YORK’S controversial Lendal Bridge restrictions have generated £1.3m in fines but many are being waived because officials lack the resources to fight appeals. Almost a quarter of fines have been challenged and 64 per cent of appeals have been successful
UPDATED: A FIRE scare in a York city-centre shop was a false alarm, firefighters have said. Smoke was spotted billowing from the Stormfront store in Spurriergate just after 6.20pm, and firefighters were called to the scene. It has emerged
THE A1(M) southbound is closed between Dishforth and Boroughbridge due to a chemical lorry fire. Emergency services are at the scene of the fire, which was reported just after 4pm. The fire and rescue service is advising people in nearby Dishforth
A PARATROOPER from Ripon who carried the coffin of Margaret Thatcher has defended his behaviour after drinking a pint of lager containing two live goldfish for a neknomination stunt. Lance Corporal James Steel claimed the two fish survived and
GARY THORNTON reckons he will face several selection headaches when York City Knights’ season finally begins – though Nathan Freer is almost certainly some way down the pecking order. The Knights gave an encouraging display against Sheffield on
JOHN McCombe’s aerial power has been hailed by York City manager Nigel Worthington. The 28-year-old centre-back signed on a two-and-a-half year deal from Mansfield in the January transfer window, has started the Minstermen’s last three matches
York RI sprang a surprise in the York Minster Engineering Football League reserve ‘A’ division when they posted an unlikely 2-1 victory over third-placed Wigginton Grasshoppers. Josh Coulson put the visitors ahead early in the game but Tom Derbyshire
NINA Persson, lead singer of the Swedish perfectionist indie pop band The Cardigans, releases her debut album under her own name this week. Persson devotees will know she had a solo side project as A Camp, issuing A Camp in 2001 and Colonia in
A SECOND slug of southern comfort will be the tonic Leeds United will seek at Brighton & Hove Albion tonight. After triumphing 2-1 at Hiish Park at Yeovil in the televised game on Saturday, Leeds go to the Amex Stadium knowing a similar gritty
TWO men taken to hospital after becoming trapped by their own lorry near York have been discharged, having escaped serious injury. Paramedics and the Yorkshire Air Ambulance were called to Elvington Industrial Estate on Monday morning after a lorry
SPORTING achievement in the city will be recognised in the Active York Sports Awards, which are being launched today in partnership with The Press. Active York – the city’s sport and active leisure partnership working to encourage people to be
RAMPANT Burnholme dished out another York John Smith’s Ladies Darts League division one drubbing to visitors Severus ‘A’. Sharon Neads started the ball rolling for Burnholme with a 91 checkout. Colleague Caroline Whittaker closed on 77 with
KING William lost 4-3 at home to Crescent ‘B’ in division one of the York White Rose Ladies Darts League. Crescent’s Val Mackenzie hit a 125 to seal the opening four-hand game. William took the next pairs as Carol Atkinson scored 133 in tandem
CITY of York Athletics Club ace Scott Lincoln narrowly missed out on a medal in the shot put at the Sainsbury's British Indoor Championships in Sheffield. Lincoln, 20, finished fourth with a throw of 16.22 metres, a result which keeps him ranked
SHERIFF Hutton Bridge will host Heslerton in round two of cricket’s 42nd annual Davidstow National Village Cup. The North Yorkshire rivals received a bye in round one and will meet at Moor Farm in Strensall – home of 2005 winners Bridge – on Sunday
A FOOTBALL coaching workshop will be held at Pocklington Town’s Henry Thirsk Amenity Centre base tomorrow, from 6.30pm to 9.30pm. The topic of the event is player development using the Football Association’s four corner model. Bookings can
RELEGATION-THREATENED City of York men’s I crashed to a 3-1 defeat at home to Alderley Edge in the North Hockey League premier division. The Huntington School-based side are now 11 points adrift at the foot of the table with only six games remaining
A RESHUFFLED Acomb men’s I side beat basement side Ben Rhydding V 3-0 in Yorkshire League division four north. The visitors, bolstered by several second team players and the return of Ryan Forster from injury, were in rampaging form. Rob Ireland
North Yorkshire gelding Light The City, who has been a revelation since early December, can continue his excellent career revival at Southwell this afternoon. Trained at Stillington by Ruth Carr, Light The City has won three of his last four races
Sherburn Bears ARLFC overturned the formbook to smash resurgent Lancashire side Hollinwood in division five of the Pennine League. After the Oldham-based outfit had racked up impressive away wins at Brighouse and Wakefield City, while only narrowly
YORK will miss out on new powers to help business growth if Government proposals go ahead. Plans for extending “assisted area status” across the Leeds City Region - of which York is part - between 2014 and 2020 would include areas in Bradford,
ATMOSPHERIC chemists studying at the University of York who are developing a new archive have received a major Government funding boost. The award of nearly £208,000 from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) will be invested in new computing
IN-FORM Nicky Horn emphatically lived up to her number one status to be crowned the York & District Ladies Squash League Open champion. The York Squash Racket Club (York Ladies) player and leading seed beat Natalie Cain, the number two seed
DIABETES UK is urging people in York and North Yorkshire to help improve care in schools for children with the condition by taking part in a Government consultation on how they should be supported. More than one in three parents and carers of children
PUPILS at a York primary school have had a taste of the chef’s life – from a man whose meals are scoffed by hundreds of people each day at one of the city’s biggest companies. Simon Dodd of Restaurant Associates, head chef at Aviva’s York HQ, cooked
A YORK family have told of their dramatic escape from their burning home as flames raged around them in the dead of night. Michael and Lynsey Ward and their sons Kieran, 14, and Christopher, 12, fled their home on Askham Lane in the early hours
UNION leaders are calling for an independent inquiry into a long running ambulance dispute as the county faces two paramedic strikes in the coming week. Officials from Unite say a probe is needed so the people of Yorkshire can judge for themselves
VISITORS to next week’s Yorkshire Hotel Show will get a taste of the entertaining side of the business from a group of singing chefs. The musical trio will dress as kitchen workers and roam the show at York Racecourse next Tuesday and Wednesday
RESIDENTS in York have one week to sign up to a free service which could save up to £200 on their energy bills. City of York Council and energy-switching organisation iChoosr have launched a scheme which finds those who register the best prices
ONE of the common themes on the letters page of The Press is correspondents grumbling that city leaders in York do too much for tourists – and not enough for locals. New figures reveal just why tourism is so important, however. In 2012, visitors
WE’VE all seen the adverts telling us to install a smoke alarm, but how many of us pay heed? Even though we are four times more likely to die in a house fire without one, far too many people continue to take the risk. Fortunately, Michael and Lynsey
ALONG with many other residents, I have been approached by Sainsbury’s for my views on the proposed takeover of the B&Q site on Hull Road. This came as quite a shock as I had no idea that B&Q was moving out. Supermarkets sound the death
COULD I thank and congratulate York Students’ Union on their decision to cancel the balloon release they had planned as part of their Rag Week celebrations. This decision shows real responsibility and understanding of the problem caused by these
SO the council is to shed 240 jobs (The Press, February 4). Coun James Alexander states that more than 200 council jobs will go; at the same time, 200 new jobs will be created with the opening of a new Marks & Spencer on the city’s outskirts
I HAVE recently spent two weeks in ward 34 of York Hospital and I would like to give recognition and praise to each and every one assigned to my care. Noticeably busy, as are all wards, nothing was too much trouble and every request dealt with
AS the pantomime season concludes, huge thanks once again are accorded to all concerned with the production at York Theatre Royal, which in all aspects this year surpassed its predecessors. One wonders what devious, cunning, mind-boggling “plot
PERHAPS the best way to deal with the obesity crisis would be for the Government to declare a state of bankruptcy and impose food and petrol rationing at 1944 levels. In 1944 about the only fat people to be seen in the UK and most of Europe were
IS IT just me who thinks George Hudson Street is a complete mess and an embarrassment to our beautiful city? It has been almost a year since the some of the council workers moved out of their old accommodation in this street into their new £44
ONCE again I open my copy of The Press (Saturday, February 8) to find City of York Council leader James Alexander bleating about other parties being personal in their comments. Boy, if you think that is bad you should hear what the electorate thinks
THE citizens of York have now received a leaflet informing us of the council’s vision for the future of our fair city and are requested to offer feedback. My reply will be short and simple. I see no good reason wasting words on a council who will
SOME rural bus services in East Yorkshire could be at risk because of funding cuts. East Riding of Yorkshire Council will reduce the amount it spends on concessionary bus travel by £240,000 in 2014/15, with similar cuts likely in each of the following
AT LAST it would seem that action is to be taken against indiscriminate parking by parents on the school run (The Press, February 5). Since the combining of English Martyrs and Church of Our Lady’s schools, Hamilton Drive and the surrounding streets
ARCHBISHOP Sentamu is right to call for people in work to be paid a living wage (The Press, February 10). Labour in York has led the way, with City of York Council becoming a living-wage employer, but there is much more to do. At a Labour Party
The Keep Your Pet service, which offers help for older and vulnerable people to look after their pets in times of illness, has celebrated a successful first year with a social event for volunteers to get to know each other. Steering group member
FRUSTRATED residents and business owners are pleading with the authorities to dredge the River Ouse in York to help ease city centre flooding. Householder Chris Cook has sent a petition of 40 signatures to the Environment Agency, City of York Council
100 years ago The police, after a free fight at Campden Hill-Square, London, had arrested a woman under the impression that she was Mrs Pankhurst, but who it appeared was another person “made up” to resemble the militant leader. The hoax was
BETH Nielsen Chapman arrives in Pocklington today to “run through everything” with her band in preparation for her 14-date tour that begins at the town’s arts centre tomorrow. The American singer-songwriter will be performing with her support act
THIS Friday couples everywhere will be settling down for a romantic meal together. Candles, soft music, maybe the odd rose or two will be used to create the perfect atmosphere for whispering sweet nothings. Sadly, this will not happen in my home
AN engineering company which specialises in water treatment equipment has acquired new premises at York’s Northminster Business Park. IQ Engineers Ltd, which installs mechanical equipment at water treatment sites throughout the UK, has acquired
TWO deals within York’s commercial property sector have seen the city’s largest industrial letting since 1990 and the sale of a 17th century building. Waterhouse Commercial Surveyors has completed a £250,000 deal for the freehold of 69 Micklegate
A 60 PER CENT rise in revenue has been reported by York-based theme park and museum attraction creator Paragon Entertainment. In a trade update the business revealed that turnover to the year end December 31, 2013, increased from £6.1 million in
PUPILS, parents and carers have a few days left to give their views on school dinners in York. The council wants to find out why take up of school meals in York is low, why some families do not register or take up the free school meals they are
COUNCILLORS will next week make a decision on controversial plans for a permanent travellers’ site in a North Yorkshire village, which opponents claim could harm the site of a historic battle. Landowner Reginald Robshaw, who has had permission
A TEENAGER has been injured in a town-centre crash in North Yorkshire. The 16-year-old pedestrian was taken to Harrogate District Hospital following the collision, also involving a blue Citroen Xsara, at the junction of Hookstone Road and Oatlands
THE Centre for Cities report revealed manufacturing has become a shrinking sector in York, with just four per cent of the city’s workforce employed in the industry, a total of 4,100 jobs. However extend the scope into North Yorkshire and the region
It is well publicised that the filing date for self-assessment tax returns was midnight on January 31. What is not so well publicised is that for those who were filing their own tax returns at the last minute and discovered they had lost their
MORE cooperation between police forces could crank up the pressure on criminals who travel long distances to commit crimes, the Assistant Chief Constable for North Yorkshire has said. Paul Kennedy said by working with other forces outside the county
THE BUSINESS Secretary Vince Cable is urging people from his home city to vote in upcoming European Parliament elections. Mr Cable, who was born and raised in York, has warned that apathy could lead to UKIP succeeding in the May elections which
IT’S usually a “book before bedtime” that parents share with their children. But one York school is taking a completely different approach, encouraging mums, dads and carers to read to their children before breakfast. Woodthorpe Primary School
MORE than 300 cancer patients in North Yorkshire were given a grant during 2013 to help them with costs relating to their cancer treatment. Among the 315 people helped by Macmillan Cancer Support, North Yorkshire, patients received £95,504 for
A NUMBER of groups and societies from across York have been awarded certificates for being “dementia friendly”. Silver Song Box, a group providing entertainment and music in care homes; York Railway Station – Eastcoast; York Hospital; City of York
NHS Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is supporting a new campaign encouraging people to seek early help from their pharmacist if they feel under the weather. The campagn, called “The earlier, the better”, has been launched by NHS
A one-day festival of live music will be held in York next month. York’s Little Festival Of Live Music has been set up to celebrate local musicians and folk music in the city. The nine-hour Folk Ahoy! event will be held at the Black Swan Inn
HARROGATE International Festivals’ spring series of Sunday morning concerts welcomes the Navarra Quartet to the Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate, on March 2. The 11am programme features Mozart, Beethoven and a work by Latvian composer Peteris Vasks that
A 79-YEAR-OLD York woman has just published her first novel. Mary Florence Jackson’s wartime romance is called Out of Limbo, and she published it under the name Mary Florence. Miss Jackson, of Bedale Avenue, Osbaldwick, who grew up in wartime
A GROUP of York teenagers with a flair for film-making will find out next month whether their message of how to behave on the bus has won a national award. Ellie Boyes, a Year 11 student at Danesgate Community, came up with the idea for a seven-minute
Jerry Green Dog Rescue, which has a centre at Thirsk, is asking people to donate toys and treats as part of its Love Us, Love Our Dogs campaign. Donors can go online, pick a gift or toy from the wish list and send it to a specific dog. Catherine
Customers at the St Leonard’s Hospice furniture shop in Selby will be welcomed with coffee, cakes and crafts on February 14, to celebrate a year in operation. The Ousegate Mill shop sells good-quality donated furniture as well as knitting and sewing
“Music is so important for young people” – conductor Simon Wright’s words met with approving applause. The orchestra generously arranges for 200 tickets to allow young people to attend each concert; it was pleasing to see a diverse audience on
A MAN tried to blow up his ex-wife’s kitchen by leaving a lit candle near an open gas tap, risking the lives of neighbours and the emergency services, a court heard. Harrogate man Martin Whyms was drunk when he went to his former marital home in
A SINGLE mother has issued a plea for help to raise £500,000 to fund lifesaving treatment for her daughter. Vicki Alderson, a former North Yorkshire Police project manager from Northallerton, said she could have as little as a few months to finance
THE number of rapes reported to North Yorkshire Police has fallen, new figures have shown. The figures, from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC), show North Yorkshire had a lower number of recorded rapes than the national average
