UPDATED 1pm, Wednesday: North Yorkshire Police have confirmed Christine has been found, and thanked the public for their help. CONCERNS are growing for a woman who has gone missing from her Copmanthorpe home. Christine Birkinshaw, 67, was reported
THE Conservative group on City of York Council has elected Coun Chris Steward as its new leader. He replaces Coun Ian Gillies, who is to become Lord Mayor in 2014/15. Coun Steward, 33, a life-long York resident, said: “I am greatly looking
FIVE wards remained closed to new admissions at York Hospital following an outbreak of norovirus. Some urgent operations went ahead today but many elective operations were cancelled due to an outbreak of the winter vomiting bug. York Hospital
ONE of a perverted throng of "predatory" men who groomed a teenage girl online for sex has today had his sentence cut by four months. Phillip Andrew Scaife, 31, was one of ten men caged after they sexually exploited the 13-year-old North Yorkshire
THE jury in the Full Sutton murder trial has been sent home after a whole day in retirement. They are deciding whether Graham Richardson, 27, of Riverside View, Norton, killed antiques dealer Peter Battle in his cottage in Full Sutton near Pocklington
A CAMPAIGN aimed at stimulating the domestic visitor market brought an additional £7.2 million to York’s economy according to research. Figures published this week by VisitEngland have revealed the York Wrapped Up campaign, which ran from November
NIGHTSHADE Productions, the theatre wing of the York Terror Trails enterprise, took to the York streets last winter for a promenade production of A Christmas Carol. Company founder and director Damian Freddi has now revised his script for a revival
TICKET sales had gone up for New Pantomime Productions’ 15th year at the Grand Opera House even before Blue Genie pulled the plug on Dick Whittington at York Barbican. It would appear the new rival on York’s commercial panto block has been seen
MORE than 100 geese worth about £17,600 in total have been stolen from North Yorkshire farm. Police are investigating after a gaggle of Christmas geese was stolen from the farm in Flawith near Easingwold. The farm is known for breeding very
YORK City centre-back Keith Lowe believes the club are in a “false position” going into Saturday’s home match with top-of-the-table Oxford. The Minstermen currently lie 20th in the League Two standings only two points ahead of bottom side Torquay
YORK-BORN golfer Simon Dyson will head into 2014 at number 171 in the world rankings. Dyson, who turns 36 on Saturday, slipped two places in the standings having not played last week. Having entered 2013 as the world number 63, Dyson will be
MANAGER Paul Marshall is confident Tadcaster Albion can avoid a ’keeper crisis as they bid to end 2014 on top of the Northern Counties East League premier division. Number one Leon Wrigglesworth was forced out of the action at half-time in Saturday
PLAYERS from Rawcliffe Warriors Under-11s and opponents Easingwold Town hold a minute’s applause in memory of York sport stalwart Guy Mitchell. Similar tributes were staged across the York Mitchell Sports Football League programme at the weekend
Dringhouses and Dunnington continue to set the pace at the top of York Minster Engineering Football League reserve ‘A’ after convincing away victories. Sam Pepper, Joe Gaughan and Sam Lake gave leaders Dringhouses a 3-0 victory at Church Fenton
SARAH Jackson checked out on 82 for a 21-dart individual leg and shot out on 95 in the pairs with Lynne Willstrop in Burnholme’s 6-3 win over Five Lions in division one of the York John Smith’s Ladies Darts League. Caroline Whittaker gamed in 23
CLEVELAND’S Colin Foxton won stage six of the York Darts Promotions Masters Darts Open at North Ormesby WMC. Foxton whitewashed county team-mate Alan Edwards 4-0 in the final and claimed an average of 84.68 in the process. Both players will
It is tough being an Englishman in Australia at the moment – Yorkshire skipper Andrew Gale can vouch for that. Although a nightmare Ashes campaign has nothing to do with the left-handed batsman, that has not stopped the locals getting stuck into
RESURGENT City of York men’s II climbed out of the Yorkshire Hockey League premier division relegation zone with a 3-1 win over Sheffield University Bankers III. The City second string saved their best performance of the season for the last game
A HAT-TRICK of end-of-season awards were bagged by captain Adam Fisher and Steve Crowder at Sheriff Hutton Bridge Cricket Club’s presentation evening at Sandburn Hall. Fisher, elder brother of Yorkshire and England Under-19s player Matthew, picked
Jamie Hamilton, who switched from Richard Fahey’s Malton stable to Venetia Williams in Herefordshire a couple of months ago, returns to North Yorkshire today and has good prospects of figuring on the scoreboard at Catterick. Hamilton, who rode
NEW Earswick All Blacks ARLC ended 2013 on a high with a 36-18 victory at home to Dewsbury Moor in the Pennine League Championship. The triumph, New Earswick’s third in eight games, hoisted the White Rose Avenue side up to fifth in the table heading
THIEVES who stole power cables, causing a blackout of a row of properties in the Selby district last week, have put their lives and the lives of others at risk. The thieves stole 300 metres of 44-volt cable from from Station Row Lane, Eggborough
A CANCER patient who believes doctors should be free to advise patients on the most humane way to end their life has taken her case to the Supreme Court. Margaret John, 73, from South Bank in York, has incurable ovarian cancer and currently manages
YORK’S Winter Wonderland ice-rink was forced to close yesterday morning – because the milder weather melted some of the ice. Staff managed to reopen the attraction, at the Designer Outlet, near Naburn, at about 2.15pm after building up the ice
THOU shalt not kill has been a cornerstone of civilisation since Biblical times. But the sanctity of life is called into question when its quality is diminished to unbearable levels. Margaret John has cancer and fears it may make her existence
IN 2009 Huntington School was judged by Ofsted as good with outstanding features. This year inspectors have rated it simply as good. Naturally this will disappoint some, but it’s important to remember that Oftsed reports are tougher these days.
NICK BLITZ make a few interesting points regarding biomass use in Drax (Letters, December 13), but gives only a partial story. He deplores the transportation of wood by rail to Drax, but omits to acknowledge that 36 per cent of all train freight
ST George’s Old Boys Association held its annual reunion on November 15 at the Tramways WMC, and the night was once again considered a success. We would like to take thank all the old boys who attended and also contributed to a great evening. The
DONATIONS to the York Foodbank can now be made at the York branch of the Yorkshire Building Society, in Feasegate. Rosie Brierley, assistant branch manager, said: “For some, Christmas can be the hardest time of the year and we want to try and help
MAY I add my name to the increasing number of York residents dissatisfied with City of York Council and the ongoing Lendal Bridge fiasco? A colleague needs to be the other side of the city on Christmas Day and, wondering which route to take, decided
DARREN RICHARDSON, City of York Council’s director of city and environmental services, has stated that the signs at Coppergate are of the legal standard. Can he please tell me through the letters page when these signs went up and when the sign
GODFREY BLOOM really surpassed himself in last Friday’s letters pages. It’s amazing how such a short letter can get so many things completely wrong. He thinks the BBC is in some sort of sinister league with government and big business. Is this
I WISH to thank York Hospital for the superb treatment at all levels that I have received during my recent operation and recovery. As in the past, the kindness and medical expertise so essential for recovery was always there, along with excellent
IT WILL be a long time before people use public transport to go to work because it is not reliable enough. The First York service often misses out a bus on the No 10 service without any explanation. The display shows a bus due and then it disappears
FURTHER to my letter of November 25, and subsequent publication concerning declining wild birds and other wildlife in our countryside due to modern farming methods, I see the National Farmers Union is to oppose plans by the Government to divert 15
BRITAIN today is a society scarred by the ill-treatment of ordinary people. One instance of exploitation has been going on for so long now. This is VAT, one of the worst injustices in our history. It’s possible to find anything good to say about
A COLLECTION of Christmas cards sent by soldiers from the trenches during the First World War have arrived at York Castle Museum. The embroidered cards, known as WWI Silks, feature embroidery carried out by French and Belgian women working in their
GOOD LUCK to Elsie Pinder on reaching the age of 90 at St Sampson’s Centre (The Press, December 13). I also joined their choir 18 years ago. We had the same choirmaster as All Saints Church Choir, but St Sampson’s music was a lot easier than having
WITH reference to KM Kernek’s letter of December 14, he missed one reason why there was a poor response to the public consultation on King’s Square. Could it be that the public have accepted that no matter what public opinion is, the council will
I SIMPLY wanted to say that after all the bad news, murders, crime, violence, cruelty, disease and sex in all its worst forms, what a delight it was to pick up The Press of December 12 and see the lovely little black kitten, Bluebell, safe in the loving
YORK’S Labour-controlled council has signed up to the national party’s housing plans which could see neighbouring councils forced to release land for York housing projects. York, along with Labour-controlled councils in Stevenage, Oxford and Luton
100 years ago The Highland Society of London had decided to promote a memorial to the late Lord Archibald Campbell for the service he had rendered in connection with the preservation of traditions of emblems dear to Highlanders. An appeal had
Any finalist at the Leeds International Piano Competition demands attention. As runner-up in last year’s event, Louis Schwizgebel had tongues wagging as soon as his York appearance was announced by the British Music Society. His programme of Mozart
TWO of America’s great songwriters, Tom Paxton and Janis Ian, will play the Grand Opera House, York, on March 28 next year on their Together At Last tour. Although nearly a generation apart, they share ties with the Greenwich Village folk scene
WELL-BEHAVED children from a York school have been rewarded for their hard work this term with a trip to the cinema. Pupils from Westfield Primary School took a trip to Reel Cinema in Blossom Street to watch Frozen – the latest Disney film, about
THE closure of a North Yorkshire power plant could see energy prices rise by more than ten per cent, operators have claimed. Eggborough power station currently produces about four per cent of the country’s power, and had hoped to move into biomass
THE Masonic Lodge in York held its annual Christmas dinner. Last Friday, 50 members and their guests assembled at the lodge in St Saviourgate. Organisers said fundraising throughout the year hads been very successful, and £4,000 had been donated
THE Nunnery Area Residents Association will be holding a Christmas Social drop-in event at Clements Hall from 6pm to 8pm tomorrow. Councillors and representatives from City Of York Council and North Yorkshire Police will be there. Tammy Hullis
THE head teacher of a York secondary school says it is on the cusp of becoming “truly great” after Ofsted inspectors gave it a good rating. A report on Huntington School, published following an inspection in November, said it was good in all four
VIDEOS by City of York Council have been viewed almost 1,800 times in six months, new figures have shown. The council began broadcasting videos of its meetings earlier this year, to enable people to view debates without having to leave their homes
PATIENTS at York Hospital will be able to breathe a little easier after a charity raised more than £2,000 to buy a new ventilator. The committee of Breathe Easy York donated £2,250 to Ward 34 at the hospital to buy the machine. A ventilator
THIEVES stole a shotgun during a raid on a home in Pickering. A WC Scott side-by-side shotgun, serial number 146999, was taken in the burglary last Friday. A North Yorkshire Police spokesman said the owner’s certificate was also stolen at the
FIRE crews extinguished a chimney fire in an East Riding village. Humberside crews were called to Main Street, Warter, near Pocklington, shortly after 7pm on Sunday.
A North Yorkshire company is inviting you to cook along with celebrity chefs from the comfort of your own kitchen, reports MAXINE GORDON. COOKERY shows on TV are entertaining, enjoyable even, but there’s always something missing. Your eyes can
A NEW survey has ranked maternity services at Harrogate District Hospital as one of the best in the country. The survey, conducted by the Care Quality Commission, assessed the experience of women who used the maternity services at the hospital.
I HATE to admit it, but I was guilty of a spot of pavement rage at the weekend. I was negotiating a course along a narrow pavement bordering a busy road, but found it impossible due to small groups of people standing chatting or meandering at a snail
REVISED plans to turn a former car showroom in York into hundreds of student flats could be approved this week. Black Lion Ltd wants to build three buildings containing 220 flats on the Lawrence Street site where the Reg Vardy garage once operated
SEEKING out talent in hidden places was the theme of a talk given by England Rugby League head coach Steve McNamara at Pocklington’s first TEDx event. Drawing parallels between life on the pitch and life in business, Mr McNamara was speaking at
VIKINGS will be invading two York primary schools – but pupils have nothing to fear. The Ebor Academy Alliance, which comprises Robert Wilkinson Primary Academy and Haxby Road Primary School, has agreed a deal with The Jorvik Group of attractions
REFUGEE Action York (RAY) has won a bronze award for its Turkish classes. The organisation runs weekly classes for young children including asylum seekers, refugees and migrants, at The Hub at Clifton Children’s Centre. It also offers Turkish
THE best things come in small packages – and one North Yorkshire teenager is proving that as she prepares to race in the Shetland Pony Grand National. Despite having been riding competitively for only a year, Tadcaster Grammar School student Amy
MPs have visited delivery offices in York and Selby as postmen enter the busiest time of the year. York Central MP Hugh Bayley met some of the postal workers at the Leeman Road Delivery office who are working hard to collect, sort and deliver letters
THE drop-in service for blood tests at York Hospital has been improved following a refurbishment of the phlebotomy suite. The changes have seen the service become more streamlined and has reduced congestion at peak times, York Hospital said.
THIEVES stole silverware and jewellery worth £35,000 from a property in Commondale, near Whitby. The burglars forced entry through a UPVC conservatory door and stole silverware from the coffee table and sideboard. Pandora bracelets and charms
THIEVES stole central heating oil from a tank at the rear of a house in Kirk Smeaton. North Yorkshire Police said the oil had been stolen at some point in the last two weeks, and urged any residents in the area with fuel tanks to remain vigilant
VISITORS to York’s Castle Museum are in for a festive treat this year, as the history of the mince pie is explored. From the recipes of the Tudor period – which feature a beef filling in a lard-based pastry, topped with rosewater and sugar – to
POLICE in Whitby have released CCTV images of men they want to speak to in connection with thefts in the town. The men were caught on camera going into the Sainsbury’s store in Stainsacre Lane on two separate occasions stealing spirits both times
THERE is a chance for residents to have their say about Selby District Council’s budget priorities. Over recent years the council has delivered ongoing savings of around £3.5 million. Comments received by January 27 will help to shape the budget
A YORK business mentor has been appointed as the new chairman for the North Yorkshire branch of the Institute of Directors (IoD). Ed Reid, who has been a member of the IoD North Yorkshire committee for some years, will take the position alongside
MUSIC-lovers took part in a Christmas concert with a difference when disabled and non-disabled young people staged a musical night to remember. Award-winning York-based charity Accessible Arts and Media presented an evening celebrating all musical
SINGLE and homeless Ryedale residents look set to benefit from a new centre aimed at helping them get their lives back on track. Derwent Lodge, in Church Street, Norton-on-Derwent, provides accommodation for up to 14 people aged over 16 who have
COLLEAGUES at a York car dealership are battling it out online for a coveted spot in next year’s York 10k. More than a dozen staff at Vantage Toyota, Clifton Moor, are bidding for one of five places in the charity run, which will take place next
A YORK rock musician has thanked shop staff who found and looked after his dog following an attack in the city. Stevie Roberts, also known as UK Subs’ Stevie Ze Suicide, says he was pushed to the ground and kicked by a group of youths while walking
CHILDREN got the chance to see moon rocks and meteorites during a family open day at the National Science Learning Centre in York. Hundreds attended Exploring Space, a free hands-on day of space related activities at the centre at the University
THE BalletBoyz will return to the Grand Opera House, York, on March 12 next year to present The Talent: ten young dancers hand-picked by Michael Nunn and William Trevitt through open auditions across the country. Explosive, dynamic dance will meet
MILES Kane will play York Barbican on March 19 on his 2014 spring tour. The Birkenhead singer-songwriter is at present working on new material for his follow-up to this June’s Don’t Forget Who You Are, his second album. Kane cut his teeth in
Staff at local mutual healthcare provider Benenden Health will be raising money for St Leonard’s Hospice in York, by dressing up as Santa for the day. The fundraising has been organised by Dawn Arundel, business development executive, who raises
A £6 MILLION hotel scheme in the centre of York has been abandoned, and the building will remain as offices instead. Plans by the Property Alliance Group to turn the former City of York Council offices in George Hudson Street into a 53-bedroom
POLICE and RSPCA officers had to round up 11 stray horses which were found loose on a North Yorkshire road. A number of residents had complained about horses wandering around the villages of Carlton and Camblesforth, and officers from both organisations
