UPDATED Thursday 9.45am: POLICE have confirmed Katie was found in North Yorkshire following the appeal to the public, and is receiving the support and care she needs. A spokeswoman thanked the public for their help in locating Katie. -----
1) FORMER classmates danced the night away to the tunes of their youth at a reunion for the Knavesmire Secondary Modern class of 1978. The reunion, organised by Wendy Wootton and friends Sharon Clothier, Pearl Jenkins, Julie Wilson and Mandy Yates
YORK Minster silhouetted against a fiery evening sky; the Millennium Bridge seen from above, linking lush green grassland either side of the River Ouse; the ruins of St Mary's Abbey standing pristine under a fall of snow: just a few of the iconic images
CITY of York Council has received a planning application to create what those behind it describe as a 'monument to mismanagement' in Station Rise. The application submitted by Independent councillor Mark Warters, with York architect Matthew Laverack
THE ninth Illuminating York Festival takes the theme of York’s Leading Lights in a celebration of innovation and discovery in the city. Science and art come together in the central piece Hidden Worlds, a “projection-mapped artwork” created by Seeper
DRAMA students from a York secondary school dropped in on rehearsals at a city theatre. Year 12 pupils from Joseph Rowntree School visited the De Grey Rooms at York Theatre Royal to get a look behind the scenes of the award-winning production Helver
BUSINESSES across North Yorkshire have benefitted from grants totalling more than £20 million following Local Enterprise Partnership funding allocations. The Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership, one of two LEPs covering York and North Yorkshire
A NORTH Yorkshire software firm is set to more than double its headcount following an investment which will allow it to commercialise a range of products for the mining industry. Having provided bespoke solutions to the sector for more than 25
TWO apprentices at York-based Portasilo have been recognised for their "talent and dedication". Young engineers Jade Luck, in her final year of a fabrication and welding apprenticeship, and first year apprentice Dan Middlemass, picked up prizes
YORK engineering firm Omnicom has been selected to feature as part of a national innovation festival in London. Omnicom, which produces hardware and software for the transportation sector, will join the University of Huddersfield, Doncaster-based
A TECHNOLOGY expo which attracts more than 1,400 delegates is coming to North Yorkshire as part of plans to expand in the North of England. The organisers of Convergence Summit North have signed a three year deal which will see the two-day show
Picture Gallery: Illuminating York Festival>> NATIONAL Railway Museum visitors can experience a Trainspotting adventure through the York museum’s annual autumn evening spectacular, Locos In A Different Light. This week's free theatrical
TWENTY four hours earlier, Gregory Porter was filling the Royal Albert Hall. Would Tuesday in York have a Boxing Day feel with all his toys played with on the floor? We were quickly reassured. “A concert is not the building, it’s the people,” he said
A YORKSHIRE coast business is looking to open the region's first indoor trampoline park with the creation of 35 jobs. Bridlington-based Gravity Fitness has agreed terms to take an 18,000sq ft unit at Xscape in Castleford. Due to open in mid-January
A PLUM third round tie is manager Russ Wilcox's aim when York City start their FA Cup adventure next month. The Minstermen were handed a home draw against AFC Wimbledon in the first round, the game being played at Bootham Crescent on Saturday,
YORK CITY Ladies lost 3-2 in a top of the table clash with Brighouse in the North East Regional Women’s Football League. The Minsterbelles got off to a good start but a goal eight minutes from time saw the visitors leave with the points - and inflict
YORKSHIRE have got a magnificent seven players in the provisional England Lions touring party for their New Year trip to South Africa, where they will play a mixture of first-class and one-day cricket. The White Rose’s reputation as English cricket
NORTH Yorkshire jockey David Allan will be aiming to put one over on his boss Tim Easterby in the opening race at Nottingham this afternoon - but may well come unstuck. Allan, who has ridden more than 50 winners this season, the bulk of them for
SPORTING heroes in Hambleton have been rewarded for their commitment to sport. More than 140 people attended the Hambleton Sports Awards, which this year had a Tour de France theme, and included guest speaker Danny Hart - the 2011 downhill mountain
STAR chaser Silviniaco Conti begins his bid for Gold Cup glory next year at Wetherby on Saturday. The eight-year-old, the highest-rated chaser in training, bids to reclaim his crown in the bet365 Charlie Hall Chase at the West Yorkshire track as
ACOMB Hockey men’s I took a hard-earned 2-1 win away from Harrogate IV in Yorkshire League division four north. Both defences held firm for the first 15 minutes before Matt Gray leapt on a loose ball and swept home with the home keeper on the ground
IN-FORM City of York Hockey Club men’s IV are riding high in division three of the Yorkshire League. The City fourths have won all seven of their fixtures this season to top the table, eight points clear of nearest rivals York University II.
HEWORTH ‘A’ crashed to their first defeat of the York Conservative Clubs’ Carlsberg UK Snooker League season losing 5-2 to Acomb ‘B’. There was a first reverse of the campaign for Jordan Worobec, defeated by Acomb’s Steve Rodgers, and Clive Whyte
DETECTIVES are investigating more than 20 reports of distraction burglaries in York and North Yorkshire. The incidents all happened between June and October and a North Yorkshire Police spokesman urged people to look out for bogus callers who have
GREEN-FINGERED publicans at an aptly named pub have celebrated winning £5,000 in a regional competition. Elise and Paul Butfield took over the Green Tree pub in Beckfield Lane 18 months ago, and were this week awarded the Pub In Bloom certificate
IMPROVEMENTS have been made at a children's heart surgery centre that was temporarily closed last year due to fears over mortality rates, an independent review has found. Paediatric cardiology at Leeds General Infirmary (LGI) - which treats children
Picture gallery: Photographs from the 2014 Illuminating York Festival>> YORK is set to be lit up by spectacular light and sound as the Illuminating York Festival returns tonight. The festival, which runs from 6pm – 10pm each evening until
AN ALLEGED rape victim has told a jury the man they are trying is a danger to women. She claimed at York Crown Court that John Terence Ellison, 45, gripped her head so strongly he left four lines in her head, punched her repeatedly, twisted her
A NEW community garden has opened at a York village library. Haxby Explore's newly refurbished community garden has been worked on by volunteers with donations from local businesses and residents. Having been unused for a number of years, library
YOUNG people leaving care in North Yorkshire are significantly more likely to take on places at university or training than in other areas. North Yorkshire County Council’s support for young people who have lived within the care system has led
POLICE in York will prioritise alcohol-related crime, sexual assault and hate crime, under the new plan from the Police and Crime Commissioner. The plan by Julia Mulligan said almost one in eight respondents to a recent survey felt unsafe walking
STUDENTS thinking about pursuing a career in the countryside were given the opportunity to find out what is on offer at a countryside careers day. The event – held recently at the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate through the Yorkshire Agricultural
WORRIED neighbours have sent dozens of planning objections to the council over a proposal to turn two semi-detached houses into 15-bed accommodation. The scheme for the building at 548 and 550 Huntington Road has attracted about 50 complaints to
THERE has been a spate of what are known as distraction burglaries across North Yorkshire. They have two things in common: they are committed by men preying on emotions, and the victims are often elderly. Some bogus callers try to palm themselves
WE'VE had Neighbourhood Watch and Shop Watch. Now pubs in Acomb and west York are banding together to form Pub Watch. Seventeen pubs have already signed up to the scheme, which aims to help tackle the problems of drunken antisocial behaviour.
AS A regular shopper and user of the city centre, I was extremely pleased to see work being done to repair the pavements along Bishopthorpe Road. I often use the shops on the street, as well as sometimes popping into the Pig and Pastry for breakfast
THE Press of October 25 reports that, “sweeping changes ahead at council”. I hope that means they stop bickering among themselves, stop changing the colour of their cloth and remember they are there only by the grace of the people who voted them
THE cascading autumnal leaves are reminiscent of the current political landscape as hopes and aspirations of many ordinary folk are blown in the winds of political ideology. An ideology of historic greed rekindled by Thatcherism, itself built on
I AM sure that the role of councillor can be difficult and thankless. It obviously isn’t possible to please all the people all of the time. With the benefit of hindsight, decisions which seemed sensible at the time can appear to be disastrous.
I ARRIVED home from work and turned into our street to be greeted by new 20mph signs. We have numerous significant speed humps down our street which mean careful considerate drivers drive at about 5mph to avoid damaging their cars; therefore driving
IT WAS sad to read about the death of my friend Bob Edwards (Letters, October 23). I met Bob Edwards after seeing his photo in the Evening Press when he was calling for what is now known as St Nicholas Fields, but then was Tang Hall tip, to remain
On behalf of Foxwood Community Centre and Foxwood Residents’ Association, we thank the teams of volunteers from businesses throughout the City of York. For three action-packed days, they came together under the York Cares banner to give the outside
NOW that Labour has lost control, wouldn’t it be nice if the collective wisdom of our council had a change of heart and continued to empty our green garden waste. In common with many readers, I have a garden and like many the leaves are just starting
PEEP behind the curtain at last week’s story of unexpected demands for £1.7 billion from the EU and a different story emerges to the one grandstanded by the participants. We are invited to believe in a bolt from the blue, but every report the UK
I THINK there must be an election coming. In your pages on Saturday I noted such comments as “where residents can see what decisions are being made and how their money is spent” and “working together for the benefit of the city”. Wow, how wonderful
Your front-page headline of October 20 repeats history. I was an elected councillor in the mid-1980s and 1990s. Rod Hills was council leader and he asked businesses to help assist the city in to become more proactive in bringing trade and business
SO Julie Gunnell is upset that City of York Council is now “male dominated” and she says that “under Labour, there were more women chairs than men” and that “the Cabinet was equal” (The Press, October 24). I’m surprised she is so keen to highlight
IN ALL the debates about what is to be done to solve York’s traffic problems, I have not heard a word about those of us who have limited mobility and therefore have a blue badge. In my own case, if I wish to go into York I either have to get a
100 years ago A spy in German pay had been shot at the camp of Chalons, the French Aldershot. He was a man named Minquet, and the most remarkable thing about him was that he was blind. He had been a professional beggar, and for 30 years past
YORK residents are being invited to a Christmas Cheer reception with the Lord Mayor and Sheriff in December. The civic party - of Lord and Lady Mayoress, Sheriff and Sheriff's Lady - are hosting two receptions at the Assembly Rooms on Wednesday
POLICE are asking for the public’s help to find a York man who is wanted for recall to prison. Scott Apps, 43, was released on licence earlier this year after serving part of a sentence for assault with intent to cause actual bodily harm - after
TRADERS are preparing to move into York's newly-refurbished marketplace. The Shambles Market will officially reopen on Monday, November 10, following a £1.6m refurbishment including new stalls and kiosks, weatherproofing and lighting. The market
A YORK hotel is using its £3 million upgrade programme to map out a new way of raising the profile of a North Yorkshire children's charity. Over the next 80 days The Best Western Monkbar Hotel, which is adding 29 new bedrooms, function suites and
A PROJECT to repair the crumbling stonework of Ripon Cathedral has been given a cash boost of more £350,000 from a WWI centenary fund. Ripon Cathedral was awarded the full amount from the First World War Centenary Cathedral Repairs Fund, available
THE players from Dringhouses Dramatic Society put on their annual production at the Friargate Theatre in York. The group put on an adaptation of Abigail's Partyover three nights last week. Secretary, Janet Parkinson, said: "The group has been
A SUPER slimmer from Pickering reached the semi-finals of a national competition after losing nearly 11 stone. Sue Robson was one of 45 women from across the UK and Ireland to make the finals of Slimming World’s Woman of the Year 2014 competition
A MOTHER whose son has type one diabetes has organised a fundraising event to raise money for Diabetes UK. Shirley Nicholls, of Wass, has organised a black tie event to be held on Halloween at the Feathers Hotel, Helmsley. In 2011 Shirley's
THIS is the new "stage chiller" from the creator of The Woman In Black, Scarborough writer Susan Hill. Stephen Mallatratt's 1983 stage adaptation for the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Hill's home town has gone on to international acclaim and regular
SELBY Lions Club celebrated its 50th charter anniversary with a lunch at Monk Fryston Hall. The event was hosted by the club president John Price with guests from other clubs in the area including district governor Ian Sagar. The guest speaker
A YORK primary school has turned a corner after going from inadequate to good in the Ofsted rankings. Wigginton Primary School was judged to be good in every area by Ofsted inspectors, just 17 months after the last inspection judged it as having
STAFF and students at Selby College have won a national accolade, triumphing over thousands of entries to be named "FE Team of the Year". The Hospitality and Catering Team were at the Pearson Award ceremony at London’s Guildhall on Sunday, and
A SPECIALLY adapted 50 foot barge was this week lifted into the River Ouse in central York, to make a start on major renovations and repairs at Marygate landing. The boat - which was built in Goole in the mid 1980s - was adapted by York firm CDMS
TWO pub machine raiders have been jailed and another is on the run and believed to be in Spain after their trip to North Yorkshire ended in a police cell. Officers stopped a Vauxhall Vectra with Brian Chisolm Sexton, 35, at the wheel and passengers
TRADERS selling controversial e-cigarettes in York claim a ban on smoking the devices inside pubs and restaurants would not impact their businesses. Shops dedicated to selling the cigarette substitute opened up in the city when they became a popular
THE controversial story behind one of York's first war memorials is to be investigated by a group of historians. York Archaeological Trust announced earlier this month they would be working with residents in their communities to unearth forgotten
A BURGLAR whose night-time raiding forced a 82-year-old woman to abandon the home where she had lived for nearly 40 years has been jailed. Benjamin Ireland, 35, prowled the streets of York in the early hours looking for homes to burgle, said Paul
