THE bid to bring the national high speed rail college and its 2,000 apprentices to York is being submitted to Government tomorrow. City of York Council, Network Rail and the National Railway Museum have been working together on a bid to make York
POLICE have revealed the full list of locations for their speed cameras for the coming week. For the week from Wednesday 30 April, North Yorkshire Police’s mobile safety cameras will be used across the county. The force says the cameras are
A COCKER spaniel which was reported to have been stolen at Flamborough Head has been found dead on a beach. A York man has contacted The Press to say he discovered the dog, called Daisy, while visiting the Yorkshire Coast on Sunday, three days
A DISABLED busker has been racially abused in York city-centre, police have said. The victim, an eastern European man in his mid to late 20’s has no legs and was sitting on his skateboard busking in Coney Street when he was approached by a man
YORK City's board have declared reaching the Sky Bet League Two play-offs as a "phenomenal achievement". The Minstermen secured their qualification after a 1-0 victory over Newport County at the weekend guaranteed a top-seven spot and chairman
TICKETS for snooker's UK Championship in York are now on sale. The sport's second biggest ranking event returns to the Barbican between November 25 and December 7 and, for a limited time, some tickets for sessions from Monday, December 1 to December
SHERIFF Hutton Bridge II’s Nick Scaling hit his first century in the Hunters York & District Senior Cricket League to set up a 76-run win over Huby in division three north. Scaling's knock of exactly 100 was backed up by newcomer Alex Ibbotson's
FOUR-TIME finalists Woodhouse Grange cruised into round two of cricket's Davidstow National Village Cup. The Sutton-on-Derwent-based club, who lifted the trophy at Lord's in 1995 and 2007, trounced hosts Fairburn by 146 runs in round one of the
CITY of York claimed a clutch of medals when New Earswick & District IBC hosted the Special Olympics Yorkshire & Humberside Regional Indoor Bowls Tournament. A seven-strong team of bowlers represented City of York against opposition from
CITY Supporters captain Tracey Farmeary will go head-to-head with Tramways skipper Sue Lowery in the individual final of the York John Smith's Ladies Darts League. The pair will meet on finals night tonight at Tramways, with the action starting
YORK Lokomotive ARLC gained local bragging rights as they got their 2014 Yorkshire Men’s League group two season under way with a hard-fought but deserved 23-12 victory over Heworth 'A'. The Lokos trailed 12-6 shortly after half-time, with the
LOWER Wharfe Canoe Club member Ryan Westley is in line for a year to remember after impressing Olympic champion Etienne Stott. Stott wrote his name into the history books at London 2012 as he and Tim Baillie became the first Britons to win Olympic
Acomb Hockey Club Men 1 travelled to Halifax during the Yorkshire League cup final competitions in a play off against Slazenger 2 seeking promotion to Division 3. In a close encounter first half of few chances to either side Slazengers had the
THE dogs were barking the name of Bahamian Art before she made her debut at Beverley earlier this month and, given the strength of the grapevine rumours, she went off at 11-10 favourite. Alas, she could finish only fifth, leaving plenty of punters
A MAN who suffered a huge heart attack while refereeing a rugby match has survived after being given life-saving treatment on the pitch. Crowds watching seven-a-side matches in Selby on Saturday were horrified when 50-year-old referee Doug Skelton
YORK art historian Dr Amanda Lillie is co-curating a groundbreaking exhibition at the National Gallery – the first in Britain to explore architecture in Italian Renaissance painting. Part of a research partnership between the University of York
A WAITER charged with sex crimes against four women dismissed as “nonsense, nonsense, nonsense” claims that he groped a 23-year-old woman and tried to pull her trousers down near Boots in Coney Street, a jury heard. Mark Thompson was responding
YORK street performer Purpleman has vowed to press ahead with delivering cuddly toys to children in Syria - despite UK Government advice not to travel to the war-torn country. Purpleman, who can normally be seen sitting immobile on his purple bike
THE appeal to help sick York schoolboy Oscar Hughes has raised more than £27,000 - with support coming in from as far away as Australia, the USA, France, Malta and Denmark. Now a series of events is being planned by well-wishers from his home village
HAMBLETON'S first ever ‘Sky Rides’ are taking place this summer.Sky Ride-Locals are cycling events guided by British Cycling Ride Leaders along scenic planned routes, and two routes are planned for Hambleton this summer. “Ride around
PEOPLE in the East Riding of Yorkshire are being asked to give their views on new guidance on travel planning and parking provision for new planning applications in the county. The document identifies when travel planning is needed for a planning
PASSENGERS will be able to 'catch the bus' in York from this week using a new-look timetable. The timetable has been introduced as part of a city wide makeover to improve bus services and waiting facilities in and around York. City of York
COMMUNITY plans in Monk Fryston have been boosted as the scheme has won a £75,000 grant. The Monk Fryston and Hillam Community Association has won the cash from WREN, a not-for-profit business which awards grants from the Landfill Communities Fund
THE last official letter written by Diana, Princess of Wales, which was sent to a North Yorkshire human rights campaigner just weeks before she died, has sold at auction for nearly £3,000. The note, signed "with love from Diana", was sent to humanitarian
THE first Keep Your Pet charity dog walk on the Knavesmire has raised more than £800. The walk on Sunday attracted more than 100 dog owners and their pets, to support a scheme which helps older people keep their pets during times of illness.
THE second Great Easingwold Bake Off is set to take place on Sunday, May 11, raising money for the town’s Forget-Me-Not Club. The club is a day centre offering friendly and supportive environment for people with dementia and their carers, and the
HUNDREDS of people and one very famous dog joined staff at the new look Waterstones store in York this weekend. The new shop has relocated from High Ousegate to Coney Street, with a complete redesign taking in two floors, more than 7,000 square
THE final results of decades of work on the Viking town discovered beneath Coppergate will be revealed today when a book chronicling the research is launched, two years after the driving force behind the research died aged just 62. The book - called
IT WAS one of those moments that shocked a sporting event into silence. Referee Doug Skelton suffered a massive heart attack during a seven-a-side rugby match in Selby. He collapsed and stopped breathing. Thankfully, in the words of his wife Fiona
IN THE Middle Ages a system was developed where master craftsmen were entitled to employ young people as an inexpensive form of labour in exchange for providing food, lodging and trade training. For hundreds of years, this was the route to a job-for-life
CITY-CENTRE streets are jammed again, following Labour’s U-turn on the bodged Lendal Bridge trial, despite the many beneficial effects, including air quality and better public transport. While the opening of the new Monk’s Cross stores does present
SIMON SWEENEY wrote in the letters page of April 25 demanding the Lendal Bridge be shut again, stating that it is essential to deal with chronic congestion problems. I would reply that he should have witnessed the chronic congestion problems the
A TEN-YEAR-OLD girl who has been growing her hair for six years has had her 16 inch long plaits cut off to help children with cancer. Mia Grace Harris from Copmanthorpe started growing her hair when she heard how children could donate their locks
IN The Press of April 26, Councillor David Levene says there is still a need to tackle congestion after the reopening of Lendal Bridge. Can I suggest that he takes a look at the streets that have been closed to through traffic over recent years
SIMON SWEENEY (Letters, April 25) wants Lendal Bridge closed again soon. He obviously has not read the huge variety of opinions in depth, printed since the trial started, that caused the Labour council to abandon it. Living in Sheriff Hutton, he
IN RESPONSE to the published data by City of York Council showing Lendal Bridge closure was a success (The Press April 26), I look forward to the council publishing similar data for the other areas of York while Lendal Bridge was closed. Keith
AS A resident of York, I’m concerned about the lack of serious local debate on the homes we need in our community when there’s clearly a big problem. Many of us are finding it really hard to save enough money to get on the housing ladder, or are
YOUR prolific correspondent Kenneth Bowker is, I fear, getting his memories mixed up. The Lewis store in Leeds was never part of the John Lewis Partnership but an independent store. Like Mr Bowker, I well remember annual visits with my grandparents
A LETTER arrived out of the blue to a woman in St Olave’s Street, York, from a Norwegian octogenarian called Thor Loktu. It was passed to North Yorkshire Scouts. Mr Loktu is in York until May 1 and would love to make contact with Scouting friends
IT IS yet another assault on the democratic process that the proposals for travellers’ sites were brought to the cabinet as an “additional” item giving no notice to the public, councillors or the media. Residents may have wanted to express an opinion
PLEASE read this from a safety point of view only with disregard to any view I may have on other road users. A cycle event was held on the Wolds on Sunday. I’m not sure if it was in aid of anything or just for fun. Having been for my regular five-mile
AGAINST a backdrop of austerity and council cuts to public services, it beggars belief that there is an application for £175,000 to improve the “public realm” in the Hungate area, without a detailed business plan highlighting what this significant
HOW can Martin Nichols (Letters, April 25) say that UKIP is racist? All it has done is to say what has needed to be said for a long time. It is about time other politicians stood up for the people of this country instead of pandering to unelected
OLDER people campaigning for the restoration of their bus service have won the support of their local MP. Nigel Adams, MP for Selby and Ainsty joined residents of the Popple Well Springs sheltered accommodation in Tadcaster as they continue to
WITH regard to the letter of April 25 from Martin Nichols, UKIP is not racist. How could it be when it has Amjad Bashir, an Asian businessman, as a UKIP candidate? UKIP does not have a racist agenda and has nothing to do with the BNP. Other
POET Laureate Carol Ann Duffy is to visit Ryedale this summer to perform in the annual Ryedale Festival, which will also include a rare public performance by the monks of Ampleforth Abbey and five world premieres of specially commissioned works.
100 years ago THE vicar of Handforth (Cheshire), the Rev S Stockton, had complained that the motor dust in Handforth was so bad that people were prevented from attending his church services. That, he said, was the reason given for non-attendance
I WAS a little disturbed last week when I opened a parcel, addressed to me, to find The Little Black Book of Kama Sutra. “Maybe your husband is trying to spice up relations,” a neighbour suggested. I very much doubt it, I said, given that he only
STUDENTS at a York horticultural college celebrated the opening of a new garden on campus. The Chartered Centenary Rose Garden was opened at Askham Bryan College after students designed a planting scheme based on elements of the coat of arms of
BUSINESSES moving into empty retail premises in York could receive 50 per cent discount on their rates in a move aimed at stimulating a thriving city centre. City of York Council’s cabinet is being asked to approve the Government’s reoccupation
YORK based wireless communica-tions specialist Cellhire has been shortlisted in the HSBC Global Connections competition. The 45 regional finalists, of which Cellhire, based in Clifton Park, is one, represent businesses across the UK which show
A YORK hotel is one of only 29 venues across the UK to receive an industry accreditation for its meetings and events credentials. Holiday Inn York, part of the hotel chain IHG UK & Ireland Managed Hotels, has achieved the VenueVerdict Gold
A SCHEDULED Ancient Monument in South Yorkshire has undergone essential maintenance work carried out by a York restoration specialist. The four week project on Catcliffe Glass Cone was completed by York-based William Anelay on behalf of Rotherham
A SOCIAL enterprise providing funding to businesses which have been refused lending from the banks has opened an office in York. The Business Enterprise Fund was set up in Bradford ten years ago, and now has a team of two people working out of
THE University of York Students’ Union (YUSU) is hosting European election debates for five different political parties before the polls open on May 22. The event on Tuesday, May 6 is open to students an other York residents and will feature speakers
MORE must be done to encourage York teenagers to pursue a career in construction, a new report has said. The industry faces a huge shortage of young employees and apprentices and is looking at ways to increase the intake of workers. There is
A HOUSING association in York has launched a new initiative to ensure equality for lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender (LGBT) people. York Housing Association has formed a partnership with York LGBT Forum, through which it will provide confidential
A LARGE knitted Noah's Ark has gone to a new home after it was raffled off in aid of Diabetes UK. The ark is the creation of Tesco Clifton Moor employee Christine Bellerby and measures about 2'6", and comes complete with a set of knitted animals
A MEDICAL device specialist based in York has secured a patent to cover the use of its technology during knee surgery in China. Tissue Regenix Group has received the formal notice of allowance for a patent covering the use of its dCELL® technology
PLANS for a new skatepark in a North Yorkshire city have been approved and the project has won £100,000 in grants to fund the scheme. A replacement skatepark is now set to go ahead in Ripon at the city's Dallamire's Lane community leisure centre
ELDERLY residents in York could be sent to care homes in neighbouring authorities because of a shortage of care home beds, a councillor has warned. Cllr Paul Doughty said the number of vacant care home beds across the city had fallen at one stage
A SCHEME to provide free parking in York city centre will lead to more congestion at peak times, opposition councillors have claimed. The Greens and Liberal Democrats also say money for the project is being diverted from important measures to ease
PLANS for an £18 million water park in a North Yorkshire seaside town have been given the go-ahead by authorities. The new development would see the park built in Scarborough's North Bay, and could attract up to half a million visitors a year,
CITY of York Council says it has awarded just over three quarters of a grant it received from the Government to ensure the poorest people can get emergency help. The Guardian newspaper has reported that of £136 million allocated nationwide by the
PLANS to build 22 new homes on land in Easingwold have been submitted to Hambleton District Council. The scheme would see new homes, along with access and public open spaces, built on land to the south of Paddock Rise and West of Oxenby Place in
COMPENSATION payouts within North Yorkshire Police totalled more than £9,200 last year - the lowest amount in recent years. Figures released under the Freedom Of Information Act showed damages of £9,233.61 were paid out in settlements following
YORK-based author Jessica Thompson has been shortlisted for an award by the Romantic Novelists Association. Jessica, who writes at Jessica Gilmore, is up for the Joan Hessayon award, which goes to new writers, for her novel The Return of Mrs Jones
A TENNIS club in York has been awarded £41,000 for a new clubhouse and community space. Heworth Tennis Club were given the grant by Sport England Inspired Facilities to build the new facility at East Parade, which will include an enclosed play
FROM today, readers of The Press will be able to view archived copies of the paper thanks to the opening of a multi-million pound newspaper reading room at the British Library. Based at St Pancras in London, the newsroom will showcase over 300
AN important Goalball tournament came to York St John University. Since 1980, Goalball has been a Paralympic sport for visually impaired athletes. The fast-paced game involves two teams of three players who wear black-out masks and attempt to roll
