ANDERIEGO likes nothing better than a win at York Racecourse.Of the six-year-old’s four career successes, three have now come on the familiar home comforts of Knavesmire – just a stone’s throw from where one of his owner’s is based.A
AUSTRALIAN Aaron Finch saved his best until last, but he failed to fire Yorkshire into the NatWest T20 Blast quarter-finals as his blistering 89 off 46 balls went unrewarded against Nottinghamshire at Headingley.Finch smashed four fours and seven sixes
YORK City Baths Club ace James Wilby booked his place in the final of the 100 metres breaststroke at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The 20-year-old Strensall swimmer finished fifth in the second semi-final last night, but his time of one minute
HUMAN bones thought to date back to Roman times have been dug up by contractors working in the Mount area of York. The bones, including jaw and leg bones, were discovered on Thursday night in a spoil heap and trench in Trentholme Drive by Dr Mike
A POLICE motorcyclist suffered a broken leg and another was also injured when they collided in North Yorkshire. The two officers were riding marked North Yorkshire Police motorbikes in Main Street, Sutton on the Forest, when the crash happened.
A MANHUNT has been launched to find a Harrogate man wanted for return to prison. Wayne Richard Porter, 28, was sent to prison for two years in February 2013 for possession of drugs with intent to supply, and released in February this year.
THOUSANDS of motorists are heading along baking roads to the Yorkshire Coast this afternoon as the weathermen predict an end to the heatwave by Sunday. Queuing motorists are shown on the eastbound A64 near York's Hopgrove roundabout. Temperatures
DETECTIVES investigating the murder of a Bridlington guesthouse landlady have arrested a man in South Yorkshire. South Yorkshire Police confirmed this afternoon that John Heald, 53, was arrested near the Parkgate Retail Park in Rotherham today.
CITROEN'S C1 has put smiles on the faces of a lot of young drivers. Cheap and cheerful, it found homes among many buyers making their first purchase of a new car... and Citroen wants to keep them happy. Hence the new C1 is that bit more cheerful
With 25 years of service to motorists, PATROLMAN PHIL takes a wry look at the business of being a ‘breakdown technician’ and recalls stories from the roadside as well as offering the occasional helpful motoring snippet PEOPLE are often surprised
AFTER going through some tough times in the UK in recent years, a resurgent Jeep is looking in much better shape. Globally, the American firm aims to sell one million cars this year. On these shores, there has been a 70 per cent rise in sales
THERE was a time when each city had a multitude of cinema houses, giving a wide choice of films. Cinemas dwindled, so did choice, but then along came the multiplex and multiple film options. Cinemas have since spread their wings beyond film, some
1) The end of the tour - Remember the spectacular scenes in Yorkshire as the 2014 Tour de France got under way? The race concludes in Paris this weekend, and you can watch the final two stages live on a big screen in St Sampson's Square.
SINCE Scotland is going to feature a lot on television in the next two weeks, I thought I would write today's column on Scottish independence, a debate that always evokes sensations of deja vu for me. I was in Czechoslovakia before, during and many
IF you're stuck for something to do with the family this weekend, you could do far worse than head out to Sutton Park on Sunday. The occasion? The annual Huby and Sutton Show. It's a classic country show, featuring everything from a gymkhana
A £2.3 MILLION early-stage funding boost has been awarded to a York start-up to assist in the development of a new all-in-one pregnancy and fertility testing device. Concepta, based in St Martin's Lane, was founded by a group of scientists from
THIRTEEN jobs in North Yorkshire including eight in York have been lost as a car parts supplier goes into administration. Mark Orton, Will Wright and Jonny Marston from KPMG have been appointed joint administrators to Unipart Automotive Limited
A CARE provider from Harrogate has become the first in North Yorkshire to achieve a gold award from Investors in People (IIP). Continued Care, based in Hornbeam Park, has been named among the top seven per cent of accredited companies in the UK
DEFENCE is the best form of attack for York City Knights ace Colton Roche. The 21-year-old former Featherstone forward reckons the hard-to-break-down Huntington Stadium outfit are starting to dominate Championship One precisely because teams are
YORK City boss Nigel Worthington remains satisfied by his squad size with the new SkyBet League Two season kicking off a fortnight tomorrow. With Michael Ingham returning from a groin injury, City has 16 senior professionals to select from for
TOP bosses at the city council have spent £11,000 on lawyers fighting a legal battle over the Lendal Bridge and Coppergate closures. Lawyers' advice has cost the council £11,330 in under four months, according to figures obtained by political opponents
York City legend Andy McMillan talks to DAVE FLETT about his plans for a production line of homegrown talent. YORK City’s new academy manager Andy McMillan wants Bootham Crescent to begin producing players of the calibre of Richard Cresswell and
York City will cast their scouting net far and wide, as Richard Cresswell tells DAVE FLETT. RICHARD CRESSWELL has called on York City to follow the examples set by Walsall and Crewe in their approach to youth coaching. The Minstermen's development
STEVE BRUCE hailed the spirit of York City in the wake of Wednesday's friendly defeat against his Hull City side, writes Matthew Graves. The Hull City boss said the Minstermen was "fiercely competitive and put up a tough fight" after his team's
YORK Cricket Club head into a crucial weekend of cricket without up-and-coming Yorkshire batsman Jack Leaning, writes Matthew Graves. Leaning will no longer be released to play in a York shirt due to his eye-catching performances in first-class
ROY GREGSON was the winner of the tenth Kingfisher Cup angling match. The contest is fished annually by Yorvik Angling Club in memory of Gerald Leslie, a founder of the club. Gregson was stationed at peg five at Tollerton and bagged mainly
RYAN SIDEBOTTOM believes Yorkshire will have done it the hard way if they qualify for the NatWest T20 Blast quarter-finals tonight. The Vikings face Sidebottom’s former county Nottinghamshire Outlaws at Headingley in the 14th and final group game
KANE WILLIAMSON says he is comfortable opening the batting in Twenty20 cricket, both for club and country. The classy New Zealand batsman has only started facing the new ball regularly this year, both for the Black Caps at the World Twenty20 through
YORK City Baths Club star James Wilby eased into the semi-finals of the 100 metres breaststroke at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The 20-year-old Strensall swimmer, who was sixth in the final of the 200 metres last night, was third in heat
Woodhouse Grange added a third trophy to their 2014 cabinet as they bagged the Minster Engineering Senior Charity cup, against Easingwold, writes Matthew Graves. Grange beat Easingwold by 35 runs to add another trophy to their list of the Sawkill
YORKSHIRE Over-50s should “be taken seriously as contenders to progress” in the ECB 50+ County Championship according to captain Steve Wales, writes Matthew Graves. The unbeaten Tykes squad - which includes four York & District Senior League
A MOTORISTS' lobbying group has attacked York's handling of the trial closure of Lendal Bridge - and drawn parallels with the problems experienced by other local authorities. The National Motorists Action Group claimed City of York Council's enforcement
A cycling enthusiast has set off on the final leg of a fundraising marathon. Mike Hughes, of Clifton, is cycling from London to Paris in a bid to raise enough money to pay for a Marie Curie cancer nurse. Mr Hughes, has already taken part in
POLICE and Crime Commissioner Julia Mulligan has welcomed the announcement from the Home Secretary signalling an overhaul of police complaints. In an address to Parliament Theresa May made it clear that she is to take an in-depth look at misconduct
THE Lord Mayor of York welcomed the York Concert Band to the city's historic Mansion House ahead of their journey to Paris to play at the closing ceremony of the Tour de France. The band will play in front of the Eiffel Tower as the riders of the
BUSINESSES in North Yorkshire are being given a final opportunity to enter this year's Press Business Awards.The awards, now in their 24th year, recognise the achievements of all kinds of businesses, large and small, across different sectors and in
A MURDER squad detective’s career is in ruins after he was convicted of a drunken and “unprovoked” attack in a pub while shouting: “I’m a copper. I will do what I like.” Det Sgt Paul Whiteley, 51, was found guilty after four hours of deliberations
A DEADLY putter saw Michael Hildred win the York Union of Golf Clubs Seniors Championship. The 12-handicapper, who has been a member at Forest Park Golf Club for nearly two years, shot 37 stableford points to win the prestigious competition at
NORTH YORKSHIRE racegoers have an exciting double-header lined up today with an afternoon meeting at Thirsk and an evening fixture at York, separated by a mere 40 minutes and spanning a total of 13 races. The feature event is the British Stallion
AN OPEN meeting will be staged in York next month to revive the Hungate Community Trust , as the re-development of the city centre area again gathers pace. Gordon Campbell-Thomas, who founded and formerly chaired the trust, said it once more needed
A DEDICATION ceremony will be staged tomorrow for York’s Poppy Road Poppy Project, which has created a remembrance meadow for the fallen of the First World War. A band and a piper will play at the ceremony, which will take place at 3pm on land
A CITY of York Councillor has joined police on patrol in the city centre. Councillor Tracey Simpson-Laing spent five hours with police during a night shift in York on last Friday, as part of the city’s summer safety campaign Plan Safe, Drink Safe
PUBLIC gardens near York will celebrate Yorkshire Day in style next week with a giant Yorkshire Rose. The rose has been created at Breezy Knees Gardens at Warthill with white pebbles, and with black gravel used to denote the edges and recycled
RISING City of York Athletic Club sprint star Tom Somers powered into the final of the 200 metres at the IAAF World Junior Championships with a new personal best time. The 17-year-old, who won his heat in a best of 20.60 seconds in the USA last
DRAX has defended its sustainable sourcing of biomass as the Government is urged to make sure subsidies are only paid to "genuinely" low-carbon biomass energy. A new report from the Department of Energy and Climate Change has assessed woody biomass
THE YORK pub landlord arrested as part of the Claudia Lawrence investigation has told how his life was dramatically turned upside down. Paul Harris, 46, who runs The Acomb in Kingsway West, was arrested on Wednesday and detectives spent most of
HARROGATE police are appealing for information after a £4,500 bike was stolen in the town. The Trek Speed Concept tri road bike was stolen on Wednesday, outside a sandwich shop on Cold Bath Road. The thief was seen riding the bike into Valley
THERE are many reasons why it is not good to let the gap between the highest and lowest paid become too wide. There is the obvious fact that failing to pay the least well off enough to feed their families condemns them and their children to poverty
AGRICULTURAL shows have always been important to country people. They offer a chance to meet old friends, show off prize cattle, maybe cheer on the daughter as she competes in the gymkhana. But in the wake of BSE and foot and mouth, all of us are
PICTURE the scene. You are MD of a new company and you appoint various people to fill the top jobs, treasurer, foreign sales, personnel manager, etc. You declare all these newly appointed people are, “as good as you can get as they are all at the
PROBLEMS with council Freedom of Information requests, as featured in The Press, are worrying. Too often the council has been late replying or not replied and has not respected many residents by denying information sought. I met with the relevant
WHERE were the senior executives? Colin Richardson (Letters, July 22) quite rightly suggests that the planning and implementation of the Lendal Bridge fiasco would be the responsibility of the professional senior executives of the council. This
WITH regard to the letters from Mr Jones and Mr Wardell in The Press of July 22, I agree wholeheartedly that the debating time was squashed so that no time for dissenting voices was available. But as a ditched/unwanted Labour councillor, I certainly
THE closure of Lendal Bridge caused me no inconvenience, but I did read the report and made some enquiries of councillors and of the author of the report. The withdrawal of the scheme seemed to make comments superfluous. Nevertheless, from my incomplete
IT IS not surprising, given the right-wing bias of the news media, that the less astute among us believe the current allegations of Russian involvement in shooting down the Malaysian passenger plane. Whereas neither Russia nor the separatists have
TRUE British bulldog spirit was in evidence at Saturday night’s Party At The Palace. The weather threw everything at us from the very beginning, but nothing was going to stop our fantastic supporters from enjoying themselves. Brollies and wellies
LIKE Jim Begley (Letters, July 23), I am “thankful that we can vote [and] would encourage more electors to do so and participate in the whole process”. But there is a reason why they often do not: they know that in many constituencies vote can
A YORK estate agent has been chosen to succeed deselected MP Anne McIntosh as Conservative candidate in Thirsk and Malton. Kevin Hollinrake, from Easingwold, was selected from a shortlist of two men and two women. Local party members were in a
DID you serve in the Kure area of Japan at some time between 1946 and 1956? If so, and you would like to help with research into those days, please phone me, Wilf Aldridge, on Norwich 01603 433259 for further details, or write to me. Wilfred
WHO wouldn’t sympathise with PR Willey and his small, elite team of hard-working and hard-pressed street-cleaning operatives (Letters, July 22)? However, I don’t feel too sympathetic towards your correspondent Bryan Lawson whose letter of July
REGARDING the state of the streets of York, in reality we have two issues. One is the rubbish discarded in and around the city. The answer is to employ community wardens with the power to administer on-the-spot fines for people dropping rubbish
IN HIS letter of July 22, PR Willey asks those who are concerned about the amount of litter in York to spare a thought for the hardworking teams who have to clear it. All credit must go to these key workers, and I don’t think anyone could criticise
"Samaritans are there for you at any time", volunteers from the charity told commuters at York train station yesterday. Volunteers from the Nunnery Lane-based charity were at the station on the 24th day of the seventh month of the year to make
AFTER two decades of involvement in York's community theatre, dedicated volunteer Dan Shrimpton is being honoured for his service to the musical, dramatic, and artistic life of York. Dan, 38, is chair of the trustees at York's Joseph Rowntree Theatre
COUNCIL house tenants say the communal areas around their homes are getting dirtier, according to an annual survey in the city. The results of the City of York Council's tenant satisfaction survey for 2013, which collected the opinions of almost
100 years ago A travelling sales agent visiting a large factory had made a bet with the manager that he would pick out all the married men among the employees. Accordingly he stationed himself at the door as they came back from dinner and mentioned
A thief with a history of drink-fuelled violence has admitted stealing 18 cans of cider. Christopher Neil Gregory, 24, was caught on CCTV taking the alcohol from the Co-op store on York Road, Acomb, said Kathryn Reeves, prosecuting. He has
YORK'S Mosque has started collecting items for the city's food banks to help poorer people in the local community. Collections will be made at the mosque and Islamic centre in Bull Lane every Friday, with deliveries made to the food bank in Acomb
SKIN experts will be on hand to advise how best to protect your skin from the sun at this year’s Ryedale Show on July 29. Macmillan Skin Cancer Nurse Specialists, Lucy Skelton from York Hospital and Janet Parish from Scarborough Hospital, will
YORK'S newly formed libraries and social care and telecare mutuals have been celebrated at Downing Street. Explore Libraries and Archives, and Be Independent, were among the new mutual societies which now deliver local services across England.
TWO cyclists are planning to raise funds for the York Blind and Partially Sighted Society by pedalling for a hundred miles next month. Stephen Reed and Nick Clarke are set to take part in the Ride London-Surrey 100 - the cycling version of the
PEOPLE in Hambleton can have a free charging point for electric cars installed at their homes, thanks to a joint project between the district council and the Yorkshire Energy Partnership. The Government-funded “Electric Hambleton” scheme is available
OPPONENTS of a major housing and development scheme for a North Yorkshire town have written to the district council detailing their objections to the plans. The Fitzwilliam Malton Estate has a outline planning application for a 500 new homes on
