MOVES to set up a "drunk tank" in the middle of York cleared a major hurdle tonight despite renewed criticism of the idea. Councillors voted yes to the scheme which will now go forward as a possible solution to tackling binge drinking problems
THE dole queue is growing in North and East Yorkshire, according to figures released today by the Office for National Statistics. Although nationally unemployment has fallen and the total number of people without work is below the national average
A BEER festival is being held this Saturday in Sutton-upon-Derwent, near York. Woodhouse Grange Cricket Club and the Sutton Village Hall committee have teamed up to host the event in the hall, following the success of last year's inaugural festival
THIEVES raided a pasty shop in York and fled with the safe and a cash till. The break-in happened at the Cornish Bakery shop in Colliergate between 6.30pm on Monday and 6am on Tuesday, police said today. North Yorkshire Police were called at
MEET the latest cute new addition to Flamingo Land. The little camel calf - which has not yet been named - is the daughter of theme park favourites, Abi and Baxter, and was born a week ago today. A spokesman for the Ryedale park said: “This
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of voyeurism at a York swimming pool. Police have launched an investigation centred on Waterworld at Monks Cross. The alleged voyeurism took place during a swimming class for mums and babies, run by an outside
PROTESTERS have appealed to the Government to scrap work capability assessments being carried out by a private firm. As part of a coordinated national demonstration, protesters gathered outside the the St Deny Road office, where assessments to
RESIDENTS across North Yorkshire will see their council tax bills rise next year - but councillors have today voted not to give themselves a pay increase. North Yorkshire County Council has approved financial plans at a meeting at County Hall in
A FORMER stable girl will compete in her first-ever flat race for charity as she tries to win her bodyweight in champagne and raise £5,000 for charity. Lauren Dobson, 24, who is originally from Hunmanby but now lives near Kirkbymoorside, is gearing
WORLD indoor glory has been targeted by one-lap ace Richard Buck after he was drafted in to star for Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The 27-year-old City of York Athletic Club 400 metres specialist is one of a 35-strong squad that will compete
YORK-BORN golfer Simon Dyson has dropped to 177th in the world rankings in the wake of a second successive missed cut. Dyson bowed out at the halfway stage of both the Africa Open and the Joburg Open, results which saw him slip eight places from
Pearl Castle, one of seven possible runners at next month’s Cheltenham Festival for Norton trainer John Quinn, turns out at Doncaster today in a bid to bolster his claims at jumping’s most prestigious meeting. The four-year-old, a former useful
A TAXI driver was robbed by knifemen after being lured into an apparent ambush. The driver, a 58-year-old man, had gone to pick up a fare in Scarborough when two men in balaclavas got into his blue Citroen Berlingo and threatened him with a knife
TONY COYLE is hoping Son Of Flicka can serve up a repeat performance in the Coral Cup at next month’s Cheltenham Fesitval. The Norton trainer is aiming to saddle the ten-year-old in the hugely competitive handicap on Wednesday, March 12 – knowing
ASHLEY HUGILL and Mick Borg will square off in a second round showdown at the York Masters snooker tournament. That clash, along with Paul Holmes against Lee Taylor and Glen Mountain versus Roland Cox, is among the highlights of the draw for the
COLIN RICHARDSON and John Sherlock sneaked home on the pink to win 2-1 in the final of the York Conservative Clubs’ Paul McCready Memorial Pairs Snooker final. The Heworth ‘C’ duo edged out club colleagues Fred Mallinson and Mark Robinson to lift
BOOTHAM moved clear at the top of the York Conservative Clubs’ Slater Cup Snooker Pairs League after beating nearest rivals Acomb 5-2 in a match featuring four black ball finishes. The teams shared the first four games, with Bootham benefiting
BOOTHAM ‘B’ consolidated their position as leaders of the York Conservative Clubs’ Faber Shield Billiards League with a 5-1 defeat of Acomb. Mick Borg (28 break) won the first game, then Alf Appleby, Paul Mahoney, Tony Lambert and Tim Fillingham
Brothers Callum and Jacob Lilliman try their hand at a Smartie chopstick challenge at the York Chocolate Story. They were attempting to beat the world record for sorting 30 Smarties using only chopsticks. The current Guinness world record stands
POLICE are hunting for this man, who is suspected of attacking another man in York. The assault happened at around 5.40pm last Thursday, on the decking outside the Vodka Revolution Bar in Coney Street, police said today. The victim, a 59-year-old
Room With A View, a painting by Yorkshire-born artist David Hockney, which is to be auctioned in a sale of modern British and Irish art at Bonhams in Bond Street on May 28. The boldly coloured oil on canvas, which depicts the artist’s home and
York Hospital has lost £8.5 million of vital funding in NHS fines because of controversial Government targets, it has been revealed. A total of £6 million of the loss was due to the so-called marginal tariff set by the Labour Government due to
RESIDENTS in York will be asked again whether they want alleygates installed, after council officials admitted making mistakes in the original consultation. City of York Council had decided to drop plans to fit a gate to the alley linking Nunmill
Building work will start in March on the £35m office and student accommodation development on the site of The Press offices in York. Demolition of the old press hall is expected to be complete in the next few weeks and an artist's impression of
A NEW blueprint aimed at boosting earnings from tourism says Ryedale will play a key part. Produced by Scarborough Borough Council, the strategy says the plan will work with Welcome to Yorkshire, Ryedale District Council and the North York Moors
KIRKBYMOORSIDE could become home to three leading supermarkets after planning permission was granted to a mystery company to build a store in the town. A supermarket, which councillors at a Ryedale District Council planning meeting said they did
TWO neighbours have graduated from the same university on the same day after returning to studying. Lucy Martin and Rodney Anness, who have lived next door to each other in Settrington for 11 years, completed their degrees at York University.
PUPILS at Warthill Primary School are encouraging youngsters to mark World Water Day . They want school children up and down the country to wear something blue on Saturday, March 22, and show their support by donating £1 to support water-aid projects
On the face of it, Aviva’s chief executive Mark Wilson, makes a sensible and topical point when he calls for houses to be given a flood rating so buyers can be aware of the risks. Few can have failed to be moved by the images of the devastating floods
TRANSPORT bosses looked into using fine income from York’s Lendal Bridge restrictions to cut parking charges but have been thwarted, The Press can reveal. Dave Merrett, City of York Council’s cabinet member for transport and planning, revealed
There’s nothing new in the NHS facing a financial crisis. But the news that York Hospital has lost £8.5million of vital funding in NHS fines because of controversial Government targets is bound to cause widespread anger and lead to yet more calls for
I’ve just walked down Scarcroft Hill as the rain pours down from the latest storm. I watched water rush from the fairly large number of front gardens which are paved, into the gutter, down the hill to the overflowing drains, which lead to the Ouse,
I AM delighted that the Place of Safety Section 136 Suite at Bootham Hospital, which will care for people with mental health issues who are detained by North Yorkshire Police Force, is now open. City of York Council’s Health and Wellbeing board
WE are constantly told about a decline in our garden bird population. The lady from Dunnington already pointed out that most of them happily live on her farm. May I add that if everybody plants a cotoneaster in their garden, they also can watch
WE RECENTLY attended the second community conversation meeting with residents in Westfield ward. It was interesting listening to people’s views over priorities in the community. We would like to thank people for attending. We took away the need
IS it only me? I know it’s not. The information pumped out by the anti-Lendal Bridge brigade does not add up. Now the city income has reached a new high of £600 million (who gets that, traders?); visitation is up six to eight per cent; Park&
I READ (Letters, February 5) a letter from Ralph Peacock asking about a letter from Barbara Woodley, dated January 29, in respect of her grandpa John Calpin, the eldest brother of ten brothers. I am of the family of Calpins of Walmgate area. My
Residents have been evacuated after a 25ft crater swallowed up part of a house in an historic market town dubbed the Sinkhole Capital of Britain. The house is on the brink of collapse after a giant chasm appeared underneath the property in Magdalen
What happens when a three-year-old boy tells his mother he has been sexually abused? A York mother tells MIKE LAYCOCK of her experiences, while North Yorkshire Police explain how they investigate such allegations. CAROLINE was enjoying a quiet
FORMER world Thai boxing champion Rich Cadden today welcomed the return of York’s major sports awards. The Chokdee Academy owner won the Sports Personality of the Year accolade in the 2007 York Sports Awards, backed by Active York and The Press
THE mother of a nine-year-old York girl who was blinded by a rare brain tumour is preparing to run in the London marathon to help other sufferers. Julia Holding wants to raise funds for the Brain Tumour Charity’s HeadSmart campaign, which aims
The sixth Duke of Devonshire once owned Wetherby, but he sold it to finance work at Chatsworth. MATT CLARK reckons he made an expensive mistake. According to folklore, when snow hits Yorkshire Wetherby misses out, because the “weather goes by”.
A talk about the increasing pressures faced by today’s students entitled Debt And Antidepressants: Are Today’s Students Too Scared To Succeed? is to be given by the psychologist and BBC broadcaster Tanya Byron at the University of York on Friday.
Hoteliers, restaurateurs and caterers from around Yorkshire and beyond turned up at York Racecourse for day one of the first hotel, restaurant and bar show to be held in the county for more than a decade. The two-day Yorkshire Hotel Show is a new
Writer, broadcaster and feminist Germaine Greer will be the guest speaker at a lunch to mark International Women’s Day in Leeds. Ms Greer will talk about how women still find it difficult to find their rightful place in the world 40 years after
Discount retailer Poundland, which has two shops in York, has announced plans for a stock market flotation next month which is expected to value the company at up to £750 million. The chain has seen sales rise as squeezed consumers hunt for a bargain
Bootham School is working with Oxfam’s Seen and Heard project to ensure the plight of Syrian children is both seen and heard by decision-makers. The aim of the campaign is to collect postcard messages of support and solidarity for Syrian refugee children
A YOUNG-AT-HEART great-grandmother celebrated her 103rd birthday with a party for friends and family. Irene Gray, known to friends as Bunny, was born in Fulford in 1911. The former window dresser at Bettys has been a resident at Hambleton Grange
CYCLING charity Sustrans is launching a film competition to celebrate the Yorkshire Festival, and to get school children excited about the 2014 Tour de France visit to Yorkshire. Emma Peasland, the charity’s coordinator for schools, said: We always
THE Ebor Model Railway Club will be staging an exhibition at Heworth Church Hall, York, from 10am until 4pm on Saturday and Sunday. Part of the proceeds will go to MacMillan cancer nursing. On display will be several working model layouts, in gauges
A BATTLE of the bands contest aimed at teaching youngsters about the business and performance side of the entertainment industry is coming to York schools for the first time this year. The AMP Awards, which have been running in Harrogate and Leeds
Planners and developers have shrugged off new warnings by insurers against building homes in flooding hotspots such as York. The head of Aviva, the UK’s biggest insurer and one of York’s largest employers, has called for houses to be given a flood
TRIBUTES have been paid to a man described as one of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway’s (NYNR) most colourful characters, who has died aged 91. Charlie Hart, one of the founding members of the railway, played a leading role in its development.
A York family’s five-year wait to learn what happened to their loved one will end today when an inquest is held into her tragic death. York Coroner Donald Coverdale will attempt to piece together what happened to Lisette Dugmore, who vanished in
A teenage yob has been banned from a supermarket for plaguing customers and staff with abusive and intimidating behaviour. Other youths have also been barred from Sainsbury’s in Abbey Walk, Selby, after rising concern over their conduct. North
POLICE are investigating a major Facebook fraud after a North Yorkshire couple were left £1,000 out of pocket when they booked a holiday home that did not exist. Laura Parks, who lives in Thirsk, booked a holiday lodge on the shore of Loch Ness
100 years ago Five of the bells of the York Minster peal, as recorded in our columns the previous day, had arrived in York after undergoing retuning and repairing in London. The first to reach the Minster had been the tenor, weighing 50cwt
EXTRA support is to be be made available to parents of teenagers in York. City of York Council’s parenting team is working with relationship experts Relate to run short courses over three evening, which will be run by trained counsellors to show
POLICE are urging people to be vigilant when using cash machines after a number of incidents were reported in Malton. On Monday, North Yorkshire Police received a report from Barclays bank that some customers had complained money had been taken
Councillors in North Yorkshire are due to vote themselves a pay rise today – costing hard-pressed charge payers an extra £10,000 a year. But the expenses increase will be accompanied by new guidelines for members following concern over so-called
A number of journalists working for The Press staged a one-day strike yesterday in protest at plans to transfer some production work to Wales. Newsquest, which owns The Press, is investing in a new editorial system which will make production of
Fundraising is well under way for a York shopworker aiming to raise more than £4,450 by climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. Melissa Speight, 23, of South Duffield, is one of a team of fundraisers looking to complete the challenge later this year for Macmillan
THE Lord Mayor of York, Coun Julie Gunnell, and members of the civic party, join staff at the British Heart Foundation shop in Goodramgate to mark the shop’s 25th anniversary. Staff and shop volunteers celebrated with tea, cake and a birthday party
Coun Carol Runciman, former executive member for children’s services at City of York Council, with Ben Fuller, the head of politics, and sixth-formers at St Peter’s School. Coun Runciman spoke to the students about the work of the council and some
Adam Nichols, a PhD student from the University of York’s Department of Physics, demonstrates how rocket fuel works using hydrogen during a space adventure workshop at the University of York. Employee-volunteering charity York Cares hosted York
