BRIAN ELLISON went mob handed in a bid to win the Fine Equinity Stakes at York Racecourse and Edge Of Sanity sprang a 25-1 surprise to give the Norton trainer what he wanted. The five-year-old, ridden handily by Paul Mulrennan, was one of five
MOTORISTS are facing an autumn of delays, disruption and diversions on the A64 in North Yorkshire because of a £2.2 million resurfacing programme. Several sections of the route between Bramham and Malton will be affected by the Highways Agency
SEVERAL gliders taking part in a competition at an East Yorkshire gliding club have been forced by a lack of thermals to land in fields and on airfields. A reader, Peter Coates of Haxby, contacted The Press to say he had seen a glider which had
ONE of the longest serving teachers in the Selby area has retired after 39 years service at South Milford Primary school. Pam Carklewicz, or “Mrs C”, as she is affectionately known, started her teaching career 45 years ago in Leicester, later holding
KEVIN RYAN spoke of his huge pride after The Grey Gatsby chased home dual Derby winning hero Australia (8-13 fav) to finish runner up in York’s richest ever race – the £800,000 Juddmonte International. The Sutton Bank trainer’s three-year-old was
IT has been a long wait since her May 17 show was postponed, but American singer-songwriter and fiercely inventive guitarist St. Vincent at last plays Leeds Metropolitan University tonight. Her self-titled fourth solo album, released in February
TURNING up to potential clients with tasty treats proved a successful marketing tool for outside catering firm Meet the Chef. The business, which employs a team of ten in Tockwith, is vying to be named Small Business of the Year. After securing
ROTACLOUD is an online cloud-based rota solution designed to help small to medium businesses build and manage their staff rotas. The idea was born in June last year when Joel Beverley, one of the company’s three man team, mentioned how his sister
AMY RYAN considered giving up riding after a horror fall at York left her with severe shoulder injuries – but the jockey said horses like Blaine made her return worthwhile after the pair clinched the Symphony Group Stakes at York Racecourse today.
In the latest in our occasional series on great Yorkshire churches, STEPHEN LEWIS visits one of the finest parish churches in the North – Beverley Minster. SOME time in the early eighth century – so about 1,300 years ago – John, the ageing Bishop
NORTH Yorkshire artisan cheese maker Shepherds Purse has been adding to its trophy cabinet this month with wins in the Great Taste Awards.The Thirsk-based company has been awarded two gold stars for its Harrogate Blue, Blue Monday and Monks Folly, while
YORK housebuilder Persimmon is continuing to capitalise on improving housing market conditions in the first half of the year with "strong" increases in underlying pre-tax profits and revenue. Posting its half year results for the six months ending
MEDICAL software created in Wetherby to revolutionise patient safety and treatment is now being launched to the NHS and GP practices. BlackBox Clinical Data Validation, which was launched this month, monitors patient discharge information, and
THE firm planning to build a potash mine in North Yorkshire has agreed a further global supply deal. York Potash's latest deal for the potash mineral polyhalite is with a Central American based fertiliser distributor, that also has operations in
A QUESTION mark hangs over the future of eight York jobs as an investment management firm leaves the city. Brewin Dolphin announced yesterday it is consolidating its York office within the Leeds branch, resulting in the immediate closure of the
A HARROGATE digital marketing firm has been appointed as the digital partner for national retail chain, Nisa. The 24-strong team at Extreme Creations, which recently launched its own PR division, won the contract in a competitive pitch against
YORK City Knights' wonderful comeback win at arch-rivals Hunslet Hawks has been capped by an accolade double. Ryan Backhouse has been named the Kingstone Press Championship One Player of the Week after his startling performance off the bench, while
NIGEL WORTHINGTON declared he was not afraid to take “hard decisions” after sacrificing goalkeeper Jason Mooney at half-time in York City’s 2-2 draw with Cambridge United in Sky Bet League Two. The Minstermen manager turned to Michael Ingham at
JAKE HYDE and Wes Fletcher were the heroes as York City mounted a stirring fight-back to grab a 2-2 draw with Cambridge United at Bootham Crescent. The Minstermen were by far the better outfit but they found themselves two goals down late in the
SELBY Town are reeling from a triple leg break suffered by in-form goalkeeper Mark Wilberforce. The former Leeds United, North Ferriby United and Bridlington Town shot-stopper suffered the injury in Saturday’s 3-0 victory over Penistone Church
LEEDS United were rocked by visitors Brighton, who put on a breezy show at Elland Road last night. Coach Dave Hockaday’s men crashed to a 2-0 reverse as their Championship campaign continued to stutter. The men from the south coast took a mere
YORK claimed their maiden Foss Evening Cricket League division one title as an all-round performance from Jake Murphy proved too much for relegated Melbourne. Murphy blitzed the Melbourne batting with a spell of 4-8, with Ian Kirby the only man
TIM BRESNAN has revealed his confidence in Yorkshire’s ability to end the season in style by winning two trophies, the LV= County Championship and the Royal London One-day Cup. Bresnan played his part in Monday’s crucial Championship win over Sussex
SHERIFF Hutton Bridge clinched the Pilmoor Evening Cricket League division one championship when they won a thrilling 18-overs-a-side play-off with Thirsk at Sessay. Bridge batted first and were given a flying start by Adam Fisher (19) and Paul
YORK-BASED mutual healthcare society Benenden Health has reported a busy year for its team of almost 250 staff with acquisitions, new division launches and financial growth. A new era of growth for the organisation, which is entering Large Business
MUCH as the locals would love to see The Grey Gatsby win today's £800,000 Juddmonte International, the richest race ever staged at York looks more likely to be taken back across the Irish Sea by Aidan O'Brien, courtesy of Australia. Whereas Kevin
KING William fired the big scores but still went down 4-3 at home to Crescent ‘B’ in division one of the York White Rose Ladies Darts League. The hosts took the four-hand through Carol Atkinson, Miriam Hill (100), Brenda Bainbridge and Teresa Walker
ENTRIES are now being taken for all sections of the 2014 Trackrod Rally Yorkshire to be held in Ryedale on September 26-27. The Trackrod Historic Cup - forming the seventh and final round of the West Wales Rally Spares RAC Championship and penultimate
A FRESH debate will be held next week over the repayment of drivers fined for crossing York's Lendal Bridge during a controversial trial. A senior scrutiny committee is meeting next Wednesday to discuss the plan to offer refunds only to people
THESE strangely beautiful works of art show the inner workings of a rather unsavoury subject - viruses, writes Emily Willis. They are the work of Dr Briony Thomas of Leeds School of Design and are part of an exhibition on viruses as creative inspiration
A TREASURE hunt is being organised by Tennants auctioneers of Leyburn featuring artworks by artist Jeremy Houghton. People can join #TennantsTreasureHunt on Twitter over the next eight weeks to find framed prints by Mr Houghton, which have been
RYEDALE residents are being given the chance to start composting at home for under £10. The district Council, in partnership with the York and North Yorkshire Waste Partnership, is holding a one-day sale of compost bins from only £8. The sale
SELBY Camera Club is to stage a photographic exhibition at the town’s abbey over the bank holiday weekend. The annual display starts on Saturday and opens daily from 9am to 4pm, up to and including Monday, with admission free. Refreshments
MODEL railway enthusiasts should head to the Portholme Church, Selby, when an exhibition is to be staged from 10am to 4.30 pm on Saturday, August 30. The event will feature trade stalls and numerous model layouts, from ‘n’ to ‘0’ gauge, with exhibitors
THE charity Marie Curie is planning to set up a new volunteer fundraising group in the east of York. Community fundraiser Lizzie Sanders said such a group would help Marie Curie nurses continue to provide free care to people with terminal illnesses
A WOMAN has been charged with causing the death by dangerous driving of a 15-year-old girl, in a road accident on the A19 two years ago. Chantell Smith, 26, appeared before magistrates in York yesterday. Fifteen-year-old Carly Smith died after
THE mother of a baby girl who suffered serious health problems has spoken of her gratitude for the support they have been given. Sarah Collier had no reason to worry about her daughter Emily following a straightforward pregnancy and caesarean until
AMBITIOUS plans for the re-development of Northallerton town centre could see Hambleton District Council buy the town's former prison. Members of the authority’s Cabinet are next month being asked to approve negotiations to buy the defunct jail
PASSENGERS have been promised "a world-class rail network" as the Government announced the shortlists of companies to run future rail services in the North. Three operators have been shortlisted for the York-based Northern rail franchise, which
SO, the vacated council offices in St Leonard’s place are not to become a hotel after all. Instead, developer Rushbond hopes to convert them into luxury townhouses and flats. Many will have suspected that the plans for a £20 million, four-star
ISABEL Collier referred to Eckersley House as her hospital home. In fact she still does and with good reason. The facility in Leeds is where her baby sister Emily pulled through, despite a prognosis to the contrary, and where the family was able
CAN somebody tell me why there have been so many late additions to the Local Plan after we made clear in the council survey our opposition to the original scheme? The council asked for our views on the 22,000 homes plan, but after the survey closed
I FIND J Holdworth’s letter of August 13 (“Women bring peace”) to be an insult to men. Women are no different to men when it comes to aggression and violence. Look at Margaret Thatcher over the Falklands or Golda Meir, the Israeli politician
LIKE many other listeners to BBC Radio York sport reports, I was devastated to find out that our two favourites, Barry Parker and Sharon Shortle, seem to have been unceremoniously removed from their posts. This has brought back memories of a few
NORMALLY I would be 100 per cent against Britain “interfering” in any quarrels in the Middle East. However, the ever-deepening chaos in Iraq is a totally different story. As Britain and America are to blame for the way the country has descended
IT SEEMS that the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust doesn’t understand the meaning of consultation, at least with respect to the transfer of its Heat to the Home Agreement with residents of phase one of Derwenthorpe. In August last year, residents
YOU won’t believe this. I put my green garden bin out for collection, as usual, on Thursday morning. The bin lorry came round after midday but missed my bin. I phoned the council on Friday expecting help or an apology; no such luck. No,
THE booming prices of houses in London means that MPs who have a taxpayer-funded second home there are making a small fortune when they come to sell them. This must stop and previous recipients must be made to repay the profits they made into the
HOW nice it was to see your feature on Kevin Hollinrake (The Press, August 14). I worked with him at Claude Elmers when he was the new boy, together with John Waterhouse, both now of Hunters estate agents. Both Kevin and John deserve all they
A YOUNG British Muslim, face covered and voice disguised, appeared on on the TV news. He said he was going to Iraq to join the radical army to kill or be killed and became a martyr. Asked if he would ever return to Britain, he said no: he would
POLITICS is often a blood sport. In his letter of July 17, Conservative councillor Joe Watt accused me of having personal “contempt for York homeowners”. Since being elected leader, I have sadly come to expect such personal attacks. Previously
FOR once I completely agree with ex-councillor Sue Galloway (Letters, August 5 – “Learn from Whitby”) when she points out issues in York with weed growth and lack of clean streets. However, given that these phenomena are a direct consequence of
IN Calais thousands of migrants from as far away as Afghanistan, Syria and a large number from the whole of Africa are waiting to cross into this country. in the back of lorries. The French government does nothing to deal with the situation.
I AGREE with recent letters about Man United. When Alex Ferguson was appointed he was one game away from the sack and took a risk with the youth; the rest is history. I wish I was worth £300,000 a week. I feel that too much emphasis is
100 years ago HIS Holiness Pope Pius X had died at the Vatican, Rome, in the early hours of the morning. About a week before, the Pope had contracted a slight cold in the bronchial tubes, accompanied by some fever, but his condition at first
A FAIR of rare and wonderful literature is celebrating its fortieth birthday this year. York National Book Fair, Britain's largest antiquarian display, gives book lovers the chance to get their hands on anything to do with paper from books and
A BUMPER weekend of delights are expected to thrill families over the bank holiday weekend. Summer favourites like the Fulford Show - on Monday featuring traditional displays of flowers, fruit and vegetables - and the Galtres Parklands Festival
A SPECIAL ale called Benedict's Brew has been produced for a medieval day to be held at a North Yorkshire abbey later this month. The beer has been created by local brewery, Brown Cow Brewery of Barlow, for Selby Abbey, which will stage the Medieval
AN RAF veteran’s dream will come true when he is presented with his RAF Wings at a formal ceremony at RAF Linton-on-Ouse, near York. Wilson Taylor, 89, from the north-east, joined the RAF in 1944 and underwent flying training and took his Wings
THOUSANDS are expected to descend on the Yorkshire Dales this weekend as one of the region’s much loved-loved countryside traditions celebrates a major milestone. The 100th Wensleydale Show will be held just outside Leyburn on Saturday, August
AN edible jockey and a grass paddock inside a department store are just two of the ways the city plans to welcome visitors for the highlight of its racing season. It is expected about 90,000 people will descend on York for the Welcome to Yorkshire
A FUNDRAISING event for Wigginton Church saw more than 30 dogs show off their skills. Competitive pets battled it out in the Scrufts Dog Show. This year’s best in show was won by Dominique Jozefowicz’, from Haxby, with her dog Digby. The
THE A19 in North Yorkshire will be closed southbound overnight between Osmotherley and South Kilvington for essential resurfacing work between August 31 and September 5. Diversions will be in place during the 8pm to 6am closures. Highways Agency
A PEDESTRIAN was taken to hospital after they were knocked over in York. An ambulance was called to the scene outside Ruby’s Chinese restaurant, in Gillygate, at 2.24pm yesterday, after a pedestrian was hit by a car. A rapid response vehicle
YORK Hospital has said its virtual antenatal classes are being well viewed by expectant mothers. A drop in women going to antenatal classes to prepare for giving birth led to a decision to phase out classes for most women at the hospital trust.
LAWYERS stepped in after residents of a community for people with learning disabilities were told they would not be permitted to take part in a peaceful protest over proposed changes to their way of life. Camphill Village Trust, which runs Botton
AN ARCHERY group will offer primary schoolchildren the chance to try the sport after landing a council grant. Thirsk Bowmen, which was established 20 years ago and has more than 60 members at its Baldersby Park base, near Topcliffe, has been awarded
DEVELOPERS behind a plan to create a Marks & Spencer supermarket and a pub on a former NHS hospital have applied for planning permission to transform the site. Jomast Developments and the retailing giant are seeking listed building consent
EAGLE-eyed viewers of a certain age may have spotted a former Goole teacher on their small screens. Belfast-born Ian McElhinney plays celebrated hero and knight of the Kingsguard, Barriston Selmy, in the popular adaptation of Game of Thrones broadcast
CHARGES at Northallerton’s Applegarth short stay car park will be cut – in a bid to help improve the town’s economy. Under plans before members of Hambleton District Council’s cabinet next month charges in the 148 short-stay spaces at the front
A COUNCILLOR has welcomed the news that a refurbished Post Office is to include new improved access for disabled people. Cllr Andy D'Agorne represents the Fishergate ward, and had pressed for access ramps and the cracked and uneven forecourt at
VALE Radio, York’s newest radio station, went live on Monday. The station, which broadcasts from Haxby Memorial Hall, was opened by Outer York MP Julian Sturdy. It broadcasts 24 hours a day reaching a potential 770,000 listeners. Vale Radio
NINE stray dogs were put to sleep last year when their owners failed to collect them from the dog warden in York. Figures obtained by The Press through a Freedom of Information request revealed 199 dogs were seized by a private provider working
