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YORK City’s 2012 Wembley hero Matty Blair returned to Bootham Crescent to give Fleetwood a first-leg lead in the Sky Bet League Two play-off semi-finals. Blair tapped in on 50 minutes to earn the visitors a 1-0 victory but a spirited response from

FLEETWOOD Town boss Graham Alexander said his side must "do it all again" on Friday night despite having a 1-0 lead following the first leg of the League Two play-off semi-final. Alexander said he expected York to "come at" his side and added that

YORK City boss Nigel Worthington has demanded that his players start Friday’s play-off, semi-final decider at Fleetwood in the same manner that they finished tonight’s first leg. Worthington’s men lost 1-0 at Bootham Crescent, courtesy of a 50th-minute

MATTY BLAIR’S early second half goal means York City must overturn a 1-0 deficit in Friday night’s Sky Bet League Two play-off semi-final second leg at Fleetwood Town. So many times the hero for the Minstermen, and the man who fired them into the

9:35pm That's it. It's full time. York City 0, Fleetwood Town 1. 9:33pm There will be three minutes of additional time. John McCombe has just blocked a shot over the bar. The

YORK City officials have confirmed tonight's Sky Bet League Two play-off semi-final first leg tie against Fleetwood Town WILL go ahead as planned. The game was rescheduled for tonight after being washed out on Saturday and the referee is happy

TOP York council officials will be paid to be on call in a new move that has sparked anger. City of York Council's staffing and urgency committee this afternoon agreed chief officers should be paid 52p an hour when they are on standby, even if

THE combination of a brand new string quartet with one by Shostakovich, even alongside a sweetener of late Mozart, is not an obvious crowd-puller to a quartet based in Glasgow. But these are no ordinary works and the Fejes (‘Fay-esh’) is no ordinary

IT was interesting to note how much of this exciting programme drew inspiration from extra-musical sources. Philip Cashian’s commissioned piece, Firewheel, was a response to the paintings of British artist Bryan Wynter. This was an impressively

WE have been having a rummage through our archives here at The Press: and it has turned up some wonderful old photographs of York which, as far as we know, haven't seen the light of day for quite a while. So we thought we'd share some of them with

A KIND hearted team of runners and cyclists have formed a network to help raise money for Yorkshire charities. Kate Liptrot reports. THEY may not look exactly like Fairy Godmothers but they are as good as. White Rose Sport is a network of people

A NEW mental health and self-harm assessment service run by Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is set to open in York’s A&E. The Acute Liaison Psychiatry Service (ALPS) will be provided in the emergency department, 24 hours a day

Sports therapy isn't just for top athletes. MAXINE GORDON drops in at a clinic in York to find out more. UNA DIXON has a rigorous exercise and recovery regime. After a session in the pool she heads for the physio couch for a session with her sports

A YORK hospital has backed a campaign for frontline staff to raise the alarm if they see bad practice. Nuffield Health York Hospital has signed up to the Speak Out Safely Campaign, for healthcare providers to actively encourage frontline staff

LAST time I talked about muscular strength and endurance. Strength is the ability of the muscles to repeatedly perform an action under load. Endurance is the ability to sustain a position under load. A measure of your strength could be, for

A team of distinguished architects have been in York judging entries for this year's York Design Awards. STEPHEN LEWIS joined them on a tour of inspection. IN A converted Methodist chapel in South Bank Avenue, owner Ben Shaw is demonstrating his

A YORK entrepreneur and his German-based business partner have launched an importing venture in a bid to share the secrets of the Bavarian brewing industry. Bayern Beer Coy was set up last year to bring rare, undiscovered lagers from the Bavarian

NORTH Yorkshire power station owner Drax has said it expects dropping power prices to lead to full year results falling short of current forecasts. The Selby business revealed in its interim management statement, for the period from January 1,

A SEASIDE hotel has gone up for sale with an asking price topping half a million pounds. Scarborough's Redcliffe Hotel, located in Prince of Wales Terrace, in the South Cliff area of the town, has been brought to the market by specialist hotel

A YORK website provider netted a contract to provide eCommerce solutions to Norwich City Football Club. PureNet, based at York Business Park, launched the club's new website after being tasked with enhancing customer experience, increasing conversions

SO York’s binge drinking rates are higher than the national average, according to new statistics. But how much of that is driven by the city being a magnet for hen and stag parties? The council reckons that the new figures provide an excellent

EVERYBODY needs a break from work now and then. That applies just as much to senior council executives as it does to front-line staff working in local schools and care homes. It does come as a surprise, however, to learn that one of the perks

There are, of course, worse crimes than vandalism, but there are not many that are as baffling and senseless, with consequences that far outweigh whatever dubious pleasure can be derived from the act. Charity workers from the well-established York

DURING the coming weeks, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D Day landings, we will see photographs and hear stories of this major turning point of the Second World War. Sadly, my dear father will not be here to tell his story. This photograph

MY WIFE recently ordered three blouses online to collect from a local store: one pink and two white. On trying them on, she found the pink one a perfect fit and one of the white blouses a tight fit, while the third blouse didn’t even button up.

IN reply to councillor Tracey Simpson-Laing, deputy leader of City of York Council (Letters, The Press, April 9), I clearly do understand the policies of the Conservative party. I have been a member since 2010. The Conservative-led coalition government

AS THE cabinet member with responsibility for electoral services, I write in reply to Coun Warters’ letter of April 23 stating that there are no councils that have “a system of yearly council elections whereby a quarter of the council is up for election

TOGETHER with my wife and daughter, we attended Rowntree Theatre for the truly excellent show the King and I. We try to follow most shows involving the musical director Don Pears and his wife, who work tirelessly to help with the upkeep of this

IT IS good to see the interest in Stonebow House and what to do with it. Research on the internet shows the main concern is the grey colour. This gives a cold outlook, even on a sunny day. There used to be the same problem with Safeways, in Rougier

BEN DAVIES is hopeful that tonight’s rearranged Sky Bet League Two play-off, semi-final first leg with Fleetwood will not be decided by a mistake caused by the weather. The York City left-back felt that the state of the pitch meant referee Carl

NATHAN FREER’S 100th career game ended with him having to go to hospital after he was left groggy by a thumping hit in York City Knights' 22-14 victory over Hemel Stags. The prop had to be helped off the Huntington Stadium pitch and was staggering

YORK City manager Nigel Worthington is delighted that Saturday’s postponed play-off home clash with Fleetwood was re-arranged for tonight. The decision, made by the Football League, means the Minstermen can already claim a minor victory over their

YORK City communications director Sophie Hicks has pleaded with the club’s fans to turn out in numbers again for tonight’s rearranged play-off clash against Fleetwood. A sell-out crowd filled Bootham Crescent for Saturday’s original semi-final,

FIRE crews have been called to Drax Power Station, following reports of a fire at the facility. Humberside Fire and Rescue Service confirmed that engines were sent to Drax from Goole and Snaith at the request of North Yorkshire Fire Service at

WIGGINTON Grasshoppers gained knockout revenge on Huntington Rovers with a 1-0 victory in the final of the York Minster Engineering Football League Senior Cup. Grasshoppers erased the memory of the previous week's 4-3 York FA Saturday Senior Cup

PAUL HANAGAN, who will be back in familiar territory riding at York this week, can maintain his excellent run of form at Doncaster this afternoon. The former Malton champion has been firing in winners left, right and centre lately and even chalked

A YOUTHFUL Heworth ARLC side pushed high-flying Underbank Rangers all the way in a 24-6 defeat in National Conference League division three. The Villagers, who fielded seven youngsters, belied their lowly league position to provide a stiff test

THESE expansion clubs are starting to give York City Knights a serious headache. They are supposed to be the whipping boys of Championship One, but Hemel Stags were only 12 minutes from repeating what Oxford had done to Gary Thornton’s boys on

NEW saddling boxes and a new pre-parade ring will greet racegoers when York Racecourse’s 2014 season gets under way on Wednesday.The first phase in the track’s £5 million redevelopment is virtually complete and the modern saddling boxes

WITH reference to article “What a waste of money claim” (The Press, Thursday, April 17). I wonder how many houses in York have more than one green bin. Not many I imagine. These bins are just for garden waste so possibly quite a few will not

THE Hunters York & District Senior League suffered its worst washout for several years as only two games survived the deluge. Play was only possible in 13 games and the second innings only started in one other game, with the two completed fixtures

YORK were left frustrated as rain and a saturated outfield forced the abandonment of their Solly Sports Yorkshire ECB County Premier Cricket League game at home to Doncaster Town. The home side had dominated what play was possible at Clifton Park

TIM BRESNAN delivered a timely innings to help guide Yorkshire towards a competitive total against Warwickshire and remind England’s selectors of his all-round abilities. The 29-year-old has been restricted in the number of games he has played

A DAD-OF-TWO from York who was left in a coma after a horrific motorbike crash in Thailand could be flown home soon after his family raised thousands of pounds. Chris Moulds, 39, has been in a coma in intensive care since his accident six weeks

A HERO van driver has been reunited with the child whose life he helped to save thanks to a man hunt by a local radio station. Stephen Wise, from Carlton Miniott near Thirsk, was stuck in traffic in Scarborough when he spotted terrified mum Sue

A WELL-KNOWN York primary school teacher with terminal cancer will leave a lasting legacy after recording a CD of his music. Ste Kenwright, 46, from Fulford, was a teacher at Naburn Primary School for 17 years and is a well known musician who has

THERE was an invasion of superheroes in Pocklington this weekend as fans took to the sky for the town's annual Flying Man Festival. For this first time, the festival included a zip wire from the top of All Saints' Church Tower, on the site of Pocklington's

BOXER Henry Wharton is one of the latest York faces to sign up for a men-only run in aid of prostate cancer research. Henry - ex-British, Commonwealth and European Super Middleweight Champion - said he would be taking part in the R U Taking the

A RECORD 900 cyclists descended on Selby yesterday for the annual Great Selby Bike Ride. The event, organised by the town's Lion's clubs, is on course to raise more than £7,000 for good causes. The riders set off from Barlby High School yesterday

Two students from Bootham School, who took part in the mass work experience "Takeover Day" last November, have seen their work become part of the promotions of a National Festival of Archaeology. Charlotte Ellery and Lisa Surmenko, spent time with

THOUSANDS more criminals are having their prison sentences suspended despite having previous convictions or cautions, a new report has claimed. In North Yorkshire, 56 offenders received suspended prison sentences in 2002, one in every 512. This

IT was a case of "water water everywhere" for a group of charity rowers on a mission to raise cash for Whitby lifeboat station this weekend. Landlord Jim Hardie from the Blue Bell pub and a group of regulars set off to row a historic lifeboat down

A York granddad who has followed the Tour de France since boyhood is shouting the message that it is coming to Yorkshire from the rooftops. Retired factory worker Geoff Cooper, 70, of North Moor Road, Huntington, has had a passion for cycling since

A WOMAN was rescued from a burning house in Selby, in an incident police believe may have been started deliberately. Police were called by the fire service to the property in Newcroft, Selby, at 1.26am today. The sole occupant of the house,

YORK residents are being asked to change a child’s life through becoming a foster carer. More people are needed who can 'open their heart, and their homes, to vulnerable children and young people', said Robert Tapsfield, chief executive of the

GREENHOUSES at Askham Bryan College’s Horticulture Department will be opened to the public later this month for a celebration of gardening.PlantFest will be held from 10am to 4pm on May 24.There will be gardening demonstrations throughout the day

YORK MP Julian Sturdy has spoken against House of Lords calls to “streamline” regulations on fracking for shale gas. Mr Sturdy was responding to calls from the cross-party House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee, which said the Government should

An inventor is using pedal power to champion the cause of clean energy – by riding his unique tricycle 250 miles to York in the countdown to the Tour De France.Simon Rigby knocked together the contraption at his home in Bath three years ago but

A WOMAN has died and a man has been arrested following a crash on a North Yorkshire road. The 60-year-old woman from York was driving a white Kia Picanto towards York on the A63 at Cliffe, near Selby, at about 8.45pm yesterday, when her car and

A NATURE reserve dubbed the "green heart of York" has celebrated its 10th anniversary this weekend. St Nick's - or St Nicholas Fields - was built on the site of Tang Hall tip, and was created local nature reserve in 2004. A day of celebrations

A heroin addict was caught dealing the drug when another user called emergency services to complain about feeling ill because of a rogue batch, York Crown Court heard. Police called at Stephen Jarman’s home in Cromer Street because of “concern

CHARITY Marie Curie is appealing for volunteers to come forward and help with its Tour de France plans. The charity, which provides nurses to give free care to people with terminal illnesses in their homes, is the official charity partner of the

AN EAST Yorkshire First World War hero is to be honoured in Merseyside and France. Rainhill Civic Society researched names on the town’s war memorial, including Royal Flying Corps’ Lt T A Jones. Lt Jones was a navigator with pilot Lt R.I.A.Hickes

Eleventh hour tribute. York pupils remembered the fallen of the Great War by planting poppies in front of their school. Children from Tang Hall Primary gathered at 11am to sow the seeds last Friday so the flowers will be in bloom for the centenary

DISABLED people in York are meeting with the Police and Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire today. York Independent Living Network (YILN) works to discuss the experiences of disabled people and their families in York, and to raise awareness

THE former president of the National Farmers’ Union, Sir Ben Gill, has died at the age of 64. Sir Ben used to own the 360-acre Hawkhills Estate, near Easingwold, which was in his family for two generations, and received a knighthood in the Queen