YORK City Baths Club star James Wilby finished seventh in the final of the 100 metres breaststroke at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow tonight. The 20-year-old Strensall swimmer, who was sixth in the final of the 200m earlier in the Games, clocked
CITY of York Athletic Club sprint star Tom Somers is the world's quickest 17-year-old over 200 metres since the great Usain Bolt. The Yearsley teenager clocked 20.37 seconds in the semi-finals of the IAAF World Junior Championships in the USA to
A COMBINE harvester has been destroyed by fire today as the heatwave continued in North Yorkshire. North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service said its firefighters had been kept busy all day dealing with a series of incidents, including the combine
A BURGLAR who broke into a York property early today started a fire. North Yorkshire Police said two properties in Monkgate Cloisters were burgled, one at 5.40am and the other at 6.10am. "Nothing was stolen from either of the premises," he
Another seasonal release from Flying Dog, and another fantastic label from Ralph Steadman. Unlike the Poperinges Hommelbier I reviewed previously, this is an American wit that adheres more closely to the traditions of the style. Not as assertively
GINA PARKINSON on the fashions for plants and why she has soft spot for hydrangeas PLANTS come in and out of fashion, their position on the garden catwalk influenced by what’s happening in the big flower shows of the year. So dahlias, for example
GAVIN AITCHISON drops into a pub with a goal-scoring landlord I HAD passed The Victoria countless times before I ventured in. You’ll have seen it as well, perhaps without really noticing it, if you ever travel between York and Harrogate by train
This one isn't mine, it's Pam's. JULIAN COLE passes on a good and simple recipe for shortbread PAMELA Frankland, frequent writer of letters to this newspaper, appends a message to one of her missives, saying that she makes very good shortbread
MAXINE GORDON is pleased to discover an easy-to-set cheesecake WHO doesn't love cheesecake? In the dessert world, it allows you to have your cake and eat it, offering a crunchy, biscuity base and a smooth, rich, creamy topping. It's a great
Flowers cultivated on a small patch of land near York are filling the city with colour. SARAH SMITH traces the growth of a cottage garden industry THE British flower industry is undergoing a revolution. After many years of decline, there has been
A new book of diaries and letters sheds light on an unforgettable wartime romance with a York connection, reports STEPHEN LEWIS ON DECEMBER 9, 1943, a ship steamed into harbour at Liverpool docks, having left Algiers ten days earlier. On board
GEORGE WILKINSON goes to extremes to a part of the North York Moors National Park with the highest status and the lowest profile Bransdale is the most extreme of the valleys of the North York Moors National Park, with the highest status and the
THE festival made its closest approach to York with a two-part cabaret-style exploration of the most prolific of all Broadway songwriters, Richard Rodgers. In his introduction, compère Edward Seckerson compared his output to Schubert’s: more than
TRIBUTES have been paid to York City historian David Batters, who has died aged 75. Batters first started penning historical notes for the Minstermen club programme in 1974 and went on to write several books on the Bootham Crescent outfit.
JASON GILLESPIE has hailed York youngster Jack Leaning’s contribution in his breakthrough season of LV= County Championship cricket. The 20-year-old right-hander, who debuted last season but only played one division one match against Surrey, has
IT'S probably fair to say the Knights dual-registration partnership with Castleford has been better than last year's with Hull - and Ben Reynolds has played no small part in that. The full-back-cum-half-back had to wait his turn but - without a
THE Knights finally got reward off the field last week for their ongoing efforts on the field this year - the first four-figure gate at Huntington Stadium for 13 months and only the third since the end of 2011. It was also the biggest crowd of
POCKLINGTON’S Martin Anderson starred as England secured second place at the World Deaf Golf Championships in America. The Malton & Norton GC member shot rounds of 84, 83, 93 and 83 to finish tied 27th in the individual event on The Bear and
Knaresborough Town will represent the Toolstation North Eastern Counties League at today's inaugural Toolstation Cup (3pm). Knaresborough will be taking on Bristol Manor Farm, who came second in the Toolstation Western League in the 2013/14 season
A STRING of triumphs has helped the women's section at Selby Golf Club hit new heights. Megan Garland won the Northern Close Championships at Eaglescliffe, in Teesside, last week - meaning the Brayton Barff course can continue to boast having the
FOREST of Galtres Golf Club have announced an August taster trial for potential new members. The Skelton-based club is offering golfers the chance to join for a month for £100 and try the par-72 6,531 yard course - with play permitted from Sunday
NORTH Yorkshire trainer Paul Midgley, who has been taking all before him in recent weeks with his sprinters, heads to York today hoping to strike it rich with the high-flying Line Of Thunder - but he just might be upstaged by his Irish colleague David
YORK and North Yorkshire golfers wanting to see Ryder Cup legends Colin Montgomerie, Mark James and Constantino Rocca in action are being urged to take a trip to the English Senior Open next month. Rockliffe Hall is hosting the European Tour-sanctioned
THIXENDALE have had their membership of the HPH York Vale Cricket League suspended after failing to fulfil a string of fixtures because they could not raise a team, writes Martin Jarred. League secretary Andy Copeland said: “During the past few
YORK-BASED St Mikes Football Club, who play in the North Riding FA leagues, are on the lookout for five new players to join their ranks. The squad trains every Wednesday from 6pm to 7pm at the York St John University all-weather pitch off Heworth
BY the time you read this, the Tour de France organisers will be putting up the bunting on the Champs Elysees as the 2014 edition of the great race comes to its always thrilling finale in Paris. The overall winner is already a dead cert (barring
YORK RI RUFC have started pre-season training on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7pm at their ground in New Lane. The first team play in Yorkshire Four on Saturdays, while the club’s second team play friendly matches each Saturday. The club are
AN ARMED robber has been jailed for 14 years after he held a mother and daughter prisoner on Mothering Sunday in York. Serial burglar Scott Nevison, 38, was also jailed for a string of burglaries in the city throughout March and April, which sparked
SUNWORSHIPPERS were set to bask in one more day of heatwave in York today, with temperatures predicted to soar once again as high as 26C. But weathermen had some relief in store for those who have found the recent heat a little too much to bear
YORK'S rivers have claimed 24 lives in the past 15 years and there were 35 near misses in 2013/14, a new report has revealed. Between 1999 and 2014, ten people died in the River Ouse and 14 died in the River Foss, a report to City of York Council
GOOD Vibrations rang out across York's Knavesmire last night as music legends The Beach Boys kicked off the racecourse's Music Showcase weekend. The American band behind hits such as Surfin' USA, God Only Knows and California Girls, performed in
THE thriving York Pride celebration went ahead for the third time this year, and was such a success it has been nominated for one of The Press's awards. The event has been put forward for the Community Project of the Year award, because of the
A VOLUNTEER credited with helping alcoholics and drug addicts kick the habit has been nominated for her selfless work. Mum-of-one Claire Cook, of Fulford Road, Fulford, set up the York Alcohol Forum in 2009 and helped to bring the rehabilitation
AN extraordinary family and a passionate mother have been nominated in the Community Pride Award for their volunteer work for Brownies and Rainbows in York. Sarah Stone and her two daughters Hannah and Jessica have all been nominated for the Volunteer
YORK City Knights have met their namesakes ahead of the third annual Yorkshire Medieval Festival. Players joined the festival knights for a training exercise in York’s Rowntree Park, in preparation for the Medieval Merriment event which will launch
A DRUNK reveller who left a York paramedic requiring hospital treatment has avoided jail. Aiden Bell, 21, fell unconscious during a night out in Leeds last month, but turned on the YorMed medics when they tried to help him. Bell attacked two
York-born Business Secretary Vince Cable tells The Press why he thinks the UK recession is well behind us At some point over the last few months or so, we passed, without fanfare, one of the most important economic milestones of the last six years
TIMBERS damaged by the 1984 York Minster fire will be put up for auction next month. The Minster's annual Stoneyard auction will also see masonry from the stoneyard up for sale, with members of the public able to buy the historic items, which were
I WAS shopping in York and so pleased to see our regular traders in their rightful place in Parliament Street. I realise that they are only there because of the refurbishment of Newgate, but surely they should be able to trade there all year round
TRIBUTES have been paid to a much- loved primary school teacher who has died from cancer. Ste Kenwright, 47, from Fulford, was a teacher at Naburn Primary School for 17 years and a well-known musician. His former pupils have described him as
IT MAY be making the headlines too often at the moment, but jumping in the water is nothing new. In fact York’s rivers have claimed 24 lives in the past 15 years and there were 35 near misses last year. We’ve long known of the dangers which is
NOT so long ago politicians were desperately looking for green shoots of recovery. Now the economy is positively blooming and as the latest GDP figures confirm, we have returned to pre-recession levels. Which is great news, or rather it’s great
THIS is a conflict of polar opposites. On one side of the terrifying crisis blowing up on the borders of Russia and Ukraine stands Vladimir Putin, the ruthless former KGB officer, focused with deadly intent on rebuilding the Soviet empire. On the
ENGLISH is a beautiful language, spoken by Shakespeare and Milton to name but two. It has evolved over the centuries and is probably spoken by more people on earth than any other tongue. It should therefore be treated with respect and not mangled
RICHARD BRIDGE should know that statistics from various sources can be interpreted to support opposing views on the Minimum Wage (Letters, July 18). Also, a company finance director should be aware of forthcoming compulsory pensions that will add
OKAY, I am old and a woman, but I am very sad that York councillors voted to open another lap-dancing club. I am not a feminist, I do not think that it demeans women: if men are daft enough to pay, I think that gives women the upper hand. York
I WONDER how many people who park in the parent and toddler area at Morrisons in Acomb, York, actually have toddlers/children? Not many judging by the number of work vans parked there the other when I visited. Yet again I had to park at the
THE issue and deployment of CCTV safety vans by councils seems to be solely based on traffic problems. Having had many years of experience as a home beat police officer engaged as part of my duties school crossing patrols - before CCTV cameras
IN my humble opinion the spy van would be better employed outside York Hospital A&E to ascertain how many trouble-makers, drunks and druggies are being treated by understaffed, overworked and underpaid doctors, nurses and ambulance men and women
HEIGH-HO, here we go again. Having waited behind five customers to have two items returned and correct prices put on them (the sale price), I stood with my stick for eight minutes. When I finally got served by the one irate staff member, I kindly
WITH regards to letters in The Press about the Halifax Bomber, I am very interested in this matter. At the age of 14 years, I lived at Hirst Courtney, not far from Burn Airfield and other Yorkshire air fields. When the planes were taking off and
THE North Yorkshire branch of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust would like to thank all those who made a contribution at our street collection on Saturday, July 19, in York city centre. We received a total of £312.17 in donations. We would also like
REGARDING my recent stay in hospital for a hip replacement, I would like to send my grateful thanks to Mr Campbell and his team for my successful operation. I would also like to thank all the nurses on ward 29. The care they gave me was excellent
A YORK man has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent after a teenager suffered serious head injuries in a late-night incident in York city centre. The 20-year old man, who has also been charged with resisting arrest, is due
I WAS shopping in York and so pleased to see our regular traders in their rightful place in Parliament Street. I realise that they are only there because of the refurbishment of Newgate, but surely they should be able to trade there all year round
100 years ago THE editorial today read: “The secret and motive of the assassination of the Austrian heir in the Bosnian capital have been dramatically disclosed in the extraordinary European crisis with which last week was brought to a close.
A YORK couple say they are heartbroken after their 'lovelock' was removed from York's Millennium Bridge. Paul Fursdon and his fiancée Lisa Bower say they will never forgive council officials for removing their padlock from the bridge. The Press
A COUNCIL chief executive’s pay has rocketed 25 per cent in two years while its lowest paid workers have been offered two per cent, prompting calls for more scrutiny on top public sector pay. The head of Hambleton District Council, Phillip Morton
SEVEN of Yorkshire’s most beautiful churches will take part in the Yorkshire Medieval Festival next month by hosting ‘Church Explorers,’ a free series of walks, tours and hands-on activity days. The four-week festival will bring together medieval-themed
CHILDREN are being asked to become dinosaur detectives this summer at the Yorkshire Museum. Museum bosses have said nine dinosaurs are suspected of taking “bites” out of precious artefacts and there has bee discovery of some dinosaur bones
A PETITION to improve a major North Yorkshire road has already had hundreds of signatures. Nigel Adams, MP for Selby and Ainsty, set up the online petition to repair the surface of the Selby Bypass on Wednesday, and within 36 hours, more than 250
ONE of York's few remaining privately owned hotels will close its doors next week. Knavesmire Manor Hotel in Tadcaster Road, once the home of the Rowntree family, is set to return to being a private residence. Plans have been submitted to City
THE Yorkshire Ambulance Service is urging people to take extra care in and around open water during the hot weather. Every year the service is called to incidents across the region where people have attempted to cool off by swimming in local rivers
GIRLS rugby league is booming at Huntington School as the Year 9 team celebrate being crowned champions of a new Leedsbased competition. The York pupils won the Year 10 league, which was organised by the Leeds Rugby Foundation and Leeds Rhinos.
THE charity Marie Curie is thanking the people of North Yorkshire for supporting its Blooming Great Tea Party campaign this summer. Over 170 tea parties were held in North and East Yorkshire and the Teesside region to help raise vital funds for
SUCCESSFUL Rufforth United Under-11s will play under the Dringhouses banner at under-12s level in the York Mitchell Sports League. The Rufforth U11s were joint winners of York & Ryedale Mitchell League division one last season and also runners-up
BOLTON Percy Girls made history by becoming the first all-girl team to reach a York & District Junior Cricket Association cup final. Percy ousted last year’s beaten finalists Clifton Alliance in the semi-finals of the Hirepoint Plant &
TADCASTER Grammar School student Ollie Riley has been selected for the Yorkshire Under-13 cricket squad for the remainder of 2014. The youngster was picked after making some big scores for the Leeds Schools representative team. Riley, 13, who
ACOMB completed a hat-trick of titles in the York & District Junior Cricket Association Quality Solicitors Burn & Company Under-11s Championship division one. Acomb ‘A’ and York were neck and neck throughout the season and, after victories
READ School tennis starlet Richard Garcia insists he is hungrier than ever to see his name in lights after failing just short of booking his spot at a prestigious Wimbledon tournament. The 14-year-old Drax pupil has long been known as one to watch
HEWORTH ALRC Under-10s finished for the summer break with an excellent display against Methley. The Villagers started strongly and were rewarded for their early efforts when Theo Walton crossed in the corner, Tyler Monks converting and then crossing
OSBALDWICK closed out the York & District Junior Cricket Association Quality Solicitors Burn & Company Under-9s Championship season on a winning note. Osso won their zone ‘B’ clash with Malton & Old Malton as Joseph Hall hit 17 and
YORK lifted the York & District Junior Cricket Association Quality Solicitors Burn & Company U11s Incrediball Cup. Favourites York batted first against Londesborough Park and made 118-4, with Alex Try-Banton hitting 30 not out and Max Wilkinson
TADCASTER Magnets secured third place in the York & District Junior Cricket Association Hirepoint Plant & Tool Hire Under-15s Championship zone ‘A’ with a four-wicket win over Ovington. Also in zone ‘A’, a knock of 39 not out from Louis
NEWLY-FORMED Stamford Bridge Girls Under-9s have taken their first strides in competitive football. Just two months after the squad was formed, the East Yorkshire youngsters took on Shiptonthorpe in three 15-minute friendlies, losing 3-0, 1-0 and
NORTH Yorkshire showjumper Alex Gill has won a place in the Great Britain squad for the Team Fairfax Pony European Championship. British Showjumping named the 16-yearold, from Northallerton, in their line up for the competition, which will be held
