MULTI-MILLION-POUND plans to upgrade York's outer ring road have been backed by regional transport bosses. A committee of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) today endorsed the inclusion of the A1237 works in a £1 billion transport fund
A DOZEN horses which had been illegally tethered in York have been seized by the council. North Yorkshire Police and City of York Council's horse bailiff had been alerted to 12 horses in the Osbaldwick area, and left warning notices prior to the
A 36-YEAR-OLD man has denied criminal damage following an incident in which a horse was killed and dumped in a front garden. Edward Leighton Johnson pleaded not guilty to committing the offence at the equestrian GG Centre, Raskelf, near Easingwold
KOMEDIA'S Krater Comedy Club presents Daliso Chaponda, Jay Handley, Lloyd Griffith, Mark Kennedy and Mickey D in The Basement at City Screen, York, on Sunday night. Doors open at 7pm and tickets are available online at thebasementyork.co.uk and
INSPIRED, a creative collective of six York artists and designers, are holding a Christmas show at Bedern Hall, at St Andrewgate, off Goodramgate, today until 8pm, tomorrow from 10am to 5pm and on Sunday from 11am to 4pm. Taking part are Jo Bagshaw
CITROEN is proving that it hasn’t lost the knack of making attractive-looking and enjoyable to drive cars. Take the French car maker’s C3, which has long been a big seller and is still attracting plenty of interest from private buyers, slotting
AN ENGINEERING firm which is next year marking its 20th anniversary in York has moved to new offices to accommodate its growth. Omnicom Engineering, which started at The Reading Rooms in Micklegate in 1995, has moved from its Tadcaster Road base
A NORTH Yorkshire materials technology business has appeared in a new installation at Heathrow Airport to celebrate the UK’s top exports. Easingwold-based Industrial Textiles and Plastics Ltd was one of 13 companies on show within a cargo-inspired
A NEW Italian wine cafe is set to open in York next week following a £50,000 investment that will create up to ten new jobs. Veeno is opening its doors in Piccadilly this evening after being launched by Nino Caruso and Andrea Zecchino. It is
TWO York businesses are joining forces to host a Traineeship Event aimed at promoting employment opportunities for young people in the city’s hospitality sector. The Hilton York and YH Training Services are working together to give young people
YORK chocolate giant Nestlé has welcomed news that one of its apprentices has won a top award. Engineering apprentice Jordan Phillips scooped the York Apprentice of the Year (aged 16-24) award at a ceremony in York Minster. The awards, held
A MALTON haulage company will benefit from a new digital system as an industry first to boost customer satisfaction and business operations. Ward Bros, in Showfield Lane, Malton, will make use of the new digital information hub, developed by Palletways
Pete Edwards has spent a lifetime in art at Pocklington School, but only now, at the age of 65, does he feel that he is coming into his own, writes JO HUGHES. PETE EDWARDS says he is like Doctor Who. He has not retired, he has ‘regenerated’.
WHEN The Band Room’s promoter, Nigel Burnham, introduces tonight’s concert as “And now for something completely different”, you can be sure that will be the case at his arts hub, deep in the Yorkshire moorlands at Low Mill. “Jazz meets rock meets
THANKSGIVING Day came early to The Basement , where mutual thanks were being exchanged by Catskill Mountain singer and songwriter Simone Felice and his enraptured audience on Wednesday night. Felice would be absent from his family’s celebrations
PLYMOUTH Argyle will be bidding for an eighth successive home win when they entertain York City tomorrow. The Pilgrims’ current sequence is their best since racking up ten victories on the trot at Home Park in March 2002 with John Sheridan’s men
WIGGINTON Grasshoppers eased into the semi-finals of the York FA Sunday Morning Senior Cup with a 7-3 victory over Station, writes Barry Casterton. Grasshoppers were in charge at the break thanks to goals from Terry Taylor, Jamie Green and a Will
SAPPED by more than 120 minutes of cup duty against Selby Town, Tadcaster Albion’s powers of recovery will be summoned to zap a title challenger. Runaway Northern Counties East League premier division table-toppers Tadcaster go to Worksop Town,
IT is second versus fourth in rugby union’s Yorkshire One tomorrow as York and Malton & Norton collide at Clifton Park. A sizeable derby crowd is expected at Shipton Road to see if the hosts can put a stop to the Ryedale side’s seven-match
JASON GILLESPIE has paid tribute to the late Phil Hughes, a player he coached on an Australia ‘A’ tour of Zimbabwe in 2011. The Yorkshire coach described it as a “privilege” to work with the 25-year-old, whose passing at St Vincent’s Hospital in
VIRGIN and Stagecoach yesterday won the new East Coast Main Line franchise and vowed to invest £140 million in the route, provide extra seats for the morning peak and more frequent services. But the consortium made no promises to keep the line’
UN ACE, a winner over hurdles at Doncaster last season, returns to the Yorkshire track this afternoon as part of his education over fences. Trained by Kim Bailey, the smart six-year-old came to grief at Cheltenham last month on his chasing debut
THERE is better news from Hungate, the once derailed development in York that is finally going full steam ahead. Today we show an image of how the area is set to look following completion of the £130 million redevelopment and it looks amazing;
DOES anybody represent or care about the ordinary man and woman in this country anymore? It seems depressing, if this is the case, that we haven’t moved on with our class system. After reading about Labour’s Emily Thornbury’s snide remarks about
THE snobbery the Labour politician Emily Thornberry displayed when she tweetedput the photograph of the house with the Cross of St George flags hanging outside says it all. The Labour Party was formed to represent the working man and woman in their
SO we say farewell to James Alexander, erstwhile council leader, self-styled saviour of York, who, in his own words and opinion, has rescued York from stagnation in 2011 to prosperity in 2014, southward bound for a job in Ed Miliband’s election team
BEFORE James Alexander rides away into the sunset, may I make the following suggestion. Will he make a tour of his Holgate ward and make the following list for his successor, assuming there will be one. He could make a list of the houses where
I NOTE from The Press that the former Labour leader of City of York Council James Alexander has secured only a short fixed-term contract in his new role with the national Labour Party. Perhaps a word of encouragement may be appropriate. Understandably
IN MY local ward’s recent meeting, councillors were attempting to explain all the work involved in the production of a locally-produced manifesto based on the delayed information on local budgets from Whitehall. In my usual helpful manner, and
YORK market being sited in Parliament Street while renovations to the old market square were made was a real eye-opener. Parliament Street became a hub of the city again instead of a cycle park/army recruitment site/bouncy castle/defunct fountain
WOW, what an experience! I HAVE just spent the evening at Joseph Rowntree Theatre immersing myself at one of the best shows I have seen in a long time, the York Scout & Guide Gang Show. There were upwards of 60 people on stage of all ages providing
SO the council is going to reinstate the chicanes on Huntington Road. This at a time when there is a great concern for traffic flow and pollution. These chicanes do not slow traffic down, they stop it. This can also be observed in Heslington Lane
I HAVE just visited the city-centre bank Barclays, which has automated its counter. After waiting10 minutes to get to a machine to make my in-payment, the machine would not take a mixture of cash and cheques in one deposit; they had to be separate
GUESS what? Despite huge numbers of objections, despite the availability of viable brownfield sites and despite proposals blatantly conflicting with their own planning policies, City of York Council is recommending that Yorwaste’s expansion into the
I WONDER how many people who visited the Terry’s factory plans exhibition liked the proposal to convert the landmark clock tower to residential use. Putting flats in it will require the insertion of several new floors to accommodate the right number
TEENAGE duo Karl Carver and Matt Fisher have been handed their maiden professional contracts by Yorkshire. Sessay left-arm spinner Carver, 18, and Sheriff Hutton Bridge fast bowler Fisher, 17, are two of ten White Rose players who have penned new
100 years ago DURING the latest bombardment of Bethune a shell had fallen upon the Tax Receiver’s Offices in the Rue de l’Université. At the time there had been over 20 people waiting in the vestibule to see M. Zodelle, the Receiver. M. Zodelle
Yorkshire begin their bid for back-to-back LV= County Championship titles against newly promoted Worcestershire at New Road on Sunday, April 12 after next season’s fixtures were announced today. After friendlies against the MCC in Abu Dhabi and
1)DETECTIVES are hunting a man in breach of his restraining order. Oliver Michael Hargreaves, 25, of Rawcliffe Bridge, Goole, is wanted for breaking the order several times since it was imposed in July 2014. Hargreaves is described as white, 6ft 3in
CONSERVATIVE councillors have claimed York’s Labour group has “totally lost the plot” in recent weeks. Following the resignation of council leader James Alexander, Councillor Chris Steward, leader of the York Conservative group, said a number of
CHILDREN have turned shoeboxes into reminders of the Christmas message for shoppers in York. Pupils of eight schools in York and North Yorkshire have made crib scenes in the boxes which will be blessed at a special service at All Saints Church
A YOUNG woman from La Paz, Bolivia has been given a once-in-a-lifetime chance to visit the UK. The scheme has been organised thanks to the York-based charity International Service. Ana Quiroga, 25, spent a year volunteering with the International
A SHOPPING frenzy is predicted to begin in York today as Christmas shoppers buy into America’s “Black Friday” craze. Outlets including McArthurGlen and John Lewis are among the retailers predicting record-breaking sales on what is being hyped nationally
YORK and North Yorkshire residents are being urged to make their voices heard to help protect and shape the future of surgery for people born with heart problems. Regional charity Children’s Heart Surgery Fund is staging a special drop-in event
DISCO Mister, the York pop duo behind the Bring It Home World Cup internet hit, are now dreaming of a Christmas number one. Huntington School teachers Robin Parmiter and Ian Wilson hope to round off a whirlwind year with their new single after
POLICE are investigating an alleged sex attack in York city-centre. Officers have cordoned off Church Lane, which leads to Yates's Wine Lodge, behind the Spurriergate Centre, and had earlier taped off an area near The Parish pub on the corner of
SNOOKER fans turned out in their droves to meet the “Whirlwind”. Queues to see Jimmy White stretched out of Waterstones and along Coney Street as the memorable player signed copies of his autobiography. Second Wind charts the many ups and downs
THIS is how York’s Hungate site is eventually set to look from the air following the completion of a £130 million redevelopment. The computer-generated aerial image has gone on display at a new public exhibition about the latest two phases – three
A VOICE expert who has taught many leading Hollywood stars how to speak is to give a lecture at the University of York on his work. Dialect and dialogue coach Andrew Jack has worked with stars such as Pierce Brosnan when he was James Bond, Cate
A NORTH Yorkshire footballer is facing a potential ten-year ban from the game for allegedly assaulting a referee after being sent off for disputing a goal in a cup tie. Police were called to the open-age Scarborough & District FA Junior Cup
ONE York school’s festive production was far from just another Winter’s Tale thanks to the addition of some un-ewe-sual extras. Drama students at Bootham School performed with Unity, Alysia and Ultimate Teddy, three rare breed sheep who joined
LIGHT Armoured Vehicles are being deployed across Yorkshire as part of a recruitment drive by the York-based Queen’s Own Yeomanry. The light armoured Army Reserve regiment wants more reservists from civilian life to join up, and reservist soldiers
THE new chief executive of York CVS will be Luke Barnett, currently director of business operation at Saint Catherine’s Hospice, Scarborough. George Wood, one of York CVS’ trustees, said: “York CVS has a strong 75-year history of supporting and
MORE than 140 musical acts will fill the streets of York this weekend to raise money for a local charity. Sing For SASH will see buskers and musicians spread the word of Safe And Sound Homes, which works to prevent young homelessness among the
FEARS are growing tonight that York may lose an historic railway headquarters after a consortium of Stagecoach and Virgin won the new franchise for the East Coast mainline. York Central MP Hugh Bayley said he understood that while new operator
DEFENDING UK Champion Neil Robertson marched into the second round with a 6-0 drubbing of Leicester teenager Joe O'Connor. Robertson was rarely troubled against the Wigston youngster, who had a good chance to win the fourth frame but few other
