YORKSHIRE openers Adam Lyth and Alex Lees scored centuries and shared a 270 partnership during a topsy turvy opening day of their LV= County Championship match against Durham at Headingley.The pair helped the title-chasing White Rose to a healthy 367-
A NEW cycling event in Yorkshire could become one of the biggest events in the sport, it has been said. Following the success of Yorkshire hosting the Grand Depart, with millions of spectators turning out to celebrate the arrival of the Tour de
>> 100+ pictures from York's historic TdF day YORK residents who want to reclaim their streets in the wake of the Tour de France parties have been encouraged to seize the initiative. Kersten England, chief executive of City of York Council
THE A64 has been cleared after it was partially blocked by an accident involving a lorry and a car. The crash happened eastbound at Bilbrough Top at about 2pm and involved a Mercedes and lorry travelling in same direction. One lane heading
A MAJOR housing development in Selby will benefit from £11million funding from the Government. The Olympia Park development, at the former Barlby Road BOCM Pauls site, will eventually see more than 800 new homes built, along with shops, restaurants
THE word 'express' these days is generally taken to indicate some degree of haste or urgency. There seems to be little of either, however, in our first photograph in Yesterday Once More this week. This, according to Robin Lidster in his new book
TWO years after talented young rugby player Michael Land died from a heart attack, his York rugby club is taking steps to prevent such a tragedy happening again. Kate Liptrot reports. MICHAEL Land was just 28-years-old and seemed in the peak of
Converts to CrossFit, the extreme exercise craze, swear by its effectiveness. Hannah Bryan goes along to classes in York to try it out. “Come on, one more round to go, keep going.” Coach Gribbon is shouting, urging me to continue as my hands
Mary Sweeting tells us how to make an energy boosting courgette 'pasta' with pesto and asparagus spears If you tend to feel sluggish after your spaghetti, this zucchini 'pasta' dish will leave you with boundless energy from all its phytonutrient-rich
How important is good posture for our health? The answer is: very! Around every joint in the body there are several muscles which have their own different roles to play. Muscles cross joints, that’s how a skeleton moves. Some muscles cross
PHWOAR! He’s well fit…. Countless girls up and down the land will no doubt echo that if they cast eyes on a member of the opposite sex that catches their fancy. But when we were teenagers we used to carelessly toss our heads in the general direction
YORK’S growing bio-economy is set to expand internationally as BioVale joins forces with its French counterpart in a move aimed at attracting multi-billion pound opportunities. Based in York, BioVale is a new initiative working to support and promote
A COMPANY specialising in signalling design and testing for the rail industry is the latest tenant to move in at Escrick Business Park. TICS (Global) Limited is expanding its York-operation, which already employs around 30 people, as it moves into
A YORK timber construction company has completed work on a new equestrian centre for international hotel chain Four Seasons. The Stable Company, in Osbaldwick, was contracted to create the new facility, which offers guests at the Hampshire-based
ENTRIES are continuing to arrive for the Press Business Awards 2014 ahead of the closing date later this month The awards, which are now in their 24th year, close to entries on July 25. Celebrating all that is great about business in York and
GARY THORNTON hailed the arrival of Brad Day after the newcomer from Castleford came off the bench and scored twice on debut to help injury-hit York City Knights to a 30-20 win at London Skolars. Day’s second try made it 30-0 soon after half-time
HAXBY is gearing up for its annual carnival on Saturday, July 12. Carnival queen Rose Campbell and her two attendants, Gemma Cooper and Charlotte Maude, will lead the procession, leaving the village green at 12.45 pm to arrive at the Ethel Ward
EASINGWOLD closed the gap on leaders Woodhouse Grange to eight points after their drawn game in the Hunters York & District Senior Cricket League premier division. A fine unbeaten 90 by Paul Skilbeck set up an advantage draw for Easingwold
OSBALDWICK lead Hunters York & District Senior Cricket League division two north by 73 points after rolling over Dringhouses by seven wickets. Dringhouses totalled 121 with John Patrick making 29 as Jonny Rawsthorne captured 3-41 and Andy Butterfield
JACK BROOKS says his personal performance in last year’s LV= County Championship clash with Durham at Scarborough still irritates him - and he wants to right a wrong at Headingley today. The Yorkshire fast bowler, the joint leading wicket-taker
IT wasn't all about lycra and crash helmets for the thousands of spectators who lined the streets of Yorkshire to cheer on the world-class cyclists for the Grand Depart. Among the ranks of people watching Le Tour, were some fun, funny and inventive
SIMON DYSON endured a difficult weekend as the Alstom Open de France reached a climax in Paris. The York-born golfer carded a four over par 75 on Saturday and closed out the tournament with a three over par 74 yesterday to finish on nine over par
PAUL HANAGAN and William Haggas, who joined forces to memorably lift Saturday's Group 1 Coral-Eclipse Stakes with Mukhadram, can both figure among the winners at Ripon this evening. Saturday's Sandown triumph was a milestone victory for connections
POLICE are concerned for the safety of a missing York woman. Lisa Savage, 38, was last seen in Askham Richard at about 10pm last night, and police have carried out searches overnight. She is described as white, with a slim build and long
A CHURCH has thrown open the gates of a secret garden in the historic heart of York - to the delight of amazed passersby. St Wilfrid's Rectory garden off High Petergate is one of the largest gardens within the City Walls, and has a unique view
A PENSIONER has been reunited with a restored steam locomotive which he remembers from his years as an employee at the former Harrogate Gas Works Company. Memories came flooding back for Albert Robinson, of Bishop Thornton, near Harrogate, when
A BURGLAR and a motorist caught breaking a driving ban have escaped punishment because police took too long to put them before the courts. Taylor Jonathan Sterling-Sharp, then a serving soldier, admitted in January he had broken into another soldier
RESIDENTS in Earswick are being urged to attend a meeting on Monday organised by developers eyeing green fields on the edge of the village as the site for 1,500 of new homes. People in the village have been invited to a public exhibition, being
MEMBERS of the Samaritans in York will take part in a Dragon Boat challenge in memory of a fellow volunteer. Friends and family of John Vinuesa, who died last year, will be one of 36 teams taking part in York Rotary Club's Dragon Boat Challenge
WELL, THAT was something special. For a few hours yesterday, York forgot to be buttoned up and English. We let our hair down, got in the party mood, and took that most French of great sporting events - the Tour de France - to our hearts. There
IF the Tour de France wasn’t enough to put us all in a good mood, how about this? Two big new developments are coming to York - and with them 1,300 jobs. A food science campus at Sand Hutton will create 800; a ‘bio-hub’ at the university a further
As reported in The Press on Tuesday, a Parliamentary Committee of MPs warned in their recent report that the UK’s ability to feed itself is threatened by “complacency”. They point out that while 20 years ago we produced 87 per cent of the food
IN HIS letter of July 2, Geoffrey Searstone argues that becoming a home owner is not for the “privileged few”. With average house prices in York requiring eight times annual income and mortgages being restricted, the situation is getting worse.
LAST year in Berlin, my children chose to visit the computer games museum. It was great fun. I’m not always a huge fan of gaming since it can be a time waster. Yet the games museum was a trip down memory lane with the likes of Pong, Tetrus, Pac
THERE appears to be considerable confusion regarding access and road closures especially in Holgate and Acomb. Lots of people are confused regarding Poppleton Road – many believe the large yellow panels placed on street lamp posts mean the whole
I HAVE just received the card with details of the new charge for the Minster Badge – a nice extra pick-up for the council on top of our council tax. It takes no account of the fact that a lot of people (especially the elderly) do not have computers
THE bright bunting presently festooning the old council offices in St Leonard’s Place has served to highlight their incredibly scruffy, dirty state. This is one of our finest buildings, on a par with the iconic Crescent in Bath. The city is
ON Sunday June 29, I took part in the Armed Forces Day parade held on completion of the church service at All Saints. As we marched from the church to Museum Gardens, it was great to witness so many people lining the route, clapping and giving
I AM not sure whether the woes of the world are down to America, Israel, Britain, the BBC or any other of Roger Westmoreland’s scapegoats (July 1) or whether they are more due to failings within humanity in general. I watched a recording of Dolly
I WAS taken into York Hospital as an emergency on June 9 with a dislocated hip. I would sincerely like to thank the Accident & Emergency department, Mr Campbell’s clinic, the X-ray department and wards 25 and 28. I would also like to thank
COUNCILLOR Tracey Simpson-Laing raised the prospect of next year’s local elections being fought over Labour’s housing policies in York (The Press, July 1). Fair enough, but let’s make the choice over the various housing policies meaningful.
BRINGING the Tour de France to Britain still seems plainly daft. It is also an unnecessary nuisance to many people (including commuters, shoppers, farmers and school children) and an inordinate fuss about someone else’s cycle race. The authorities
MATTHEW Laverack may still have a point: “Living wage aid”, (Letters, July 1). Surely if low-paid workers end up paying more income tax and simultaneously lose vital welfare benefit, they may remain locked in poverty. Employers pay the price, therefore
TRACTION engines, fairground organs and vintage cars all starred in a steam rally at Duncombe Park, Helmsley, over the weekend. The annual event, organised by the Great Yorkshire Traction Engine Club, also featured vintage motorcycles and tractors
THE collective wages of the Algerian XI who qualified for the knock-out stages of the football World Cup could reasonably be estimated to be in the region of £300,000 per week. An England player himself is reputedly earning the sum, also in seven
100 years ago Notwithstanding that the Metric System Act had been passed in 1897 legalising the use in trade of weights and measures of the metric system, not a single metric weight or measure other than those used for educational purposes had
SOME of York’s poorest people will be able to enjoy a healthier diet under a scheme for York shoppers to grab extra groceries to donate to foodbanks. Customers at Tesco in Askham Bar will be given an extra shopping list and asked to pick up items
YOUNGSTERS from an East Yorkshire village took part in a marathon ‘big swim’ event. Stamford Bridge community pool held their big splash to raise money to help maintain the baths. About 62 primary school age children swam 51,837 metres between
COUNCIL chiefs say they are working hard to explain the benefits of a new management office and community facility at a York travellers site after facing more 'challenges' by residents. The complex at Osbaldwick travellers site is being built as
CREATURES great and small could be in with a chance of winning a year's supply of food following the launch of Thompsons' annual Pet Show. Owners are being invited to show off their adorable animals, whether they are cats, dogs, rabbits and more
A TEAM of cyber detectives in North Yorkshire has helped shut down more than 25 scam websites. The investigation by the National Trading Standards eCrime Team (NTSeCT), which is hosted by North Yorkshire County Council, has seen five people arrested
NEWS a York village Post Office has been saved has been welcomed by the MP and ward councillors. York Outer MP Julian Sturdy and Bishopthorpe councillor John Galvin campaigned alongside the parish council and community to save Bishopthorpe’s Post
A NEW community radio station will be launched near York on August 18. Vale Radio is a community based, not-for-profit organisation. The new radio station will be based at Haxby Memorial Hall. It will be fully equipped with the latest technology
YOUNG people battling adversity and doing all they can to help others are being celebrated for their inspirational spirit. Manor School pupil Nioni Faye Grant and dedicated volunteer Luke Farley have both been nominated for The Press's Community
STEPHEN LEWIS joined spectators in Duncombe Place. YOU could hear the cyclists before you could see them: a swelling roar from the crowds lining Deangate and Minster Yard marking their progress. Police bikes swept past the Minster into Duncombe
Press reporter Megi Rychlikova reports on being a Tourmaker. I can pinpoint the moment when it really sank in that the Tour De France was coming to Yorkshire - Saturday, 7am. I and a score of other Tourmakers were in a bus as it went through the
Today is the start of the Tour-after-Yorkshire with the riders racing from Cambridge to the Mall in London. As soon as they finish, the riders will make for the airport and the support vehicles to Dover as the Tour goes home to France. They
YORK was turned into a festival of colour and excitement yesterday as the world's greatest annual sporting event came to the city. Crowds of more than 100,000 gathered in the city for the start of Stage 2 of The Tour de France. There were incredible
TWO huge new developments are set to create 1,300 jobs for York after winning millions of pounds in Government funding. A food science campus just off the A64 at Sand Hutton will mean 800 highly-skilled and highly-paid new technical jobs. A
