. Only a few seats are left at the rear of the Nave and a number of unreserved aisle seats are still available
YORK’S BAFTA award-winning computer game design company has launched its latest game after turning to crowd funding for support. Revolution Software’s Broken Sword game put the business on the global map when it was launched in 1996, and now boasts
ALL seven employees at biotechnology firm Evocutis have been issued with redundancy notices as the business confirms it is in takeover talks. The loss-making, listed Wetherby company said it was in discussions with “a small private company” regarding
A YORK laboratory equipment manufacturer is expanding with a new office in the North East. Yorlab, which has its head office in Dunnington, has opened a site in South Hetton, led by branch manager Amy Reay. Previously located at Bearpark on
AN agricultural machinery dealership dating back more than 100 years has secured a seven-figure finance deal after seeing turnover almost double since 2009. Wilfred Scruton Ltd, which has two North Yorkshire bases in Riccall and Foxholes, is planning
YORK-based Minster Law has revealed it is expanding into London. The move by the personal injury specialist, which employs 800 people in York and Wakefield, follows its acquisition by the BGL Group earlier this year. After being granted the
Should York ally itself with Leeds and other West Yorkshire metropolitan authorities in a combined super council? STEPHEN LEWIS reports. York is close to allying itself with Leeds, Bradford and other West Yorkshire metropolitan authorities in a
TICKETS go on sale at 10am today for Beth Nielsen Chapman’s February 12 show at Pocklington Arts Centre, the smallest location on the American singer-songwriter’s 2014 British tour. “We’re extremely pleased to have secured a date with Beth, whose
SOMETIMES you wonder what sort of a country we live in. Reports of people fighting over bargains in supermarkets on Black Friday filled me with despair at what I’m tempted to call the molten corrosiveness of consumerism. This day on the stupid
A DRIVE to support the high street was one of the main focuses of George Osborne’s Autumn Statement. The Chancellor this morning revealed a number of measures that he claimed were aimed at supporting independent retailers. While he did not
I WELCOME the council’s recent announcement that they are one of the first signatories to the local government declaration on tobacco control, which primarily will restrict big tobacco’s influence in the formulation of public health policy. While
SO LEEDS and York Trust are not commissioned to provide intensive services (Mental health care in crisis, The Press, November 30). Why? In some cases, a person who becomes mentally ill is extremely vulnerable and afraid and their family will be very
HAD the letter from F E Sharpe (Jumping with rage, Letters November 30) been lost in the Post Office catacombs for a few years? Wanting people to sign a petition to “bring back the Harrier”, is, sadly, two years too late. The Harrier was scrapped
OUR Prime Minister is trying to fool us into voting Tory with a referendum promise, while at the same time fighting to stay in the EU. In other words, he wants to look both ways for political gain. We are about to be inundated by hundreds and thousands
Maurice Vassie is determined to find some justification for super salaries in the public sector (Letters, November 25). He now maintains they are so high because of “the performance and complex results that those senior executives are required
THE Scots Nationalists last week offered an incomplete and inadequate explanation of how independence will work, including, paradoxically, retaining the UK pound. Yet the UK’s Bank of England will no longer retain an “interest” in the Scottish economy
AS a daily reader of The Press and a regular visitor to the city, I despair for the ratepayers of York having to accept the banal comments uttered from both sides of the leadership on the council. These councillors belittle local politics with
THANK you to the person who found my woolly hat in Marks & Spencer, Pavement, York, on the afternoon of November 26. I am most grateful. John Mannikin, Pasture Farm Close, Fulford, York.
I HAVE been to a set of three peace talks at Bootham School, organised by Joyce Prichard. They were excellent, but unfortunately, I was not able to attend the fourth because I was not well. I go to history classes and two things I have noticed
WITH reference to the article in The Press, November 27, regarding age-related deaths in cold weather, have we become a nation of wimps? When I was a child we lived in a huge farmhouse with seven bedrooms, a bathroom (a luxury then), a long corridor
IN March, Christ Church in Stockton Lane, York, will be celebrating 50 years’ service to the community. Preparations are in hand to mark the occasion and we are seeking memorabilia and this prompts me to ask if any of readers have any photographs
YOUR article (Hotel plan for site of WW2 aircraft factory, The Press, November 28) quotes the council leader as saying: “The Reynard’s garage site is likely to become a four-star hotel”. Hmmm! I wonder if there are secret plans to have restricted
RECENTLY shopping in one of the larger supermarkets, I thought to buy a couple of pizzas for the workmen working in my house. Arriving at the counter and noticing they didn’t have a large selection on display, I asked if they could make me two
11:35pm He's got out of it again. Magnificent! 11:34pm A lucky flick on the brown, though, and Selby is tight in behind the yellow and in all sorts of trouble.
THIS light-controlled pedestrian refuge has been demolished for the second time in the space of just three weeks. Luckily no one was killed. Situated adjacent to the junction of Layerthorpe and Hallfield Road York, it is clearly careless driving
100 years ago The honeymoon was said to be a survival from the old days of marriage by capture. Far from being a pleasure trip, as it currently was, it was originally a hurried flight, made necessary by the wrath of the bride’s father. For
IT’S a Hollywood mogul’s dream story. Jon Entwistle was a toddler when his mother fell in love and moved to the other side of the world without him. He was brought up by his father, and his father’s new wife Irene: and never knew he had a sister
ON the centre pages of this newspaper today we look at the case for and against York joining a new “super council” made up mainly of West Yorkshire urban areas such as Leeds, Bradford and Wakefield. Joining the proposed Combined Authority would
AN explosive dating back to World War Two has been detonated today after being found at Pickering Showground. A member of the public phoned North Yorkshire Police at about 2.40pm yesterday to say they had found a suspect looking device. A 200m
YORK-BORN golf ace Simon Dyson was today appearing in front of a three-man disciplinary panel summoned by the European Tour in the aftermath of his disqualification from the BMW Masters in China six weeks ago. And there are strong rumours throughout
PAUL DAVISON believes York has become “the home of the UK Championship” and has expressed disappointment at rumours the tournament could move from the Minster city. The Pickering potter made his Barbican bow in this year’s event – beating Gerard
DING JUNHUI’S dominant spell in snooker came to a dramatic end at the UK Championship. The Chinese superstar, who had won his previous 22 matches in ranking events, missed a sitter of a pink, when trailing 5-4, to take his last-16 clash with Ricky
STUART BINGHAM isn’t bothered how long his matches take – as long as he gets over the winning line. The Essex cueman advanced to the quarter-finals with a 6-1 victory over David Morris and has dropped just five frames in the entire UK Championship
REIGNING world BDO champion Scott Waites will be holding a Christmas Lunch Darts Exhibition at The Black Bull, York, on Friday, December 20. Tickets are still available for the Hull Road event, which will run from 2pm to 7pm and see Lakeside victor
THIRSK & Sowerby Harriers fielded 18 runners in the final North Yorkshire/South Durham cross-country event of the year at Croft Autodrome. Under-17 runner Charlotte Knowles led home members in the ladies’ race finishing 21st out of 74 entrants
BEWILDERED Judd Trump said his 6-4 Barbican exit to Mark Allen in the williamhill.com UK Championship was like playing in a “club match”. York’s champion two years ago admitted to being “really frustrated” after the Northern Irishman gained revenge
RUTHLESS Ronnie O’Sullivan took barely 70 minutes to crush Robert Milkins in the UK Championship last night. The Rocket raced to a 6-0 victory and will meet Stuart Bingham today, on his 38th birthday, in the quarter-finals. O’Sullivan struck
MARK SELBY is still the defending champion at the UK Championship – and that fact is keeping him positive, writes Steve Carroll. The world number two scrapped past Graeme Dott 6-2 to look ahead to a quarter-final clash today with Barry Hawkins
New Earswick Indoor Bowls Club edged past Scarborough 71-70 in the North Eastern League. Their three winning rinks picked up eight of the ten points at stake to move into fourth place in the league. Away, Pat Walker’s team scored 17 shots without
ENGLAND Rugby League coach Steve McNamara is heading to Pocklington as the TEDx initiative arrives in town. Fresh from the World Cup, Mr McNamara is guest speaker at TEDx Pocklington - a conference style event aimed at bringing together people
YORK Indoor Bowls Club booked a date with Hartlepool in the Egham Trophy after beating Hornsea 81-66. The Thanet Road club were favourites to triumph, but it was far from easy as Hornsea pushed them all the way. Leading 26-13 after five ends
Selby Warriors ARLC have received a major boost as they look to kickstart their campaign at home to Dodworth (2pm). Former player and head coach Paul Helstrip, who led the Warriors on an unprecedented run of success and rise up the Pennine League
YORK City Knights’ new replica shirts proved a hit with fans as the club officially launched their 2014 season last night. The club’s new merchandise, including trendy specially designed T-shirts as well as the replica strips, which feature a retro
John Quinn, out of luck at Catterick yesterday when his well-regarded young hurdler Forced Family Fun unseated his rider at the very first flight after colliding with another runner in mid-air, can gain compensation at Market Rasen this afternoon.
TRIBUTES have been paid to a long-serving teacher at a York school who died, aged 53, only weeks after being diagnosed with a heart condition. Lorraine Elizabeth Holmes worked as a teacher for more than 30 years, with time spent at Shipton Street
A new initiative to be introduced in East Yorkshire aims to reduce rates of Clostridium difficile. A C-diff card will be issued to patients who test positive for C-diff either in hospital or at their GP surgery. The card is designed to alert
THE Coca-Cola Christmas truck visited York on its tour of the country. It was in St Sampson’s Square yesterday and people could get free drinks. There was also a choir performing a host of festive songs and an opportunity for members of the public
AN alleged murderer told a jury he considered destroying the body of the antiques dealer he is accused of killing. Graham Richardson, 27, agreed he read up on the internet about acids that could dissolve blood and bone as Peter Battle lay dead
THE Archbishop of York’s chauffeur described to a jury how his nose was broken when he was punched in the face by a man at the start of a service in York Minster. David Smith told Leeds Crown Court yesterday a procession, including both the Archbishops
YORK’S biggest bus operator First claims revellers have no excuse for drink-driving this Christmas after launching a new festive initiative allowing two customers to travel for £5 after 5pm. A spokesman said the deal was a significant saving on
6:38pm Reports have come in of one lane of the A64 being blocked due to a canoe in the road. The problem is on the A64 Eastbound at Tadcaster, between the A162 and A659. Motorists are advised to approach the area with
YORK Hospital has been given a boost with a £76,462 donation to buy new cooling caps for cancer patients. Patients receiving certain chemotherapy drugs, which cause hair loss, can reduce their chance of losing their hair when using the new scalp
When his mother fell in love with a Canadian airman and emigrated at the end of the war, Jon Entwistle was left behind in North Yorkshire. This week – at the age of 71 – he has learned the truth about what happened and been introduced to the long-lost
MEMBERS of the Woodthorpe Craft Group get to work on items they have been making for international charity Knit For Peace. The group, which was set up three years ago, has been meeting twice a month at the Parish Church of St James the Deacon in
THE food range at the new Monks Cross development in York is growing. Oakgate Group, the firm behind the £90 million Vangarde development, confirmed yesterday that it had secured “world food” restaurant chain Giraffe as its latest tenant. It
A £663,000 scheme to improve York’s public toilets in time for the Tour de France, with 40p charges being introduced, has been backed by city leaders. Plans to outsource the refurbishment and maintenance of the city’s loos through a 15-year contract
AN elderly York couple have celebrated reaching two significant milestones in the space of two days. Bette and Peter Dickens marked their 70th wedding anniversary yesterday, only 24 hours after Peter’s 90th birthday. The couple, from Eastholme
FUNDING has been secured to build a new link road into Pocklington Industrial Estate. The road will run from the mini roundabout in Hodsow Lane. It will complement the £1.6 million A1079/Hodsow Lane/Allerthorpe roundabout, which was completed in
The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, helped celebrate 40 years of Hambleton C of E Primary School, near Selby, when he visited to open a new classroom. Dr Sentamu spoke at an assembly which featured presentations, readings, drama, dance and
THE video for York soprano Rebecca Newman’s Christmas single – filmed on a York steam railway – has gone viral, with 88,000 hits on Youtube in just over a fortnight. And bookmakers William Hill are quoting odds of 100-1 for the song, Holidays Are
>> Read here for the latest weather-related news as it happens HIGH winds have been causing disruption across much of North Yorkshire, with a number of road accidents and fallen trees. North Yorkshire Police say they are dealing with
THE finishing touches have been made to the Castle Museum’s nostalgic Christmas displays. The museum is planning special events for the festive season, and will be offering visitors a taste of Christmas past with mince pies made to Jacobean and
FUNDRAISERS from the Fulford and District branch of The Royal British Legion have thanked everyone who contributed to this year’s Poppy Appeal and helped them raise more than £40,000. The branch collected £33,937.82 in the Fulford area, and the
A RAIL users’ group has warned about changes to the Selby lines, and called for safety improvements to South Milford station. Problems with automated barriers on the crossings at Sandhill Lane, Thorpe Gates and Thorpe Hall are among the problems
MORE than 200 people joined the Lord Mayor of York and city dignatories for some festive fun at this year’s annual Christmas Cheer receptions. The event, which is hosted by the civic party, included entertainment from local schoolchildren and
THE star of a TV series about York train operator East Coast has revealed how he beat all the odds to become a train guard. Dan Webster arrived in York several years ago with no job and nowhere to live, having borrowed £70 from his mum to try his
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People is urging schools, colleges and youth groups to help them raise money over Christmas. The charity is asking people to put on “sing and sign along” performances to raise awareness of hearing loss. They are offering
EAST Coast rail passengers are being invited to have their say on services along the line from York to London and Edinburgh. The York-based rail operator says it is working with the Department for Transport to collect passengers’ personal experiences
THE Lord Mayor of York is backing The Press’ Toys & Tins Appeal with her own plea to help a refuge for families affected by domestic abuse. Coun Julie Gunnell, who is hosting a festive afternoon at the Mansion House tomorrow, is appealing to
COMMUNITIES on the Yorkshire coast are at risk of significant coastal flooding today, tonight and tomorrow because of gale- force northerly winds and high spring tides, experts from the Environment Agency and Met Office have warned. Train operator
TALISMAN York City striker Richard Cresswell has retired from playing. The shock announcement was confirmed today with Cresswell calling time on an impressive career spanning two decades and finishing at the club where he started out. The toll
