CONSERVATIVE Party offices in York have been attacked by vandals who threw a brick through the window. The attack happened between December 20 and Christmas, but was revealed by police only today. It is the third attack in the past year on
THE New Year has seen the property market sparking back to life with a rush of fresh for sale boards appearing throughout York and surrounding areas. Estate agents, on the whole, remain cautiously optimistic about the year ahead – there are no
APPLETON Roebuck is an ancient village, mentioned in the Domesday Book, meaning it was settled well before the Norman Conquest. Its name, if you are into that kind of thing, comes from the Anglo Saxon and signifies a farm owned by a man named Rabuk
A man accused of the murder of a pensioner in York having allegedly tried to rob her at her home has today made his first appearance before a crown court. Peter Anthony John Harris, 33, of no fixed address was charged with the murder of Elsie Mowbray
AFTER its sold-out City Screen debut in the Monday Specials slot earlier this week, Abdellatif Kechiche’s French lesbian love story Blue Is The Warmest Colour (18) will be given another screening at the York cinema on Thursday, January 23 at 8.30pm
THERE can’t be many hoteliers who, in the midst of the lucrative Christmas season, would send a text to the resident band along the lines of “can’t wait to get back to the sensible season of the regular jazz”. However, that was the message from
TICKETS go on sale at 9am tomorrow for the only Yorkshire date of Ed Sheeran’s first headline tour since Autumn 2012. Sheeran’s October gig in Leeds will be a chance to hear songs from his as yet untitled second album, set for release on February
AN investigation has been launched after a man died on a Ryedale farm earlier this week, police have confirmed. The man in his 50s died on a farm at Stearsby, near Terrington in Ryedale on Tuesday. A spokesman for North Yorkshire Police said
VERMONT singer-songwriter Anais Mitchell will make her Pocklington Arts Centre debut on February 22 in a spring and summer season of music with a strong female presence. Beth Nielsen Chapman, Barbara Dickson, Kathryn Williams and Jacqui Dankworth
AFTER raising £1,458 for St Leonard’s Hospice from playing in Parliament Street last Saturday, York party band Huge return to their home ground of the Grand Opera House on January 18. Around 100 tickets remain available at £20 on 0844 871 3024
Police in York are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a moped rider was seriously injured in a crash last night. The 21-year-old man was riding an orange Aprilia moped into York along the A19 Shipton Road at about 5.40pm yesterday when
Fire broke out in a Clifton Moor flooring warehouse last night and caused extensive damage to the building. Investigations are still going on into the cause of the blaze at the home of JS Woodcraft, a fire service spokesman has said. Firefighters
YORKSHIRE ambulance staff are being balloted for strike action over shift pattern changes, which a union claims could mean paramedics going more than 10 hours without a meal break. The Unite union said 450 members will vote on possible industrial
Sleeve: The cover images are simple, and red on white. It does what it says on the tin. Simples. Sleevenotes: An impressive 36-page book includes an informative essay, credit information and archive photographs. Content: The four CD featuring
Sleeve: Clinical, if what looks like two silver trees getting acquainted can be classed as clinical. Sleevenotes: Absent, but the size of this retrospective means you’ll need all your time for listening rather than reading anyway. Content:
Sleeve: Quirky front, natch, of cardboard cut-outs of siblings Ron and Russell Mael stood stock still on a dusty road at night and about to be mowed down by a top- marque car. Pure Maelovolence. Sleevenotes: Mael model pix through four decades,
Sleeve: Photo montage of Dido’s face makes up her name on an otherwise plain white cover. Sleevenotes: None available on preview disc. Somewhat fittingly, it’s bland but effective. Content: First disc has 18 tracks, featuring Eminem’s Stan
Sleeve: Vintage black-and-white cover pic of the Rockney boys; extensive track listing on the back. Sleevenotes: Gushing but genuine tribute from Phill Jupitus, along with collage of tickets and photos through the years. Content: Two re-mastered
Sleeve: Twins Craig and Charlie Reid with twin megaphones on the front and by the Leith sea front on the back. Sleevenotes: “Soundtrack to my life” essay by fellow Scot David Tennant, who first saw the Caledonian Everlys on The Tube when a geeky
HE may be our fourth richest citizen, but Richard Branson’s business roots were humble. His first venture, at the age of 16, was the Student magazine, followed by a discount record store. Branson’s shop made enough money to launch the revolutionary
BEN Elton’s musical comedy Tonight’s The Night, the one with the Rod Stewart songs, is booked into the Grand Opera House, York, from April 28 to May 3. After the West End and touring success of Elton’s show built around the music of Queen, We Will
CUSTOMERS who were mis-sold insurance by York-based CPP have voted in favour of accepting a multi billion pound compensation scheme. A creditors meeting was held at Wembley Arena on Tuesday where customers who were sold or renewed a policy since
YORK’S Community Stadium is likely to have a maximum capacity of 8,000, it has emerged. The final bidders to construct the new home of York City and York City Knights are being “encouraged” to put forward a design that realises that figure, City
Susan Boyle fact file Also known as: SuBo and The Woman Who Silenced Simon Cowell. Occupation: Operatic pop singer, television personality. Born: April 1 1961, Blackburn, West Lothian, Scotland to Irish immigrants Where and when playing
JOHN Cooper, the driving force behind BYTES, Stagecoach Youth Theatre York and the creation of the 41 Monkgate theatre from scratch, has died at the age of 70. John passed away on Christmas Day, having suffered failing health for several years
THE York company behind Beulah and Some Small Love Story returns in 2014 with a romping, stomping folk musical. “The Flanagan Collective like stories and instruments and spending time with people, so we’ve made a new show, Babylon, which is about
NEW Earswick All Blacks ARLC will be without seven first-teamers for the visit of Queensbury on Saturday – but player-boss Jack Stearman is confident a change in tactics will bring a third straight Pennine League championship victory. The club
In this new stage adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks’ colourful farmyard adventure, What The Ladybird Heard, the story of the robbers, the cow, the ladybird, the woolly sheep, the hairy hog, the fat red hen and the dainty dog is told with
YORK Acorn ARLC have been drawn at home to National Conference premier division side Siddal in the first round of the Tetley’s Challenge Cup. The game will be on Saturday, February 1, kick off 2pm. Spokesman Alan Havercroft said: “It’s tough
Green Hammerton Cricket Club are looking for new players. The club have two teams that play on Saturdays in the Wetherby League. The first team are in the third division and finished in mid-table last season, and the seconds are in division
AFTER starring in the comeback tour of Birds Of A Feather at the Grand Opera House last June, Lesley Joseph will appear at the York theatre again on April 14. This time she will play Myra in the Spring 2014 tour of Hot Flush!, “the naughtiest comedy
“I CANNOT wait to come home”, says Paula O’Brien, psychic medium and former York resident. “I am looking forward to a sausage sandwich at Fenwick’s and a cream tea at Bettys. My mum is no longer with us, so I am doing it for her,” says the woman
WIGGINTON Squash and Social Club are holding an open weekend this Saturday and Sunday. Visitors of all ages will be able to look around the premises in Mill Lane and book a free game of squash or a coaching session. The club, which was founded
THE first must-see gig of the Yorkshire calendar will be Settle blue-eyed soul boy John Newman’s February 4 show at Leeds 02 Aacdemy. He will be showcasing his break-up album Tribute – 2013’s answer to Adele’s 21 – in the wake of the number one
Two karate clubs in York are looking to continue the success of last year, having ended 2013 in triumph. York Shotokan Karate Club came away with six medals from the JKS England karate championships in Nottingham, where the JKS York Karate Club
As David Gest prepares to bring his Legends Of Soul tour to York, he tells Charles Hutchinson about true stars, his friendship with Michael Jackson and why he just loves York. AMERICAN music producer, concert promoter and British reality TV star
TWO rip-roaring wins were produced by York Eagles’ basketball teams to get 2014 off to a soaraway start. The under-15s posted their biggest win of the season with a 124-32 rout of Rotherham, while the U14s lashed hosts Leeds 81-26. After an
THE 21st anniversary of the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival will be celebrated with 60 full-scale G&S productions in 25 days in Harrogate this summer. The opera programme in the Royal Hall and Harrogate Theatre from August 2 to
BUXTON company Oddsocks Productions make their regular winter trip to the Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York, on Saturday, buoyed by an award nomination for the composer of their latest show, Treasure Island. Derby singer-songwriter Lucy Ward is in
IT’S the east coast with the most for a fresh darts competition for the coming year. York Darts Promotions, along with Alan Wilson of the Blue Bell Hotel in Burton Agnes, near Bridlington, have teamed up to create a brand new darts event for 2014
THE Band Room promoter Nigel Burnham has booked Maia, Huddersfield’s 21st century answer to The Beatles”, as his first signing for 2014 at the tin shed in Low Mill, Farndale, near Kirkbymoorside. The alternative, acoustic four-piece of Tom Clegg
York Indoor Bowls Club’s title hopes suffered a blow in the North East Ladies League when they lost the aggregate 79-74 to bottom-placed Scarborough. However, they took a share of the total points at stake after having two winning rinks and one
BARNSLEY guitar band Exit Calm follow up the January 20 release of new single Promise by playing The Duchess in York on January 28. Promise is a psychedelic spaced-out trip lifted from the South Yorkshiremen’s album of epic-sized rock, The Future
STRING Bean Slim from York’s old-time Americana obsessives King Courgette has been on the line with a New Year message. “‘We’re gonna be cracking out the banjos and fiddles for a free ruckus at the Volunteer Arms in Walton Street on Saturday night
Yorkshire Ladies were disappointed as they crashed out of the Atherley Trophy 131-97 away to Nottinghamshire. They enjoyed just one winning rink, that of Sue Allen. Her team got off to a great start leading 20-0 after only eight ends and going
FOLK and world music band The Hut People play The Junction in Goole on January 17. Taking their audience on a voyage across the globe, they perform an ebullient blend of home-grown tunes and British, Nordic and European folk music, embellished
Yorkshire will look to progress in the Liberty Trophy at the expense of Nottinghamshire at New Earswick IBC on Saturday, starting at noon. Four of the six rinks playing will be skipped by York IBC players. Thanet Road will be busy on Saturday
AMERICAN grunge legends Pearl Jam have picked Leeds First Direct Arena on July 8 as one of only two British dates on their European tour. Eddie Vedder’s band released their tenth studio album, Lightening Bolt, last October, when it entered the
It’s the Grand National – the North Yorkshire Grand National – at Catterick today and red-hot North Yorkshire trainer Malcolm Jefferson has excellent prospects of clinching the spoils. There can scarcely be a trainer in the country in better form
THE Langton Wold gallops, used by a host of Ryedale trainers, is to get a massive refurbishment thanks largely to a grant which has been warmly welcomed. The Langton Wolds Gallops Committee, of which Malcolm Jefferson is chairman, has been informed
WE have said before that it would be great to see more shops, cafés and attractions opening later into the evening in York. Many European cities have a buzz in the evening entirely lacking here in those awkward hours between the shops closing and
JUST before Christmas the Yorkshire Museum announced that it had raised enough money to keep the first items of Iron-Age gold jewellery ever found in the north of England. Now the museum has launched another appeal to save a nationally important
AN article in The Press of January 4 recorded the danger to farms from Chinese lanterns. Roger Hildreth, who farms near Hessay, said he had to place rumen magnets in 150 dairy cows. The bits of metal caught by the magnet are often from Chinese
A MAN has appeared before York magistrates accused of murdering an 87-year-old woman and trying to rob her at her home. Peter Anthony John Harris, 33, is also alleged to have assaulted Elsie Mowbray’s son at her house on the same day, New Year’
I READ with interest the letter of January 3 from former Lib Dem councillor Sue Galloway, raising concern about the city having no hotel strategy. She refers to a concern I previously raised about this. I wish she had raised such concern about
ON CHRISTMAS DAY, after dinner, I was admitted to A&E at York Hospital with a suspected heart attack. From the time of the 111 phone call, the call from the on-call doctor, the arrival of the paramedic and the arrival of the ambulance, the
WHEN you hate America and the West as much as R Westmoreland (Letters, January 7) appears to do, no amount of facts will change your thinking. However, in case anyone genuinely thinks Britain is more corrupt than Afghanistan, it’s worth checking
IN A few days, members of Thirsk and Malton Conservatives will decide whether or not Anne McIntosh should be readopted as the candidate for this constituency in 2015. Party rules bar association officers from stating the case against re-adoption
I object to having to pay a fine on the grounds the signs on the east approach to Lendal Bridge did not make it clear enough that the road was now a bus lane. I was travelling south to the railway station and originally planned to return the same
WE would like to thank all readers for their very generous partnership with the Salvation Army at Christmas. Through your newspaper’s continued support of the Toys & Tins Appeal, we were again able to meet the demands of those struggling to
OF ALL the people in this world to receive an apology, Arthur Scargill is not that person (Letters, January 7). In fact Mr Scargill should apologise to the miners he put out of work by his foolish egotistical stand in trying to bring down a Government
FOLLOWING a letter in The Press of January 6 with regard to a positive outlook for 2014, we have flooding on a national scale and national debt rising at £2,000 a second. Perhaps not the best glimpse into 2014. We have a Prime Minister who admits
AWARD-WINNING history documentary company Testimony Films is making a new documentary series for BBC2 paying tribute to Britain’s Greatest Generation. We want to hear from men and women in their 80s, 90s and 100s who have vivid and interesting
FOLLOWING your report (“Costly place to live,” The Press, January 2) from the Land Registry proving that York has the most expensive house prices in the north of England, surely the previous critics of Labour-controlled City of York Council, who have
A NEW primary school will be built in York by the end of the year, the Government has pledged. Education Secretary Michael Gove, has said in Parliament that work to rebuild Carr Infant School in Ostman Road, Acomb, will get under way in the next
BETWEEN Monday, June 2 and Saturday, June 7, I will be leading a group from the north of England to attend events in Normandy to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings and the Normandy campaign in 1944. There will be an opportunity
A LORRY driver from York had to flee his vehicle after it suddenly burst into flames. The 65-year-old man was driving with 25 tonnes of hay in his trailer, when a mechanical fault started a fire. The blaze happened on the A75 at Collin, just
THE first new recruits in four years at Yorkshire’s last remaining deep coal mine have started work. The nine workers, all aged between 21 and 31, will start a month-long induction at Kellingley Colliery, Knottingley, before beginning their careers
A MOTORIST was hurt in a crash which involved a police car in York. The crash happened at about 8.20am on Monday in Hayley’s Terrace, and involved a police vehicle which was responding to a report of an assault, and a silver Vauxhall Zafira.
WORKMEN will begin installing new safety barriers on a three-mile stretch of the A64 near Malton next week. The Highways Agency said verge side barriers would be replaced between Pickering Interchange and Brambling Fields Interchange, improving
100 years ago An official statement had been issued by the directors of the British Radium Corporation, Ltd, in reply to a complaint by Dr Barlow, of the Cancer Research Laboratories at the Middlesex Hospital, that “the high cost of radium is a crying
TRAFFIC has been disrupted by surface flooding on some main roads in York this morning, following heavy overnight rain. Malton Road, between New Lane and Heworth Road, is particularly badly affected, with the road just passable but motorists facing
MAX Raptor, the incendiary Burton-upon-Trent four-piece, parade their melodic, socially aware brand of 21st century British punk at The Duchess in York on January 22. Last November, they released their debut album, Mother’s Ruin, a set of modern
A MOTORCYCLIST suffered serious head injuries in a crash on the A19 in York last night. The 21-year-old male rider, from Nether Poppleton, was taken to Leeds General Infirmary following the accident, which happened close to The Mitre pub, in Shipton
TODAY and tomorrow will be the last opportunities to see the first fruits of DrawingBoard, an artist-led initiative that offers a platform for artists to showcase their work in Harrogate. Established initially in the prime Parliament Street location
I TRIPPED over one of those Romanian refugees the other day. He was sitting near my front door as I popped out to buy milk. There was another one right outside Sainsbury’s. Later on, I had to cycle through a throng of these new immigrants as I
THE Treasurer’s House in York will once again be seeking a variety of skills and talents for both voluntary and paid work opportunities this year. Lisa Holden, visitor services manager, said: “We will be looking for more volunteers and paid roles
World-class research into everything from nuclear fusion and new ways of producing cheap biofuels to endangered languages and the collapse of trust in public institutions is going on right here in York. STEPHEN LEWIS reports. WHY has public trust
YORK’S Clarence Street could be widened to reduce congestion and improve conditions for buses – but plans for bus lanes may now be dropped, at least for the time being. City of York Council officers have recommended that original proposals for
A NORTH Yorkshire animal feed producer has overhauled its telecommunications systems to help staff and customers in rural areas. Hovingham-based Ian Mosey Feeds not only manufactures and supplies animal feed throughout the north of England, but
REGULAR late-night shopping in York will work only if retailers act in unison and city leaders provide support, businesses have said. A council-led task group is working with retailers and bus companies and has consulted the public, in a bid to
PLANS for the introduction of new laws to regulate high stakes betting machines were voted out of the House of Commons last night, as a York MP said more action was needed to stop machines which do the community “more harm than good”. Fixed Odds
YORK’S new Access to Funding Centre has been appointed as a local provider for Virgin Startup Loans. The centre, launched by Business Support York and North Yorkshire (BSYNY) in November, has been selected to provide business loans from Virgin,
THE current longest serving secondary school head teacher in North Yorkshire is retiring. Geoff Mitchell, 62, will retire as head teacher of Tadcaster Grammar School at the end of August, by which time he will have been at the helm for 16 years
A NEW director of education has been appointed at City of York Council. Jon Stonehouse has been named as director of children’s services, education and skills, and takes over the post from interim director Sally Rees this Spring. Mr Stonehouse
YORK housebuilder Persimmon has enjoyed a “strong finish” to the year as it cements a 21 per cent rise in turnover to £2.1 billion. In a trade update, released ahead of its final results due next month, the Group says it has built the business
A FORMER veterinary nurse has been banned from keeping horses for life and given a suspended prison sentence for causing unnecessary suffering to animals. York magistrates commended the RSPCA and police for their work in bringing Toni Veitch, 42
A YORK-born pianist whose mother is from the Philippines is to take to the West End stage alongside musical theatre stars to raise money for the Typhoon Haiyan relief appeal. Emmanuel Vass, 24, was born and brought up at Melbourne, near Pocklington
MORE than 2,000 motorists were stopped and tested by North Yorkshire Police over the Christmas and New Year period, new figures have shown. As part of the force’s annual festive road safety campaign, which ran throughout December, officers conducted
THE Prime Minister has vowed to “look carefully” at the case for improvements to an accident-plagued North Yorkshire road. There were 35 crashes on the A64 through Ryedale in 2012 – four more than the previous year and the highest level since 2009
PLANS to make it easier to create new quarrying and waste management sites in North Yorkshire will go to further consultation next week. A joint waste and minerals plan for North Yorkshire County Council, City of York Council and the North York
A TEENAGER was punched and kicked by a gang on a North Yorkshire footpath during a failed robbery. The 16-year-old was walking over the railway bridge on the Stray Rein path in Harrogate, heading towards Tewit Well, at about 3.55pm on Monday when
A RETIRED York businessman who ran the country’s last wood type factory has died, aged 78. Jim De Little, who was a founder member of Ebor Round Table as well as a past president of the Rotary Club of York, died of Alzheimers at his home in Broadway
YORK CITY winger Ashley Chambers has joined Conference side Cambridge United. The 23-year-old, who has been on the periphery of the first team at Bootham Crescent in recent weeks, signed a deal at the Abbey Stadium that will keep him there until
NORTH Yorkshire villagers are campaigning for safety improvements after seven people lost their lives on a road near their homes in four years. Residents in Wharram-le-Street are holding a public meeting to air their concerns about the B1248, which
YORKSHIRE Cancer Research will invest £4.3 million to improve the outcomes for cancer patients in Yorkshire. Over the next five years, money raised by supporters will be ploughed into bringing clinical trials to the county and funding research
A NEW exhibition has been launched to reflect on the work of North and East Yorkshire’s milkmen in years gone by. More than 50 years of images and documents from the archives of Beverley-based Thomsons Dairies will be on show from this month, including
Bus company Arriva Yorkshire is revising its fares, with some expected to rise. The changes will come in from January 19. Some fares will rise by up to 10p, while others will remain frozen. The all Yorkshire Zone multi-journey tickets, used
A NORTH Yorkshire food producer whose business supplies national supermarkets will be one of the key speakers at the next meeting of the Future Farmers Of Yorkshire. James Potter, whose Yorkshire Farmhouse Eggs is based near Thirsk, will be joined
