ANY old irons put Simon Dyson back in the mix for a seventh European Tour crown. The York-born ace goes into tomorrow's third round of the Joburg Open in a three-way tie for second place after he fired a five-under-par 67 on the east course of
STEPHANE ZUBAR believes York City need their leaders to step forward during tomorrow afternoon's home match with Exeter. The Guadeloupe international feels the club lacked on-pitch authority during last weekend's 3-0 defeat at Northampton and knows
THREE men have been arrested over the theft of an ATM in East Yorkshire. Humberside Police said a JCB had been used to smash the ATM and remove it from the wall of the HSBC in South Cave, Brough, south of Market Weighton, in events similar to the
A MAN is in serious condition in hospital after suffering head injuries in an attack at a house in York. A woman was arrested when armed North Yorkshire Police officers and a dog unit were called to a disturbance at a house in Moore Avenue, off
TICKETS go on sale on Monday for Berwick Kaler’s 37th panto at York Theatre Royal - with fans expected once again to queue through the night. Dick Whittington And His Meerkat will be the first production to take place next Christmas following the
THE family of a young girl from York with a serious illness have launched an appeal to help change her life. Eight-year-old Poppy Wadsworth lives with a congenital birth condition called cloaca, which occurs in only one in 50,000 children.
POLITICIANS love statistics and in the run up to May's general election they will be bombarding those of us less enamoured by facts and figures with any number of reasons why they're right and everyone else is wrong. That said, here's a couple
A FUNDRAISER whose family has been hit by cancer is calling on women of all ages to join her in taking a stand against the disease by supporting a new event this year. Rachel Speight-McGregor, 45, has signed up for Race for Life Pretty Muddy which
PERFECT Nonsense by name and perfect nonsense in theatrical style, this West End hit makes the perfect Wooster sauce. It is a new play rooted in an old favourite, the Jeeves and Wooster partnership that still delights after all these years, as
Beloved singer Katherine Jenkins’s Home Sweet Home tour sees the Welsh mezzo soprano celebrating ten years of success and accolades. The world’s most prolific classical crossover artist has released nine albums and sold more than eight million
NORTH Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire's strengths in the food and drink industry have been recognised as five local businesses are selected as Food Stars as part of a new national initiative. The family-run companies, spreading the length
TIME is running out for investors, entrepreneurs and students with a passion for science and technology to register for this year's Venturefest Yorkshire. Now in its 12th year, the event at York Racecourse is expected to attract more than 1,500
THE parent company behind the York Dungeon visitor attraction has reported rising revenues in its first year as a public-traded company. Merlin Entertainments welcomed more than 60 million visitors across its portfolio of attractions over 2014,
RETAILERS in York's city centre are being invited to a networking event to talk about issues affecting business. Held at Kennedy's Bar and Restaurant in Little Swinegate on Wednesday, March 11, the event is being organised by York Retail Forum.
A YORK woman who is director general of the Institute of Export has received an OBE for services to business. Lesley Batchelor, who lives in Acomb, received her honour at an Investiture at Buckingham Palace held by The Princess Royal on behalf
KITTY Bridges pocket book can fit into not only pockets but also village halls, town halls, hotels, pubs, Georgian town houses, tithe barns, Italian coffee houses, parochial halls and arts centres. Common Ground Theatre find common ground for theatrical
NEW research published this week announced that getting angry could cause stress on your heart, and potentially lead to a heart attack. I think it’s fair to say that this research was as vital to our understanding of the human body, as the other
YOUNG artists from across York have been trying their hand at creating a masterpiece for the city's art gallery. Back in November, York Museums Trust launched the LS Lowry in York - School Challenge and today was the deadline for schools to get
MUCH-LOVED attractions will go head to head as they battle it out for tourism glory. Visit York's annual awards are set to take place on June 3 with everything from hotels to restaurants, pubs and museums vying for a range of gongs. During
A NORTH Yorkshire brewery has submitted plans to build new homes on its land. Samuel Smith Old Brewery has applied to Selby District Council to build five new two-bedroom terraced houses and two three-bedroom semi-detached homes in Wighill Lane
Protesters are due to take to the streets in York and North Yorkshire this weekend as part of a day of action in support of the NHS. The coordinated event has been organised by campaign group 38 Degrees to take place across the UK as a stand against
BLUE Watch firefighters at Selby fire station used their hoses to raise funds for the firefighters benevolent fund by washing the public’s cars at the fire station. A continuous queue of cars waiting to be washed helped them raise £250 for the
A NEW corporate plan has been approved by Selby District Council, setting out how it will spend money delivering local services. A spokesman said the plan looked at how the authority would work with communities to achieve what mattered most as
THE bones of 12 men who could have been executed in York at the time of the War of the Roses will go on display in the city next month. Work by Northern Powergrid on the Knavesmire unearthed the bones and radiocarbon dating of two of the skeletons
A REWARD has been offered after a buzzard was found with serious injuries in East Yorkshire. Humberside Police and the RSPB said the buzzard was found in the Sledmere Estate, near Driffield, on January 21, and was believed to have been hurt using
THE Archbishop of York has praised headteachers and youth councils for encouraging young people to become a positive force in their own communities. Dr John Sentamu was speaking to secondary school heads and students at a conference organised by
JOHN Prescott's attempts to introduce regional assemblies in northern England in 2004 failed for lack of interest. Only one referendum was held, in the north east. Fewer than half of voters bothered to take part - and the vast majority of those
HELMSLEY is the epitome of middle England, all tea shops and families stopping en route to the coast. No wonder it has a reputation for gastronomy. Now the picture postcard town has another reason to celebrate, with Hunters being named Britain's
I HAVE some experience of visiting care homes. I can think of nothing more disheartening and, in some cases, disturbing. I used to visit an aunt living in a very well-appointed private care home. One day I arrived rather later than usual and
I FEEL confident in stating that the NHS benefits the entire population of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. I now cast my eyes in the direction of the proposed HS2 Railway development. This programme will, from available information, benefit
SINCE 2010, average pay across Yorkshire and the Humber has fallen by £2,380 per year in real terms. The Government says that new jobs are being created, but far too many are poorly paid, with low hours and little security. The average UK worker
MAY I suggest Mr Westmorland (Letters, February 20) takes the trouble to read up on Bomber Command in the last war. I would suggest Dresden by Frederick Taylor and Bomber Harris by Henry Probert. Then, perhaps, he might learn some respect for the
WHAT a shame Selby Council feels it cannot cope with the motorcyclists who want to do a “Ride of Honour” on Remembrance Sunday. I have seen these men at Squires Cafe keeping a two-minute silence and it brought a tear to the eye. Come on, Selby
Allow me to congratulate Helen Mead on her excellent column in Tuesday’s paper (I choose not to have all this choice, February 24). I don’t have a cat, although I love animals, but her observations apply to so many aspects of ordinary life these
AS part of his business course at York College, my 17-year-old son was asked by his Events Management Tutor to organise a charity tombola. He is quite shy so I went with him for back-up. We have been astonished at the generosity of the small
WE WERE extremely angry after reading the letter of complaint about teachers from A D Rogers (Letters, February 20). Obviously the writer has no knowledge of what teachers do outside the classroom. Do lessons plan themselves, do books get magically
DESPITE what Bill Shankly might have said, football is not a matter of life and death – but other things are. Qatar’s bid for the 2022 World Cup was made on a completely different basis to that presented now. This is also to ignore the rumours
I READ your article on speed bumps (The Press, February 20) with great interest. I am also badly affected by their impact on my spine because I have a replacement disk in my neck. The prosthesis I have has no absorption properties, so jolts from
ANYONE who has met Rachael Maskell will recognise that this unassuming woman is far more than a union official (Public deserves more than a union official, February 21). Labour’s short-listed candidates were all impressive for their commitment
WHAT an absolute disaster the Green’s leader Natalie Bennett is. Being interviewed after the Green launch of their election candidates accompanied by some policy statements, she blustered and fudged and was barely coherent at times. Her policies
I WONDER if the leader of the Tory group of City of York Council is losing touch with the real world? In separate articles in The Press (February 19th) he praises the Con/Dem government on “bringing unemployment down”. Whilst this is a good
A FLEET of luxury cars which were seized by a York-based Trading Standards team, will be auctioned to the public today. The cars, including five Bentleys and a Ferrari, were seized from a pair of rogue traders by the National Trading Standards
100 years ago What was stated to be one of the most expensive films exhibited in York recently had been booked by Mr Bert Rutter, manager of the Victoria Hall, for exhibition the following week. This was “The Escape,” a first-class production
THE Lord Mayor of York is hosting a charity fashion show in York. Councillor Ian Gillies will host the event at the Guildhall on Thursday, March 5, in aid of his chosen charities of the year, York Teaching Hospital Charity and York Against Cancer
SELBY District Council has decided to freeze its council tax in the coming year. The decision means that residents will pay no more council tax to fund services provided by the authority such as bin collections, leisure services, housing support
SOME 73 per cent of fresh shop-bought chickens are contaminated with the food poisoning bug campylobacter, and almost a fifth have tested positive at the highest level, new results show. The Food Standards Agency's cumulative results from the first
A DRINK-driver who raced a stolen car up and down a residential street at midnight has been jailed. Jake Johnson, 20, tried to escape when police arrived and pursued him, but drove into a ditch before crashing into a tree, said Matthew Collins,
FORMER York City footballer Clarke Carlisle is setting up a mental health awareness charity. The move comes over two months after he reportedly stepped in front of a lorry on the A64 near York, intending to kill himself. The former Professional
A GROUP of young people in York paid tribute to victims of the Holocaust through a theatre piece they devised themselves. Final Curtain Drama Group presented Too Hard To Imagine, asking questions like “what would you take if you only had one suitcase
FURTHER victims of Jimmy Savile at Leeds General Infirmary have come forward - as a former nurse said she believed she saw him in the hospital's mortuary as long ago as 1954. The fresh allegations emerged in a new report published yesterday about
THE University of York is among a group of elite institutions told to double the number of disadvantaged students they take each year. Admissions watchdog, the Office for Fair Access, wants to see the number of poorer students reach 40,000 in the
THE searches of an alleyway in connection with Claudia Lawrence's disappearance found "nothing of significance" but detectives are still pursuing a new lead, they have confirmed. North Yorkshire Police's Major Crime Unit arranged the search behind
YORK City attacker Emile Sinclair is hoping to win back the support of the club’s fans following the dismal 3-0 defeat against Northampton. Sinclair knows the Sixfields performance will have tested the loyalty of the Minstermen faithful and is
ONLY second-bottom Cheltenham Town have gone longer without a League Two victory than York City’s opponents tomorrow Exeter. The Grecians have not won any of their last six matches, taking only three points from a possible 18, while Cheltenham
PAUL MARSHALL says he is gearing up for the “biggest” game of his managerial career as Tadcaster Albion bid for a berth in the FA Vase semi-final. The Brewers boss has enjoyed major success in the FA Cup - leading Harrogate Railway to the second
HIGHWORTH TOWN have warned Tadcaster Albion they are in a false league position ahead of the duo’s FA Vase quarter-final clash. The Wiltshire outfit are only eighth in the Hellenic Premier League and were given a 4-1 dusting at home by Flackwell
SELBY RUFC head coach Richard Nicholson has called for consistency from his stuttering outfit as they prepare to host Malton & Norton RUFC in a fierce Yorkshire One derby battle tomorrow. The Sandhill Laners have been up and down all season
DONALD McCAIN is aiming to strike while the iron is hot with Nefyn Bay at Doncaster this afternoon. The Cheshire trainer has placed the gelding to win four races in under a month and two in less than a fortnight. Nefyn Bay, in action as recently
DUNNINGTON consolidated second position in the first division of the York Sunday Morning Football League after a 2-1 victory over Hounds. Jimmy Willmoth broke through the Hounds back-line after 25 minutes before some good footwork from Harry Lynn
LAST minute deals over free buses, the future of Castlegate and Yearsley Pool have seen City of York councillors agree a budget for the year ahead. The deal - dubbed "green on the outside, red on the inside" by Conservative opponent Cllr Paul Healey
CITY leaders plan to explore a "new direction" for the Reynard's Garage site in York city-centre, it has announced. The site, in Piccadilly, had been earmarked for a hotel but that plan has been shelved by City of York Council. There had been
