A MAJOR shake-up of children's services in York will see a "one stop shop" for young people shut, and opening hours slashed at children's centres across the city. The council-funded 29 Castlegate currently provides counselling to 16 to 25-year-olds
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On Saturday evening, the Academy of St Olave’s presented music by Gluck and CPE Bach, alongside Mozart's Symphony No. 41 at St Olave’s Church. Although the ‘Jupiter' is amongst the most popular Classical symphonies, the two earlier composers sit
YORK healthcare mutual Benenden is expanding its Wellbeing portfolio as the division approaches its first anniversary. Benenden Wellbeing, which was created to offer life services alongside Benenden's healthcare offering in November last year,
A NORTH Yorkshire tax specialist has expanded after opening an office in London. Two former tax inspectors Gary Brothers and Stephen Outhwaite, who launched Independent Tax & Forensic Services LLP in Harrogate 18 months ago, before opening
YORK'S £90 million Vangarde Shopping Park has been shortlisted for a national award six months after opening. The retail centre, at Monks Cross, which features York's first John Lewis store and the city's largest Marks & Spencer, is in the
A FORMER York Science Park resident is targeting a global market after investing £10 million in the launch of its alternatives to antibodies. Avacta Life Sciences, now based in Wetherby, has created a new type of protein to replace antibodies in
A FORMER York PE teacher has gone into business launching is own fitness venture. After 12 years teaching in secondary schools Neil Owens has launched Podfit from his home in Ambrose Street. Mr Owens said: "I had been teaching PE for many years
THIS was the one they had to get right. With 26 performances this season, half before Christmas, half after, Opera North has a lot riding on its new production of Verdi’s potboiler, not least the health of its balance-sheet. Fortunately, with Alessandro
Breast cancer patients in York now have a local support group thanks to the efforts of two young mums fighting the disease. MAXINE GORDON reports. RACHEL Bruce didn't panic at first when she found a lump in her breast. Her mum and her aunt had
A SUCCESSFUL response to pop-up businesses cafes in York and North Yorkshire has resulted in an event being planned for Bridlington. So far this year, Popup Business Cafes have popped up in Pickering, Northallerton, Settle, Richmond and York and
SOPHIE Roberts knew she wanted a career as an actress after her days of performing at the Drama Barn while studying at the University of York. "But I didn't go into it straightaway," says Sophie, whose campus days ran from 1997 to 2000. "I
WHERE better to be on a warm September evening than in York, muses Michael Palin, as he bounds on stage in a big red Spainish inquisitor's hat from Monty Pyththon's reunion shows at the O2 this summer. "I can talk normally about my home county
WHEN I was young, subjects picked apart and discussed at length on television tended to be hard-hitting. Things like global poverty, nuclear disarmament or environmental catastrophes were analysed on programmes such as Panorama or Horizon. Now,
ANOTHER health issue in the headlines recently is young people with brain tumours, after three York mothers, whose children were diagnosed with the disease, decided it was time to raise public awareness of the condition. The women began by setting
BREAST cancer is the most common cancer in the UK. It affects about 50,000 women in Britain each year, most are over 50, but younger women are not immune and in rare cases men can be struck too. So everyone should have a reason for getting behind
I HAVE followed the debate over the funding for the proposed new stadium for York City and York City Knights with interest, but consider that one important point seems to have been overlooked. My point is that as both clubs are professional organisations
THANKS to your reporters for sharing the briefing paper to the council that appears to show that the new leisure pool and £4 million required for it is “inextricably linked” to its survival as a scheme. It’s about time they came clean on the situation
I HOPE Berwick Kaler is taking notes on the unfolding Community Stadium saga because it is descending into a farce worthy of a Christmas pantomime. To suddenly claim that the project cannot go ahead without replacing a modern fun pool is ridiculous
CONTRARY to D McTernan’s view (Letters, September 26), a Green Party member of the Congestion Commission would not be “by definition against measures to help the motorist”. As Fishergate ward councillor since 2003, I have spent more time on parking
I BOUGHT the new mTicket from First last Tuesday. A brilliant idea except that the drivers had never seen one and then the next day my ticket was blank – not only blank but there was no record of me ever having had a ticket. Oh well, no problem
THE naivety of our leaders seems to spring eternal from the fountain of ignorance. For their answer to every overseas security issue is bomb, bomb and bomb again. Cold steel and high explosives are an unintelligent and evil response to a persistently
THE number of times I have rung the council to sort the barking dogs out at Clifton Moor is unreal. They have not tried to help prevent dog owners from leaving their dogs outside while they go to work. These dogs bark all day. Some of these owners
MUCH has been reported on the recent referendum of Scotland. Most of this has been from people who know little of Scotland but believe that they are qualified to criticise the finest politician the UK has ever produced. My love of Scotland started
HERE we are heading towards Christmas already. So please will you help me to make it special for our deaf babies and children have a hearing life through a cochlear implant? I am collecting old wind-up travel clocks and jewellery such as cuff-links
THE next meeting of the York Haematology Support Group for patients, families, carers and friends dealing with blood cancers will be held on Thursday at 7pm at Huntington Working Men’s Club. The guest speaker is Nickey Bate from Leukaemia CARE,
17,000 extra cars IT HAS just occurred to me that another 17,000 houses in and around York will mean another 17,000 cars. I just hope our planners have thought of this. M C Usherwood, Mendip Close, Huntington, York.
LIKE Keith Massey (Letters, September 24), I too became disillusioned with Tesco with regard to prices and, more particularly, their apparent attitude concerning their customers. My own experience relates in particular to the Clifton Moor store in
NEW Earswick All Blacks ARLC were handed an away draw in round two of the BARLA Yorkshire Cup after beating Hull Wyke 22-16. The White Rose Avenue win means the York side will travel to either Morley Borough or Drighlington in round two on Saturday
LIAM PLUNKETT knows all about winning back-to-back LV= County Championship titles, and the former Durham fast bowler can see no reason why his current county Yorkshire can’t achieve that feat. Middlesbrough-born Plunkett won titles with Durham
BURTON WMC captain Linda Embleton gamed in 24 darts but finished on the losing side against Sun Inn in division three of the York John Smith's Ladies Darts League. Embleton fired a 140 and a 100 in her rapid leg, while her mother Sandra Pallister
STEVE PEREZ and Richard Hill shared the major spoils at the Trackrod Rally Yorkshire in Ryedale. Almost 160 crews contested the Trackrod Historic Cup and the Trackrod Forest Stages in the rally, based at Pickering Showground. Ford Escort driver
100 years ago THE development of the German attack on the Belgian army had continued the previous day with heavy fire on the forts of Antwerp at Waelhem and Catherine St Wavre, siege artillery being used. The bombardment had one lamentable
A NAP hand of goals confirmed City of York Hockey Club men’s first team’s place at the top of the North League first division. After an opening strike from Alex Cockram, York were never in any danger from visitors Chester, who were beaten 5-2.
YORK City Holiday Fun Camps will be held at four different venues during the October half-term holiday. Huntington Secondary School, Acomb’s Energise Sports Centre, Tadcaster Leisure Centre and the Regen Centre in Riccall will all host the courses
INJURIES took their toll on Acomb ladies in their Yorkshire League division two north game at home to Huddersfield II. A brace of strikes from Kerry Woods opened an early advantage before the lead was halved with a scrambled reply just before half-time
DESPITE missing several players, Acomb Hockey Club men’s first team toppled Mirfield 3-0 in Yorkshire League division four north. The hosts were depleted and struggled to repel the Tangerine force. A well-worked penalty corner saw Matt Dickenson
MALCOLM JEFFERSON, who has a useful team of horses under his care for this jumps season, can move his campaign into gear at Sedgefield this afternoon by completing a double.] The Norton trainer is fancied to score with Pair Of Jacks and Ethelwyn
PLANS for a billion pound mine have been submitted as York Potash prepares to start construction as soon as any approvals are granted.Sirius Minerals, the parent company of the York Potash Project, has submitted planning applications for a sunken headed
AN medic who sexually assaulted a patient in the back of an ambulance was allowed to continue working and to train for promotion despite two investigations into his behaviour, a court heard. Today, Mark Jones is a convicted sex offender after a
VISITORS to the Museum Gardens this weekend spotted a familiar face in the grounds of the historic site. Former Tory MP and train fanatic Michael Portillo was in the city filming York Historic Capital of the North for a new DVD charting the Medieval
A YORK secondary school is in line for a major expansion and a new purpose built sports hall, under new plans revealed by the city council. Fulford School, one of the most popular and consistently high performing city state schools, could be expanded
CITY of York ladies I built on their opening day draw with a 2-1 victory over Chester I in the North Hockey League premier division. Chester scored the first goal within the first ten minutes, but York refused to let their heads drop and forced
A TEA M from a York business have raised about £1,000 for a local hospice. More than a dozen members of staff at Bookers Wholesale in Clifton Moor, took part in the ice bucket challenge, along with York City's Josh Carson, to raise money for Martin
A MOTORCYCLIST has suffered injuries in a crash in Northallerton. The crash happened at about 4pm on Saturday on the A167, at the junction with Standard Way industrial estate, and involved a blue Volkswagen Bora car and an orange Yamaha motorcycle.
DETECTIVES in Scarborough have appealed for witnesses to an attack which saw a man knocked unconscious in the town. The man, who is in his fifties, was assaulted outside the Valley Bar in Valley Road at about 1am on Sunday, August 24, but police
ONE of the oldest karate students in the UK has become a black belt – at the age of 77. Northallerton and Stokesley Karate Club member Eileen Watson was awarded her belt three years after taking up the sport following a hip replacement. The
THIEVES broke into The Drovers Arms in Skipwith, near Selby. North Yorkshire Police said entry was gained through a window between 2am and 10.30am on Sunday, but it was not yet known if anything had been stolen. Anyone with information or who
A WIDOW has finally had her husband's funeral costs reimbursed by the boss of a York finance firm which closed down last year. Robert Holly has paid Lynda Madden back the £6,500 which she and her terminally ill husband Noel paid to Yorkshire Asset
THIEVES stole a steel lifting crane from a garden in Charles Street, Selby. The two-metre-high crane, which had been custom-made by the owner, was stolen along with scrap metal pipes which were also in the garden, between August 24 and September
THOUSANDS of falls could be prevented in North Yorkshire each year, saving almost £10m for the NHS. New research by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP), found almost 200,000 falls could be prevented across England, saving lives and saving
THOUSANDS of pupils are to take cards home with them from schools across York next month, outlining the warning signs of brain tumours. The move marks the second phase of a concerted campaign by three York mothers - whose children all fell ill
A WIDOWER who has dedicated his life to raising funds for research into a degenerative brain disease which killed his wife has raised another £765 with his 80th birthday celebrations. Michael Shepherd, of Pocklington, said over the last 11 years
East Yorkshire literature festival the ‘best yet’ ORGANISERS of this year’s Beverley Literature Festival say it will be the biggest and best yet, with featured writers including John Godber, Sarah Waters and Shirley Williams. The festival lasts
YORK Museums Trust is to receive £945,000 to ensure it can continue providing advice and support to museums across the Yorkshire and Humber region. The funding, which will come from Arts Council England’s Museum Development Fund, is intended to
BRITISH Egg Week is being celebrated in the region as a North Yorkshire egg producer launches a baking competition. James Potter Yorkshire Free Range Eggs, based near Thirsk, is taking to social networking site Twitter to launch the competition
THEY are more used to seeing Hollywood stars on the screen than in person, but this weekend staff at a York cinema found themselves face to face with a movie hero. Oscar winning actress Emma Thomspon dropped in to City Screen on Sunday, and stayed
THREE-year-olds in York have better dental health than most of the country. Just 6.9 percent of nursery school children in York have visible signs of tooth decay, as opposed to 13 percent in Yorkshire and the Humber and 12 percent nationally.
A YORK law firm is giving up office space to showcase the work of local artist John Creighton. The firm is hosting a four-month exhibition at its offices in Rowntree Wharf in its second year of support for culture and the arts. John Lane, partner
A BID to create a regional hub for bio-based industry in York is moving from concept to reality as funding surpasses the £10 million mark. The BioVale project, part of a £50 million BioHub scheme , is progressing towards the construction phase
FUNDRAISING campaigners are planning a series of events to mark October's breast cancer awareness month. York-based Think Pink, which supports the Breast Cancer Campaign, has planned a series of events for the city - the highlight of which will
A MINSTER flower arranger who once contributed to a display for the Queen has died. Mother-of-four Denise Bull passed away earlier this month in Woodlands Nursing Home after battling bowel cancer for almost 20 years. The 87-year-old great-great-grandmother
More artwork by Charles Bronson, one of the country's most violent prisoners, is to go under the hammer. A sale next week will offer 200 lots including paintings, personal effects, clothing, signed books, a hand-made Christmas present and even
AN East Yorkshire awards ceremony celebrating the region’s food industry has grown after receiving a record number of nominations. The Beverley Food Festival and East Yorkshire Local Food Network Awards received 140 entries for 2014, 100 more than
THERE were ducks as far as the eye could see when the townsfolk of Tadcaster went quackers at the annual Duck Race and Family Fun Day. Now in its seventh year, the event drew a large crowd as hundreds of people turned out to try their luck with
PLACES are available for a free fundraising workshop next month. Fundraisers and charities can sign up to the Introduction To Online Fundraising event, which usually costs £72, but has been organised for free by Selby Sport Development and online
A WOMAN died after the car she was driving left the road in East Yorkshire. Susan Fulcher, 37, was driving on the B1253 High Street at Rudston, near Bridlington, when her blue Ford S-Max left the road and caught fire at about 4am on Saturday.
PILOTS are invited to fly over a sculpture to be unveiled at an East Yorkshire school to commemorate those who have fallen in conflict since the First World War. The 50-foot design of a poppy with the words "Lest We Forget", will be created out
YORK MP Hugh Bayley has visited a city firm and spoken out against changes in green energy schemes that have seen its work reduced in recent years. Mr Bayley met Sue Lamb, the Managing Director of York based renewable energy company Solarwall to
AN MP has backed residents' calls for action to prevent a repeat of raw sewage flash flooding in a village near York. York Outer MP Julian Sturdy said Sawyer’s Crescent, Copmanthorpe, was flooded with several inches of sewage during a flash period
FUN runners and fundraisers from The Press will make up part of the 7,000 strong crowd taking part in this year's Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon. From seasoned marathon runners to beginners, the team from this newspaper is made up of them all.
A FORMER England rugby star has praised fundraisers as work gets under way on a £250,000 sports pitch at a school. Cundall Manor School, near Thirsk, which was recently awarded the Independent Schools Association Award for Sporting Achievement,
A YORK based firm founded in the city 12 years ago is to honour dedicated charity fundraisers at this year's Community Pride awards. Pryers Solicitors have agreed a deal to support The Press's Community Pride awards, and are now the official sponsor
A SCHEME to shake up York's city centre bus routes has been opened to public consultation. The £250,000 plans will see changes to Clarence Street improve the 1, 5 and 6 services, and create a longer lane for traffic turning left into Lord Mayor's
VANDALS have damaged half a dozen cars in a North Yorkshire street this week. Police have appealed for witnesses or information after six cars had their wing mirrors damaged in Avenue Road, Scarborough, between 10pm on Wednesday and 5am on Thursday
RESIDENTS in Selby have been invited to find out more about renewable energy in the household at a special event. Yorkshire Energy Partnership and Selby District Council are hosting the event about the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), which helps
UP TO 30 people each week are using railway level crossings unsafely, police claim. British Transport Police (BTP), has launched a new scheme to attempt to reduce the thousands of cases each year, which leave pedestrians and motorists at risk of
FAMILIES in Dringhouses turned their windfall apples into homemade apple juice at the weekend, with the help of a traditional apple press. The third ever community apple pressing day was held in Dringhouses on Saturday, and saw a steady stream
A PENSIONER has been put on a sex offenders' register after confessing in a 999 call to viewing sex images of children online. Anthony Ryan Dickinson's wife called in police because she was worried about him not returning home on September 7, last
The number of drivers being pulled over for not wearing seatbelts is on the increase. Nearly 180,000 fixed penalty notices were issued for seatbelt offences last year - a 17% increase on the figure for 2009. The data was obtained by LV= car
THE York Guildhall Orchestra has unveiled a star-studded new season of concerts at York Barbican. The orchestra's 35th season will feature musicians including a tenor who recently wowed the stage at Glyndebourne, a pianist who has appeared on British
A FUNDRAISER to support York Against Cancer has raised more than £1000. The evening at Fulford Golf Club was organised by cancer survivor and former captain of the club, Geoff Hunter. Guests were entertained by the band Young Once, formerly
A rowdy customer bit two regulars as they helped the landlord throw him out of a Selby pub, York Crown Court heard. Ashley Fulcher, 23, was on parole from a jail sentence of three years and four months for violence in Norfolk when he annoyed other
A RECORD number of community groups from North Yorkshire have been selected to receive a royal award. Fourteen groups are among 43 organisations around Yorkshire to receive recognition under the Duke of York’s Community Initiative. The full
RESIDENTS in Hambleton can get discounts on gym memberships next month. As part of Hambleton District Council’s Big Weekend, on October 11 and 12, four gyms operated by the council will offer discounts. Anyone taking a 12-month Zest gym or
Private schools should be celebrated and not blamed for the "social ills" of the nation, a leading headteacher is warning. There should be "collective pride" that Britain has created some of the best schools in the world, according to Richard Harman
