UPDATE 8.15pm: The road has now reopened and the vehicle has been removed. North Yorkshire Polce said nobody was seriously injured in the crash. HEAVY traffic has built up following a crash on the A64. One lane of the eastbound carriageway
A MAN has appeared in court today charged with attempted rape in York city-centre. Nathan O'Brien, 22, of Walmgate, is accused of trying to rape a woman in the early hours of Sunday. He appeared before York magistrates this morning for a five-minute
NORTH Yorkshire police have released the locations of the mobile safety camera vans for the coming week. The vans will be deployed at the following locations between Wednesday, October 29 and Wednesday, November 5. They will not be at each
POLICE investigating an assault on Coney Street have released an image of a man they need to trace. A 40-year-old man from Rotherham was left with minor injuries after the incident in the early hours of Saturday, July 12. York police's PC David
GARY Delaney issues an almost apologetic warning to his audience at the beginning of Monday's show, explaining that a lot of his jokes can veer into controversial territory. Whether this is meant as a threat or a promise, Delaney does follow through
A MAN was threatened by an alleged knifeman when he challenged vandals who had left a trail of damage in two York streets today. The victim interrupted a group of young men damaging his car at about 3am on Poppleton Road. Police said the youngsters
JOHN McCOMBE believes York City will benefit from their first full week on the training ground under new manager Russ Wilcox. The 29-year-old defender has been impressed by the team's progress since Wilcox took the managerial reins, following Nigel
JAMES HAYNES is staying at York City Knights' and will be the new team captain, head coach James Ford has announced. Full-back Haynes, who rediscovered his best form last season after two years combatting a career-threatening back problem, will
The second round of the York FA Cup saw a reduced fixture list this weekend in the York Minster Engineering League. In the Premier Division, the only fixture saw two lowly teams collide as Terrington Glory defeated Easingwold Town 2-0 with first-half
SELBY Town's unbeaten knockout record will be put to the test this week. The Robins host Conference North outfit Guiseley in round two of the West Riding County Cup tonight (7.45pm), before Seaham Red Star visit Flaxley Road in round one of the
NEW EARSWICK All Blacks players will remember the name of Dennis Harrison every time they don their distinctive shirt. One of the founder members of the White Rose Avenue rugby league outfit 31 years ago, he died late last year while on holiday
NEW Earswick All Blacks ARLC picked up their first victory of the season as they beat King Cross Park 34-22 in the Pennine League Championship. The All Blacks forged into a first minute lead at White Rose Avenue when Jack Hodgson found a gap in
ROWNTREES RUFC conceded a late try and penalty to lose 20-13 at home to leaders Castleford 2nds. The home side forged 6-0 up after a snap drop goal and penalty from captain Dave Harder after 20 minutes. But momentum swung to the visitors, with
YORK’S Neil Hart paired up with England international Zoe Jones to reach the Top of Ghent mixed pairs competition semi-finals on his BDO debut. Hart also reached the last 32 of the men’s pairs at the Belgium event with Josh McCarthy. Earlier
LORD Collingwood won the last two games to snatch a 4-3 victory at The Ebor in division one of the York White Rose Ladies Darts League.The Ebor won the four hand, but Jo Palmer and Irene Carter, then Donna Dwyer (101) and Yvonne Wrist took the next two
YORK-BORN Simon Dyson was in the frame at the Mission Hills pro-am celebrity tournament held in China. The title contested by the 24 professionals was won by Europe’s recent Ryder Cup star Justin Rose, but Dyson was just two strokes behind to claim
IN-FORM City of York men's I maintained their unbeaten start to the North Hockey League division one season with a comprehensive 5-1 victory over Harrogate I. York took the lead at Huntington School when Anthony Bull found Mike Carter at the back
CASTLE Howard Ox 'B' ace Sandra Bruce will defend her York John Smith's Ladies Darts League title against York City Supporters captain Tracey Farmeary tonight. The Ox player confirmed her advance to the fin al after defeating Fulfordgate captain
CITY of York ladies I erased their recent poor form with a 2-0 victory over Lancaster I in the North Hockey League premier division. York, chasing their second win of the campaign, were fired up and started to pile the pressure on Lancaster from
GEORGE CHALONER teams up with two horses at Catterick today who will always have a place in his heart. Royal Connoisseur provided the Malton rider with his 95th career success at Newcastle a fortnight ago which enabled Chaloner to ride out his
1) GAY rights campaigner Peter Tatchell is to speak at the University of York this evening. He will give the 2014 Morrell Memorial Address on toleration, entitled “Homosexuality: From toleration to acceptance” at 6.15pm in the Ron Cooke Hub. In
AN owl has been killed after someone broke into a cage at a York house. Two other birds of prey were released from their cages during the break-in, at a house in Langholme Drive, off Boroughbridge Road. The attack happened on the evening
STREET artists are returning to York Minster this half term holiday to help create new art installations. Following the success of last October’s giant live spray painting displays, street artists Inkie and CBloxx are set to return to the gothic
YORK'S rivers are more than three times as dangerous as the English average, a new report has claimed. The study was carried out earlier this year, following the deaths of four people in the Ouse and the Foss, and found that while there were multiple
AN MP claims the imminent relocation of scores of jobs from York's Imphal Barracks to Catterick Garrison could be a shocking waste of public money. York Central MP Hugh Bayley spoke out about the basing of the newly merged Headquarters 15 (North
A man allegedly raped a woman in a York hostel after she told him she didn't want to elope to Gretna Green with him. Opening the prosecution, Richard Woolfall claimed that John Thomas Ellison pulled her hair and punched the woman as he forced himself
A LONG-SERVING museum volunteer has received a lifetime achievement award at a national awards scheme for railway workers. Gordon Reed began his railway career in 1948 at the age of just 16 as an apprentice boilersmith, but after his retirement
WEIGHING in at just over 1000lb, it was as heavy as five baby elephants and needed a crane to be lifted into place. The giant pumpkin - grown by Middlesborough man Mal Carter - took top prize at the York Maze at the weekend, as it hosted the North
YORK Minster has received a £200,000 grant towards vital repairs to the 800-year-old building. The Minster is one of 31 English cathedrals to receive money from £8.3 million being awarded by the First World War Centenary Cathedral Repairs Fund.
A NEW beer festival in York has been hailed a great success after 500 people crowded into the sold out event. Coptoberfest was organised by Ainsty Ales at St Giles' Church in Copmanthorpe on Saturday. Andy Herrington, of Ainsty Ales, said:
TEACHING unions in York have backed calls to scrap fines for parents who take their children out of school during term time. The Local Government Association said the rules surrounding a ban on holidays when classes are still running do not recognise
A High Court judge has cleared the way for businesses and residents to learn where jobs will be created and houses built in the Selby area for the next 13 years. Mr Justice Ouseley rejected Samuel Smith Old Brewery of Tadcaster’s bid to stop Selby
A YORK based charity has called for fundamental change to end a "permanent sense of crisis" in UK care homes. An inquiry into the state of the care home sector for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) has called for sweeping change to "inject humanity
A FORMER soldier from York whose life fell apart because of post-traumatic stress disorder has told how a flagship centre for veterans has turned his life around. Carl White, 45, served in the first Gulf War, Bosnia and Northern Ireland before
A UNIVERSITY of York spin-out business is celebrating its launch and first major contract to help create effective new treatments for diseases affecting people across the world. SimOmics uses innovative computer modelling which can predict how
The chill of the autumn is only just setting in, but many people are already turning their thoughts to Christmas – mainly, how they’re going to pay for it. In fact, in a new survey by Voucher-Codes.co.uk, 33 per cent of the 2,000 people questioned
A 28-YEAR-OLD York woman faces a Crown Court trial over the assault of a 43-year-old man in the city on Saturday morning. Amy McDonagh, of Robinson Court, appeared before magistrates yesterday charged with wounding with intent. She entered
UNTIL last September, head teachers in England could grant up to ten days leave a year for family holidays in “special circumstances”. Now they can only grant absence, outside school holidays, in “exceptional circumstances”. Russell Hobby, the
THE tragic deaths of four people in York’s rivers earlier this year provided harrowing proof of just how dangerous the Ouse and Foss can be. Yet a report from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) still makes for shocking reading
I READ your article on 93 Union Terrace (The Press, October 25) with great interest as the house was owned by my parents, Bob and Mary Beilby, from 1950 until Bootham Park Hospital compulsorily purchased it in 1972. It was a lovely house with an
ALLAN Charlesworth in his letter of October 22 misunderstands my views if he believes I support plans for massive house building on the green belt I most certainly do not. I support a rolling back of the excessive regulatory burden which is the
RECENTLY I had the pleasure of attending an evening of amateur boxing at Henry’s Gym in Acomb. There were contestants of all shapes and sizes, from all over the north of England, but all had one thing in common: they were all true sportsmen (and
MANY thanks to Stuart Wilson (Letters, October 23) and Stephen Lewis (Yesterday Once More, October 20) for highlighting the missing Holy Trinity or “Butchers’ Church” in King’s Square. In my book, EarthZoo, there is a lot of action going around
HOW ironic it is that the Government declare that we should all be doing more as a nation to keep fit and stay healthy and yet our city council is still considering closing Yearsley Pool. The pool provides the opportunity for York people to exercise
I WOULD ask dog walkers in the Dringhouses area to be aware there are three dogs being taken for walks. They are difficult to control and they have attacked five dogs, including ours, that we know about. Ours slipped his collar and ran off
THE history of human evolution during the past 2,000 years is full of examples of peoples gathered together, whether in tribes or nations, being given a choice and picking the wrong way forward. Sometimes the ultimate consequence turns out to be
ANIMAL Aid would like to thank the people of York for their generosity in raising £157.14 at a street collation on Saturday, October 18. The money raised will help fund our peaceful campaigns and important educational work on all aspects of animal
ONLY 28 per cent of those entitled to vote in the Westfield by-election bothered to do so. The people feel betrayed and taken for granted. On the doorsteps, people were angry about being told there was no money, while seeing £4 million going to
EVERY day alarming news arrives about serious problems caused by our open borders to other EU countries. Our national debt is £1.4 trillion, we supposedly haven’t got anything in the kitty to give a cost-of-living increase to nurses and others,
I WISH to tell of a heart-warming experience. I occasionally lunch with a friend who uses a wheelchair. Last week the two of us celebrated her 40th birthday at the Cedar Court Grand Hotel. We’ve experienced a range of service in York in the past
ALTHOUGH I would normally agree with David Barton that remakes, whether in music, films or TV, never match up to the original (Dad’s Army – Sacrilege? Letters, October 20). However, as an avid Dad’s Army fan, a few years ago I saw a production
PARISH councils in the York area have been hit by a three-month delay in claiming VAT refunds from the taxman - and many more could suffer the same problems. James Mackman, who is clerk to Hessay, Nun Monkton, Nether Poppleton and Upper Poppleton
CHILDREN at Haxby Road Academy could be the brass playing stars of the future, thanks to a new project funded by York Vikings Rotary Club. The school's music teacher Andy Acaster, himself an accomplished trumpet player, wanted to find a new way
THE East Riding of Yorkshire has been awarded Fairtrade County Status by the Fairtrade Foundation after seven years of work by dedicated volunteers. In October 2011, East Riding council passed a motion to support Fairtrade and a group called Fairtrade
100 years ago M Briand and M Sarrant, who had left for Bordeaux after their tour in the East of France, were much impressed by the terrible scenes of devastation which they had witnessed, but also by the invincible hope in the future manifested
A SEX offender who publicly exposed himself where children could see him on their way to school, has been given a suspended prison sentence. Sam Law, prosecuting, said Brian Hedge, 68, behaved in an indecent way in the hallway of his house with
PEOPLE in Hambleton who have not yet registered to vote under the new individual electoral registration system will be receiving a reminder letter and form over the next few days. The new system means everyone registers as an individual, rather
AN inquest will finally be held in York next month - more than eight years after a man's death. John Dale, 63, from Harrogate, died at York Hospital on November 11, 2006, and his inquest will take place on November 26 at New Earswick Folk Hall.
PLANS to move the library out of a York primary school and into a local community hall would be detrimental to the children's education, according to governors. The governing body at New Earswick School has raised concerns that a plan to move the
A MUSICAL society is preparing to celebrate its centenary next month. New Earswick Musical Society will perform Mack and Mabel at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre in York between November 12 and 15, and have also planned a celebratory dinner. The
A 24-YEAR-OLD man suffered life-threatening injuries in a crash in East Yorkshire. The Bridlington man is thought to have been the driver of a blue Vauxhall Astra that was travelling along the B1255 towards Flamborough on Wednesday when it left
MORE could be done to improve life for people with disabilities in York. A report by Healthwatch York up before City of York Council's Health and Wellbeing board last week said that overall, "the general consensus was that members of the public
A PRIVATE collection of Victorian microscopes and other scientific instruments belonging to botanist David Bellamy are to go up for auction this week. The collection of instruments belonging to the television personality and scientist are to be
BRIDES-to-be can help save a historic church near York. Supporters of All Saints' Church in Rufforth held a wedding festival last week to start raising money to repair the spire, and asked along reprensentatives of the York Bridal Outlet for a
AFTER Robert Readman's staging of Spring Awakening for York Stage Musicals four years ago, here comes a re-awakening of Frank Wedekind's 1891 play by the same company. Different cast, different director, different venue, but again using the same 2006
A RECORD number of businesses have made use of East Riding Council’s start-up help and support services. September saw the business services team help 25 new start-up businesses, including Driffield-based Hickey’s Garden Maintenance and Bonnie’
I’M LOATH to admit it, but I have a Facebook site. “Don’t call it a site, it’s a page,” my 16-year-old daughter sniped. “And you need a photo.” I agreed to her terms, allowing her to paste up (that expression is probably wrong too) a picture of
THE Knitting and Stitching Show, taking place at Harrogate International Centre from Thursday, November 20 to Sunday, November 23, has announced the launch of a new campaign to encourage Yorkshire people to get involved in the resurgence in the popularity
STAFF at a Fulford-based housebuilder used their annual summer party to raise thousands of pounds for St Leonard’s Hospice. Persimmon Homes Yorkshire helped to raise more than £6,000 at the event with a silent auction, tombola and raffle. Deputy
FOUR York projects - which do everything from fostering a love of learning to rescuing injured and lost walkers and climbers - have been given the Royal seal of approval. Prince Andrew presented The Duke of York’s Community Initiative awards to
A THEATRE producer is joining forces with Age UK to bring a vintage cabaret show to Selby. The performance of songs from the 1940s, 50s and 60s will take place on Thursday (30) at the Bridge View Tea Rooms, in Ousegate, from 1pm. Guests will
VIKING warriors from JORVIK Viking Centre joined bestselling author Bernard Cornwell for the launch of his new book at Waterstones in York. Fans of the author queued in Coney Street on Friday to get signed copies of his new book The Empty Throne
AN ANIMAL lover won a national competition when he raised hundreds of pounds selling tasty treats for charity. Seven-year-old Jenson Buttery raised more than £240 for the RSPCA when he decided to set up an ice cream stall on the River Ouse during
A TOP police officer who spent 22 years of his career in North Yorkshire has announced his retirement. Andy Parker is now Chief Constable of Warwickshire Police, but in his time in North Yorkshire oversaw some of the biggest incidents in the region
A YORK music teacher has found success on the contemporary music scene, winning the prestigious Kranichstein award at the 47th international course for new music in Darmstadt, Germany. Dr Iain Harrison, head of instrumental music at St Peter’s
TWO travel agents have fulfilled a shared dream as they look to tackle an online dominated industry with the launch of their own independent business. Alison Popely and Laura Thompson have established Imago Travel from offices in Fishergate.
THE former executive chairman of one of Britain's most iconic retail names has been announced as the key note speaker of York Business Conference. The conference, which is one of the anchor events of this year's York Business Week, will host a
A VILLAGE pub has reopened after a year of closure thanks to support from a North Yorkshire brewery. The Half Moon, in Sharow, near Ripon, has been refurbished by new licensees Heather and Graham Raine and re-opened, creating 12 jobs. The couple
HARROGATE PR agency Cicada Communications has been appointed by the Yorkshire and Humber branch of the Institute of Directors (IOD). The contract cements previous projects between Cicada and the IOD, and will see the agency work alongside the Institute's
