JASON GILLESPIE says there is room for improvement in both batting and bowling for his Yorkshire side after their opening round LV= County Championship draw against Somerset at Taunton.Gillespie’s troops claimed 11 points from a clash played out
MALTON trainer Richard Fahey has a genuine Classic contender on his hands after Sandiva showed her class in the Lanwades Stud Nell Gwyn Stakes at Newmarket this afternoon. Frankie Dettori rode a confident race on the three-year-old filly - positioning
Yorkshire lost the wickets of openers Alex Lees and Adam Lyth as well as captain Andrew Gale this afternoon, but their departures have not affected the county’s chances of securing a draw against Somerset at Taunton. This match will finish in a
A CYCLIST suffered a broken neck in a crash with a car in Thirsk on Monday. The 35-year-old woman was riding in Westgate at about 1.30pm when her bike collided with a blue Ford Fiesta. She suffered three fractures to her neck, and was taken
YORK City Knights have signed an Italian World Cup player on loan, potentially for the rest of the season.James Saltonstall, who hails from Halifax but qualifies for the Azzurri through his Italian mother and was in the team that shocked England in the
FLAMBOYANT conductor Jae Alexander needs no introduction to devotees of the Castle Howard Proms, but his Grand Opera House show in York on Friday does require a re-introduction. Out goes the original title of Hear The People Sing!; in comes The
STEPHEN LEWIS visits a local nature reserve in the heart of York as is prepares to celebrate its tenth birthday in style. FIGHT your way down through a tangle of undergrowth at the northern end of the St Nicholas Fields' nature reserve and you
A NORTH Yorkshire interiors specialists has opened its second show room following a £50,000 investment marking two years of trading. Harrogate-based Richard Grafton Interiors, which won The Press Business Awards' New Business of the Year title
A YORK-based company which specialises in providing private jets and helicopters is launching a new music and entertainment division. In what the company has described as a first for the private charter industry, FlyMeNow is creating the division
LOCAL housebuilder Barratt Developments Yorkshire East has confirmed the sale of its 200th property under the Help to Buy scheme.The Government's initiative has seen the company, which has its regional office in Monks Cross, sell 38 homes across York.The
The week had got off to the best possible start for English Touring Opera with its triumph at the Olivier Awards, scooping up an outstanding achievement gong for two of its current projects, Tippett’s King Priam and Britten’s Paul Bunyan. On Tuesday
ALMOST 3,000 jobs have been created across the region thanks to investments totalling £68 million from Finance Yorkshire. New figures reveal the funding body has made 545 investments in small and medium-sized enterprises operating across Yorkshire
BUS manufacturer Optare has received a £3.5 million order to supply 16 new vehicles to Manchester. As a leader in electric and hybrid bus technology, the Sherburn in Elmet-based business received the order from Transport for Greater Manchester
A YORK hotel has become the latest business to sign up to the York CORE superfast broadband project. Middletons Hotel, formerly Lady Ann Middleton's in Skeldergate, has become the first hotel to access the pure fibre network running through York
YORK has grand ambitions. With the recession behind us the city is looking to become a top-five player in the UK and a top-ten European mid-size city by the end of next year. A tall order? Well we are already better placed than many. A record number
ST NICHOLAS Fields has a certain ring to it and as one of York’s best places to spot water voles and kingfishers it is a delightful place to spend an hour or so. That wasn’t always the case, though. Once a brick works dotted with hollows and hillocks
CITY of York Council closed Lendal Bridge for seven months and now Coun Dave Merrett tells us that the council has been working closely with businesses for the past six months looking at improving car access to the city centre – priceless! Free
LABOUR has brought disaster to this city with its conflicting policies on retail and transport. Firstly it backs a massive expansion of out-of-town retail – against all national, regional, and local policy – predicted to cripple the city centre
THE three-hours free parking scheme is to be welcomed, as the council is giving a bit back to the hard-pressed motorist, but has it been thought through? How many motorists are in York at 8am before the shops open, and will people wanting to stay
CAN someone tell me how we get rid of our council? Over the past 20 years, the council has blown millions on the Barbican fiasco, the Hungate fiasco, Lendal Bridge, purple buses and expensive council offices. It does not seem to make any difference
I DON’T think I have ever seen such tactics used by a government before (The Press, April 11). The energy minister has said to the miners that if they do not sign up to the closure of their pits they will close next week instead of in 18 months time
I SHOULD like to pass on to all who organised, publicised or in any way helped in the Open Studios weekends this past fortnight a very grateful thank you! It is a real joy each year to be able to see so much beautiful and skilful work, often in
In The Press of April 14, a report on the Lendal Bridge traffic ban revealed considerable opposition by businesses as “ negative or very negative “ impact on businesses. Similarly, an online survey of residents and visitors felt it had “negative
YOUR editorial supporting radical traffic solutions is echoed by the letter from Richard Lane calling for bold new ideas. I disagree. It is unfettered radical and bold initiatives that have got us into this mess. The chronic congestion we experience
100 years ago REVEREND S Rhys Williams, vicar of Holy Trinity, Shrewsbury, had indulged in a broad-minded utterance at the Exeter vestry meeting. He expressed satisfaction at the success which had attended the parochial football club, and said
IT WAS heartening to read in The Press of April 15 that Yorkshire’s beaches are some of the cleanest in the country. I’d like to think this is partly due to the sterling work carried out by the volunteers on the regular beach cleans carried out
ON APRIL 11, I had the opportunity to ask Hugh Bayley MP a question on BBC Radio York. I asked why Labour changed the retirement age for company pension members, from 50 to 55 and added that this has also taken job opportunities away from youngsters
THE publication of videos of offending cyclists (The Press, April 9) has caused much comment; apparently Paul Hepworth and I will once again engage in a duel to the death (Lendal Bridge at dawn). But I would like to make a couple of points. First
THE news that a judge has given the go-ahead for a legal challenge into a decision not to register York’s Germany Beck as the site of the 1066 Battle of Fulford (The Press, April 9) will come as little surprise to local residents. Chas Jones, the
MICHAEL Coulson is hoping to miss his own stag do as he aims to fire York City into the Sky Bet League Two play-offs.Should the Minstermen go on to reach the showcase final at Wembley on Monday, May 26, Coulson will also fly out alone to Greece the next
I AM always amazed to see senior police officers such as Chief Constable Dave Jones agreeing to allow members of the private sector into the police service (The Press, April 12). These people will be managers only; they could not be called on to
IT SEEMS that Coun George Barton is unaware of his own Conservative group’s ten per cent affordable housing policy (Letters, April 7). I would like to explain to him what Labour has delivered since 2011 and how this would not have been realised
YORKSHIRE captain Andrew Gale last night revealed he declined an approach from Somerset’s Marcus Trescothick to set up a day-four run-chase in the opening LV= County Championship match at Taunton, which finishes today. A strong Somerset batting
CLIFFE will face Drum Athletic in the final of theEast Riding County FA Qualifying Cup at Pocklington Town on Tuesday, April 29, after a 5-2 extra time win over Waterloo in the last four. Waterloo took the lead on ten minutes and doubled their
A GROUP of five Thirsk & Sowerby Harriers members tackled the tough Guisborough Moors Fell Race. The event, race 14 in the winter series, included some testing climbs and David Read was the first Harriers finisher. He came home 70th in
BOOTHAM'S Barry Rankin won his first York Conservative Clubs' Fosters Challenge Snooker Trophy with a 3-1 victory over Fulford's James Lee in the final at Heworth.Rankin (0 handicap) made a 33 break with his third visit of the opening frame
MALTON 'A' took a major step towards regaining the York Conservative Clubs' Carlsberg UK Snooker League championship with a 5-2 victory over Acomb 'A'. Richard Lillie and Roland Cox moved Acomb ahead after Lee Taylor won the first game for Malton
A PAIR of fourth placed finishes at the British Gas National Championships have taken Strensall swimmer James Wilby's career to the "next level". The 20-year-old York City Baths Club star clocked a string of personal bests en route to the finals
MALTON trainer Richard Fahey will know by the end of this afternoon whether his Classic aspirations for two of his horses are still intact. Parbold goes for the CSP Free Handicap as he attempts to book his place in the Qipco 2,000 Guineas, while
SCORES of students from the University of York have played their part in helping NASA address some of the challenges of space travel in the 21st century.The University's Department of Computer Science co-hosted the Space Apps Challenge at the weekend
LABOUR councillors have been accused of behaving like headless chickens, following the announcement of free parking for motorists within days of the reopening of Lendal Bridge. City of York Council's decision to allow drivers to park for free on
YORK overspent its gritting and salt bin budget by more than £100,000 - despite the city experiencing one of the mildest winters on record, a Lib Dem councillor claims. The city saw no significant snowfall or prolonged frosts over the 2013/14 winter
WHITWELL-ON-THE-HILL’S Terry Temple knocked out Premier League star Dave Chisnall on his way to the last 16 of the latest PDC Players Championship event at Wigan. Temple beat Chisnall 6-5 in the third round of the Robin Park Tennis Centre-hosted
TWO robbers who held up a student on a major York road at 1am and took his hoodie and other belongings “for the hell of it” have been jailed for nearly four years each. Simon Kealey, prosecuting, said between them, the pair grabbed the victim from
UK COAL is to ballot miners at a North Yorkshire coal mine over a £10 million closure programme offered by the Government. A group of National Union of Mineworkers members at Kellingley Colliery met on Sunday and voted against Government’s proposals
A NEW campaign aims to put bicycle thieves in the hot-seat after a surge of cycle thefts across the Harrogate area in the countdown to the Tour de France. Police say 141 bikes were stolen across the district between April last year and February
A CYCLIST was taken to hospital following a crash with a car in Hambleton. The crash happened at about 1.10pm yesterday, in Highmoor Lane, Shipton-by-Beningbrough, and involved a black Vauxhall Astra. A police spokesman said the male cyclist
ORGANISERS of events in York can have their activities promoted by City of York Council as part of a new scheme. York: Be part of it will run with the Yorkshire Festival and welcome the Tour de France Grand Depart to the city in July. Councillor
A YORK arms dealer’s seven-year jail sentence for shipping a huge arsenal to Nigeria has been upheld by appeal court judges. But they have quashed an order for the destruction of 14,231 guns. Gary Hyde, of Newton-on-Derwent, was locked up last
SELBY MP Nigel Adams cut the ribbon to open the new Kellington Post Office.Mr Adams said: "I welcomed the news that Kellington Post Office was to be modernised and I was delighted to formally open the new branch. "The Post Office is vital to
A NEST box with a view has been installed on a 60-metre high boiler house chimney at the University of York in a bid to attract Peregrine Falcons to the campus. The box and perch have been installed on the metal chimney – the highest point on the
GARDENERS in Yorkshire have been urged to create bee-friendly gardens to help protect insects threatened by habitat loss and climate change. Friends of the Earth’s Bee Cause campaign is being supported by BBC gardening presenter Alys Fowler to
AN expert from the Alzheimer’s Society has been asked to help give advice on a moving new play for children coming to YorkMonday’s Child, which will visit York Theatre Royal from April 22 to 26, tells the story of the unique bond between
People suffering from mental health problems and learning difficulties in York have benefited from a service to provide them with new jobs and other opportunities.Now the charity which runs the Hut, on Wigginton Road, is hosting an open day on May 9 to
A MAJOR charity concert at York Theatre Royal tomorrow night could raise as much as £10,000 for the Alzheimer's Society. A Night to Remember will feature a group of guest musicians and singers, including The Voice star Beth McCarthy and Mick Donnelly
A SMALL display of recently acquired artefacts has gone on show at the Treasure House in Beverley. Dr David Marchant, museums registrar with East Riding of Yorkshire Council said the collection with interest all fans of military history. He
A GARDEN to celebrate the Tour de France coming to Yorkshire will be created at the Harrogate Spring Flower Show this month. The show, which runs between April 24 and 27, will welcome the Grand Depart with three life sized metal cyclists created
THE charity set up in memory of York teenager Caroline Stuttle, who was murdered while backpacking in Australia, has celebrated its 12th birthday. The directors and founders of the charity, Caroline's mother and brother, Marjorie Marks-Stuttle
ONE of the country’s leading glass makers has held talks with a politician about the impact of rising energy costs and other environmental pressures on Yorkshire jobs. The region is leading the way in the industry - but Eggborough-based Saint-Gobain
YORK is set to enjoy the fastest city wide broadband in the country thanks to a new partnership. City Fibre, which provides the fibre infrastructure for the York CORE project, has teamed up with Sky and Talk Talk to create a new network delivering
A NEW care home in Selby has had a Royal visit to mark its official opening. His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester visited Osborne House in Union Lane yesterday, to meet residents and their families, and also to meet staff. The first residents
VOLUNTEERS joined gardeners at a North Yorkshire stately home to help create a display with thousands of snowdrops. The volunteers, from Aviva in York, teamed up with the staff of Nunnington Hall to lift, divide and transplant thousands of the
FRUIT, vegetables and baked goods will all go into competition at Osgodby Horticultural Show this year. Schedules for the Osgodby Village Institute’s Horticultural Show, which will take place on August 30, are now available and can be obtained
EGG-TRAILS, train-trips and bike rides are a handful of the egg-citing events taking place in and around York across the Easter period. The National Trust has teamed up with Cadbury for their celebrations and elsewhere celebrity chef James Martin
A DELIVERY of beer brewed in North Yorkshire has reached its destination in the Falkland Islands. A consignment of more than 100 cases of assorted Wold Top Brewery beers took six weeks to make the 8,000-mile voyage from the Hunmanby brewery to
A NORTH Yorkshire dad who said he has lost "too many" friends and relatives to cancer is aiming to raise thousands of pounds for Cancer Research UK. Neil Fitzpatrick is releasing a CD single, Apart, and hopes to raise at least £25,000 for the charity
A FARMER has been sworn in as the new High Sheriff of North Yorkshire in the presence of the Recorder of York, the Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire and a former Cabinet Minister. Tom Ramsden of Ripon is the son of James Ramsden, MP for Harrogate
YORK'S stroke victims are to be the first to benefit from a new service will allow them to be discharged from hospital sooner. A new specialist team is being launched which will enable patients to continue their fight back to health in their own
