GINA PARKINSON finds that a geranium planted in haste when she moved has turned out not to be a mistake at all A LOT of clearing and cutting back is being done in our garden at the moment, as beds are being changed and a couple of trees have died
We're approaching a year from when I first took over the reins from the venerable Jim Helsby as your tour guide through the world of bottled beer so I thought I deserved a treat. Instead of reaching for some form of small-batch, uniquely
YOU don't go along to a Richard Thompson concert expecting to find a guitarist who threatens to eclipse the great man. But that's what happened here. The support act was The Rails, featuring Thompson's daughter, Kami, and the prodigious fret-man
Peanut butter can often be like marmite, you either love it or you hate it. I love it, and it seems as through my training for the Yorkshire Marathon is powered by peanut butter at the minute. MERIDIAN Foods is my favourite brand and aside from
A NUMBER of popular wine grape varieties have been given their own day of celebration. World Malbec Day, on April 17, is one that springs to mind and one that I have referenced in this column on more than one occasion. This is followed by International
YORK & District Under-15s sampled a reasonable campaign in the Yorkshire Junior Cricket Festival. The representative outfit recorded two wins and just one loss after encountering a powerful Huddersfield team. In their first outing, York
CRICKET starlet Ellie Chipps has helped Yorkshire lift the Girls' Under-15s County Cup title - seeing off old foes Lancashire along the way. Chipps, 15, a Fulford School pupil from Dunnington, was in the Tykes team that beat Gloucestershire by
NORTH Yorkshire horse rider Connie Russell was crowned the 2014 Combined Training Ponies 65-centimetre champion at the Nettex Trailblazers Championships. The ten-day Nettex Trailblazers Championships are the culmination of the hard work put in
This year's Harrogate History Festival will feature appearances by big-name authors such as Bernard Cornwell and CJ Sansom, debates about Viking poetry and the killing of the princes in the tower - and a retelling of the myth of Noah's Ark. STEPHEN
YORK CITY will be the masters of their own destiny in their new home - after announcing they will be responsible for operating and managing the Community Stadium. The Minstermen will take charge of the Monks Cross ground, when it is completed in
“HE won it hands down – that shows the respect his peers have for him.” So said head coach Gary Thornton of Jack Aldous as the dynamic prop forward was named York City Knights’ Player of the Year last night. The club’s presentation ceremony
York Minster Engineering newcomers Church Fenton White Horse claimed a significant scalp on Wednesday evening with a 3-1 defeat of Dunnington, a win which sees them retain second place in the table. Dunnington had control of the game for much of
DROPPED York City goalkeeper Jason Mooney has admitted that he is current first-choice Michael Ingham’s biggest ally and rival. Mooney, now Ingham’s understudy on the substitute’s bench, knows that his new role requires him to support the man who
THE Smith family didn’t half have reason to celebrate last night – and the same goes by proxy for York’s amateur rugby league scene. York City Knights’ presentation evening, held at the Park Inn Radison in the city centre last night, saw six awards
JORVIK Boxing Club is facing the most cruel - and potentially fatal - blow. Tomorrow the doors close on the club’s old Manor School base and it will be homeless. The have-gloves-but-no-ring plight was outlined by founder member Gary Kelly,
WHELDRAKE maintained their leadership of the division three in the HPH Vale with a nine-wicket win against Yapham at Bishop Wilton on Bank Holiday Monday. Dave Fearn was twice on a hat-trick on his way to 6-16 as Yapham were bowled out for 67.
THEY played in some of the biggest matches over the past couple of decades. But would you bet on a footballing great holing a pressure putt to bag a big prize? That's what teams who will take part a new golf day hosted by star TV commentator Guy
ONE of the worst-kept secrets in international football was revealed this week when Wayne Rooney was named the new England captain. The honour – dubious in some quarters given England’s recent propensity for MTF (major tournament failure) – was
PEARL SECRET can come out on top in Beverley's most prestigious race of the season this afternoon. The £40,000 Betfred Beverley Bullet, a Listed race over five furlongs, has attracted a useful field and Pearl Secret, who has always been held in
RURAL North Yorkshire could be hiding hundreds of people in forced labour and modern slavery, according to a report. The Forced Labour in the UK report was compiled by leading academics from the universities of Bristol, Dundee, Durham and Liverpool
GARY BALLANCE is ready and willing to help Yorkshire get over the line in the LV= County Championship title race. The England batsman is keen to play in the last two fixtures of the season against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge on September 9
THE new code of practice on sky lanterns doesn’t go far enough, say event organisers, who are calling for a national ban. The National Outdoor Events Association has already branded sky lanterns as dangerous to the public, livestock and buildings
DEVELOPERS and residents are celebrating the completion of the £2 million affordable housing development in Elvington. Jubilee Court, part of York Housing Association, includes 12 affordable rented homes and six for shared ownership. The association's
IN a city famed for its history, a 1960s suburban pub may not seem an obvious tourist destination. But one York watering hole could soon be welcoming new hordes of curious drinkers - after being added to a guide to Yorkshire's classic historic
A SCARBOROUGH man received an eight-week custodial sentence just a day after he was caught drink-driving by police. Todd Orlando Grisoli-Wittington, aged 19, of Lakeside, Primrose Valley, was stopped by police in Foreshore Road at 5.45am on Monday
A MAN accused of robbing a women in her seventies will have his case heard at York Crown Court. Sean Wemyss, 42, of Backhouse Lane, York, was remanded in custody and will appear in court on September 12 following the alleged incident on Penley’
A YORK man has been jailed for three-and-a-half years for attacking a six-week-old baby and brandishing a knife at a woman. Gareth Sean Harley, 23, was sentenced yesterday, having pleased guilty to the charges. He injured the baby in December
MORE THAN 75,000 homes and businesses in York are now able to access high-speed fibre broadband as part of a £2.5 billion roll-out. The milestone for the city was passed as the latest fibre street cabinet, outside the National Railway Museum, was
A £1 million fund will provide a range of projects to tackle lonliness and isolation across North Yorkshire. The projects, which include visual and performing arts workshops, pop-up community cafes, counselling services, volunteers schemes to help
YORK credit-card insurer CPP Group has announced its chairman is stepping down as the firm breaks even on operating performance. Holgate-based CPP has turned a £3.3 million loss, recorded from underlying operating performance in continuing operations
CONSERVATIVE politicians are calling for a rethink over housing plans for York's greenfield land, after figures showed the city-centre had one of the highest concentrations of undeveloped brownfield sites in the country. Data provided by the House
RESIDENTS in York can attend drop-in sessions to get help signing up to the Big Community Energy Switch, which could help save money on their gas and electricity bills. The sessions will take place in various locations throughout the city in September
YOUNG readers around York have just two weeks to complete this year's summer reading challenge. The Mythical Maze Summer Reading Challenge gives young people the chance to win a Hudl tablet from Explore York Libraries and Archives, by reading six
A YORK resident has told of her concerns about traffic in a residential area of the city. Barbara Pettitt, 77, lives in Rosemary Place, off Navigation Road, and said traffic in the area has become so bad, she is convinced there will be a tragic
PROMENADES Shopping Centre in Bridlington has joined forces with British Heart Foundation shops to launch their Bag It. Beat It. campaign. The campaign urges people to donate bags of unwanted items to be sold in the charity’s shops and fund life-saving
RESIDENTS in Selby should expect research phone calls from the council as part of a new study. Selby District Council is trying to find out more about residents’ shopping habits as part of a wider study to support the future Local Plan for the
THE POST office in Broadway, York, is set to close for refurbishment next week. The branch will in future have three counters offering bill payment, banking, benefits and travel money and well as postage services. It will be open seven days a week
CAMPAIGNERS fighting for the future of a community pool fear its days are numbered after plans for a new facility were announced. If the proposals for a new community stadium and swimming pool in Huntington go ahead, Yearsley Pool Action Group
YORK'S newest Park and Ride scheme is finally complete, more than a year after building work began. City of York Council and contractors Balfour Beatty have announced roadworks on the outer ring road and A59 are officially complete, meaning the
SCHOOLS and the county council in North Yorkshire have been carrying out work over the summer months to ensure free meals are given to all children aged seven and under at the start of the new school year. North Yorkshire has the largest number
"LEAGUE tables" judging the food given to hospital patients have shown the quality of meals varies significantly across the area. Hospitals in North Yorkshire and the East Riding have been given between 100 and 74 per cent by inspectors for food
NORTH Yorkshire Police has become one of the first authorities in the country to adopt new stop and search regulations. The new rules came into force this week for 24 of the country's 43 police forces, and mean officers will now record all instances
WITHOUT doubt York is one of the beer capitals of England, but forget its quaint beamed boozers, real ale aficionados CAMRA reckons The Dick Turpin in Woodthorpe deserves to rank among the county’s best, despite being just 50 years old. It might
SINCE 1947, local authorities have been allowed to protect green belts in their development plans. It’s a concept that has been viewed as sacrosanct, but for how much longer? Nationally we need to build 250,000 new homes a year for the next three
THERE must be a law initiated (if it doesn’t already exist) to hold accountable those in public office who fail to fulfil their remit. The electorate must have the authority to dismiss any individual lacking in skill, will, or ability to do their job
HOPEFULLY, the revulsion felt by the public over the exposure of the child sex abuse and attempted cover-up in Rotherham and elsewhere, will force the authorities to act quickly and decisively using all the legal powers at their disposal. Pussyfooting
WHILE I understand the city’s delight in the new stadium finally getting under way, I have not seen any mention of the people who appear to have lost their jobs. They had been left to find out by media and other people, and now these guys have
WHAT a sad indictment of local politics that the Labour councillors who make the majority on the Corporate Scrutiny Committee did not ask their Cabinet colleagues to think again over their unfair decision not to refund all over the Lendal Bridge debacle
I AM lucky enough to have a playing field opposite my house. The week before the children broke up for the summer holidays, some men arrived and updated the slide area. We were away the first week of the holidays, but on our return there was
TOWARDS the end of June, I used the letters page to ask when the roadworks at the A1237/A59 roundabout would be completed. At that time they had overrun by two months. Nobody from the council or the contractors had the decency to respond. It is
REGARDING Mr Usherwood’s letter of August 28 in reply to my earlier letter and poem, tell all this to the mothers of the two boys my grandfather talked about. What he said in his letter would have helped them. But I did not read what I say from
THE local UkipKIP spokesperson (Letters, August 28) suggests that the political parties in the council chamber are only interested in carrying out the policies of their party hierarchy. In so far as it applies to me, this is nonsense and made without
RECENT archive photographs showing Paragon Street and the cattle market in times past (The Press, August 21) triggered a story our mum told us of our grandpa Taylor who worked for the farmers there. One day, unfortunately, he was kicked by a rather
100 years ago WF Wailes-Fairbairn, Askham Grange, Askham Richard, wrote: “There are heaps of young fellows hanging about doing nothing but amuse themselves, who are to outward appearance fit to fight; I wish the women and girls would make a point
RARE warplanes will dominate the skyline of a prestigious castle during an historic global tour. The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum will be flying their prized Avro Lancaster over Allerton Castle alongside the Royal Air Force's renowned Battle
A FOOTBALL fan who died on his way home from a York City game is set to be honoured by supporters. Cyclists will ride 150 miles from Bootham Crescent to Northampton Town's Sixfields stadium in February to raise money for the British Heart Foundation
THE mother of an eight-year-old boy with cystic fibrosis is to tackle Britain’s highest mountain to raise funds for the charity which helps her son. Emma Smith, from Northallerton, is to climb Ben Nevis in Scotland on Saturday, September 8 to raise
YORK MP Hugh Bayley has praised the refurbishment work at York Art Gallery, after a "behind the scenes tour" months ahead of its scheduled reopening. Mr Bayley met the gallery manager Lorna Sergeant, chief executive of York Museums trust - who
YORKSHIRE Wolds Railway hosted a members’ preview day. Close to 100 people visited the site of the railway restoration project which was formed in October 2008, exactly 50 years after closure of the Malton to Driffield line. The day gave members
TWO GP surgeries in York with a total of 48,000 patients have announced plans to merge - in a move they say will improve services. The plan to bring together Haxby Group and Gale Farm was announced yesterday. Haxby Group, which runs GPs surgeries
A WILDLIFE rescue centre which started in a Selby conservatory is in desperate need of new premises. Selby Wildlife Rescue is run by Annette Pyrah, who started the organisation in her own conservatory in 2012 and regularly looks after numerous
TALENTED student filmmakers from the University of York will showcase their work to leading members of the British film industry at the Vue Cinema in Piccadilly, London, as part of the Raindance Film Festival 2014. The event, on September 25, is
AN 11-YEAR-OLD girl who has battled a rare and aggressive cancer for a year has been told her condition has significantly improved. Doctors at Leeds General Infirmary said biopsies on Gaby Alderson’s bone marrow had revealed only a small amount
A NOTORIOUS shoplifter with almost 150 offences on his record is behind bars for pulling a knife on a store boss. Peter Ludgate threatened the manager of Lidl in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, when he was stopped trying to steal a 99p bag of sweets.
YORK City in the Community have announced dates, venues and prices for their popular coaching sessions for the rest of the year. City Tots are designed for preschool children aged between three and four with sessions created for parental involvement
FIVE of York’s most promising youngsters will next week tackle the Sainsbury’s 2014 School Games - a major multi-sport event for elite young athletes. The competitors will represent England across 12 sports being contested at the four-day event
ELVINGTON’S Sam Holme has powered to an impressive impact in his debut season of motor-cycling. Racing a Yamaha FZR 400 motorcycle, the 19-year-old won two trophies at the Croft racing circuit near Darlington, for the first-placed newcomer in the
YORK Rugby Union Club boasts one of the biggest youth sections in the north of England - but there’s always room for more. Boys and girls aged from six to 16 are encouraged to try the sport when the section’s season kicks off with training at the
TASTER sessions for a class to alleviate back, neck and joint pains taking place in September will raise funds for two charities. Alexander Technique tutor Gail Barlow, who has more than 30 experience of teaching the method, is holding classes
A NORTH Yorkshire hockey club is opening its doors to the community in a bid to promote the sport. Northallerton Hockey Club is taking part in the 2014 National Club Weekend run by England Hockey to attract new people to the game. An open morning
THE winners of the Humberside Fire & Rescue Service Community Awards will be nominated next month. Members of the public have been nominating their local heroes for several weeks, and the winner will be announced on Thursday, September 25.
CAMPAIGNERS from a Yorkshire political party have claimed the Scottish independence debate has helped raise the issue of devolution for Yorkshire. Richard Carter, Leader of Yorkshire First, said the build-up to the referendum had prompted the start
NINE-YEAR-OLD showjumper Rachel Proudley has won the Pony 70-centimetre Northern Club Championship. Proudley claimed top spot in tandem with Field Oak Flame, a ten-year-old chestnut gelding owned by her father, Paul. The Club Championship was
A LARGE hole has opened up in a York footpath, after a tree root evidently burst a drain. The hole is in the path beside Cinder Lane leading to Wilton Rise. Network Rail, which owns the land, has cordoned off the hole and says it will be repaired
NEARLY a fifth of online shoppers in York have made purchases while dining or drinking out, new research has shown. A study by price comparison website Give As You Live showed 48 per cent of people shop online in bed, one in ten shop on the toilet
SCHOOLCHILDREN in York who took part in a sunflower competition for a national charity are being urged to send in their entries. The charity behind the competition, bibic, is reminding youngsters in the city who took part in the growing competition
