COMMUTERS travelling through York have been warned to expect delays of up to 30 minutes tonight. The delays are due to a signalling problem at the station, and are affecting all services - including Northern Rail, CrossCountry, East Coast, First
Do you have a sweet tooth? Then this is the list for you. Every week in The Press, our staff or guest columnists recommend mouth-watering recipes to try at home. Here, we gather 27 of the tastiest cake suggestions from the past year or so. Enjoy!
A SIGN promoting York’s controversial new 20mph speed limits has been vandalised. The sign at the corner of Dijon Avenue and Green Lane in Acomb was pulled from the ground. The pole is otherwise undamaged and police said they had no record
AN online competition to spot the first daffodil of spring in flower on the banks of York’s city walls has been won. Sally Burns the director of communities and neighbourhoods at City of York Council claimed victory in the Twitter contest launched
VANDALS have slashed the tyres of eight cars parked in York, prompting a police appeal for witnesses. Between last Friday and Monday (Feb 14 to 17), the offender or offenders struck in several parts of the city. Cars targeted were: A Ford
OUSTED North Yorkshire MP Anne McIntosh has called for a change to party selection rules, in the hope she can stand again as a Conservative. Earlier this month, the Thirsk and Malton MP – who is Yorkshire’s only female Conservative MP – lost a
THIS time last year, The Press reviewed Barney Norris’s one-act play Fear Of Music. The verdict was that the Oxford graduate talked a really good show in his interview, but hadn’t quite written one yet. Well, he has now, building on the promise
YORK City have been challenged to “grab the bull by its horns” by manager Nigel Worthington. The Minstermen return to action at Bootham Crescent after last weekend’s 4-0 thumping of Plymouth, which represented the club’s biggest Football League
RYAN Bowman believes he has learned a lesson since being shown his second red card of the season during York City’s last meeting with Southend. The City striker received his marching orders at Roots Hall in November for a late lunge on right-back
JIMMY REID has given his strongest hint yet that he will remain Selby Town’s manager next season. The former Pickering Town boss who took charge at Flaxley Road late last year following the departure of Ian Dring, initially signed up until the
Severus squeezed out of the relegation zone in division one of the Ian’s Cars of Barlby York Sunday Morning Football League after winning 3-1 at Dunnington. At the same time, the vanquished hosts slipped to the foot of the table. Rob Hart put
SUCCESSFUL football teams and a desire for a younger membership has prompted St Clement’s social club to broaden its sporting net. Currently boasting two teams in the York Minster Engineering Football League – one promoted to the premier division
EVER-PRESENT Leeds United sentinel Jason Pearce is looking forward to a return to his defensive watch tomorrow. Alongside goalkeeper Paddy Kenny, central defender Pearce is the only player to start every game this term. And he’s keen to maintain
No Planning, who gained a runaway win at Wetherby on his latest start, bids to follow up at Warwick today for Bingley trainer Sue Smith, who yesterday at Sedgefield reached 50 winners for the season. The Yorkshire gelding goes for the featured
WHEREVER you look there is a long face poking out of a barn. If there is space, there is a box and there is also an occupant in it. The inn at Tony Coyle’s Highfield yard, in Norton, is full to bursting. It’s the most immediate measure of his
A LAUNCH night for a possible new triathlon club in Tadcaster will be held at the town’s swimming pool in Westgate, on Wednesday, February 26, starting at 7.30pm. The meeting will include representatives from Triathlon England, North Yorkshire
SEAN BASS wants to lead York RUFC all the way to Twickenham as their Northern Division Intermediate Cup campaign finally gets under way tomorrow. After two aborted attempts to play at Consett were thwarted by the weather, Medicals come to Clifton
A WOMAN’S three horses have been confiscated after they were among 13 tethered on grass verges. Edith Ellen Smith was one of two people banned from keeping horses for ten years by York magistrates in separate cases. Phil Brown, prosecuting
MORE than 400 teenagers from the Army Foundation College took part in the largest parade in Europe. The junior soldiers graduated from the military training establishment in Harrogate, watched by thousands of friends and family. Over 81 per
A handmade rocking horse donated to York’s St Leonard’s Hospice is likely to race away when it is auctioned to raise hospice funds. The horse, made by The Rocking Horse Shop at Fangfoss in East Yorkshire, is about five years old and in perfect
A MOTORCYCLIST suffered serious injuries in a crash near Knaresborough. The 35-year-old, from York, was in collision with a white Vauxhall Corsa on the A59, close to the junction with Station Road at Goldsborough, at about 6am on Wednesday. He
THE student who died in accommodation at the University of York has been named by police as Hoi-chun Alex Yam. The 19-year-old, originally from Hong Kong, was found dead in his accommodation on Wednesday, February 12. A statement from the University
MULTI-million-pound housing plans have been unveiled for a former pub site in York city centre. Northminster Ltd intends to to build eight homes - two of three or four bedrooms in the building in Walmgate that once housed the Lord Nelson Inn, and
A YOUNG Community Pride Award winner who took on a 1,000-mile bike ride after recovering from cancer has been diagnosed with the disease a second time. Harry Baines, 23, from Fulford, was first diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma four years ago
AN EVENT to celebrate the achievements of a fellow of the University of York will be held tonight. The Oxfam Novib/PEN Award For Freedom Of Expression recognises writers who have been persecuted for their work and continue to write. Abdiaziz
THE Heslington Road area of York has again been given a spruce up - thanks to the combined efforts of City of York Council and the University of York Students Union. Coun David Levene, cabinet member for environmental services, said: “It is always
STUDENTS at Selby College have written to a Government minister to highlight their concerns over funding cuts for 18-year-olds. The letter from the college’s Student Union to Matthew Hancock, minister for skills and enterprise, urges the Government
AN attack outside a house in Heworth has left a 48-year-old man with serious facial injuries. The man was assaulted in Main Avenue, Heworth, at about 11.30pm on Wednesday, and was taken to Leeds General Infirmary for treatment, but his injuries
BEN REYNOLDS scored a try with his first touch for the club as York City Knights’ under-20s reserves beat Sheffield U20s 42-22 last night - but he later joined a posse of players on the treatment table to put in doubt his availability for the Championship
A MEMBER of a gang that broke into the former Terry’s chocolate factory in York, to steal metal has been jailed. Valentin Marius Florea, 26, and three others travelled with three vehicles, a chainsaw and other equipment for the midnight raid that
WE don’t like to think about death. Yet the reality is it will come to all of us one day. And as the interview on our centre pages today reveals, it is something we ought to be a little more willing to confront. York sociology professor Celia
LOCAL residents shouldn’t be asked whether they want 20mph limits near their homes, says Woodthorpe councillor (and 20mph campaigner) Anna Semlyen – because most people already support them. We’re not against 20mph limits as such, although we question
I WONDER if Hugh Bayley could explain something to poor confused voters like me who don’t understand the workings of the political mind. York Hospital has just been fined £8.5 million under a system set up by the last Labour Government (The Press
READERS who are fed up with the ‘main parties’ and want a more positive message could look to the party that has been warning of the current flooding crisis for years – the Greens. As we have seen, the climate does not recognise borders and combining
IN RECENT months poor Julian Cole has been the victim of some unwarranted personal criticism from Press readers, being accused of everything from ranting, to the heinous crime of politically incorrect humour. In the interest of balance and fair
YOUR report on the court case in which York College was fined £175,000 plus £45,000 cost should make clear that it is the taxpayers who have been fined, not those responsible for the tragic and avoidable death of three year old Lydia Bishop. The
DEVELOPERS have revealed the first picture of the new homes to be built in York city centre. As reported here last night, City of York Council has approved Phase 2 of work on the £130 million Hungate site, which will see 195 new flats built.
COUNCIL bosses saw a new care scheme in action in The Press of February 18, which is applauded by the many people needing it. However, I would like to remind everyone that a previous scheme of wardens living on site in areas needing similar support
Crime reporter Dan Bean goes behind the scenes at North Yorkshire Police’s force control room in Fulford, York. NORTH Yorkshire Police’s force control room is based in Fulford, but staff there are responsible for co-ordinating police activity over
A CHARITY which aims to help disadvantaged young people in York will be the beneficiary of this year’s annual Rotary Dragon Boat Challenge. The Rotary Club of York has revealed The Jack Raine Foundation is its chosen charity for the 2014 event
MORE people are being urged to think about adopting children at an event due to be held in York today. The Being Family pop-up roadshow is being held at the York Designer Outlet from 10am to 8pm, where people will be abe to talk to experts and
A COFFEE morning in aid of the a major health charity is being held at Poppleton Methodist Church Hall. Anne Dixon, of Poppleton, York is encouraging everyone in York to support the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) Ramp Up The Red campaign, which
RESIDENTS should not be asked whether they want 20mph limits near their homes, a York councillor and leading campaigner for lower speeds has claimed. Anna Semlyen, who represents City of York Council’s Dringhouses and Woodthorpe ward and manages
THE first official patron of York’s Arts Barge Project has been announced as Mike Kenny. The project is also now working with the Jack Raine Community Foundation (JRCF), which works with children, young people and young adults to help them meet
THE Doctor will be in at a science fiction convention in Scarborough in April. Colin Baker, who was the sixth actor to play the Doctor in the BBC’s Doctor Who, is the first confirmed guest for Sunday, April 6. The convention, on April 5 and 6,
TWO charities have welcomed the successful prosecution of a gamekeeper who set a pole trap on a North Yorkshire estate. Ryan Christopher Waite, who worked on the Swinton estate near Masham, pleaded guilty to two charges related to the spring-trap
THE leader of York’s Conservatives has called for a cut in council funding for trade unions – but city leaders say this would be an attack on staff and could increase costs. Coun Chris Steward, who leads City of York Council’s Tory group, claimed
ADULT volunteers have been urged to take part in the Army Cadet Force, and help support the region’s 1,500 cadets. Adult instructor numbers are struggling to keep up with demand, with detachments in Acomb, Fulford, Lumley and Strensall among 46
THE partner of a man accused of a serious offence has been jailed for attacking a police officer. Roma Burnside feared for the future following her partner’s imprisonment, York magistrates heard. But when she phoned police feeling suicidal,
A SCIENTIST from the University of York has claimed human hunting helped cause a lack of genetic diversity among European beavers. Professor Michi Hofreiter led the research which analysed ancient and modern DNA and showed the expanding human populations
A SPONSORED sleep-out will be held in a York park next month to support a charity which aims to prevent young people becoming homeless. The overnight event at Homestead Park on March 14 will raise funds for SASH, which works to ensure those aged
MORE than 1,200 new homes have been given planning permission in York over the last 11 months, and city leaders have hailed the figures as a boost for housebuilding. Statistics produced by City of York Council said 1,234 planning consents for housing
A YORK MP has again urged council leaders to scrap plans for new travellers’ sites on the outskirts of York. City of York Council proposes new pitches as part of its Local Plan, which sets out long-term development plans for the city, but York
A PRICELESS book regarded as one of the most important in English literature is about to go on show at the Yorkshire Museum. A rare copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio is on its way to the museum, in York, where it will remain on show into the summer
RETAILERS in a York community have welcomed a report which calls for a reform of business rates to keep small shops in operation. The Acomb Alive retailers association said the British Retail Forum Report was a step in the right direction to reduce
A charity concert will take place next month in support of the Renal Unit at York Hospital. The concert is in tribute to David Bushby, a former manager at the theatre who died last year. It will feature performances from groups within the York
YORKSHIRE Wolds microbrewery, Wold Top Brewery, at Wold Newton, is celebrating after gaining a listing for two of its award-winning real ales in selected Waitrose stores nationwide. Great Taste three star gold beer, Wold Gold, a continental style
YORK Feminist Network is to hold a march in the city to celebrate women. The march will set off from St Helen’s Square at 3pm and will take place on March 8, International Women’s Day. A spokeswoman said: “We hope that this exciting and unifying
LANDLORDS in and around Bridlington have been urged to attend a meeting to help deal with long-term voids – or empty properties. The next branch meeting of the National Landlords Association (NLA) will be held on Wednesday and will discuss the
THE director of a cultural festival being organised to celebrate the opening stages of the Tour de France coming to Yorkshire has stepped down from the £55,000-a-year role. Maria Bota took up the position last August on a 12-month contract but
AN organisation which advises the Government on environmental issues is dragging its heels on deciding whether the Yorkshire Wolds should be given extra protection from development, an East Yorkshire councillor has claimed. Symon Fraser, East Riding
WORKS by a talented photographer from York will be showcased in a national exhibition in London. Images by David Kenward will be displayed in The Reveal exhibition at The Menier Gallery next month. It is the first major visual arts exhibition
THIS year marks the 30th anniversary since the political and social seismic shift of the 1984 Miners’ Strike, and the scars of wounds inflicted on Yorkshire communities still run deep. Indeed those wounds will be reopened with the release of Cabinet
BACK in the days when English football clubs were half-decent in Europe, some TV exec woke up one day and thought it would be a wizard jape to start televising Parliament. Clearly, The Dukes of Hazzard and Miami Vice just weren’t cutting enough mustard
We need a grown-up debate about the best way to allow people with severe and incurable brain damage to die with dignity, says York academic Celia Kitzinger. STEPHEN LEWIS reports. THE day before Polly Kitzinger’s car crash, she met up with her
York Science Park has welcomed the success of one its newest tenants, Expresso Investments, whose property division, Expresso Properties, has completed more than £7 million-worth of projects since moving into the park’s incubation space, Springboard
RETAIL chain Sports Direct International gave a boost to its share price after revealing sales jumped 11 per cent in the 13 weeks to the end of January. The group, which has 409 stores in the UK – including ones on Davygate in York city centre
ONLY one of the “Big Four” supermarkets increased its market share as discount retailers Aldi and Lidl prosper. Latest grocery figures from research group Kantar Worldpanel revealed that Sainsbury’s saw sales rise by 2.7 per cent in the 12 weeks
A TEAM led by a University of York scientist which developed new plants which can be used to clean up land polluted with explosives is in the running for an award. Prof Neil Bruce, of the university’s biology department, and his team are shortlisted
A NORTH Yorkshire Thalidomide victim is heading to Strasbourg for a follow-up meeting with the EU Health commissioner as part of a campaign for compensation. Businessman Guy Tweedy, 51, from Harrogate, along with fellow campaigners Nick Dobrik
ON Monday, February 3, I was due to travel from Harrogate to Bournemouth via York, London (King’s Cross) and then Waterloo. At York, I suffered a major angina attack. The staff at ticket information and reservations were totally brilliant, providing
GEOFFREY SEARSTON asked James Alexander how small is the envelope he scribbles on. James insists (Letters, February 18) he doe’s not scribble or write ideas on envelopes. Geoffrey, your answer is on page 13 of the same edition. I must congratulate
I WAS surprised but pleased to hear that your correspondent (“It doesn’t add up,” February, 19) had no problems when travelling from Haxby to York Station. Then the penny dropped: it was rush hour so Lendal Bridge would not have been closed at
THOUGH I realise I was wrong in commenting about the ownership of the old council buildings, I was under the impression that the council has some influence of planning permission for premises; I apologise for this (Letters, February 11). I have
HOWARD PERRY (Letters, February 18), implies that Government cuts are unnecessary and runs on the familiar narrative of nasty Tories inflicting their “drastic, cruel and very hard cuts” on this ‘nice’ Labour Council. Presumably the £1.3 trillion
THERE have been a number of articles and letters in The Press concerning fracking. Many of the comments appear to be biased either for or against the technology. Few actually provide any reliable information as to the true risks to the environment
THE article in The Press of February 17 about the Rowntree Workers’ Reunion pact after 45 years was a heart-warming one, as a demonstration of the friendships forged at the factory. I very much hope the ladies may come and share their work memories
100 years ago Professor Charnock, speaking at the annual dinner of the Yorkshire local section of the Institution of Electrical Engineers at Leeds, said if the prospects held out to young men were not sufficiently bright they would fail to enlist
YORK creative agency The Beautiful Meme has been shortlisted for a European award for the third consecutive year. The Walmgate-based business is in the running for a total of three awards in this year’s Transform Awards. The awards honour outstanding
MUSIC lovers in York have been urged to support a new initiative to promote “secret” gigs in the city. Sofar Sounds is a scheme that originated in the US, and involves a handful of invitations being sent out to members for tiny gigs in people’s
ALMOST 300 new homes will be built in York after two huge developments were approved tonight. Controversial plans for 102 homes on fields in Strensall were given the go-ahead on a 9-7 vote by City of York Council's planning committee. The councillors
