AN elderly woman has died after a road accident in Harrogate this morning. The 82 year old woman was on foot when she was in a collision with a car just after 10am today. She was taken to Leeds General Infirmary with serious injuries but later
AN 11-year-old boy has been charged with threatening a teacher with a knife, police have confirmed. The youngster has been arrested and will soon appear in court. Police said they arrested the boy, a Year 7 pupil at King James's School in Knaresborough
by Daiana Damacus AN anti-poverty charity launched by the Archbishop of York has reached a milestone of completing 5000 successful requests. Acts 435, which allows people to donate online to people with specific needs, launched in 2010.
A MALTON factory is in line for a £2.5 million investment from its owners, and will be the site of a new product development centre. Karro Food Group has announced a £10 million capital spending programme for its British operations, including £2.5
A MARCH against domestic violence saw women “reclaim the night”. The passionate crowd walked from The Mansion House in St Helen’s Square to St Sampson’s Square on Saturday evening to raise awareness of violence and abuse against women. York
AS PROMISED, we have more stunning photos for you this week from reader Bryan Thornton. Bryan, a 75-year-old retired railwayman who lives off Wigginton Road, is a self-confessed 'deltiologist', or collector of postcards. He has seven albums full
Reader Geoff Lund has been in touch about the photo of the old Military Hospital off Fulford Road that we carried last week. “York Hospital Radio used to be there,” said Mr Lund, who lives in The Groves. “We were in the old pathology lab at
AFTER suffering a persistent cough for years, Karen Fairman was diagnosed with the same rare form of lung cancer the BBC journalist Nick Robinson is undergoing treatment for. She speaks to health reporter Kate Liptrot. FOR five years Karen Fairman
People are always asking me to give them recipes for good tasting cakes that are vegan and gluten free. Cooking for a group that included many gluten free and vegans, I decided to bring a different twist to my usual vegan chocolate cake recipe
Last Monday morning and before I settled down to put the final touches to this column, I read The Press, giving special attention to my fellow columnist, Dr Andy Field. I agreed with him about antibiotics, but then winced as I read on. He’d written
Until York Art Gallery reopens this summer, art lovers can only see its treasures online. In our second dip into its online gallery, MATT CLARK discovers a Reynolds, a painting by York master William Etty and a great landscape showing the old Ouse
IN case you're yet to happen across Steve Delaney's alter ego, Count Arthur is an out-of-work variety actor and old-school, bumbling duffer. The character is an affectionate portrait of a man who is as confused as Corporal Jones and who could give
THE opening recital from this year’s Late Music Concert Series, including two world premières, amply validated Ian Pace’s reputation as an eminent interpreter and supporter of new music. From the opening of James Dillon’s The Book Of Elements Volume
WHAT is it with white goods and the West Yorkshire Playhouse interpretation of classic plays? First, artistic director James Brining plonked a cooker in Arthur Miller's The Crucible, set in the Salem witch trials in 1692/93; now the farmhouse in
Press reporter and long-time cyclist Megi Rychlikova is hoping to inspire other women of all ages to get on their bikes. In the first in the first of a series of blogs leading up to the Tour de Yorkshire, she explains how and why. This May I will
IN a couple of months’ time a flotilla of little ships will slip their moorings off Ramsgate on the south coast and sail across the English Channel to the port of Dunkirk in northern France. It will be a pilgrimage of intense poignancy as these
A YORK-BASED company which recycles waste electrical equipment has won new contracts to recycle almost 1,500 tonnes of unwanted televisions each year from across the UK. The Electrical Recycling Company (ERC) has been awarded two contracts from
BUSINESS successes across Hambleton are to be celebrated once more this year in the district’s now annual awards competition. Nominations for the Hambleton District Council’s event open later this month, with businesses given a chance to showcases
BUSINESSES in North Yorkshire can take part in a free programme to improve their appeal during this year’s Tour de Yorkshire. The cycling world will visit the county in May, bringing tourism and international attention to the region. Yorkshire-based
HARROGATE Chamber of Trade and Commerce has welcomed the announcement that the Harrogate rail line has been prioritised by the Government for electrification. The Chamber began campaigning for rail improvements in 2008, bringing in Mark Leving,
A NEW university campus and sport village will be built in North Yorkshire, as part of a £45m development. Coventry University Scarborough Campus is part of a scheme that will also include a University Technical College, sports village and other
A CALAMITOUS turn in the final round cost York’s Simon Dyson at least a top-ten finish in the Africa Open, writes Tony Kelly. After rounds of 75, 66 and 69 put the Malton & Norton Golf Club star at nine-under-par at the East London course,
JAMES FORD said he doesn’t care whom his York City Knights side land in the next round of the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup – he’s just grateful to be in the hat after a below-par show from his troops. The Knights won 20-4 at rank outsiders South Wales
IT was far from the free-flowing try-fest of the season opener at London Skolars but York City Knights still made it two on-the-road wins from two under new boss James Ford, this time in the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup. York had put 124 points past
A WOMAN who failed to call an ambulance and left her daughter dying from a heroin overdose in her flat has been jailed today. Claire Johnson, 41, admitted manslaughter by gross negligence and was sentenced to two years and eight months’ imprisonment
TADCASTER Albion manager Paul Marshall was “sick to the stomach” after his side’s Wembley dream turned into a violent nightmare in the space of half an hour. The Brewers lost 1-0 to Highworth Town in their FA Vase quarter-final replay, after which
FORMER York City midfielder Paddy McLaughlin made a winning start to a spell at Harrogate Town. The 24-year-old midfielder, pictured below, was signed on loan from Conference Premier outfit Grimsby Town in time to get his Conference North debut
RICCALL United’s York Minster Engineering Football League premier division title chances took a significant upswing. Not only did they hammer Poppleton United 6-1, but rivals Old Malton St Mary’s were held to a goalless draw at Terrington Glory
NEIL REDFEARN admitted Alex Mowatt’s goal illuminated an otherwise low-quality Sky Bet Championship game between Leeds and Wigan that could have gone either way. Mowatt’s goal five minutes after the restart proved to be the difference, with Wigan
YORK Acorn got their National Conference League first division campaign off to a scintillating start. With their forwards dominant they smashed visiting Wigan St Judes 62-22 rattling in 11 tries. Acorn were first out of the blocks with second
POCKLINGTON RUFC went down to a 14-5 North East One defeat at West Hartlepool in a game they could so easily have won but for two massive calls. Pocklington had the wind in the first half but never really looked like turning position into points
JOHN QUINN and Mick Easterby can fly the North Yorkshire flag on the eve of the Cheltenham Festival at Stratford today. Norton-based Quinn, who has several entries at the festival, can win the opening Bhest Racing To Schools Juvenile Hurdle with
A BATTLING York baby and his brave parents have spent only five days at home together since he was born prematurely in October with a hole in his heart. Mum-of-one Nicola Hick, 25, was diagnosed with preeclampsia and almost died when her son, Kyle
A YORK city centre shop manager is planning to run two marathons in two weeks in memory of his father-in-law. Chris Price, who manages WH Smith’s store in Coney Street, is set to to race round the streets of Paris on April 12. And then just
A BUSY meeting in York has discussed changes due to be made in the care and support available to people with disabilities. People with disabilities and their families and carers gathered at Clements Hall in York to learn about their rights under
A MEMORIAL service will take place later this month for a former POW from York who made a great escape from captivity during the Second World War. Harry Best, 94, of Strensall, told for the first time last September how he jumped off a moving train
THE first Briton to walk in space has visited a York school to speak to students about fulfilling their dreams and ambition. Michael Foale was at St Peter’s School last Wednesday and Thursday, giving a public lecture and speaking to youngsters
IT’S easy to take sides when it comes to renewable energy. Some focus on the hefty cost of manufacture and implementation, others point out the potentially infinite energy supplies that, over time, produce good economies of scale. One thing we
FOUR years ago The Press launched an appeal to honour York's sons and daughters who answered the call of duty in Afghanistan and provide a permanent tribute to the three York servicemen who made the ultimate sacrifice. Since then £17,000 has been
IN RESPONSE to parking fees being raised to pay for council budget (The Press, February 28), I believe that this proposed increase and the cut in the budget for winter road repairs struck in a deal between Labour and Greens is wrong. I think there
REBECCA Lingwood (Letters, February 28) asks if I have considered the impact of wind turbines on birds. Would she be surprised to hear that I have? I’ve become a keen birdwatcher in recent years – it seems to be part of the ageing process, along
ONLY last month, scientists published definitive research establishing a clear link between modern strains of cannabis and permanent schizophrenia. They found smoking the drug triples the risk of psychosis, with the brightest teenagers most vulnerable
AFTER visiting my local in GP in December, I was diagnosed at York Hospital with bowel cancer. Following further tests and scans, I commenced chemotherapy treatment in mid-February on a weekly basis. My point in writing this letter is to highlight
IF THE numpty who decided to close Bishopthorpe Road for gas mains work before the roadworks in Scarcroft Road – controlled by temporary traffic lights – were finished had been blessed with an extra braincell they could have rubbed their three braincells
WITH reference to the Way We Were column of March 2, what a pity the suggestion the then acting county surveyor Mike Moore gave 25 years ago to build a proposed new 2,000 homes settlement close to the A64 on the Malton Road had not gone ahead.
ALMOST on a daily basis, in a bid to outdo each other, the two main parties are promising ever more goodies for the public that nearly always involve more government borrowing. You can forget about the deficit being eliminated by 2020, despite
SO it's official – the Juddmonte is the best race in the world (The Press. March 4). Wow this doesn't even include Sea The Stars who broke the track record only a couple of years before that. We are spoilt living in York, it's got the lot:
AS a long-standing resident of Fulford, I have travelled the route along Broadway and past the university into Heslington village hundreds of times. Some years ago someone within the council decreed that we required chicanes through Heslington
IF YOU haven’t yet secured a place for the Great North Run, we need you. We are a Yorkshire-based national charity that funds pioneering research into heart disease, as well as encouraging people to be heart-healthy. If you missed out on the
THAT the number of barbaric dog and cock fights has shot up by a third in the past five years is simply another case of humans playing the role of God. It’s somehow forgotten that God, as the supremely good being, wants us to love his creation
TOWARDS the end of last year, people across York got involved in our appeal for unwanted glasses that we, and colleagues at Benenden Hospital, are sending to the Gambia, to help people there who have sight problems. The project was run in conjunction
100 years ago Some details had been reported regarding the recent accident to Zeppelin L8, which had come down at Tirlemont and had to be dismantled for repairs. In the evening two Zeppelins had appeared above Tirlemont. The motors of one
A HUMAN rights organisation which blamed MI5 for radicalising an Islamic State terrorist will no longer receive funding from a York-based group. The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust's last payment to Cage was in January 2014, but money will cease
TEARS mingled with joy as the sister of a war hero killed in Afghanistan wed the friend who tried in vain to save his life. There were poignant reminders of the tragedy as Rosie-Ann Stone, 22, tied the knot with Private Liam Fisher in York Minster
WATER treatment sites in York could be the first in the country to be run by solar power, under new plans by Yorkshire Water. The firm's parent company Kelda Water wants to build solar farms at Naburn and Elvington, to power their water and sewage
RADICAL social housing plans for a former care home in York have made it on to a shortlist of four ideas for the site, its supporters have said. YorSpace, a community-housing group, unveiled its plans for Oliver House in Bishophill in January and
Short-break tourists see York as the world's safest city with Cairo the most risky, according to a survey. Of 42 world towns, Bath, Edinburgh and Brighton were also considered particularly safe, while Bangkok, Istanbul and Marrakech were, after
AN HISTORIC football game descended into violence when fans invaded the pitch. Tadcaster Albion fans were dreaming of Wembley at the start of their crucial FA Vase quarter-final replay against Highworth Town. However, what followed was a narrow
THE Archbishop of York, who chaired the Living Wage Commission, has defended parish churches paying below the minimum hourly rate. Speaking during a visit to the North-East, Dr John Sentamu said churches that could afford to pay the Living Wage
THE Press can today unveil the stained glass window which will be created at a York church in lasting tribute to the thousands of local men and women who served in Afghanistan. One of Britain’s top stained glass artists, Helen Whittaker of Barley
AN UNDERGROUND cable fault has been blamed for a power cut which hit more than 900 York properties today. Northern Powergrid said the blackout happened at 6.30am in the Blossom Street, Micklegate and Mount area of the city. A spokeswoman said
PROTECTING the city's Green Belt, investing in young people and preserving front line services will be at the top of the Liberal Democrat's list of priorities if they are elected to run the council in May. City of York Council hopefuls were joined
VISITORS to this year's York Beer & Cider Festival will be able to try some of the newest beers in Yorkshire. Among the 150 or so breweries represented at Knavesmire will be 20 that have been launched or relaunched since the start of 2015.
