A MOTORIST who admitted speeding and lighting a cigarette while an unrestrained child stood in the passenger seat has been banned from driving and fined. John Naisbitt, 66, of Devon Street, Hetton-le-Hole, admitted driving at 70mph in a 60mph zone
A MAN has been charged over a bomb threat which caused the evacuation of a North Yorkshire police station. Officers were evacuated from Northallerton police station yesterday, and an Army team from Catterick Garrison were called to the scene after
PATIENTS at York Hospital Trust are waiting too long to be assessed for emergency and cancer care, national inspectors have said. An investigation has been launched at York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust by health regulator Monitor, which
Felt artist Bridget Karn’s fine art pictures are painted, sculpted and moulded out of wool – they will open your eyes to the wonders of this ancient and natural artists’ material. She’s about to have have her first solo exhibition. JO HUGHES went to
HUNDREDS of people gathered at St Peter’s School in York for the school's inaugural OP Day. York’s oldest school welcomed hundreds of former pupils for its inaugural OP Day, which took place at St Peter’s School at the weekend. More than 300
AN EXHIBITION of wildlife images and videos celebrating the diversity of British wildlife is coming to North Yorkshire. The work by amateur and professional photographers will be showcased at Nunnington Hall from May 16 to July 12 next year and
Yorkshire remain firmly in the hunt for their seventh LV= County Championship win of the season having taken two Lancashire wickets before lunch on day four at Emirates Old Trafford, both going to Adil Rashid. The Red Rose side, battling for a
YORK helicopter and private jet charter specialist FlyMeNow is expanding its ground presence with a permanent airport base following a record breaking summer of bookings. The business is moving its headquarters to London's TAG Farnborough Airport
A TADCASTER firm which provides drinks dispense services is celebrating ten years as an independent business. Innserve has grown over the last decade to employ more than 550 people across the country, and now has a client portfolio including national
YORK housebuilder Persimmon has criticised planning policy in Britain for constraining new housing in the country for decades. The firm's chief executive Jeff Fairburn has been reported as attacking "destructive" and "indefensible" campaigns against
AN independent York caterer has been appointed as the new provider for the city's Science Park. The Nought-E Food Company won the contract to supply York Science Park’s Park Central café. The café is situated between the Innovation Centre and
THE game’s still afoot but now the game’s on another foot after illness forced George Williams to step down from playing Dr John Watson, the everyman hero of Alexander Wright’s contemporary, interactive drama inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective
YORK City are hoping striker Wes Fletcher will be fit for the weekend after picking up a hamstring injury during the 2-0 Johnstone’s Paint Trophy defeat at Barnsley. Second-half goals by on-loan Manchester City striker Devante Cole and Kane Hemmings
YORK golf star Simon Dyson will be concentrating on splice rather than slice tomorrow. Dyson is out of the line-up for the prestigious European Championship in Switzerland because he has more pressing duties to perform - he is best man at his brother
UNION Rovers beat Kirkdale 7-2 in the final to lift the Richard Flaherty Memorial Trophy. Union penned Kirkdale into their own half in the early stages and, after 15 minutes, Nicky Drew clipped a shot into the top right-hand corner with the outside
GOALS from on-loan Manchester City striker Devante Cole and Kane Hemmings knocked York City out of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy at Barnsley. The result left Nigel Worthington's Minstermen still waiting for their first win of the season and out
IN-FORM Selby Town will be looking for their fourth win in five Northern Counties East League division one matches tonight. The sixth-placed Robins travel to Eccleshill United (7.45pm) with the aim of keeping pace with the early leaders in the
TEENAGER David Hague is on top of the North Yorkshire golfing world after streaking to victory in the final of the York Union of Golf Clubs' Matchplay Championship. The 18-year-old saw off Fulford's James Cass 5 & 3 in the final to complete
FLAMBOROUGH'S Alex Belt added yet another title to his impressive season’s haul when he won the PGA North Manchester Open at Marriott Worsley Park. The 28-year-old EuroPro Tour player, attached to the Snainton Golf Centre, near Scarborough, rolled
DOUBLE centurion Adam Lyth has played a significant part with the bat in Yorkshire’s dominance of their Roses clash with Lancashire at Emirates Old Trafford, but he expects to have to contribute with the ball as well as they push for victory during
ROWNTREES RUFC were narrowly beaten 17-13 in a pre-season game at Thornensian 2nds. Trees got off to a flying start with a penalty by Jack Gabbatiss, but were unable to add more points in the first half. Despite dominating play, two mistakes cost
POCKLINGTON RUFC warmed up for Saturday’s North One East opener at home to Ilkley with an emphatic 43-0 pre-season victory at Middlesbrough. Middlesbrough looked more likely to get the first score, but Pock’s defence held and they overpowered the
REGULATIONS are now available for the MEM Malton Forest Rally. Malton Motor Club are offering competitors six challenging stages over 40 miles in Langdale, Gale Rigg and Cropton forests on Sunday, November 2, with rally headquarters at Adderstone
IT IS a 500-mile round-trip from Malton to Bath, but the long trek has not deterred Langton trainer Nigel Tinkler from sending two horses to the Somerset course this afternoon. Tinkler saddles Bashiba, a recent Beverley winner, and also The Strig
A WOMAN has told a jury her boyfriend put a knife to her throat, punched her unconscious and beat her up in her bedroom. She claimed Orville Lee “went a bit weird,” got a chopping knife out of a drawer and put it to her foot, saying he could cut
THE Grand Opera House in York will host Rock of Ages The Musical for the next four days as it comes to York on its nationwide tour. Audiences can enjoy the story of a rocker and small town girl falling in love to the greatest love songs of the
A MAN accused of rape in York is expected to stand trial next year. Tomasz Szymon Bekierz, 32, from York, is charged with raping a teenage girl near the River Ouse in York the city centre on August 17. He appeared in York Crown Court via video
A CAMPAIGN by staff to save their jobs has paid off after administrators revealed the Lakeland Leather, in Northallerton, is the first of 18 previously doomed stores to sign a new lease. The shop is the first to be put on Lakelands “saved list”
COUNCIL bosses are going to court over a £2,000-plus bill for repairs the authority says were needed after a York public fireworks display almost two years ago. City of York Council has begun legal proceedings against Rockin’ Horse Promotions over
A TRAIN driver had to recall the trauma of hitting a young woman on the railway line in York almost eight years ago, when a much-delayed inquest was finally held yesterday. Former GNER driver Brian Gray, who now works for successor York train firm
VISITORS to York’s Museum Gardens enjoyed a day of bright sunshine and good weather yesterday, but more could be in store. Forecasters have predicted warm temperatures this week to usher in the beginning of autumn, with highs of between 20 and
OFFICERS from British Transport Police are trying to find this man who stripped naked and ran through the carriage of a train. The man was travelling between York and Middlesbrough on Friday, August 29, at about 8.30pm when he stripped and ran
MAIL deliveries in York have beaten Royal Mail targets for the first quarter of the year. A total of 93.8 per cent of First Class mail in the YO postcode was delivered on time, the day after being posted, beating the national target of 93 per cent
MOVES to buy the now-closed Northallerton prison and incorporate it into ambitious development plans for the centre of the town have been approved. Hambleton District Council’s cabinet have given the go-ahead for officers to start negotiations
YESTERDAY the inquest into Naomi Coley-Rogan’s death on railway tracks in York was held. It goes without saying that this was a tragic incident, not only for Naomi but for others involved, and not least the train driver who had to live with what
ALL seven people arrested in connection with the murder of Graham White in Sewerby Road, Bridlington, have now been released on police bail. Mr White, 39, was found at an address in Sewerby Road with fatal injuries in the early hours of Wednesday
POLICE have released CCTV images of two people they want to speak to in connection with a shop theft in York. A spokesman said a man and a woman entered Tesco in Acomb Wood Drive at about 6.45pm on June 27, and took alcohol and food from the shelves
HUNDREDS of cyclists from around the country have taken part in a new event in Selby. More than 700 riders, from as far away as London and Scotland, came to the North Yorkshire market town to take part in the Three Swans Cycle Sportive, to complete
AN elderly woman continues to fight for her life in hospital after being hit by a lorry as she left her doctors’ surgery in York. The 88-year-old woman had left Clifton Health Centre in Water Lane when she was knocked down by a reversing lorry
A PENSIONER attacked by a one-legged man believed he was going to die when he was repeatedly hit with a crutch. David Everard, 72, was attacked by Terence Exelby on Acomb Green in August last year and suffered multiple injuries. Exelby pleaded
A CCTV image has been released of a man British Transport Police want to speak to in relation to an incident in North Yorkshire. A BTP spokesman said two men had been ejected from a train from London at Northallerton station at about 9.45pm on
POLICE arrested a 23-year-old Hull man on suspicion of burglary following reports of two men acting suspiciously in Barmston, East Yorkshire. A member of the public phoned Humberside police at 3.15am yesterday (Tuesday, September 2), and officers
THIEVES stole tools from a commercial property in Brookland Road, Bridlington, overnight on Friday. The thieves broke in through the roof and took items including two Milwawke 18v Lithium drills which were red and black in colour with white lettering
NEW luxury hideaway cabins have been launched in North Yorkshire. The woodland accommodation has been built at Cropton Forest near Pickering which is one of nine Forest Holidays locations nationwide offering back-to-nature breaks. The latest
BOAT trips in of East Yorkshire’s most nature-rich areas will run for the first time in 55 years. Trips down the River Hull will launch from North Frodingham Wharf and Tickton by Beverley Boat Hire, with participants guiding their own vessel down
PLANS to press ahead with a £1.4 billion waste incinerator for York and North Yorkshire have been blasted by an MP and a leading campaigner against the project. The Press reported yesterday that North Yorkshire County Council officers had concluded
THE annual open day at York Minster’s Stoneyard will be held on Friday, September 12. The Minster’s Works Department, which is responsoble for the maintenance, repair and restoration of the Minster, will show the public around areas of the cathedral
DETECTIVES investigating an armed robbery in York have arrested a teenager today. Two women working at MacRae's newsagent in Huntington Road were threatened with a gun in the robbery, which took place on Thursday, August 28. The suspect made
DETECTIVES are still searching for a York offender who is wanted for recall to prison. Michael William Powell, 30, was sentenced to five years imprisonment for robbery in December 2011, but released in June. Police said Powell, who is white
THE fifth annual Prince's Trust Fashion Dinner will be held at the National Railway Museum next month. This year's event, the first to take place at the NRM, will run with a vintage theme, to raise funds to help disadvantaged young people in the
THERE was a time when we took public libraries for granted. When it would be unthinkable that the local swimming pool was out of bounds for a Saturday morning swim. In this age of austerity measures, though, nothing is sacrosanct, so we fully understand
ON SATURDAY a committed group of York citizens met in the city centre to distribute leaflets and encourage passers-by to sign a petition to fix or ditch the controversial Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership (TTIP). Despite its innocuous
A FINAL note on Manchester Airport (Letters past). On arriving earlier this year, with cabin baggage only, at 5.55pm from Croatia, we managed to clear the airport and catch the 6.20pm train to York. No problems there then. R. Hutchinson, Sherwood
AFTER seeing my poem and letter in The Press, a lady sent me two clippings from a magazine printed three weeks ago. I think the boys mentioned in the clipping could well be the lads my grandfather told me about. The two young men were brought out
YOUR picture of the aircraft on Knavesmire is wrongly captioned (Yesterday Once More, September 1). The occasion is described by John Pudney in his biography of the Atcherley brothers, A Pride of Unicorns. Number 2 Squadron of the recently formed
A NEW health centre, pharmacy and shops at the University of York’s Campus 3 (The Press, September 1)? In the words of Victor Meldrew, “I don’t believe it.” There are already shops and a pharmacy on Badger Hill, and as for the irony of a new health
ALED JONES can keep his fantasy of a Catholic nation (Letters, August 28). Henry VIII was less murderous than his elder daughter and Elizabeth’s fanaticism saved us from Romish domination for around 500 years. Our independence was only put
I FEEL that little thanks are offered nowadays, but I really want to offer a huge thanks to the guys who look after and run the summer fair gallopers, helter-skelter and mini cars outside Castle Museum in York. As a wedding photography company,
CHRISTIAN VASSIE writes that “The problems in our country stem from our lack of a written constitution” and lawyers “...insist we don’t need one. They make money from the absence of such a document”. I am an English lawyer and we do not need one
“THE problems in our country stem from our lack of a written constitution,” says Christian Vassie. Not so. The basis of the British constitution – and to a large extent of the (written) American constitution too – include Magna Carta, the Bill
As a fellow member of the Labour Party I share Richard Bridge’s disappointment that the Lendal Bridge fines fiasco is going to drag on (Letters, August 29). I can’t understand why this Labour administration ignores the moral necessity of repaying
CYCLING along the ‘solar system’, I noticed there were QR stickers to provide more information with a mobile phone. I think every public and leisure facility, shop and pub in York should have a QR code sticker outside. It would bring a tourism
100 years ago Paris, Wednesday: For the fourth day in succession, Paris was visited by a German aeroplane, which circled over the city for 20 minutes between five and six o’clock. Its evolutions were watched by eager crowds gathered in all
A NEW Children’s University will be launched in Selby, to help educate seven to 14-year-olds in the town. The national project helps to raise the self esteem, aspirations and achievements of young people, and will be run at Selby Community Primary
MORE than 50 gullies are blocked in York and require significant engineering work to tackle the problems. A Freedom of Information request to City of York Council has revealed that it received 459 reports of blocked gullies in the last 18 months
SURFERS and bodyboarders have been warned to check tide times and stay within safe swimming zones. The call comes after two bodyboarders were rescued in North Yorkshire. The pair were spotted 500m outside the flagged zone at Cayton Bay — a
YORK Central MP Hugh Bayley has told an international conference that NATO must toughen up its response to Vladimir Putin and stop pretending Russia is a strategic partner. He claimed yesterday that NATO must strengthen its rapid reaction capabilities
SCHOOL children will be able to learn about objects in the collections of York Museums Trust during a new project. The Vale of York Viking Hoard and a First World War horse gas mask from York Castle Museum are both included in the Teaching History
A CHARITY team from Hambleton have celebrated their thirtieth anniversary. Foundation has been collecting for food banks in the North of England for 30 years, and the Hambleton team has spent recent weeks collecting food for Broadacres Food Association
SAINT Catherine’s Hospice is inviting its supporters to a ladies lunch. The hospice’s annual event will be held at the Crown Spa Hotel on Thursday, October 16, with special guest speaker, Robert Garnish, branch manager of the newly-opened John
A NEW art and crafts group which has been set up for people with mental health problems is aiming to set up a stall at York Market. The group will meet from 7 to 9pm on Thursday nights in the new community room in Tesco Askham Bar, from September
A MAJOR £50 million investment in improving bathing water in Scarborough has been completed. MP for Scarborough and Whitby, Robert Goodwill, joined councillors, traders and residents to help mark the completion of the work by unveiling an official
THIRTY-FIVE jobs have been created with the opening of a new £800,000 Italian restaurant in York. Bella Italia, which already has a restaurant in Low Petergate, York, has built a second off Stirling Road, Clifton Moor, next to Vue Cinema and close
A SONGWRITER has won the backing of a famous playwright after one of his tracks was heard on The X-Factor. Neil Fitzpatrick’s Apart was penned after losing friends and relatives to cancer, including his dad who died of lung cancer just after Christmas
THE Yorkshire Branch of the BMW car club will be visiting Sewerby Hall and Gardens, near Bridlington, on Sunday. Visitors will be able to view the classic static vehicle display and chat with the owners between 11am and 4pm. Woodcarving demonstrations
AN HISTORIC church in a village near Selby has been awarded thousands of pounds of funding for maintenance and repairs. Wistow All Saints’ Church has been given support from the Heritage Lottery Fund to carry out structural repairs to the stonework
RYEDALE Folk Museum is revving up for this weekend's annual Morris Minor Car Rally The rally, which is organised by York Morris Minor Club, returns for its fifth year on Sunday, September 7 Over 40 cars, of all makes and models to be on display including
Update: the shop is open for business as usual. September 4 FIRE has damaged a fish and chip shop in York. The blaze happened at about 9.05pm on Tuesday at Fulford Fish & Chip Shop in Fulford Main Street. The fire had begun in the fryer
FOSTER carers are needed, particularly for older children and teenagers, in East Yorkshire. A recruitment drive has been launched by East Riding of Yorkshire Council which is holding a ‘Find Out About Fostering’ event at Tickton Grange Hotel, Tickton
A YORK baker is hoping to transform Micklegate into a foodie-focussed street as part of plans to by opening a new bakery, restaurant and artisan shop. Under plans already approved by City of York Council, the former Blake Head Book Shop is set
A NEW group has been set up in York to offer advice to mums on breast feeding. The new Tang Hall Nurture group meets at the Avenues Children’s Centre from 10am until 11.30am on Tuesdays. Lynn Fitzharris, breastfeeding lead for the City of York
PLANS are not being put in place to close a popular swimming pool, according to City of York Council. The authority's ruling Labour Group says it does not intend to pull the covers over Yearsley Swimming pool for good, but would welcome ideas to
VISITORS to York’s Food and Drink Festival can go back in time and try Viking and medieval food this month. The JORVIK group’s ‘Roaming Supper’ takes place during the first weekend of the festival, on September 19, and includes a three-course meal
