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  • Inquiry to be held over controversial York waste site plans

    A CABIENT minister has called a public inquiry into controversial plans to extend the Harewood Whin recycling plant on the outskirts of York. Eric Pickles, Local Government Secretary, made the announcement today. Yorwaste Ltd had applied to

  • Aurore D'Estruval blow strikes John Quinn's Festival hopes

    TOP North Yorkshire hope Aurore D’Estruval, second favourite in the OLBG Mares’ Hurdle at Cheltenham, is set to miss the race. Twice a Listed winner this season and runner-up to Irving in the Grade 1 Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle, the John

  • Scarborough Bridge reopens to trains

    TRAINS have returned to Scarborough Bridge after it received a multimillion pound facelift. The structure over the River Ouse re-opened on Monday following a £6million project to replace a section of track and its bridge decks.   City ready

  • York pupils get chance to visit Western Front battlefields

    PUPILS from 11 York schools will get the chance to take part in a First World War battlefields tour. Two pupils and one teacher from each of the secondary schools, are set to travel to the Western Front from March 6-9 to take part in an education

  • Eclipse 2015: UK could be plunged into darkness on March 20

    BRITAIN could witness its most spectacular solar eclipse since 1999 next month. Experts say nearly 90 per cent of the sunlight could be blocked out in parts of Europe, on the morning of March 20. The eclipse should begin at 8.45am, peak at

  • David Hockney's Yorkshire landscapes given a digital twist

    David Hockney has sent a love letter to Yorkshire with a new exhibition of his vividly colourful iPad paintings of the Wolds, writes JIM GREENHALF. DAVID HOCKNEY may have left the East Coast of Yorkshire for the West Coast of the United States,

  • Knitted Tour de France jerseys turned in cosy blankets

    THE thousands of knitted miniature jerseys that lined the route of last year’s Tour de France have been given a new use – as cosy blankets. The idea to use mini-jerseys as bunting to welcome the Tour was originally dreamt up by students from the

  • Partnership set to improve policing

    THE University of York and North Yorkshire Police are set to work together in a new £6.7 million project. The N8 Policing Research Partnership is an initiative which aims to use academics and research at eight universities around the north of England

  • Pre-tax profits on the up at Drax but challenges remain

    THE company behind North Yorkshire power station Drax has reported an increase in pre-tax profits of more than 400 per cent but warns of a challenging year ahead. Drax bosses said the group had faced "regulatory headwinds" last year; one side of

  • Estate agent eyes float in bid to raise capital for growth

    A YORK-based estate agency group has revealed plans to raise £2.5 million through a float on AIM as it looks to grow its network to 500 branches by 2020. Hunters, which opened its first branch in York 22 years ago, is now the UK's sixth largest

  • Olympic hero to open new £7m Selby Leisure Centre

    A DOUBLE Olympic gold medallist will officially open the new £7 million Selby Leisure Centre next month. Rebecca Adlington, who became the first British athlete to win two gold medals during the 2012 Olympics, will visit the town and will also

  • Police plea after razor blades theft at Selby supermarket

    CCTV images have been released by police in connection with a theft from a Selby shop. Gillette razor blades, worth about £100, were stolen from Tesco in Portholme Road, at about 9pm on November 28. North Yorkshire Police have only just released

  • Pupils lay down the law at school court

    CHILDREN returned verdicts of "fantastic" and "really cool" when magistrates came to their school to administer justice in a case of theft in the school cloakroom. York and Selby JPs Paul Ironmonger and Joe Lennon gave older children at Poppleton

  • Pedestrian in hospital after Selby crash

    A MAN was left with serious injuries after a road accident in Selby late last night. The man, who had been on foot, was taken to Hull Royal Infirmary with what police are calling "serious but non-life-threatening injuries". The crash happened

  • Opponents’ joy at lap dancing club decision

    TRADERS and councillors have spoken of their joy after a lap dancing club was refused permission to expand during race days. City of York Council's Gambling, Licensing and Regulatory Committee decided against granting a variation of a licence to

  • Scheme offers pupils a chance to learn life-saving skills

    SECONDARY schools across the country are being encouraged to sign up for a life-saving lesson. Restart a Heart Day, which last year saw more than 11,000 schoolchildren trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), will be repeated again this

  • Councillors back plan to protect green area in Kirkbymoorside

    COUNCILLORS in Kirkbymoorside have backed pleas for a field on the outskirts of the town to be safeguarded for sports facilities and not to be used for providing housing. The decision came after Howard Mudd, president of the town’s cricket club

  • This mystery needs to find resolution

    CLAUDIA Lawrence's family should have been celebrating the York chef's 41st birthday on Friday. Instead, they look set to mark another miserable milestone in the almost six years since she disappeared without trace. Over those years, hopes of finding

  • Building booster

    THERE has been much talk of an improvement in the UK's economy, but most of the feel-good factor seems to have been confined to the south east. Now, though, there is tangible evidence that the whole country is benefiting with York housebuilder

  • This is why we have ‘Baker days’

    I WISH to set the record straight in respect of teacher training days and not for the first time (Letters, February 20). Historically most teachers spent two or three days in school voluntarily before the start of the Autumn term and at least a

  • Pilots were fighting for our freedom

    WHILE I have not heard any of the comments of Archbishop Welby regarding United States bombing policy (Letters, February 20) , I would like to make some observations regarding the bombing of Dresden and the suggestion that the raid itself was not heroic

  • Bombing was carefully planned

    THE sickening comments by the writer from Pocklington (Letters, February 20) deserve a reply. Dresden was targeted when the war was reaching its peak; it was a strategic point for German armies assembling and transporting to the Russian front;

  • Criticism of Dresden air raid is an insult

    R. WESTMORELAND (Letters, February 20) insults the men of Bomber Command and the US 8th. Air Force. He hasn’t a clue about the air raid on Dresden or any other for that matter. He quotes the figure of a possible 300,000 dead. This was the figure

  • Use of apprentices just doesn’t add up

    WHAT a hoo-ha over apprentices. The construction companies are concerned that in the future there will be a lack of skilled workers. The Labour Party banned apprenticeships as cheap labour, remember Mr Miliband? A local national building

  • It’s time to protect the tower daffodils

    WITH reference the report of February 23 about the investigation works at Clifford's Tower, I note that English Heritage say: "We know how important the daffodils are to the history and visual attraction of Clifford's Tower and would like to emphasise

  • Germs of truth in handkerchief fear

    MY father’s handkerchiefs were white and about the size of a table napkin. It marked the end of his daily dressing ritual when he unfurled one, shaking out the creases that my mother had so lovingly ironed in. My child’s version was of moderate

  • Hearing aids must never be reduced

    RECENTLY it has been decided that in order to cut costs, those with hearing problems will only be provided with one hearing aid instead of the recommended two. This is making life hard as hearing loss causes balance problems which two aids can

  • Election soon so the attacks begin

    SO THE General Election has started and with it, the dreary business of attacks on opponents. Rather than criticising any of Labour candidate Rachael Maskell’s policies, Tory candidate Robert McIlveen (Letters, February 21) attacks her fitness

  • Show some care instead of closure

    WHAT devastating news. Four years and more than £350,000 wasted after City of York Council scraps the “Super care homes plan” (The Press, February 24). This decision comes after the sale of the once fantastically council-managed care home Oliver

  • I’m still living on to pen these letters

    I NEVER even knew City of York Council had a health and wellbeing board until the day I reached my 65th year and read online that Cllr Lynsay Cunningham was “particularly concerned” about my mortality in an article on falling life expectancy of retired

  • February 25

    100 years ago IN addition to the trains on the North Eastern railway system which had already been stopped others would be withdrawn from Monday, March 1. The curtailment of the services was, of course, on account of so many of the company’

  • Students have designs in denim for hospice fashion date

    DENIM is the order of the day at a hospice fashion show. A collection of one-off customised denim jackets made by students of York College will be a highlight of this year’s fashion show organised by the St Leonard’s Hospice charity shops.

  • Congestion commission delayed until after election

    BACKBENCH councillors have forced a rethink on the £135,000 congestion commission plans for York. The idea was first mooted in the aftermath of the Lendal Bridge closure and firm plans were revealed earlier this year, but provoked objections to

  • Nursery reopens following arson attack

    A NURSERY that had to close for a week after a York arson attack has reopened. Muddy Boots is based at the old Manor School site in Boroughbridge Road, but when arsonists broke into the school and set fire to classrooms on the first floor.

  • New Visuality Arts Awards lead to exhibitions

    THE New Visuality Arts Awards, held to celebrate the creativity of the city's young talent, will lead to a series of exhibitions, says According To McGee director Greg McGee. New Visuality is the charity arm of the McGee gallery in Tower Street

  • Internet journalists deny harassing police

    A PAIR of internet journalists say they "categorically deny" an alleged campaign of harassment against North Yorkshire Police. Police allege Timothy Hicks and Nigel Ward have carried out a campaign of harassment - which involved numerous emails

  • Company boss denies road death charge

    A MALTON insurance company boss has appeared in court accused of causing the death of a young motorcyclist by careless driving. Sean McClarron, of McClarron Insurance Brokers, who is also Master of the Derwent Hunt, yesterday made his first appearance

  • Motorist is jailed for use of speed detector jammer

    A MOTORIST has been jailed for two months for using a jamming device which interfered with police safety cameras in North Yorkshire. Nigel Stephenson was jailed at Bradford Crown Court for perverting the course of justice by a judge who also banned

  • Bobby Olejnik: "York City must learn to shut up shop"

    ON-LOAN goalkeeper Bobby Olejnik has insisted York City must learn how to “shut up shop” following Saturday’s 3-0 defeat at Northampton. Olejnik had kept his only clean sheet during eight outings for the Minstermen during the previous weekend’s

  • Knights chief John Guildford: 'Take over bid is no surprise'

    YORK City Knights supremo John Guildford says he is not surprised by JM Packaging’s approach to take over the club. The Press exclusively revealed yesterday that the Malton-based company – owned by York City chairman Jason McGill – had written

  • Racing tips: Hurricane to spur more McCoy joy

    TONY McCOY, who took a rare day off yesterday, is back in action at Bangor today seeking to add to the 21 winners he’s ridden this month from 64 mounts, at a strike-rate of 33 per cent. Clearly, and typically, the 19-times champion jockey is still