HUNDREDS of people have already shown interest in the first £1 million apartment in York, developers say. Developer Grantside is creating four new apartments and office space at the riverside Bonding Warehouse, with private lifts and a private
THE companies behind a redevelopment scheme at a former York school have apologised to buyers who face a further delay before they can move in to their new homes on the site. Building and conversion work on the former Shipton Street school site
ORGANISERS of a new beer festival in Yorkshire say they want it to become one of the best in the UK. The Bridlington Real Ale Festival wil be held at The Spa on March 7 and 8, and the organisers hope to pull in thousands of enthusiasts. There will
A GROUP of North Yorkshire farmers has pitched in with the relief effort to help flood-hit colleagues in southern Britain. Members of Boroughbridge Young Farmers' Club (YFC) went on a 530-mile round trip to provide a lifeline for Sedgemoor cattle
WE automatically put our hand to our forehead when we are in a state of alarm, shock, or stress – but did you ever wonder why? “People instinctively know how to do this,” begins June Tranmer, the tutor taking the Touch For Health workshop at the
Being diagnosed with tinnitus as a teenager came as a blow to Hannah Crosby. But she tells health reporter Kate Liptrot how it is possible to live a normal life – with a bit of resilience. WHEN she was 16 and off school with the flu, Hannah Crosby
Mary Sweeting warms us through winter with her gluten-free scone recipe. If you enjoy a good bake-off at home, these scones will fill your kitchen with the delicious smell of maple syrup. The quantities may seem strange, as when I first made
In my last article I looked at the components of fitness and the areas we should exercise in order to gain all round fitness. A good level of fitness helps protect us against heart disease, diabetes and obesity, besides improving our mood and helping
We reviewed local historian Paul Chrystal’s new book, York A-Z, a week or so ago. As we explained then, the book is an alphabetical whizz through York’s history, starting with A for Alcuin and ending with Z for Zeppelin. It is a fun and quirky
IT IS with sadness that Yesterday Once More reports the death of Maurice Crowther, a survivor of the Fall of Singapore and a former prisoner of war of the Japanese. Mr Crowther, who was 93 and lived in Selby, died in December. He was cremated at
A BREWING venture brought into production by monks reviving a 17th century tradition is about to sell its 75,000th bottle. Ampleforth Abbey Beer is a traditional monastic beer which is based on a centuries-old Benedictine recipe adapted with modern
STRUCTURAL steel group Sevefield-Rowen has said it is in a stable position going forward with an order book of £172 million. In a trade update the Thirsk-based company said the business is “showing much greater stability” following the completion
THE University of Law has taken a lease on a property in Leeds as it continues with its move out of York. The organisation announced in July last year that it plans to close the College of Law in York after 24 years of training future lawyers.
AN award-winning glamping business on the outskirts of York is launching its second venture following a £250,000 investment by its owners. Jollydays was established at Buttercrambe Moor Wood six years ago by husband and wife duo Christian and Carolyn
GAME Of Thrones actor Owen Teale will star in a new tour of Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood at York Theatre Royal from April 22 to 26. Premiering at Clywd Theatr Cymru, Terry Hands’s production marks the centenary of Thomas’s birth, as well as the
THE University of York Choir and Symphony Orchestra present works by Sibelius, Syzmanowski and Bruckner at Central Hall, University of York, on March 5. Sibelius’s rarely performed, enigmatic Symphony No 6 in D minor moves from deceptive serenity
WHEN is someone in the higher echelons of this country going to get a grip on flooding? A proper, really tight, bruise-inducing grip. A grip that once and for all will properly address what your average flood plain dweller has for years been warning
SOMETHING needs to be done about Britain’s broken housing market. As we reported earlier this week, charity Shelter has estimated the average wage in York would need to rise by £22,000 for people to be able to buy the kind of house today that they
MY friend, Alison Sinclair, gives readers information about the part William Etty played in saving Bootham Bar and the City Walls from a Philistine city council. Etty was born in 1787, the year my ancestor came to live in York, and died in 1849
Now we have become aware of the huge numbers of fines associated with non-exempted vehicles crossing Lendal Bridge, it is time to question whether what has been done is in fact congestion charging by stealth. There is a case to be made for not
It may come as a surprise to some that not everyone is thrilled by the prospect of the disruption caused by the big bike race through York in July. Now I find from the latest council “comic” that several other biking events are now also planned
Looking at what shops’ losses are on frozen foods when power cuts strike, having a generator to kick in is not a bad idea, especially for shops. It saves massive costs in loss of food and claims against insurance companies. Keith Chapman, Custance
A MILLION new jobs, zero-hours contracts. How is that a job? How can people plan their future and get a mortgage? The sea washes away the railway at Dawlish and the taxpayer has to pay the private rail companies millions a week while it is out
SO Julian Cole in his column of February 13 feels a bit sorry for James Alexander in his game “Sometimes I…” He blames the Coalition Government for cuts to local government which Coun Alexander and his cabinet have to pass on to the York citizens
The concern over the blocking of footpaths and walkways by A-boards and associated displays in the city centre are as nothing compared with the stockade erected to hold the shopping trolleys on the undercover walkway outside the new Iceland store on
Thank you for publishing the article in The Press on February 11 about the 40 people who signed the petition about flooding problems in central York. By coincidence, on the same day, an article appeared in the Guardian newspaper penned by Kersten
100 years ago Few real patriots would remain unmoved at the news which came from Berlin that the “English moustache” was now forbidden. Their “tooth-brush appendages”, said General von Plettenburg, of the Guards, were unsuitable for Prussian
THE Vikings are coming! It’s a phrase that doesn’t quite strike terror in the way it once did. In fact, it’s now a cause for celebration. The Jorvik Viking Festival is back. Throughout this week, Vikings will be everywhere in York; camping in Coppergate
FORMER captain Scott Rhodes declared York City Knights had an excellent chance of bouncing straight back up to the Kingstone Press Championship after watching them take apart his York Select side. The Knights beat the amateur representative team
WITH no trains running to Plymouth because of track damage, the city’s football team also saw their hopes of closing in on a play-off position derailed by a ruthless York City performance. Towering centre-back John McCombe bagged a brace in between
YORK City Knights had fingers tightly crossed that Sam Orange’s injury nightmare was not about to recur. The 21-year-old exited yesterday’s final friendly of pre-season after taking a bang to the knee that he had reconstructed last year. Former
GARY THORNTON had said York City Knights needed to “win and win well” when they faced the York Select XIII yesterday –and that is exactly what they. Anything else, Thornton feared, would have been seen as a backward step after the encouraging performance
Dunnington kept their slender title hopes alive as they beat Poppleton United 3-1 in one of only two matches to beat the weather in the York Minster Engineering Football League premier division. The victory moved the reigning champions up to fourth
TADCASTER Albion extended their lead at the top of the Northern Counties East League premier division with a 2-1 win at Maltby Main. The Brewers are now five points clear of Barton Town Old Boys, but the second-placed side have three games in hand
MALTON & Norton RUFC suffered an agonising setback in their fight for North One East survival as they lost 13-10 at home to fellow strugglers Northern. The Ryedale side remain one place and three points above the drop zone, but all their relegation
Is rent capping the way to reduce the City of York Council’s soaring housing benefit bills? Council leader JAMES ALEXANDER and opposition leader CHRIS STEWARD debate the issue. YORK’S housing benefit bill has almost doubled in ten years. In
Joe Fanning, going great guns this season and with 27 winners on the board already, can take the feature honours at Wolverhampton this afternoon. The North Yorkshire jockey makes the journey from his Middleham home to team up with Dangerous Age
A MEDICAL centre for drunk people could be set up in York at weekends to ease pressure on paramedics and the city’s hospital. The centre would provide treatment and a safe place for people who have drunk too much, a City of York Council draft report
NEW plans for a £1 billion potash mine on the North York Moors are set to have “important and potentially significant changes”, a report has claimed. York Potash plans to build the mine near Whitby, within the national park, and has said a planning
A TEENAGER had his mobile phone stolen from his back pocket in a York city centre nightclub. The 19-year-old man’s iPhone 5 was taken while he was in Kuda, in Clifford Street.
GUN owners have been invited to take part in a webchat held by North Yorkshire Police today. Members of the public who are interested in how police administer firearms licences can also take part in the Q&A session with the force’s licensing
A POSTAL van driver is in training for the London Marathon after running the York Brass Monkey Half-Marathon in January to raise awareness of prostate cancer. Jon Morris, who completed the half-marathon in one hour and 46 minutes, has raised money
HUNDREDS of hoteliers, restaurateurs and caterers will descend on York Racecourse tomorrow for the Yorkshire Hotel Show – the first event of its kind to be held in the county a decade. It runs from 10am to 7pm tomorrow and 10am to 4pm on Wednesday
PRIMARY schools in the Selby district are to get about £2.7 million of sports funding over the next six years as a Government scheme continues, the area’s MP has said. The Primary PE and Sport Premium is to run until 2020, providing £150 million
THE state of North Yorkshire’s roads is “rapidly becoming a crisis”, according to a council leader who has appealed to the Government for millions of pounds for repairs. As reported last week, North Yorkshire County Council leader John Weighell
DEVELOPERS may get the all-clear this week to restart work on a £130 million city-centre scheme in York, four-and-a-half years after the recession led to it being shelved. City of York Council planning officials say the second phase of the Hungate
PLANS for quarrying, mineral and gas extraction and how rubbish is disposed of across North Yorkshire are to go out to public consultation for the second time. North Yorkshire County Council, City of York Council and the North York Moors National
STAFF at a York care home have helped residents mark Valentine’s Day by setting up their very own “pub”. The bar was installed at South Park Care Home in Gale Lane, in Acomb, to give people living there the feel of popping down to the local as
A NEW parking scheme could be introduced in two York streets, six years after residents said they did not want it. A 2008 consultation in Malton Avenue and Irwin Avenue in Heworth saw 72 per cent of respondants oppose the residents’ parking scheme
A SECRET location in York is to host a hidden bar for cocktail fans. Barman Ross Woodford is setting up a pop-up cocktail bar for three nights only from Friday, February 28, in an atmospheric setting in the city centre. Ross, 25, is a barman
PLANS to cut down a hedge at a former York sports ground have been shelved after it was found to be an historic boundary. Miller Homes, which owns land at the old Civil Service Club sports ground on Boroughbridge Road, applied to City of York Council
A CHARITY football match between a team of cast and crew from TV soap Emmerdale and a Royal Mail XI from York has been switched to a new venue. The game, which is due to be played on Sunday, March 2, in aid of Martin House Hospice’s Good Night’
A VACANCY has arisen for a councillor on Stamford Bridge Parish Council. A by-election to fill the vacancy will be held if ten electors write to the chief executive of East Riding of Yorkshire Council at County Hall, Beverley, East Yorkshire, HU17
YORK has taken a turn for the Norse as a celebration of the city’s Scandinavian history begins. A display of roar power signalled the start of the 30th Jorvik Viking Festival in Coppergate on Saturday as the first warriors set up camp, complete
PASSENGERS on East Coast rail services have rated their satisfaction with the service at 59 percent. Around 7,400 rail commuters across the country were surveyed by consumer group Which? and East Coast ranked fifth out of 19 operators. Best
A CHANNEL 4 programme filmed in York Hospital is tonight expected to focus on the financial penalties and payments affecting Accident and Emergency departments. The Dispatches programme, A&E’s Missing Millions was filmed in York Hospital during
A TEENAGER who raised hundreds of pounds to help pay for a life-changing operation for his best friend has been honoured by his village. Tom Sutton, 13, was given the Bishopthorpe Youth Award for the help he gave his best friend, Corey Eastwood
CROWDS braved biting winds and flocked to Scarborough’s seafront to watch an outdoor performance involving giant puppets and casts of hundreds. Crowds of school children, amateur actors and music groups all helped stage the performance of Opheus
RESIDENTS have been urged to report rogue traders operating in North Yorkshire to trading standards officials. North Yorkshire County Council’s trading standards team is advising residents never to employ cold callers who claim a tile has fallen
A YORK animal charity will be able to cut its energy bills after plans to install solar panels were approved. The panels will be fitted on three roofs of the RSPCA York and District Branch’s animal home in Landing Lane. The RSPCA says it will
A FORMER bank in York could be turned into two new homes. A planning application has been sent to City of York Council, seeking permission to convert the building which once housed the NatWest branch in East Parade, Heworth, into two four-bedroom
FRIENDSHIPS forged at a York chocolate factory are still going strong decades down the line – thanks to 45-year-old pact. Workmates in the central calculating section at the Rowntree factory were celebrating the 25th birthday of their friend Audrey
TWO York charities are set to benefit to the tune of thousands of pounds following one of the highlights of York’s year of civic fundraising. The Lord Mayor’s Charity Ball, held on Saturday night in the Voltigeur Suite at York Racecourse, saw guests
A CAMPAIGN spearheaded by two former York residents is gathering pace in the fight to support people affected by post traumatic stress disorder. Former York soldier Simon Buckden and Louisa Rodriguez, who studied at York St John University in 2008
AN eye expert from York is warning budding would-be skiers and snowboarders to be eye-aware when they head to the slopes in the coming weeks. Skiers need to consider protecting their eyes from the sun and its effects when combined with dazzling
