FIREFIGHTERS have rescued a man who was stuck on a cherry picker after it collided with a chimney in East Yorkshire. Humberside Fire & Rescue Service said the incident happened at 11.30am today in Beckside North, Beverley. The collision
RUSS Wilcox’s reign as York City manager started with a 1-0 defeat after Ryan Jarvis became the second player in as many games to be sent off.The former Torquay striker saw red just past the hour for a late challenge on Nathaniel Knight-Percival
VILLAGERS have raised a series of objections to a proposed travellers' site between Rufforth and York. More than 100 residents attended a public meeting in the village today to discuss proposals outlined in City of York Council’s latest draft Local
1) A MEETING will take place next Thursday for people involved in York’s community centres. The city’s newly-established Community Centres Network will meet on Thursday 23 from 10-11.30am at The Gateway Centre in Acomb. City of York Council
GINA PARKINSON explores the bright berries of autumn, welcoming them as we say goodbye to the summer flowers. SHRUBS and trees are heavy with their crop of autumn berries. Through the window I can see blackbirds balancing precariously on slender
FOLK music comes in increasingly myriad forms, but at its heart remains the troubadour, the storyteller. Two of its finest exponents have headed from Scotland to North Yorkshire for magical shows in the past fortnight, both in support a new album
Wildlife artist ROBERT E FULLER describes the wealth of wildlife in Yorkshire – some of it here in York. WHEN TV cameras focused in on Yorkshire for the Tour de France earlier this year, viewers who didn’t know the county were astounded by the
Northallerton has never seemed like a place to start a walk, but three new routes alert GEORGE WILKINSON to a walk in the woods, skirting a gate that shouldn’t have been locked. NORTHALLERTON, the county town flat on the plain, has long been a
JULIAN COLE offers up a recipe for pork and olive stew. THIS one is based round an old Delia Smith recipe for Spanish pork with olives. Daring to change the original, I added a chilli, some smoked paprika and butter beans. Pulses and beans,
MIKE TIPPING picks three wines that are as pretty as a picture – and taste pretty good too. THEY say you can’t judge a book by its cover. I wonder if the same can be said about a bottle of wine and its label? If you can afford to drink Château
ARBOR brewery, based in Bristol, continue to experiment extensively with their range of single-hopped beers, with this latest offering showcasing Pacific Gem. This hop originates in New Zealand, and its reliability and high percentage of alpha
GAVIN AITCHISON previews four beer festivals for real ale fans to savour. FESTIVAL season may be nearly over - but it's not going without a bang. Over the next couple of weeks there are four fantastic events to enjoy, including new beers and
York author TOM HARPER will be part of a panel discussing the legend of the Holy Grail at this year’s Harrogate History Festival. Here, he explains why literature is so fascinated by the object... YOU probably know how it goes. A band of knights
YORK City assistant manager Steve Torpey believes his former Scunthorpe United team-mate Russ Wilcox is the right choice to guide the club away from Sky Bet League Two's lower reaches. Torpey, who played alongside and under Wilcox when he was a
THE two-time “fastest man in rugby league” is set to fly along the flanks at Bootham Crescent next year. Former Leeds Rhinos academy starlet Jamel Chisholm has signed for York City Knights for 2015, following an aborted stint at Featherstone Rovers
YORK RI ‘A’ were in superb form in the first division of the SLT FM Solutions Ltd York and District Table Tennis League where they whitewashed Coneysthorpe ‘B’ . The RI trio of Mick Wilcockson, Filip Wojtkowiak and Paul Robertson proved too powerful
ELVINGTON motor-bike ace Sam Holme signed off his debut season in style. The 20-year-old, racing a Yamaha FZR 400 motorcycle in the formula 400/Mini Thunderbikes race at Cadwell Park, shrugged off a first day retirement to mechanical problems,
HONOURS in the inaugural year of the York Sunday Pool League were claimed by Winning Post and teams from the Loop sports bar. Winning Post took the division one crown after toppling closest challengers Acomb ‘A’ in the final match of the season
LUKE O'NEILL is predicting his former manager Russ Wilcox will be a success at his old club. The 23-year-old right back, who made 16 appearances and scored one goal for York City during a three-month loan spell from Burnley last season, was recruited
YORK City Knights fans will today receive a huge fillip - teenage sensation Greg Minikin is staying at the club. Several Super League and Championship teams have been keeping tabs on the 19-year-old centre, with Wakefield and the mighty Wigan thought
A STUDENT at the University of York who went missing last night - sparking a search of the campus this morning by police - has been found. North Yorkshire Police said Rosie Khorshidian, 26, had last been seen at 7.30pm yesterday but she had returned
THE future is bright for junior golf, reckons top coach Steve Robinson. The chief of England Ladies and Yorkshire Women, who also operates as the head professional at Flaxton’s Sandburn Hall Golf Club, has looked back at a stellar 2014 for his
POURING rain left Seon Scott in two minds about whether to turn out for Forest Park Golf Club’s October medal - but the 60-year-old was glad he donned the waterproofs. Scott went out and shot a gross 68, or three-under-par, to fire the lowest round
FIFTEEN golfers at Sandburn Hall GC have won a weekend at Forest Pines Golf Resort after excelling in the club’s order of merit competition. The event, split into three divisions according to handicap, saw competitors battling in a series of qualifying
AN England v Scotland clash will top the bill at the Second Night of The Legions martial art show in just a fortnight’s time. Organised by Dave Phillips, co-founder of the Legions Thai-Boxing Club in Fifth Avenue, the club’s second show is already
YORK St John University are celebrating a fantastic 38-10 victory over the University of Sunderland in this year’s Varsity competition – 2014 Clash of the Minsters. Teams competed in a variety of sports including basketball, dance, volleyball,
G FORCE and Custom Cut head to Ascot for Champions Day action this afternoon with bright prospects of crowning a tremendous campaign for North Yorkshire trainer David O'Meara. The former jump jockey, based at Nawton, near Helmsley, has posted an
ONLY a fraction of people who were fined for crossing Lendal Bridge during the trial closure have applied for a refund, figures have revealed. In a written answer to questions posed by Liberal Democrat councillor Ian Cuthberson, the cabinet member
A MYSTERIOUS artist has created installations around York, and is challenging the public to find them. The tiny micro-installations have been appearing around the city for months, with pictures popping up on the anonymous artist's Twitter account
A WOMAN from York has said she feels lucky to be alive after a fire in her home. Janet Weaver, 59, lives in Oldman Court, Foxwood, with her partner Andy Smith, 50, and sister Margaret Holdsworth, 61, and said the fire started in her kitchen when
INVESTIGATIONS are ongoing after six members of staff at a rehabilitation hospital in York were suspended as a result of concerns about patient care. An investigation was launched at Whitecross Court, off Huntington Road, earlier in the year amid
THE Archbishop of York has joined North Yorkshire Police in an anti-slavery campaign. Dr John Sentamu will support Anti-Slavery Day today to raise awareness of modern slavery, including the trafficking and exploitation of people around the world
FORMER Yorkshire and England cricketer Darren Gough is guest speaker at York Against Cancer's annual gala dinner. The black tie event on November 6, at the Merchant Adventurers Hall in York starts at 7pm and features a traditional four course dinner
MORE than 3,000 people have signed a petition to have a North Yorkshire equestrian centre closed down, after a horse was killed and dumped in a garden. Beckie Warner, 26, heard a JCB outside her Raskelf home on Wednesday night after putting her
A MEMBER of a robbery gang that targeted bank vans in York has failed in his bid to escape justice. A jury at Sheffield Crown Court convicted Acomb man Kieran Luke Charles Guildford of conspiracy of rob and he will now stand alongside three other
A SPECIAL meeting is due next week to ensure the new political balance of power at City of York Council is reflected in the make-up of its key committees. Seats on committees will be re-allocated so decisions can be made on controversial projects
YOUNG people from across North Yorkshire are being offered the chance to see how their county council works as part of Takeover Day next month. Those taking part will be able to work alongside decision-makers and senior officers in different departments
A CYCLIST is planning to pedal from York to Barcelona in memory of his brother, who died last year from a brain tumour. Dave Cook, 64, from Strensall, will cycle more than 1,000 miles to the Spanish coastal city with his friend, Ian Hagyard, from
THE brother of a York man murdered in his own home has called for police to reopen the case. Businessman Geoffrey Leeming was found beaten and stabbed in the garage of his Haxby home in October 1996. Several people, including members of Mr Leeming's
HOME owners in North Yorkshire who are set to be affected by the proposed High Speed rail route are being advised to research compensation schemes. The multi-billion pound HS2 project is set to see the northern route linked to the East Coast main
TRADES unionists in York are to launch a “York Needs a Pay-rise” campaign, calling for some employers to 'raise their game' by paying a decent wage. The York & District Trades Union Council (TUC) claims that despite what politicians might say
AN event in memory of a much loved 33-year-old mum-to-be is due to be held in York. A fundraising concert is to be held at the Post Office Club in memory of Janine Barker who was 18 weeks pregnant with her first child when she began suffering from
A MASSIVE housing development scheme on a greenfield site on the edge of Harrogate has been rejected by borough councillors. Proposals to put 600 homes on land off Penny Pot Lane were unanimously turned down by the borough council's planning committee
VITAL anti-poverty charities have been given a huge boost ahead of the winter thanks to generous donations to the Yorkshire Harvest appeal. Charity workers have now taken delivery of hundreds of pounds of food to help keep their shelves stocked
Picture gallery: Photographs from the Level 42 concert at York Barbican>> AFTER releasing their Sirens EP, celebrated pop-funk band Level 42 are touring once more. Since the return of the Eighties and early-Nineties band in 2001, under
YORK’S Lord Mayor Ian Gillies is thinking of using a special council meeting next week to “urge councillors to work together and improve the standard of politics in the city”. If that is code for banging a few political heads together, it would
THE people of Yorkshire have responded with typical generosity to a winter appeal. Yorkshire Harvest has seen hundreds of pounds worth of food donated to local charities. It is now being distributed around local food banks and homelessness
IS THE NHS really such bad value? The annual cost of £110 billion, which when divided by a probable population of 65 million is about £1,692 per capita expenditure. Now take into account that £45 billion is the NHS pay bill, which leaves £65
I FEEL sorry for everyone, including James Alexander, who cannot get on the ladder with their own home. I don’t know which government was in power when they stupidly allowed the income of the wife or partner into consideration of a mortgage, when
WITH regards to the letter headlined “Riding a Bike” by Peter Roberts (Letters, October 14). I can assure you that Peter can still ride a bike, but he is not very good at the law governing their use. After leaving the Working Men’s Club at
I MUST respond to Philip Crowe (Letters, October 15). Our planning application for a traveller site at West Offices is neither foolish nor frivolous. It may be “tongue in cheek” but it raises serious questions. The council expects local communities
THREE people were injured in a crash near York in the early hours of this morning. Humberside Police said they were in a car which came off the A1079 at Kexby Bridge at about 3am. A spokesman described two as 'walking wounded' and said a third
READING Sue Nelson’s column of October 13 reminded me of the little boy evicted from the local swimming pool for having a wee in the water. His furious mother remonstrated with the pool staff, saying: “But all small children wee in the pool.”
PUPILS at Wigginton School got in to the fundraising spirit by running a mini-marathon. The youngsters each brought in a £1 donation and did ten laps of the school field before the York Marathon last weekend which saw a team of 12 adults from the
LAWYERS have spent a week arguing over controversial plans to put 102 new houses on a field in Strensall. A planning inquiry has been held in Strensall Village Hall over the proposal for Brecks Lane by Linden Homes. It was originally approved
NOT sacking the disgraceful Lord Freud after the revelation of his crass comments over the wages paid to disabled workers shows that the Conservatives actually support his views, even though their desperate spokesmen deny that his words were cruelly
NETBALL honours were bagged by St Peter's and St Margaret's Schools in national tournaments hosted by York's Joseph Rowntree School. The under-16 national schools' tournament comprised 18 teams entered into 'A' and 'B' events. Section one was
HOSPITAL Fields Road is part of a cycle route linking Fulford and the university with the rest of the city. Cyclists are most of the traffic, but are completely exposed to motor traffic, including heavy lorries. We at Get Cycling are, among other
LORD FREUD’S comments (“Welfare Reform Minister: some disabled people ‘not worth’ minimum wage”) have been described in some quarters as a “gaffe”. Having consulted my dictionary, a gaffe is an unintentional act or remark causing embarrassment
A YOUNG horse rider from Harrogate has a Team GB place in her sights after being chosen for its official training programme. Amelia Moncrieff, 11, is one of just 12 young riders chosen for the Pony Progress Squad, a junior training scheme run by
AFTER topping the regional league table, Easingwold School’s equestrian team enjoyed more success at an event at Bishop Burton College. Olivia Snarr came second, Megan Stephenson was fifth and Jessica Barker sixth in the 70-centimetres class of
Dringhouses kept up their good form in the York FA Under-19s Football League with a 4-2 win at Rawcliffe. Dylan Howlett got both of the home goals but it was not enough as Tom Hawksby’s brace for Houses was supplemented by Matty Mulhearn and Matt
YORK High School pupils Tylor Faulkner and Lewis Lazenby, both 12 years old, will be heading to the House of Lords on October 27 to hook up with fellow angling ‘champions’. The pair will be among 20 youngsters from around the country who will be
TWO Olympians have joined the staff at a York girls school. Jo Ellis and Gillian Lindsay have joined the team at The Mount School whose former pupils include Oscar-winning actress Dame Judi Dench, the author Dame Margaret Drabble, and BBC Tomorrow's
A GROUP of school thespians are taking to the stage as part of the annual Shakespeare Schools’ Festival. Pupils from Goole Academy are to take to the professional stage at Hull Truck Theatre for a public performance of their abridged version of
FIREFIGHTERS are urging people to take care in the kitchen in a bid to reduce the number of house fires in North Yorkshire. This comes as the fire service launches its kitchen safety campaign after North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue attended 180 kitchen
CHART-TOPPING soprano Rebecca Newman is set to perform at the Royal British Legion's Festival of Remembrance at York Barbican next month. Rebecca, who has been dubbed The People's Soprano, will sing The Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square and also
A CHARITY concert is being staged in Ripon to raise money for children in Gaza. Ripon Cathedral will open its doors on October 18 for a special charity performance of Handel's Messiah from 7pm. The concert is being organised to raise funds
Members of Selby Arts Society prepare their work for their annual exhibition. It will feature work in various media and is being held at a new venue Portholme Church (next to Morrison’s car park), on Saturday, October 25. Many of the paintings
BATTLING Wilberfoss defied the odds to prise a defiant 2-2 draw against visiting Poppleton in the City of York Girls Football League. Last season’s league and cup winners, Poppleton have won four out of four games this term. Poppleton went
HEWORTH ARLC Under-9s’ hot streak of form continued when they visited Brotherton Bulldogs - despite the home side also playing some excellent rugby. After dropping the ball on the first set of the match, the young Villagers got it together and
SUBSTITUTE Elliot Heath was the hat-trick hero as York Under-11s schoolboy footballers recorded their second league victory in two weeks with a tense 3-2 home win against Derby at York University. It was Derby, despite their long journey, who started
100 years ago The following telegram had been received from Vienna: “The Austrian and Hungarian Governments, in conjunction with the Ministry of War, have decided to summon all men between the ages of 24 and 36, liable for service with the landsturm
