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  • Overturned tractor spills hay over York ring road

    A TRACTOR and trailor has overturned spilling hay all over York's ring road. The vehicle overturned on the roundabout  to Askham Bryan on the A1237 York Outer Ring Road. Moor Lane has been closed and remained so at 4.30pm. There is significant

  • Dean Court Hotel shows it has the recipe for success

    YORK’S Dean Court Hotel is celebrating success in the kitchen as a new general manager takes over the reins. The hotel in Duncombe Place has been awarded a second AA Rosette for its restaurant thanks to the efforts of chef Stuart Black. The

  • A remarkably spacious family home in Malton Road

    Brian Page takes a look behind the modest exterior of a detached bungalow to find an extended home with a superb entertaining space. AS surprise packages go they don’t come much more surprising than this week’s property of the week pick. On

  • Bon Jovi Experience, York Barbican, September 19

    YOU won't be alone if you are struggling to identify the real Jon Bon Jovi from the doppelganger in the photo. The man himself was so certain that a picture of Bon Jovi Experience frontman Tony Pearce was him, he had to check with a friend to make

  • Let's Hang On, Grand Opera House, September 25

    LET'S Hang On takes a musical journey through the career of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons at the Grand Opera House, York, next Thursday night. Stretching back to the New Jersey singing group's beginnings in the early 1950s, the 7.30pm show

  • Simone Felice, The Basement, City Screen, York, November 26

    PLEASE Please You promoter Joe Coates will present Catskill Mountain songwriter Simone Felice at The Basement, City Screen, York, on November 26. This will be one of 15 intimate acoustic dates where singer, guitarist and drummer Felice will be

  • Don McLean, York Barbican, May 15

    TICKETS go on sale tomorrow morning for Don McLean's May 15 date next year at York Barbican. The 68-year-old American troubadour, from New Rochelle, New York, is forever associated with his early 1970s' hits American Pie and “Vincent (Starry Starry

  • The Amazing Snakeheads, The Duchess, York, October 12

    THE Times reckons Glasgow’s The Amazing Snakeheads are one of Britain’s most exciting new bands, and who are we to argue with “The Thunderer”? Judge for yourself when they visit the Fruit Space in Hull on October 9 and The Duchess in York on October

  • Regeneration, York Theatre Royal, September 23-27

    THIS year the nation has been spirited back to 1914. Turn on a television or a radio, browse a news website or walk into a bookshop and up loom the ghosts of the Lost Generation, those millions who gave their lives in “the corner of a foreign field

  • Photographic exhibition shows York Minster after hours

    Members of the York Photographic Society were given access to York Minster after hours last year. The result is an exhibition of almost 50 photographs now running in the Minster’s Chapter House. Photographic Society president ALLAN HARRIS reports.

  • 24 more pictures of 1980s York (1984 & 1985)

    Our whistlestop journey through York history continues - this time focusing on 1984 and 1985. The Minster fire, miners' strike and the changing face of York city-centre all feature here. But what do you recall of York in the 1980s? Share your memories

  • Review: 1984, York Theatre Royal, until September 20

    SHOULD you not have access to the programme before seeing Headlong’s “radical new staging” of 1984, you should note that “paying close attention to the appendix led co-creators Duncan Macmillan and Robert Icke to rip up the theatrical rule book”.

  • It’s a perfect partnership

    THIS will be a referendum-free column for the very good reason that as I write it I do not know the outcome, but you do. Instead, I will tell you about a couple that I saw in a café last weekend. They were a blind woman and her black Labrador guide

  • DFS are sitting pretty in their Clifton Moor new home

    YORKSHIRE furniture brand DFS has opened its first store in York as part of a £19 million extension at Clifton Moor Retail Park. The new store is the 101st in the Doncaster-headquartered firm's portfolio, and was officially opened by the Mayor

  • East Coast rail boss scoops gong

    A MAJOR rail company’s boss has been named the Woman of the Year. East Coast’s managing director, Karen Boswell, scooped the prestigious gong at the Women 1st Shine Awards. The awards recognise those making a significant mark on their industries

  • Shop in running for national wine award

    AN AWARD winning North Yorkshire food and drink store is in the running for another wine industry title. Lewis & Cooper’s Northallerton store is among 14 outlets selected by the International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC) for its 2014

  • ‘Settling-in time’ over for Minstermen recruits

    YORK City manager Nigel Worthington has told his summer signings it is time to deliver ahead of tomorrow's home match with Southend. The Minstermen chief believes all eight close-season recruits should now have bedded in at Bootham Crescent and

  • Simon Dyson withdraws from the Wales Open

    SIMON DYSON was forced into withdrawing from the Wales Open just before reaching the first tee. The York-born ace, who had returned to the world’s leading 100 golfers for the first tine in more than a year after his runner-up spot in last week’

  • Match preview: York City v Southend United

    SOUTHEND United are poised to make two changes from the side that won 1-0 at Cheltenham in midweek for tomorrow’s trip to York City. The Shrimpers are expected to welcome back 2013/14 top scorer Barry Corr, who has netted 13 times for the Roots

  • Tadcaster Albion in middle of break-away divide

    TADCASTER ALBION boss Paul Marshall believes you can split the Northern Counties East League Premier into two divisions - after only six games of the new campaign. The Brewers entertain Maltby Main tomorrow surfing the crest of a wave after disposing

  • Selby Town on the ascent in Northern Counties East League

    DAVE RICARDO has hailed Selby Town’s start to the Northern Counties East League division one campaign. The Robins picked up a useful draw at high-flying Hemsworth Miners Welfare on Tuesday night, Dane Mortimer equalising 60 seconds after Jason

  • Yorkshire vow to defend Andrew Gale

    YORKSHIRE have made it clear they will present a staunch defence of their captain Andrew Gale against a reported charge of a racist offence. The England and Wales Cricket Board has yet to confirm the nature of a hearing expected to take place next

  • Britannia rule cup knockout exploits

    BRITANNIA Tadcaster caused the upset of the round in the York Sunday Morning League Senior Challenge Trophy with a 5-3 defeat of top-flight Albion Vaults. Despite two goals from Chris Harkin and one from George Wojkk, Vaults were overpowered by

  • Fendale puts reputation on line in big race at Ayr

    NORTH YORKSHIRE trainer Bryan Smart has a high opinion of Fendale, who puts his reputation on the line at Ayr this afternoon after coming up short at York last month. The juvenile, who had won his first two races, was stepped up in class on his

  • Watchable fare to delight eyes at Ayr

    HE may have his concerns, but David O’Meara has declared Watchable for tomorrow’s Ayr Gold Cup - and the four-year-old is likely to go into the big handicap as the favourite. The son of Pivotal bagged £75,000 last weekend when striking on Irish

  • Hard day’s fishing at Shepherd Angling Club match

    DESPITE some good weights, the majority of anglers at the Shepherd Angling Club match at Marley's Lake had a hard day's fishing with the carp proving difficult to catch. The bait on the day was pellet and, fishing pellet, the winner was venue specialist

  • Selby RUFC hope it’s well Wath the wait

    SELBY RUFC are yet to hit the ground running in Yorkshire One this season, reckons head coach Richard Nicholson. The Sandhill Laners' chief admitted to being a frustrated figure on the touchlines last weekend as his side failed to build on a good

  • Thug is jailed over York street attack

    A HEROIN addict who attacked a man then kicked and stamped on the unconscious victim has been jailed for two years. Richard Ian Nicholson, 40, was seen on CCTV head-butting, punching, kicking and stamping on Lance Thiim, and continued to kick and

  • Students have their own say on Scotland

    STUDENTS and staff at Tadcaster Grammar School were given the opportunity to express their opinion on the issue of Scottish independence by voting in a referendum which asked: “Should Scotland be an independent country?”. There was a definite answer

  • Manhunt launched for missing burglar

    DETECTIVES are searching for a missing burglar who is wanted for return to prison. Kevin Robert Lewis, 31, from Station Square, Harrogate, was sentenced to two years and four months in prison for burglary in March 2013, but released last month

  • Science secrets to be revealed at YorNight events

    YORKSHIRE hyaenas, the secrets of Roman burials, the mysteries of ancient jewels and the colour of sea monsters will all feature at a special event at the Yorkshire Museum and Gardens later this month. York is one of the four British cities taking

  • Unused solar panels 'too efficient'

    MORE than 100 solar panels on the roof of a York leisure centre have not been used for two years because they are "too efficient", the city council says. The 140 solar panels were installed on the roof of the former Oaklands leisure centre when

  • Helicopter wreckage removed from Yorkshire coastline

    SALVAGE teams are today removing parts of the helicopter which crashed off the Yorkshire coast earlier this week. Captain Brian Bridgman, 58, from Canterbury in Kent, was piloting the helicopter, and John Stephen Kent, 50, from Romford in Essex

  • Sign up for adult learning courses

    NORTH Yorkshire County Council is encouraging people to sign up for its adult learning courses. The authority runs GCSE Maths and English classes, and this year upwards of 78 percent of adult learners achieved A*-C grades. County Cllr Tony

  • Boost for Northallerton from hospital development

    PLANS to develop the former Rutson hospital site in Northallerton by Marks & Spencer will be a major boost for the town, councillors have been told. But the town council was told there were also concerns over traffic at the site which will

  • Helicopter crash victims named

    THE two men who died in a helicopter crash off the Yorkshire coast this week have been named by police. Captain Brian Bridgman, 58, from Canterbury in Kent, was piloting the helicopter, and John Stephen Kent, 50, from Romford in Essex, was a passenger

  • Kaboom firework display planned at Castle Howard

    CASTLE Howard is to host a firework spectacular to mark Guy Fawkes Day and Hallowe'en. The 'Kaboom' explosive night is being planned on Saturday November 1 by Rockin’ Horse Promotions, which ran displays at Rawcliffe Country Park in York for the

  • York cycling scheme nominated for award

    CYCLE project "Love to Ride York" has been nominated for a high profile European Cycling Federation (ECF) award. The scheme is on of 28 put forward for the ECF's "Book of Ideas", which recognises successful and innovative cycle promotion projects

  • York St John University is ‘gay-friendly’

    YORK St John University has been hailed as one of the UK’s most gay-friendly universities by equality charity Stonewall. The charity’s latest annual online guide, Gay By Degree, which assesses the UK’s 158 universities, says York St John is one

  • Raising awareness of brain tumours

    HERE in York we’re used to stalls set up in the city’s squares and public spaces. Some sell charity bric-a-brac; others lobby for an end to Middle East violence or seek to collect names for petitions on local causes. The stall set up in St Helen

  • Now that is tasty

    THIS has been quite a year for celebrating all things Yorkshire, but we’re not finished yet. Today it’s the turn of the county’s culinary delights as the York Food Festival gets under way and we’ve been especially blessed in 2014, because this is our

  • Never was any threat to the Queen

    CHRIS Moncrieff doesn’t seem to pay attention to what, according to clear statements by all the political figures involved, independence for Scotland could mean (The Press, September 17). I wonder whether he even reads the newspapers? If Scotland

  • Highwaymen

    WITH reference to The Press article “Dick Turpin’s grave is set to be revamped” (The Press, September 16), in keeping with all the claims and counter-claims where Richard III’s last resting place should be, Dick Turpin’s last rites may lead to discontent

  • Smile as you dial

    DON’T let anyone ever try to kid me that “British” isn’t best. This past week when my mobile phone went on the blink, I was given service beyond belief by the 02 phone shop in Selby. It didn’t matter that my phone was well out of guarantee. A new

  • We need action

    ON Friday, September 12, I saw James Alexander on TV presenting the case for more affordable housing in York. I am sure that there are many suitable sites in the area, but an obvious one to me is the old Park & Ride next to the Tesco car park

  • People first

    YET another Labour councillor has put the needs of York before the dictates of the domineering Labour Group thereon. First it was the late Lynn Jeffries who left Labour to become an Independent. Then Brian Watson abandoning Labour to become an

  • Change of heart

    HAVING moved into the Clifton area, I was interested to learn that one of my councillors, Helen Douglas, had seemingly overnight transferred her allegiance to the Conservatives. Why, I wondered? Then I read that she had been deselected by Labour

  • Only Cameron offers better EU deal

    I READ the letter from Mr Oglesby with interest (Worthless Cameron promise over EU, September 17). When it comes to the UK’s membership of the European Union, there is only one party that has promised to get Britain a better deal, and only one

  • Good riddance

    WITH regards to the defection of Labour councillor Helen Douglas to the Tories, only a few weeks ago she was “disappointed” at being deselected by Clifton Labour Party and informed that she could not stand for Labour in Clifton again. As your correspondent

  • The line is busy...

    HAS anyone ever tried to get through to various departments of City of York Council? I recently had to get through to the waste department on behalf of a disabled person who was supposed to have his rubbish collected by one of the employees allowing

  • Travel made easy

    MR HARRISON makes some good points about the benefits of our new mobile tickets in his letter of September 15. I would like to assure him and other readers that the new mobile ticket range is available across all First York buses. Customers

  • Class act

    THAT last hour-and-a-half on the BBC’s interactive red button has made up for endless celebrity cartwheels and little grocers telling us “Egg-boiling doesn’t get tougher than this” ...recurring! Chris Evans used his Radio 2 listeners to ‘bully’

  • Cure of all ills

    I WONDER that the report on the exodus of the Poor Clares (The Press, September 8) failed to recount the Great Crisis when it seemed that Snowfire ointment would no longer be marketed. In the water-logged trenches of the Great War, Snowfire had

  • September 19

    100 years ago AT a meeting of the Executive of the York Traders’ Association, the president spoke of the effects of the war upon trade. All of the traders and employers of labour knew how disastrously it worked upon our commercial life, he

  • Man jailed for breaking ban on keeping horses

    A MAN has been jailed for 16 weeks for twice defying a ban on keeping horses. Alan Smith told the RSPCA he “wasn’t particularly bothered whether he was disqualified or not” when they discovered he was keeping a pony in his small garden on the Osbaldwick

  • Man assaulted in street

    A MAN has suffered serious facial injuries in an attack in East Yorkshire. Humberside police are investigating the assault, which took place at about 1.45am on Monday. Police said a 33-year-old Howden man was allegedly assaulted by two men

  • Teens discharged from hospital after crash

    TWO teenage boys who were seriously injured in a crash in York have been discharged from hospital. The 16-year-olds were passengers in a green Citroen Saxo which crashed into a hedge in Towthorpe Road, between Haxby and Strensall, at about 8.50pm

  • York Food & Drink Festival gets underway

    FOOD-LOVERS will today be able to sample Yorkshire's culinary delights as the York Food & Drink Festival gets underway. This year's festival runs until September 28 with highlights including a taste trail around the city centre, hands-on cookery

  • Young farmers’ hoedown

    PLANS are under way for a ho-down next year following the success of a charity barn dance in Selby. The Selby Young Farmers Club raised more than £3,600 for Marie Curie Cancer Care and other worthy causes at the event. The group of around 20

  • Church damaged in attempted robbery

    A CHURCH hall was damaged when thieves attempted to steal lead from its roof. Police are appealing for information about the incident, which happened overnight between September 13 and 14, at St Saviours Church Hall, on Gladstone Road, Scarborough

  • Driver narrowly missed lollipop lady

    A DRIVER has been fined for narrowly avoiding a lollipop lady as she helped children cross the road. The motorist was also given points on his licence at Northallerton Magistrates Court after he swerved around the woman earlier this year, driving

  • Copmanthorpe prepares to stage its first scarecrow trail

    SCARECROWS have sprung up in Copmanthorpe as the village prepares to stage its first trail this weekend. Based on the theme of people and jobs, the walk will around the village will take up to an hour to complete and will feature dozens of scarecrows

  • Medical expert gives talk on war medicine

    A DOCTOR from York has been outlining how military medicine has contributed to patient safety, survival and pain management over the past century. A session on military medicine took place at the annual congress of the Association of Anaesthetists

  • Ofsted success for Beverley primary school

    AN EAST Yorkshire primary school is celebrating after Ofsted inspectors ruled it is a good school. In their report, the inspectors say pupils’ achievement and the quality of teaching at Beverley St Nicholas Community Primary School has improved

  • Harvest collection

    ELVINGTON Church will be celebrating the harvest by helping people here and in Africa. At the Harvest Service at 10.30am this Sunday and at the Primary School’s service next Friday, there will be collections of food and clothing for local organisation

  • Wesley Chapel refurbishment

    A CENTRE which has served its community for more than 150 years has undergone a £250,000 refurbishment. The Wesley Centre in Harrogate is to reopen later this month following improvement work done at its Oxford Street premises. The new centre