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RICHARD DAWSON has left his position as Yorkshire’s second XI coach to take on the head coach’s job at former county Gloucestershire. Dawson returns to Bristol, where he left only last year to replace New Zealander John Bracewell, meaning the White

A DREADFUL second round extended Simon Dyson’s cut-off desert doldrums. For the third tournament in a row, the 37-year-old fell short of making the weekend action when he missed the midway cut in the Omega Dubai Classic. Dyson was comfortably

A CHARITY shop in York city centre was evacuated this afternoon after a 'grenade' was found in a donated cosmetics bag. North Yorkshire Police said bomb disposal experts were called to the Cancer Research UK shop in Coney Street at 1.40pm.

ARE you sitting comfortably? I am. But then I am in the new Mercedes C-Class, voted by readers of Business Car as their Car of the Year and looking a lot like the bigger E-Class and S-Class models from the German premium brand manufacturer. This

MORE than a third of children in England are overweight or obese, according to a 20-year study of electronic health records. However, a rapid rise in the problem may be starting to level off, at least in younger children, the findings indicate,

It is one of the finest medieval buildings in York. Yet if all goes to plan, the Guildhall could soon be the base for a thriving and very 21st century industry – the digital media arts. STEPHEN LEWIS reports. IN A city such as York, the ancient

THE University of York will present Heard Above The Battle's Roar, a poignant reflection of the First World War through music and poetry, in a day of concerts at the National Centre for Early Music, York, tomorrow. Led by tenor Joshua Ellicott,

THE theatre tent for York Theatre Royal's summer residency at the National Railway Museum has arrived from Canada. Museum and theatre staff gathered on Monday to greet the containers shipped from Toronto, where the canvas canopy was used in Theatre

THE other day two Jehovah's Witnesses called at my house. When I told them I was a practising Catholic, they quickly wrapped up the conversation and moved on to my neighbour's. In the words of a school report, they probably put me down as "tries, but

A PRIVATE health care supplier which employs more than 150 people in York has been awarded a new contract to provide NHS services. Following a competitive tender process Ramsay Health Care, which operates Clifton Park Hospital, in Shipton Road,

FIVE York jobs were saved when a vehicle interior specialist secured funding to ensure the future of the business. Funding from the Business Enterprise Fund (BEF) positioned Seat Surgeons for growth, with the business now hoping to expand its team

COMBUSTION and heat transfer specialist Process Combustion has been bought out by its management team. The Harrogate-based company, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, designs and manufactures products and provides support services

TRIBUTES have been paid to a D-day veteran who passed away earlier this month. Frank Nottingham died peacefully at South Park Nursing Home in Acomb on January 11, aged 90, following a life which saw him go from humble beginnings in York to a stretch

A YORK-based international development charity has gathered its representatives based in deprived countries across the globe for their annual general meeting. International Service, located in Rougier Street, protect and promote the rights of marginalised

Police searching for a missing teenage girl from Selby say she has been found safe and well. Rebecca Powell, 15, had not been seen since Monday when officers put out an appeal to trace her. North Yorkshire Police have thanked members of the

A WOMAN who has provided an estimated 1.5 million hours of childcare over almost a quarter of a century in Easingwold is retiring. Judith Tubb, who started the town's first full-time nursery school in 1991, is now handing over the keys to one of

AMERICAN confectionery giant Hershey has obtained a lawsuit barring an import firm from bringing York-made Yorkie bars into America. Hershey claimed Yorkies were one of a number of British chocolates by Nestlé and Cadbury which might confuse customers

CHILDREN in a York suburb will benefit from a £90,000 boost for their local Children’s Centre thanks to an idea for New York. It follows a City of York Council bid for Government funding to trial a new Children’s Centre model at Haxby Road Children's

A TEENAGER who refused to spend Christmas and birthday money so he could buy an off-road bike has appealed to the thieves who stole it from his grandfather's garage. Thieves took Nathan Jeffrey's RTM motorbike from the lock-up in Osbaldwick Lane

THOUSANDS are expected to take part in a mass cycle ride along the route of the first ever Tour de Yorkshire. Hours before the professionals race in May, an event is open to riders who can choose from 50km, 100km or 140km routes which will follow

THREE members of a York school who have gone through open heart surgery are asking people to take part in Wear Red Day. Knavesmire Primary School pupils Ruby Trewin and Margaux Barker, as well as teaching assistant Jack Rochester, have all undergone

A FRAUDSTER claimed more than £3,000 in benefits despite having a job at the same time. Anthea Willetts, 63, of Foundry House, Dixons Yard, claimed housing and council tax benefit as well as Department for Work and Pensions benefits for five years

A HOTELIER has revealed how Sir Winston Churchill paid a top secret wartime visit to his York premises during the run-up to D-Day in 1944. As Britain today marks the 50th anniversary of Churchill's state funeral, Dennis Dewsnap, proprietor of The

PUPILS at a York secondary school remembered the Holocaust. Normal lessons were put on hold at Millthorpe School in South Bank as students in Year 9 undertook a whole day devoted to remembering the Holocaust. The rest of the school attended dedicated

SO now we know. The cost to council taxpayers in York of the botched Lendal Bridge trial is £760,000... and counting. Because of the ongoing cost of refunding the £1.3 million in fines that were imposed, the bill could yet rise higher. What a tragic

THERE is some brighter news on funding for rural roads in the region. Several schemes in North and East Yorkshire have received substantial funding from Whitehall's 'Local Growth Deal'. They include dualling of the A1079 near Barmby Moor; a new

I WAS disappointed to read Cllr John Galvin’s thinly-veiled criticism of independent councillors and his defence of the Conservative group (Letters, January 28). John knows that my position in the Conservative group had become gradually more untenable

I QUESTION how far removed from reality Pamela Frankland of Dunnington can be (The Press, January 23), when she states that chancellor George Osborne has been brilliant in adversity. I suggest that maybe she got her words mixed up and intended

THE General Election is only three months away and yet the York Labour Party has still not yet chosen a candidate for York Central Constituency. The interest in this seat is intense. Seven Labour candidates recently presented their credentials

SO the Labour hierarchy has decreed that the candidates for the vacated position in York can only be women. What next, selection on ethnicity, sexual or religious persuasion? In these days of equal opportunity this should be illegal – and if not

I AM always interested in Colin Hall’s opinion, all the more so of late when as a party member he has often been critical of the Labour group (Letters, January 26). However, I was surprised to be singled out for backing the sale of York Theatre

ON Saturday January 30, 1965, Winston Churchill was buried and my friend Joan O’Reilly and I were at work at the exclusive F W Woolworths. The store was closed for around two hours to enable the staff to watch the funeral, which was on a small

IN response to Philip Roe’s letter of January 21 about the police, with each passing generation circumstances change to meet new challenges in society. However, in 1829 Sir Robert Peel, after an experimental stage in Ireland while Home Secretary

AS a general rule every picture tells a story, if facial expressions count for anything. The picture of Dr John Sentamu, in The Press, is seen giving the thumbs-up sign over the consecration of the first woman bishop. It looks to me like this

I WROTE recently to The Press hoping to elicit a response from the council in regard to the stadium fiasco. The silence is deafening. We all know that City have no money, so what is Plan B if they get relegated? Although no one seems to know what

I THINK Malcolm Glover has more faith in human beings than a lot of people (Letters, January 26, “God was invented by men”). I believe that if there was no religion, man would still be at war with each other because of envy, greed and wanting power

IT WAS with interest that I read (The Press, January 19) particularly Terry Smith’s manifesto for the forthcoming council elections. His sweeping promises and enthusiasm are most commendable. However, I was most disappointed that he failed to include

I WAS impressed to learn from The Press of January 26 that Cllr Linsay Cunningham knows that there are 28,888 smokers in York. I myself was a professional smoker for over 40 years, but gave it up so that I could save the money for more gin and

ON January 13, I had day surgery at York Hospital. Despite A&E and the wards being on red alert due to the large numbers of patients over Christmas, the surgery went ahead. All of the staff were friendly and professional. People are quick to

I RECENTLY had a close look at the new lifebelt stations, which were very impressive. But could I be so bold as to offer my own ideas to improve them further. Is it possible to fit an alarm to the doors that activate a warning signal to the

100 years ago THE Yorkshire Herald published a remarkable list of the York men who were serving in his Majesty’s forces. The list contained more than 3,000 names, and had been mainly compiled in connection with the work of the York Citizens

THE abandoned Lendal Bridge trial cost York taxpayers three-quarters of a million pounds and the costs are still mounting up, The Press can reveal. City of York Council bosses have admitted that setting up and running the unpopular experiment cost

A MAN has been cleared of kidnapping and wounding another man after the alleged victim stopped working with police. Wayne Simon Illingworth, 30, has spent months on charges which could have put him behind bars for years. But the case collapsed

A REVELLER who came close to blinding a man in an unprovoked nightclub attack has been given a 15-month suspended prison sentence. Conor Sean Mulhearn, 21, was on bail awaiting trial for an unprovoked assault on a man when he punched a second victim

There was a spate of minor accidents and crashes yesterday afternoon when the bad weather hit. Police from York and Ryedale were called to a number of accidents, from mid afternoon and long into the evening rush hour, and said while there had been

YORK City striker Jake Hyde will not make Bootham Crescent’s poor pitch an excuse if the team continue their struggle to win home matches. The Minstermen have only won one of their 16 fixtures in North Yorkshire this season and an unpredictable

YORK City will be aiming to become the first visiting side to score a goal during more than eight hours of football at Southend United this weekend. The Shrimpers have not conceded in five games on their own soil – a sequence that stretches back

MOVES are afoot to create a York City Knights Supporters’ Trust with the ultimate aim of getting a voice on the club’s new board. The current fans’ body is the Knights Independent Supporters’ Society (KISS), whose main objective is to raise money

TADCASTER ALBION'S four new recruits are eager to keep the club on track for a historic quadruple. As the Brewers kept up their hunt for silverware on four fronts alive with a 6-1 thumping of Retford United in the fourth round of the League Cup

HARD work and determination will get Pickering Town back to winning ways, reckons boss Tony Hackworth. The player-boss watched his side slump to their first defeat since the start of December last weekend as Albion Sports came to the Recreation

THE summit meeting clash in the York Sunday Morning Football League top tier proved one-side as Wigginton Grasshoppers downed hosts Dunnington 7-0. With the game just eight minutes old, Grasshoppers were ahead when Jamie Green got in behind the

MALTON & Norton RUFC are virtually nailed on for the play-off place in Yorkshire One - but they haven’t given up hope of nicking the automatic promotion spot from Doncaster Phoenix. Malton, relegated from North One East last year but looking

STUDENT Isaac Beevor pulled off a notable victory over top player Paul Robertson but it was not enough to prevent York RI ‘A’ securing a 7-3 victory over University ‘A’ division one of the SLT FM Solutions Ltd York and District Table Tennis League.