AN UNDERWHELMED reaction to the 2014 Budget has been expressed in York with pension perks and beer duty cuts welcomed alongside disappointment over a lack of hard hitting economic boosts. The Chancellor today revealed his Budget, which he said
BUSINESS leaders in York have heralded today's Budget as a "Budget for growth" though have expressed disappointment at a lack of action over business rates. Delegates gathered to watch the Budget at York Science Park today at an event organised
AN extension to the Government's Help to Buys Scheme has been welcomed by York's construction industry. The Chancellor announced this afternoon that the scheme will run until 2020. Help to Buy has already been praised by a number of businesses
A break down of the measures introduced today by Chancellor George Osborne in the 2014 Budget: LEISURE Tobacco duty to rise by two per cent above inflation Alcohol duty escalator scrapped Duty on spirits and ordinary cider frozen
ALMOST 4,000 York children are living below the poverty line but the health of the city’s youngsters is mostly better than the UK average, newly-released official figures have revealed. Child health statistics published yesterday by Public Health
YORK'S transport and planning boss has quit after 16 months in the role. Darren Richardson, who became City of York Council's director of city and environmental services in November 2012, will take a new job with Orkney Islands Council, saying
UNEMPLOYMENT in York has risen slightly - but still stands much lower than a year ago. Latest statistics show 2,230 people - or 1.7 per cent of those eligible - claimed Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) in the City of York Council area in February, up
THE boss of a York play centre where two children were allegedly mistreated in its car park has appealed for witnesses to come forward. A member of the public claimed a man and a woman behaved in "an aggressive manner" towards two boys - one aged
TWO people were assaulted in a fight outside a North Yorkshire bar. The brawl started outside the Rehab bar in Parliament Street, Harrogate, at about 3.30am on Sunday. Police have appealed for two women who were there at the time, one of whom is
ONE of York's more unusual tourist attractions will play its part in explaining the mysteries of nuclear physics tomorrow. The University of York and English Heritage have teamed up to host a talk at the York Cold War Bunker, in Holgate, which
STAFF and students at York College are celebrating an outstanding Ofsted judgment. Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw, congratulated the college on getting the top rating after a recent inspection. He said: “The judgment of outstanding
A century ago New Earswick was created by one of York’s greatest philanthropists. Today it’s home to another, less known, benefactor. MATT CLARK went to meet him. WHEN Nick Morrice decided to sponsor a boy in Kathmandu, he hoped it might make a
A NORTH Yorkshire town hit by the loss of 600 jobs is welcoming news of 50 new positions as BT expands its Northallerton distribution centre.The market town was dealt a double blow of public sector job cuts with the closure of Northallerton Prison and
YORK'S Treboom Brewery is toasting success in the Society of Independent Brewers' Design Awards 2014. Treboom, based at Shipton by Beningbrough, was presented with a high commendation in the Best Individual Label Award for its 'Baron Saturday'
A LOFT conversion specialist has acquired construction business K&B Harrogate in a bid to increase its first year turnover to £1.2 million.Knaresborough-based Loft Creations, which has grown to employ a team of five in its first six months,
TWENTY five new jobs are being created in and around York as home-based care provider Heritage Healthcare looks to double its operation in the city. Bosses at the business, which currently has a team of 25 staff delivering care to more than 60
A YORK-based communications specialist, which provided connectivity at both the London and Sochi Olympics, is launching a new product range. Cellhire, based at Clifton Park, has been working on a Fixed Line portfolio, offering products from some
STEVE PATTERSON has revealed a desire to play in a Lord’s final is fuelling his ambition to figure in more limited overs cricket for Yorkshire this summer. The 30-year-old fast bowler has been largely limited to County Championship outings in recent
OLD Malton St Mary's will take a step into the unknown in the North Riding FA Saturday County Cup final tonight (7.30pm), writes Will Jackson. Player-manager Darren Dunning admitted to knowing nothing about their opponents, Thornaby Dubliners,
RAPID strikes at the outset of each half confirmed a comfortable 2-0 North-East Women's Regional League triumph at Peterlee. The hosts had the first attack but once it was repelled, York countered to startling impact. ith just a light wind
Anyone who witnessed Tony McCoy hobbling around at the Cheltenham Festival last week after a couple of crushing falls might have thought the legendary jockey would be conspicuous by his absence for a little while in order to recover. McCoy, however
A CYCLIST suffered a broken nose and facial injuries after he was robbed at knifepoint by thieves in Scarborough. The 34-year-old man was carrying his orange mountain bike through the alleyway between Colescliffe Road and Oxcliffe in Barrowcliffe
BRIAN ELLISON says he will be targeting the curtain-raiser for the new Flat season with an unprecedented number of horses. The Norton trainer, whose Spring Cottage Stables string is now numbering 120 thoroughbreds, is hoping to get the new campaign
CLIFTON Cycling Club's Rob Gray won the under-16s category during the second meeting of the club's Day @ Races series at York Sport Village. Gray finished ahead of Tom Pidock, of Aire Valley, after the pair broke away from the bunch in tough conditions
FULFORD moved to the top of the York Conservative Clubs’ Faber Shield Billiards League for the first time this season after beating Bootham ‘B’ 5-1. Terry Ward (44 break) gave them a start with a six-point success against Matt Smith and captain
CHAMPIONS Crescent ‘B’ rounded off the York White Rose Ladies Darts League division one season with a 5-2 victory over New York. New York won the opener but Pat Hurst and Val Mackenzie then Angie Hurst and Liza Moore got the next two for Crescent
BOOTHAM held on to top spot in the York Conservative Clubs' Slater Cup Snooker Pairs League despite losing 5-2 to Heworth. The teams shared the first two games before P and N Hodgson moved Heworth ahead with a black ball success. Bootham levelled
MALTON'S Lee Taylor made it two wins in three consecutive finals in the York Conservative Clubs' Quickslide Scruton Snooker Cup.Taylor beat Acomb's Adrian Barraclough, the tournament sponsor, 3-1 in the final at Fulford.Barraclough conceded
ONE of York’s stalwart sporting sons, Ralph Skilbeck, has died. He was aged 83. The former railway worker starred for the LNER Builders football club, which he also served as club secretary for many years. He played cricket in the York League
FAME The Musical has been updated from its 1980 roots with mobile phones, tablets and new arrangements for its 2014 tour. Likewise, Frank Wedekind’s once banned Spring Awakening returns in a new version for today by young London playwright Anya
THE benefits of a new childcare subsidy for working families could be limited by other support being cut, a York charity has warned. The Government plans will be worth up to £2,000 per child when the online scheme, affecting children up to 12,
BRINGING back alcohol-free discos for young people, open-air shows and later markets and festivals have been put forward as ideas for revitalising York’s evenings. The suggestions were made by a City of York Council task group formed to look at
A TWO-year-old boy died after falling into a private pond in East Yorkshire, Humberside Police said. The toddler was taken to Hull Royal Infirmary by air ambulance after falling into the pond in Woodmansey, Beverley, on Monday, but died a short
A NORTH Yorkshire MP has appealed to musicians to enter a national competition which could give them the chance to play this summer’s festivals and win studio time and equipment. Entries for Rock The House – a Parliamentary contest which raises
TREES in York city centre have been significantly cut back. Work, which started last week, is expected to take two weeks to complete.Harvey Lowson, City of York Council's aboricultural manager, said: "The London Plane trees on Parliament Street
ORGANISATIONS across York have been outlining their hopes for today's Budget announcement - calling for a number of measures to boost the city's economy. Chancellor George Osborne will today open his red briefcase and deliver the 2014 Budget, detailing
POLICE are looking for suspected arsonists believed to have started a fire off Haxby Road, New Earswick. Three fire crews fought the blaze which destroyed a 60 square metre stretch of elephant grass on Monday evening.
FIVE years since York chef Claudia Lawrence vanished, police still have no prime suspect, and no real idea what happened to her. Yet several fresh leads have been announced following a review of the original investigation by North Yorkshire Police.
SOME will say George Osborne has worked a miracle to pull the economy out of recession, others will be less sanguine. But today is his last chance to prove doubters wrong; the final budget before the election campaign. Britain’s economy may be
IN HIS aggressive stance against Russia, Hugh Bayley fails to grasp that it is probably edgy about former Soviet nations involvement with Nato directly on their doorstep (The Press, March 12). Russia is modernising its military in part due to the
COUNCIL leader James Alexander bemoans (Letters, March 17) having to find savings of £74 million during the five years of this Parliament, and that as a result a quarter of the council’s workforce will have lost their jobs. To lead by example in
I RECENTLY went to York Explore Library book sale, one of many sales the libraries of York frequently have. I was amazed at the amount of pristine books (most less than a few years old) for sale at give-away prices. Most of the books seemed
“Jack of all trades and master of none” – such is the epithet handed out to me by Mark Cousins (Letters, March 17. Depends what he means by this rather scathing title. I have, indeed, had quite a plethora of positions connected with my engineering-background
I ATTENDED the recent ‘engagement event’ to discuss the licence application for Monk Stray. The first half saw a packed audience looking round display tables on the Tour de France. Later there were questions from the floor, but only after a
I AM completely baffled by a number of things happening on the Grimston roundabout at the moment. The lanes are changing (again) and for those who use this roundabout on a regular basis, there are going to be more hold-ups than ever, as the amount
STEPHEN LEWIS and Anne Blincoe – “Yesterday Once More, March 10” – nudged the memory of many of York’s older generation reminding us once again that York should be forever proud of its greatest son, Joseph Rowntree, through his love of mankind.
“BREAST is best” they say, and although I personally do not feel offended by public displays, I sympathise a little with the ‘anti’ brigade. Long before it became ‘fashionable’, almost every mum fed their offspring that way, but this very special
ON May 3, St Leonard’s Hospice holds its 24th Challenge Walk in the Bronte Country around Haworth and Hebden Bridge – and we hope lots of walkers will join us to help raise funds for our work. Mainly following bridleways and sections of the Pennine
RECENTLY a 22-year-old woman was fighting for her life in Lincoln after a serious attack by a dog. Two infants have also been savaged to death by dogs in the past few weeks. Every year thousands of people are injured, many seriously, following
THE death of every young person, especially one as able and promising as Megan Roberts, is an appalling tragedy. You reported (Wednesday, March 12) that some of her friends are “calling for action” to prevent such deaths in the future. They want
I HAVE every sympathy for Mr S Atkinson who is troubled by the extremely loud music pounding out from some car’s boom box (Letters, March 15). There seems to be little regard for peace and quiet these days. I therefore wonder what would be
A Selby church is gathering memories about the night a Halifax bomber collided with its spire and killed 15 people during the Second World War.St James' Church wants to mark the 70 anniversary of the crash on May 10, 1944, by staging an exhibition
A FRIENDSHIP between two seven-year-old girls from York has led to one of them undertaking a hair-raising charity challenge. Poppleton Road School pupil Eleanor Phillips, and Poppy Wadsworth, who goes to Poppleton Ousebank, have been firm friends
THE chief executive of Prezzo restaurants has thanked firefighters for dealing with the blaze which completely gutted a North Yorkshire restaurant yesterday. Up to 90 firefighters yesterday helped tackle a blaze believed to have started the restaurant
MARKET traders in York say they fear a planned refurbishment will not prevent its downward spiral. City of York Council is consulting on a planned £1.5 million Newgate Market refurbishment but the plans have sparked concerns among traders who believe
100 years ago The official programme in connection with the forthcoming visit of the King to Hull on June 26th when he would open the new Joint Dock, had not yet been completed. It was hoped that the opening of the new dock would mark the commencement
THE search for Miss York & District 2014 will start later this month, with organiser Diane Yalezo urging girls of 'all shapes and sizes' to enter. Diane, who is planning to hold auditions on March 30 at the Hilton Hotel near Clifford's Tower
YORK's hospital charity is planning a dreamy fundraiser amid the locomotives at the National Railway Museum this midsummer.The York Teaching Hospital Charity will be holding a Midsummer Night's Ball at the museum on Saturday, June 21, and tickets
YORK’S firefighters are inviting former colleagues back to their fire station this Saturday for a last look before it closes next month. City centre crews are to move in to the new Kent Street station so the current Clifford Street station is inviting
A FORMAL planning application for 500 new homes in Malton will be submitted to Ryedale District Council next month, following a public consultation. As well as being asked for their views, local residents are being invited to suggest names for
AFTER months of rehearsals, young dancers from York's Clover School of Dance are ready to take to the stage with their version of Alice in Wonderland.The students have been preparing sonce October, and performers aged from two to 18 now ready for
YORK Unitarians are holding a coffee morning on Friday at the St Saviourgate Chapel, from 10am to noon, in aid of a branch of Age UK called Keep Your Pet. The next day, the St Leonard’s Hospice Fulford Support Group will be holding a coffee morning
TWO long-serving members of the Royal British Legion in York have been honoured. Major John Jessop received a bar to his 30 years’ service medal, representing a further five years, at a meeting of the Fulford and District branch, while Ian Smith
CHECKS have revealed “widespread” risks with part-worn tyres fitted on cars in East Yorkshire. East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s trading standards teams surveyed traders supplying the tyres and said many were poorly labelled, safety checks were
NORTH Yorkshire Police have appointed a new leader for the Hambleton and Richmondshire Safer Neighbourhood Command. Acting Superintendent Simon Lovell has taken over the role from Superintendent Andy McMillan, who has been in the post since 2012
A YORK MP has accused council bosses of failing to follow planning laws over potential schemes to build wind turbines in countryside near the city. "Screening opinions" have been sent to City of York Council to decide whether studies of how masts
BUILDING work on the new Selby Leisure Centre has started to take shape, with a metal framework for the new development in place on the Scott Road site.Work started on the site at the beginning of this year, and just over two years after a massive fire
A FORMER York head girl who is working a supermarket checkout because she can't afford university tuition fees is mounting a human rights challenge after being refused a student loan. "Hard-working and high-achieving" Beaurish Tigere was head girl
BACK in the 70s there were two Rainbows. One was fronted by Zippy and George, the other by Lincolnshire rocker Graham Bonnet. Formed from remnants of Deep Purple Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow, they created rock anthems fit for any Father’s Day compilation
DETECTIVES investigating the disappearance of York chef Claudia Lawrence have released fresh appeals and new evidence but say there is still no prime suspect. Details of seven fresh leads are today made public by Chief Superintendent Simon Mason
