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  • Review: Bane, Harrogate Studio Theatre, until December 23

    BRUCE Bane is a new breed of pulp-fiction anti-hero. He may be inspired by hard-boiled detective stories and clasic film noir, but he belongs to the modern age of Hollwood blockbusters too, as much Mel Gibson and Bruce Willis as Humphrey Bogart's

  • 12 scams to be aware of this Christmas

    A NORTH Yorkshire-based team which tackles online crime has urged residents to look out for the 12 Online Scams of Christmas. The National Trading Standards eCrime team, which is based in Northallerton, has already helped prevent fake cosmetics

  • Overseas language trainers celebrate 40th anniversary

    A TRAINING business created to teach specialised English language courses to a corporate audience is celebrating its 40th anniversary. SLS York, based in Clifton Moor, was founded in 1975 by Hugh and Chris Steadman who wanted to offer English language

  • Bentley Flying Spur V8 Mulliner

    SOME cars are beyond the reach of superlatives... and virtually all mere mortals. The new Bentley Flying Spur, a car appearing on wish lists of the super-rich all over the world but particularly in China, where there is a new breed of successful

  • But are people behind you?

    ANYONE who hoped the landmark vote on Scottish independence would magically seal the constitutional genie back into its bottle has seen their wishes disappear in a puff of smoke this week. In the Houses of Pantomime, oops, sorry Parliament, Widow

  • Gloss taken off goal for York City loanee Zubar

    STEPHANE ZUBAR has insisted his costly defensive blunder against AFC Wimbledon last weekend completely overshadowed his first goal in more than three years. The 28-year-old centre-back lost possession after dallying on the ball near the corner

  • York City's hosts hit by shaky record

    BURY will play host to York City tomorrow having lost six of their last seven win-less fixtures. The Shakers, well-fancied for promotion this term, have dropped to ninth in the Sky Bet League Two table following the sorry sequence and are now four

  • Keeping out rivals is Selby Town's main concern

    SELBY TOWN have lost their two leading scorers - but boss Dave Ricardo is more concerned about keeping a clean sheet. Danny Gray departed the Robins to return to Tadcaster Albion and he was quickly followed out of the door at the Northern Counties

  • Tadcaster Albion boss calls on charges to step up to plate

    TADCASTER ALBION'S senior stars must "step up" in the absence of defensive stalwart Denny Ingram, manager Paul Marshall has declared. The Brewers will be without their inspirational 38-year-old centre-half for three games as he serves a suspension

  • Hounds revel in quarter-final pursuit

    TOP flight title contenders Hounds moved into the quarter-finals of the York Sunday Morning Football League Cup with a 3-1 win over Snaith. Chris Jackson, Richard Gladwell and Gavin Clamp were on target for the victors. Marcia Grey were made

  • Challenge Cup draw to be held at Wembley

    THE draw for the first round of rugby league's Challenge Cup will be held at Wembley Stadium on Thursday, January 8, from 12.45pm. The road to a Wembley final on Saturday, August 29 starts with 40 teams taking part in the first two rounds, on the

  • Taxi driver jailed for killing woman

    A TAXI driver who killed a woman in a "frenzied" hammer and knife attack has been sentenced to at least 12 years in prison. Martin Bell, 45, said God told him to kill 23-year-old Gemma Simpson at his flat in Harrogate in May 2000, and pleaded guilty

  • Bones found at Pocklington building site

    ANCIENT skeletons and jewellery from the Iron Age have been unearthed on a building site. The 2,000-year-old human remains from around 800 BC were discovered in a cemetery close to where developer David Wilson Homes is constructing 77 houses in

  • York blogger shortlisted in national competition

    A YORK woman has made the shortlist for a national blogging competition. Lisa Camps of Micklegate is a finalist in the UK Blog Awards for her wedding and lifestyle blog, HappyHomemade.co.uk Lisa, 26, saw off competition from more than 2,000

  • Former teacher faces ban for relationship with boy

    A FORMER Easingwold teacher has been convicted of “unacceptable professional conduct” for sexual activity with a 14-year-old boy. Andrew James Duffell, once an ICT teacher at Easingwold School, faced a hearing at the National College of Teaching

  • Hambleton choir sings for charity

    THREE choirs have joined forces to raise money for food parcels for people in need this Christmas. Hambleton District Council’s choir Hambleton in Harmony, the Northallerton Inspiration Choir and Churches Together Choir sang carols to customers

  • 4,000 visit Santa at Derwent Valley Light Railway

    DERWENT Valley Light Railway at Murton Park has welcomed almost 4,000 visitors to the steam railway’s Santa Special days so far this Christmas season. Scores of families have visited the attractions. Upon arrival, adults receive a mince pie

  • VIDEO: Stunning footage of York captured by drone

    THIS video shows York as few people have seen it ever before. Drone filming has captured the city from the sky - with a drone flying over the Museum Gardens and Yorkshire Museum, swooping over the city walls and giving an aerial view of the Minster

  • Free lights are handed out to help keep cyclists safe

    CYCLISTS in York have been given free bike lights to keep them safe over winter. LED lights and reflective backpack covers were handed out outside York St John University last night to people cycling alone without lights. Sergeant Colin Sutherland

  • Christmas lights displays raise money for charities

    A GRANDFATHER has turned his garden into a second home for Santa to raise money for charity. Trevor Imeson's traditional lights spectacular at his home in Moorgate Plantation, Sessay, takes three weeks to put up but has raised thousands of pounds

  • Drug smuggler caught

    A PILOT has admitted attempting to smuggle cocaine worth £5million into North Yorkshire. Andrew Wright, 51, from Barlow, near Selby was arrested on November 17 after Border Force officers found 34 kilos of cocaine in a light aircraft at Breighton

  • Bogus calls warning

    RESIDENTS in Selby have been warned about bogus phone calls. Fraudsters have made a number of calls to residents in the district, with more than 20 separate incidents reported to the council on Thursday. A spokeswoman for the authority said

  • Cake competition at Goole Academy aids District Lions

    STAFF at Goole Academy have helped raise £46 for Goole District Lions with a competition to win a Christmas cake. The Yuletide treat had been made and decorated on behalf of the charity group and staff members were invited to pay £1 to put their

  • Hambleton Community Awards nominations

    NOMINATIONS are still open for the Hambleton Community Awards. The awards recognise unsung heroes in the community and their contributions to community groups, service to young, old, disabled people, and other areas. The scheme was set up by

  • Your guide to great Christmas beers in York this weekend

    CHRISTMAS crackers are being pulled early in York - in pubs all over the city. The festive beers have hit the bars and once again there are some beauties to be had. The Phoenix in George Street is the place to start. If you've not been along

  • Arrests made after knife brawl at Indian restaurant

    TWO men were arrested after kitchen staff fought and grappled over a knife in a York restaurant. Police were called to Lal Quila restaurant in Bishopthorpe Road at about 10.20pm on Tuesday, after a heated argument between two men who worked in

  • Expectant mothers urged to get flu jab

    EXPECTANT mothers are urged to put the flu jab at the top of their Christmas list this festive period. NHS England in North Yorkshire and Humber has asked women to consider the jab after a new report revealed 36 pregnant women have died from flu

  • Funding reduction to affect North Yorkshire Police

    NEW cuts to North Yorkshire Police budgets will mean changes for the force. Chief Constable Dave Jones said HMIC had classed the force’s efficiency as ‘outstanding’ and rated its financial planning for the future as ‘good’. However, the Government

  • Government set to increase funding for schools

    SCHOOL funding is set to increase for pupils in North and East Yorkshire. The government is handing out an extra £16 million to schools in Yorkshire and the Humber as it aims to help every child reach their full potential in education. Every

  • Union Terrace mum’s anger over needle in garden

    A YORK mum said it is unacceptable her children have found a discarded needle while playing and have witnessed people collapsed or urinating in the street. Mum-of-four Rosy Casimir, of Union Terrace, is leading an appeal for action to make the

  • Attempted break-in at Whitley

    RESIDENTS in Whitley have been urged to remain vigilant after an attempted break-in. Two male youths were disturbed while trying to get into a shed in Silver Street at about 12.30pm on Saturday, December 13. North Yorkshire Police said both

  • House fire at Falsgrave Crescent

    FIRE crews were called to a terraced house in Falsgrave Crescent at about 12.50pm on Wednesday. A fire had started in the living room of the property, and a North Yorkshire Fire Service spokeswoman said it “caused extensive damage” to the living

  • Tributes paid to pedestrian killed on A64

    TRIBUTES have been paid to a man who was killed by a car while crossing the A64. Kevin Younger, 51, was attempting to cross the carriageway at Bilbrough when he was hit by a silver Hyundai i10 at about 10.30pm on Monday. Today, his brother

  • Tough decisions lie ahead for the city

    WE knew it was coming, but only when you see the detail does the full impact of the latest round of local authority funding cuts really hit you. York will be subject to a reduction of 1.8 per cent this year. In short that means yet another year

  • In memory of Ady

    ADRIAN ‘Ady’ Robinson, who played for New Earswick All Blacks for most of his life, suffered an earache last week. He thought it was just a cold, but his condition deteriorated and despite being taken to intensive care, Ady lost his fight for life.

  • Osborne’s still on the right track

    DESPITE what Howard Perry says (Letters, December 16), we should be rejoicing that George Osborne’s Autumn Statement states that the aim is to get government spending down to 35 per cent of GDP, a positive last achieved in the 1930s. What have

  • Lights sequence makes no sense

    RECENTLY, at around 10pm, I drove from the Lord Mayor’s Walk traffic lights, turning left into Gillygate. Looking down the street, I noticed that the lights at Bootham Bar were on green. No other traffic was behind me and thinking that the lights

  • Council signs are waste of money

    AT THE beginning of this year, two road name signs disappeared from the start of our cul-de-sac. This was reported to the council in February. A number of emails followed, then everything went silent. A sign did appear at some point about ten feet

  • Disappointed at casuistic review

    I’M sure that I cannot be the only member of a capacity audience who warmly applauded the young A Cappella group Renaissance last week at the Early Music festival, to be very disappointed by Martin Dreyer’s negative and casuistic review (The Press,

  • Fighting for our community pubs

    THE value of good local pubs was highlighted to me at a recent public meeting I helped organise on the ‘Save the Saddle Inn’ campaign in Fulford. The well-attended event heard from various speakers who, along with local residents, spoke eloquently

  • Diversity is not helped by quotas

    ROBIN DICKSON is right to question the insistence that all Labour candidates wishing to succeed Hugh Bayley must be female (Letters, December 15). This is not the way to pursue diversity or inclusion. This is a way to create disharmony and

  • Cheaper options to deal with traffic

    I AM writing about the new proposal for the upgrading of the A64 at the Hopgrove roundabout. I am worried that a great deal of money was spent not long ago and this has not been a success. The main problem is the fact that there is a dual carriageway

  • Camera work captures Strictly magic

    WHETHER you like the programmes or not, I thought the trio of live television programmes last weekend on BBC and ITV – Strictly Come Dancing, The X Factor Final and BBC Sports Personality of the Year – were outstanding with incredible production values

  • Part of the problem and not the solution

    I WAS interested to see the latest rearranging of the Titanic’s deckchairs, or changes to cabinet as new Labour leader Dafydd Williams likes to call them. On the Labour side it seems to be merely moving around those that have failed before, rather

  • City’s history needs to be protected

    HAVING enjoyed working with David Horton on the council, I was pleased to read his response to my letter (Letters, December 12). He characterises the conduct of the Lib Dem group as carping from the sidelines – I see it as responsible opposition

  • Public vigilance is much appreciated

    I WOULD like to thank D M Deamer for congratulating City of York Council on the installation of new lifebelt stations along the River Foss (Letters, December 16). These lifebelt stations are part of the £100,000 works that I brought forward to

  • Olly Murs, Leeds First Direct Arena, April 20 2015

    OLLY Murs is to play Leeds First Direct Arena on April 20 on next year's Never Been Better Tour. "To all the fans out there, I'm going to be on tour in spring," said the 30-year-old Witham singer, songwriter and presenter on his Twitter account

  • ‘Shabby behaviour’ over Savile case

    ONE might suggest North Yorkshire Police has behaved shabbily over the Jimmy Savile case (The Press, December 18). Firstly, they denied any regional links to Savile when it was common knowledge he spent much time in Scarborough. They also threatened

  • Taking pot shots at our councillors

    PAUL HEPWORTH and Bob Redwood have had letters published in The Press about councillor-bashing. Fifty years ago, I worked with a councillor from a North Yorkshire town, who maintained that councillors were there to be shot at, “verbally”. Edwin

  • December 19

    100 years ago A LETTER received from a subaltern at the front said: “I have been flooded out of my bed, and this little spot on the table seems to be the only one where no muddy drops are falling from the roof of the dug-out and I might as well

  • Nurse slapped elderly patient in the face

    A NURSE who slapped a dementia sufferer and exclaimed ‘oh my God, I can’t believe I did that,’ has been suspended for six months. Jacqueline Hamilton left the elderly man with reddening to his face after the incident at Amarna House, off Boroughbridge

  • Free festive parking in Hambleton

    Shoppers will not be charged for parking in Hambleton District Council-operated car parks over the festive period, from Christmas Eve (3pm) until on January 2 (8am). Parking time limits still apply in short stay-car parks – in Thirsk Market Place

  • Homeless scheme in Hambleton

    A NEW strategy has been launched to tackle homelessness in Hambleton. The five-year plan by Hambleton District Council will work to reduce the number of homeless young people, adults and families, and will start with an eight-week consultation

  • Make right call urge health chiefs

    HEALTH bosses have urged the public to make sure they choose the most appropriate service for their illness this Christmas and New Year. Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust has created a dedicated page on its website providing details of local

  • Campaign raises £600 for York Cats Protection

    FUNDRAISERS have raised £600 for York Cats Protection’s Christmas campaign so far. The charity is offering the chance to sponsor baubles on its tree for £5 by texting 70070 with the message XXCP99 £5, or by going to justgiving.com/YorkCatsProtection

  • Lucy loves a catnap in her tinsel box

    AS THE Christmas decorations came out, six-year-old Lucy, above, decided to bed down in the box of tinsel. Her owner said she does this every year, finding comfort in impromptu places, as cats do. She has also been known to sleep in a sport

  • Memorial service at York Crematorium

    YORK Crematorium is holding an annual open day and memorial service on Sunday, at 12.30pm in the Crematorium Chapel. The 10th anniversary service and will be conducted by the Crematorium Chaplain Fr. Allan Hughes. The 30-minute service of hymns

  • CAMRA hit out at brewery over supermarket deal

    FURIOUS pub campaigners have hit out at the company behind moves to turn a former York pub into a supermarket. City licensees and representatives of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) have accused Marstons, the owners of what used to be The Corner