EAST was best for Simon Dyson who roared past the midway cut and into an outside chance of honours in the East Africa Open. The York ace was back to the sort of scintillating form that graced his first two rounds of the Joburg Open a week ago before
ONE of the new directors involved in getting York City Knights back into community stadium talks has moved to reassure fans they are doing all they can to find a resolution. Gary Dickenson, who was asked by Rugby Football League bosses to intervene
POLICE have urged the public to report any sightings of a missing woman, believed to be in the York area. Jacqueline Davis, 43, from Blyth, was reported missing last Friday after she failed to return home from work in the Newburn area of Northumberland
BRENDAN Cole was joined by a flawless cast of dancers and musicians as he stepped back on to the York Barbican stage on Thursday for his new show A Night To Remember. It truly was an evening of thrills, frills and incredible skill. From a smooth
SUNDAY night will be Sinatra Night this weekend at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York, where a special fund-raising concert for the Haxby Road theatre will mark Ol' Blue Eyes' centenary. Frank Sinatra 100th birthday would have fallen on December
2015 sees the tenth anniversary of Patrick Barlow’s rollicking, farcical adaptation of this classic thriller, here served up by a talented, charming Rowntree Players cast of four. Mark McDonald plays protagonist Richard Hannay; Sarah Howlett, elegantly
Fifty years ago, long before Brideshead, Castle Howard was the location for an expensive Hollywood blockbuster starring Sophia Loren, Paul Newman and David Niven. STEPHEN LEWIS reports. CASTLE HOWARD famously doubled as Brideshead in the TV and
YORK is set to enjoy a taste of spring tomorrow as temperatures climb to 14 C - warmer than Rome, Venice, Tunis and Berlin. Some of the mildest weather of the year so far is being brought to North Yorkshire on south-westerly winds, just days after
THE Archbishop of York visited hospital staff and patients in support of the “amazing work” of the NHS. Dr John Sentamu visited surgical and medical wards at York Hospital to speak with staff and patients, and spent time with the Chaplaincy Team and
ENGLAND'S chief inspector of hospitals has asked members of the public to give feedback on the services provided by York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Inspectors from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) are due to look at the trust's services
NORTH Yorkshire power station operator Drax has acquired one of the UK's largest wood pellet distributors as the energy giant takes a share in the domestic bio-renewable market. The deal comes as Drax prepares to convert a third unit at its power
A YORK hotel's longest serving member of staff is "chequing out" for the final time as she retires from her accountancy role. Angela Hildred joined Best Western Monkbar Hotel 25 years ago, only a few months after the hotel opened. In that time
HARROGATE International Centre has announced its best financial result since 2009. The venue’s director Simon Kent said the business was expected to see a profit of more than £270,000 at the end of April and he praised staff and customers for “
A YORK company specialising in regenerative medical supplies has seen one of its new products used for the first time on a patient. Tissue Regenix, based at York Science Park, announced that for the first time a patient has successfully received
NEW jobs are heading to York as telecommunication giant BT announces plans to create 1,000 new apprenticeships and graduate jobs in the UK this year. The new recruits to BT will consist of 700 apprenticeships and 300 graduate jobs, working in a
COUNCIL election hopefuls in York are being offered a special information session. The city’s returning officer and a representative from the Electoral Commission are holding a briefing for prospective independent candidates on Wednesday, March
OWNERS of York's shops, bars and landmarks are being urged to decorate their properties in rainbow colours and lighting this summer to show their support for York Pride. Gay Pride 2015, which will culminate with a colourful parade through the city
Little could John Stanley have imagined that his oratorio Jephtha would have to wait 264 years for its premiere. That day came on Wednesday, when university music department forces directed by Peter Seymour unveiled it in splendid style. It
A NEW guide is offering definitive advice for people looking for help for mental health and wellbeing issues in York. Healthwatch York has compiled the guide to help people look after their mental health, to find help quickly and to find organisations
MARTYN Knight's musical will have its place in York Theatre Royal's history as the last full-scale production before work starts on the £4.1 million redevelopment of the theatre. Fittingly, it goes out on a Bali Hai note. As chance would have it
ISN'T it a shame that a common response to this week's amazing photo of a weasel riding on the back of a woodpecker was: "It must be fake". Amateur photographer Martin Le-May captured the extraordinary shot while walking in a country park. He posted
A DECORATOR has returned from an eye-opening trip to improve school facilities for disadvantaged youngsters. Former Novus Property Solutions apprentice Gemma Coulson, 20, spent two weeks in one of the poorest parts of Cape Town, South Africa, to
A HUMAN brain found in Heslington may have been preserved for more than 2,000 years because it was encased in mud, archaeologists have said. The ancient organ was discovered inside a decapitated skull at a dig on the site the new University of
NORTH Yorkshire author Andy Seed has told of his excitement after triumphing in the 2015 Blue Peter book awards. Andy, a former teacher from Amotherby, near Malton, yesterday won the TV programme's Best Book with Facts award with his children's
IT was dress-down Thursday in York, with pupils across the city dressing up as their favourite literary heroes. And they weren’t alone. Children across the globe took part in the 20th World Book Day which promotes the love of the written word.
IT would be nice to think we had left the days of crude, vicious homophobia behind us. After all, this is the 21st century. It seems not. A gay couple from Hemingbrough have been sent an abusive, handwritten letter warning them in the most crude
THERE has been a lot spoken of the shock decision by three teenage London girls to travel through Turkey so as to join Islamic State. Most readers will remember the day when children under the age of 18 were listed on one of their parents’ passport
BEWARE. Come May 2015, the most clapped-out company in England – Miliband, Balls & Co Ltd – could be appointed to ruin the finances of everyone. We could all kneel and pray. Although on second thoughts, the Church of England thinks Miliband
I AM very upset that my social meeting place at Vernon House in Bishopthorpe has been closed for over a month, stopping me and my friends from getting together. I am 96 years old and I love to go with my neighbour, who is 93. Vernon House is supposed
THE Liberal Democrat budget amendment, considered last week, was rejected, in part, because it was financially a risky budget. The amendment included the removal of all the contingency fund and reduction of reserves to the bare legal minimum.
I MUST congratulate Richard Lane on the eloquent language he uses in his letter of February 26. However, his lyricism doesn’t conceal the brutal truth. Wind turbines are, on windless days, about as much use as a back pocket in a vest. Presumably
FURTHER to the letter from Philip Roe of February 14, David Cameron has said he does not intend to go soft on sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine invasion. Is he going to stop importing Russian coal into our UK power stations, I wonder?
ONE of the busiest times on the chocolate making calendar is approaching - and Bettys is more than ready. The craft bakery team at the famous Yorkshire company have released their Easter range for 2015, having spent the last eight months concocting
IT WAS interesting to read John Butler’s comments concerning training of apprentices in the building trade (The Press, March 4). He is spot on when he says that three years’ training is not long enough for the versatility that small building firms
I WOULD like to thank Patrick Crowley, chief executive at York Teaching Hospital, which is part of the NHS Foundation Trust, for meeting myself and Ken Guest, PPC for York Central. He shoulders a huge responsibility providing a wide range of health
I HAD a similar experience to Helen Thorne, a patient in York Hospital (Bed Crisis at York Hospital, March 4). On the second night of my two-night stay in York Hospital, I was woken up at half-past midnight in a most apologetic and sympathetic
WITH regards to the Dresden letters and comments, when I was a lad and had been woken up yet again by the siren during the early years of the war, neighbours and families would stand at the bottom of Green Lane, Acomb, and look across Hob Moor to the
WITH reference to the debate on Bomber Command’s strategy in carrying out air raids on German soil, namely Dresden, this has been a poignant reminder of what my wife and myself during infancy had to endure in our respective air raid shelters in York
IN COMMENTING on the Yorkshire First movement, Martin Crudge (Letters, March 4) suggests that the existing political parties are not interested in this idea, and that all the York Central candidates will be based in London, taking orders from their
100 years ago At a special meeting of the Council of the Grand Yorkshire Gala it was decided not to hold the Gala this year. Mr TG Hodgson (vice-chairman) presided over the meeting. The Secretary, Mr Arey, reported that he had been in communication
A NEW Sainsbury's store has opened in York city-centre, creating 17 jobs. Sainsbury's Local was officially opened on Thursday by the Lord Mayor of York Councillor Ian Gillies, Sheriff John Kenny, and the Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu.
AN ALLEGED rapist told a jury he repeatedly took part in rape role-play with a former partner – but insisted it was purely a consensual fetish. Former York St John University student John Kevin O’Neil said at York Crown Court yesterday that he
FIRE chiefs have revealed they believe an accelerant may have been used to start a blaze in an Acomb flat. An arson investigation was launched by police after a blaze was started in a ground floor property, in Front Street, at 6.45pm on Monday.
THE founder of a river safety charity in York has said the inquest into an 18-year-old soldier's death highlighted what needed to be done in the city. Dave Benson started the York Rescue Boat charity over a year ago, which is staffed by volunteers
JOBSEEKERS in York are invited to a jobs fair at the York Railway Institute on Thursday, March 19 from 10am-3pm. The event has been organised through City of York Council, York Learning, Job Centre Plus and Learning City York, to bring local employers
A SEARCH has been launched to find a new man to take the driving seat of one of North Yorkshire’s leading attractions. After 11 years in the hot seat the managing director of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, Philip Benham, is retiring. “Philip
THE latest phase of a York gas main upgrade is causing traffic congestion and hitting trade in one of the city's busiest high streets. Bishopthorpe Road has been closed for three weeks by the ongoing Northern Gas Networks project to replace ageing
A TIMETABLE has been revealed to the opening of Primark's "eagerly awaited" first store in York. The discount retailer has agreed leases for two stores in the city with a 100,000sq ft Primark set to open at Monks Cross, and a 34,400 sq ft store
YORK City striker Jake Hyde believes the team are better suited to attacking on the road ahead of tomorrow’s Sky Bet League Two clash at AFC Wimbledon. The Minstermen are the fourth-highest scorers in the division on their travels but the lowest
A CAPTAIN’S example has been cited by Tadcaster Albion boss Paul Marshall as critical to the Brewers advancing to Wembley. Albion host Highworth Town in their FA Vase quarter-final replay tomorrow and with an historic appearance beneath the arch
PICKERING Town boss Tony Hackworth may be forced to put on his boots when his side take on Maltby Main in the Northern Counties East League premier division. The Pikes chief has not turned out at centre-half since taking over the managerial reins
WIGGINTON Grasshoppers secured the York Sunday Morning Football League division one title for the first time in their history with a 4-0 win over Hounds. All three top-flight games were goalless after 45 minutes, but events in the second half in
MALTON & NORTON’S shock defeat to Selby last week all but handed Doncaster Phoenix the Yorkshire One title - but the Ryedale side still have a play-off place to lock up as they entertain Wath-on-Dearne tomorrow. The Gannock side know victory
WITH the confidence of a company at the forefront of the booming crossover sector, Kia has given its Sportage a minor visual nip and tuck to keep it looking fresh. It’s a tough market out there in SUV land - a land with ever-expanding borders that
SOMETIMES it's those little extra touches that persuade the motorist to hand over their cash for a particular car. Spanish manufacturer Seat is only too aware of this, and is rather good at dressing up its stable of sporty offerings. You can
THE speedy Captain Future, a fluent winner at Wolverhampton 11 days ago, returns to the Dunstall Park course from his North Yorkshire base this evening with good prospects of following up. Trained by Hambleton’s Bryan Smart, the sprinter made it
