MICHAEL Ingham will keep his place in York City’s goal for this weekend’s home match with Wycombe despite admitting he was at fault for Exeter’s goal in a 1-1 draw at St James Park. The 34-year-old shot-stopper, recalled for his first City start
JOHNNY MURTAGH never won the Betfred Ebor at York Racecourse as a jockey but Mutual Regard ensured Europe’s richest handicap came his way in his first season as a trainer since quitting the saddle. Five pound claimer Louis Steward was a cool customer
A 25-year-old man suffered a serious leg injury when the car he was driving crashed in Knaresborough. The driver of the blue Peugeot 207, from Harrogate, was travelling on Harrogate Road at High Bridge, near Mother Shipton’s Cavern, at 3.10am this
GINA PARKINSON welcomes the cheering sight of the tender penennial Verbena. LAST winter was so mild that slightly tender perennials such as Verbena bonariensis survived and have been looking good now for weeks in the garden. These tall, delicate
THIS is one of the quiet success stories of Yorkshire theatre. Each year since 2005, Esk Valley Theatre has staged a summer production at the Robinson Institute in Glaisdale, a farming village six miles from Whitby that requires a drive across
I’VE BEEN all over the pale and hoppy end of things lately, as you may have noticed; a natural consequence of my preference for this style of beer and the brief summer we enjoyed until recently. Now we’ve been tropical-stormed into a premature
I LIKE surprises of the vinous kind, when you open a bottle expecting nothing more than mediocrity but you ‘discover’ something good. My case in point is an inexpensive pinot noir from the Languedoc. Bearing in mind that good pinot noir is rarely
Travel writer DANIEL START introduces excepts from his book Hidden Beaches with a fine Yorkshire beach and some examples from further north. THE hidden locations of 400 hard-to-find beaches have been revealed in a new book by travel writer Daniel
BY REDUCING the amount of yeast, you can leave bread to rise for longer. With this recipe you can plan your loaf round the evening’s viewing or whatever else you may be up to. I kneaded this a few short times in between watching television on a
It was years before Chris Poole discovered what happened to his father during the Battle of Mons 100 years ago today, reports STEPHEN LEWIS. ONE HUNDRED years ago today, British and German soldiers were dying in their thousands in Belgium at the
VICTORIA ELLIS puts on her boots for this week’s walk after man flu fells this column’s usual incumbent. IT SEEMS likely that the prospect of minding cats, chickens and a house in the Lake District brought on a severe bout of man flu for George
CITY of York Athletic Club youngsters tasted triumph at the under-15s and U17s Northern Athletics Championships in Wigan. Lucy Hadaway led the medal haul, winning gold in the U15 long jump and bronze in the hurdles, while Alice Linekar won silver
TADCASTER Albion Under-11s duo Ben Lumby, left, and Tom Brown experienced the magic of the FA Cup. The famous old knockout trophy paid a visit to the Brewers’ Ings Lane base this week to celebrate the club’s 5-0 preliminary round victory over Barnoldswick
YORK & District's representative under-11s side ended a mixed Yorkshire Junior Cricket Festival campaign on a high note with a win over Pontefract. The youngsters, who reached the final of the competition the previous year, were unable to progress
A MILESTONE half-century of service to Yorkshire school cricket is being celebrated by coach Adrian Grayson. Grayson, the father of former Leeds United boss Simon and ex-Essex cricket Paul, received a watch from Yorkshire chief executive Mark Arthur
JUNIOR coaches have been honoured by the county’s cricketing OSCAs. Acomb Cricket Club’s Simon Brown won the Maurice Young Award for services to coaching young people at the Yorkshire Cricket Board’s Outstanding Services to Cricket Awards (OSCAs
YORK RI Girls Under-13s are on the lookout for a goalkeeper for the new football season, which gets under way on Saturday, September 6. Anyone interested in playing in goal would be given training by the club’s qualified goalkeeping coaches.
THE Football Association Skills team are offering free football for North Yorkshire youngsters next week. The sessions for five to 11-year-olds in the Scarborough and Ryedale area will take place on Wednesday, August 27 on the 3G pitch at the University
A YOUNG designer is growing his business after raising more than £10,000 from world wide backers to launch his venture. After exhibiting one of his homeware designs in 2013, York St John University graduate Tom Hutchinson identified a market for
A HAIRDRESSING business which dates back 20 years in York is enjoying a new lease of life after moving to new premises. Evolve Hairdressing has seen its customer base expand even further as a result of the move to its new salon in Bishopthorpe
BRITISH Rail once complained about problems with the wrong type of snow. These days some in York have a problem with the wrong type of hotels, which is why council leader James Alexander called for a strategy to govern the quality and number of bed
NOBODY wants to visit the dentist. Just remembering the sound of that drill is enough to scare anyone out of making an appointment. But it only delays the inevitable. Few of us are spared fillings and however awful that prospect may seem, dentists
YOUR editorial of August 20 says the conversion of former council offices in St.Leonard’s Place will do nothing to address York’s needs for affordable homes, but James Alexander claims the developers are keen to meet affordable housing commitments.
AS A York born resident, may I add my thoughts about what is happening to the beautiful, historic city of York. On Tuesday I had a very rare visit. I paid my parking fees for the day as I fully intended to have a good shop, look around and support
YOUR correspondent Mr. Paul (Letters, August 21) is woefully misinformed about history. The Palestinians originated before the building of the pyramids and have their origins in the Natufians long before that. Palestine was commonly known in
I FIND it amazing how Israel sympathisers like Mr Paul (Letters, August 21) go back 2000 years to justify current atrocities. All I can say is “Please grow up: otherwise we will have Native Americans throwing out the Pilgrim Fathers and all their descendants
THIS is getting past a joke over the fines refunds on Lendal Bridge. The fines have been taken off drivers when they should not have been. The money should be sent back to the drivers involved – the council has their addresses – without the
MANY thanks, as always, to all of you who entered the ‘Yorkatt & Eric’ competition on the ‘Lendal Bridge Fines’ saga. Lots of entries and (nearly!) every one really good! Mrs A Parker, of York, had the two discussing the “signage” on the bridge
I WROTE this poem in 1950 for a competition. My granddad was there in the First World War and was picked for the firing squad when the two young lads featured were shot. In fact he was stood down from the firing squad and a book was later written
IF WE have to wait until 2017 for a referendum on EU membership, I fear it will be too late if we don’t close our borders now and hold a referendum immediately. This country is in a state of crisis and we go blindly on with our heads in the sand.
100 years ago The special correspondent of the “Nieuwe Rotterdamache Courant” at Maestricht reported that the situation of the inhabitants of Liège continued to be very critical. Several houses had been burned down in the night. The animosity
IN REPLY to Cllr James Alexander (Letters, August 20), part of being an elected member of the council is to be questioned on your opinions; if Cllr Alexander finds this upsetting he’s in the wrong job. His repeated mantra “homes for hard-working
MICHAEL INGHAM is determined to make a positive return to the York City side after admitting he became a “negative goalkeeper” last season. The 34-year-old shot-stopper looks certain to reclaim the starting place he lost in January during this
THE search for the cream of York’s schoolboy football talent gets under way next month. York & District Schoolboy trials for the 2014/15 under-12s squad will be held on Monday, September 8, with the U13s taking place on Wednesday, September
YORKSHIRE are playing well enough to end their 12-year wait for silverware in the most emphatic of ways - by winning the double, according to their captain Andrew Gale. Gale’s side beat Sussex in the LV= County Championship at Scarborough earlier
FORMER St Peter’s School rower Tina Stiller will line up for Great Britain in the quadruple scull in the World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam tomorrow. Stiller, 27, already a world under-18 bronze and world U23 silver medallist, features in
YORK Triathlon Club member Mark Harney won bronze in his age group at the British National Open Biathle Championships at Salford Quays. Harney competing in masters ‘B’ class, claimed the third place finish in only his second attempt in a biathle
HISTORIC success was achieved by the York Union of Golf Clubs' representative ranks. For only the third time, York captured the Yorkshire Inter-District Union scratch league title with the conquest sealed after arch-rivals Sheffield were downed
LONG-SERVING goalkeeper Michael Ingham bears no ill feeling towards York City chief Nigel Worthington but is determined to prove that he should have started the season between the sticks. Worthington, who also overlooked Ingham for international
DRINKS were sunk all round at the 19th hole after retired plumber Tommy Jackson holed in one at Drax Golf Club. While playing in a senior three ball game, using a nine iron at the fifth tee, his 150 yard drive dropped on the green and rolled plumb
AGE is just a number it is often said, but there's a distinction to that for mature golfers. That is to be crowned an "age shooter", which is precisely the title now accorded to Selby Golf Club player Colin Railton. He became one of the band
AFTER all the hullabaloo a couple of weeks ago over captain Jack Lee’s decision to sign for dastardly Hunslet for next season, and then all the pre-match talking points this time last week ahead of York City Knights' big top-of-the-table clash with
GREAT HALL is napped to provide John Quinn with a day to remember at York this afternoon by carrying off the £265,000 Betfred Ebor Handicap. The four-year-old, the mount of Philip Makin, has had just one outing for Quinn when finishing a close-up
THERE is a six-letter word that surely must now be banned entirely from football. No, it's not Fergie, nor Suarez, nor diving and not even Rooney - once a Blue, always a Blue, except when you become a Manc. Pah. Above all these six-letter words
YORK’ S Simon Dyson suffered an early exit from the D+ D Real Czech Masters. Despite an improvement on his first round of two-over-par 74, he fell three shots shy of the cut to make a premature Czech-out. Needing to post a healthy sub-par round
Thousands of music lovers will be spending their bank holiday weekend singing along to some of the biggest bands on the planet. Music from the likes of Blink 182, Disclosure and The 1975 got underway yesterday at Leeds Festival, in Bramham Park
NEWLY-PROMOTED Church Fenton White Horse made it two wins out of two with an emphatic 6-1 victory over Dringhouses in the first round of midweek fixtures in the York Minster Engineering Football League premier division, writes Josh Luckhurst. On
YORK Racecourse’s Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival finishes today with some more sunshine – but also the possibility of heavy showers later. Tens of thousands of racegoers have flocked to Knavesmire over the past four days, with only Ladies Day
A DAD-OF-TWO from York who was severely injured in a crash in Thailand has begun to speak to his family 21 weeks after the accident. Chris Moulds, 39, has been in hospital since his accident near Pattaya and is now recovering in a Yorkshire ward
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
REGULARS at a York pub have launched a petition calling for it to be saved amid fears it faces closure, writes Debbie Millar. The campaign was launched after customers heard that the Punch Bowl, which has been on Lowther Street in The Groves for
ANTI fracking protesters stopped off in York on a cycling tour of the north. The group are cycling 162 miles from Blackpool to Hull via York and Beverley. The ride started in Blackpool because that's where the UK's first high volume hydraulic fracturing
MANY more children in York visit a dentist compared to the average for the rest of England, new figures have shown. Some 81.2 per cent of children in the city have been to the dentist in the last two years compared to 69.2 nationally. Meanwhile
A TEENAGE girl was injured when she was hit with a BB-gun pellet. The girl, 16, was hit on Valley Bridge, Scarborough, at around 4.15pm on Wednesday, August 20. As she crossed the bridge, the girl felt a sharp pain in her arm and found a BB-gun-type
THIEVES stole copper piping and brass during a raid on an outbuilding in Richmond. Police are appealing for information after the break-in which occurred between 8.30pm on Sunday, August 10 and 8am the next day. The crooks also took copper
A NEW strategy to control the number of new hotels opening in York is due to be published next month - three years after it was called for by hoteliers and councillors. City of York Council has revealed a draft hotel strategy has been drawn up,
GOVERNMENT plans to criminalise domestic abuse involving bullying and intimidation but without violence have been welcomed by Julia Mulligan, Police and Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire. She said that having heard the personal stories of
MOST teenagers off school this summer will only get as far as the hotel pool during their annual holiday with mum and dad. But that was not the case for six York school pupils, who took it upon themselves to help disabled children in Bacau, Romania
HE may be small by name, but his ideas are anything but. In fact, little by little, he is building something potentially rather grand. Stu Small, owner of Little Brew brewery, has moved north from London, recycled a champion brewery kit from
A TEENAGE dancer who deferred a place at university to pursue his dream to be a dancer has gained a place on a national TV search semi-final. Ashley Crewdson, 19, from Maunby, Thirsk, has been dancing since he was eight but at a dance competition
A TOUCH of Harry Potter magic is being brought to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway with the last story train of the summer. Next Friday, Hogwart’s headmaster Albus Dumbledore will be hosting the last of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway story
DETECTIVES are investigating a serious sexual assault in York. A 19-year-old woman was approached from behind and sexually assaulted in an alleyway off Friargate shortly after leaving Yates Wine Lodge. The woman was walking towards the old
YORK’S St Leonard’s Hospice has recently launched its new website, designed to inform patients, the public and health professionals about the services offered by the charity. Theresa Barrett, communications manager, said: “We are thrilled with
TWO council tenants are still facing a battle to clear their name despite winning an appeal to stay in their home. Gemma Fisher, 31, and Nikki Watson, 33, had been facing the prospect of being kicked out of their council house after they were convicted
A MAN who smashed a glass jug in the road shortly before the arrival of the Tour de France peloton has been fined £1,000. Self-employed builder Michael Lee Simms admitted causing a danger to road users outside his home in Ripon, on July 5 – during
THOUSANDS of pounds is being made available to support groups in desperate need of a cash boost. The Gannett Foundation, which is the charitable arm of Gannett Co Inc, the parent company of Newsquest Media Group, owners of The Press, is offering
DETAILS of changes to a plan for a 500-home extension to a market town are set to be made public. Malton landowners, the Fitzwilliam Estate, will hold a public consultation event to detail its latest blueprints for High Malton, which it says would
York’s Fourth Avenue, between its junctions with Carter Avenue and Sixth Avenue, will be closed to traffic for almost three weeks. The closure, to enable roadworks, will be in force from 9am on Monday, September 1 until 6pm on Friday, September
TEMPORARY traffic restrictions will be in place on St Helen’s Road in York. The restrictions will ban vehicles from parking and waiting along part of the road from 8am on August 26 and runs until 6pm on September 2, as water mains service works
SCORES of youngsters hurled themselves into Pocklington Rugby Union Club’s popular annual rugby summer school. The event at the club’s Percy Road headquarters has played a key part of the summer programme for several years. As in the past,
A YOUNG herring gull must be kept isolated from other birds after cruel yobs attacked it with spray paint. The gull was taken in by Whitby Wildlife Sanctuary, after she was found on Thursday covered in thick red paint. The young bird, who rescuers
ONE hundred and seven years after it was first held, The Farndale Show returns on Monday. An exhibition of the valley’s finest agriculture, industry and horticulture gives families the chance to see showjumping, gymkhana, dog classes and take part
LOCAL Government Minister Kris Hopkins was in Harrogate on a fact finding mission. The MP learned first-hand how the Stray helped to deliver a world-class Grand Départ for this year’s Tour de France. Cllr Richard Cooper, Leader of Harrogate
AN ancient place of worship is responding to the current crisis in the Middle East by holding night of prayer for Iraq. It will include the chance to sleep in Ripon Cathedral on August 29 to spend a night in solidarity with Iraqi refugees feeling
PLANS for a multimillion-pound development which will see Malton Livestock Market moved close to Eden Camp Museum and make the town “the capital of Ryedale” have been approved. A prominent objector claimed that the people involved in the scheme
