JAMES FORD has again warned against complacency after his York City Knights side were handed a tie against the only remaining amateur club in the fifth round of the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup.The Knights are to visit National Conference League premier division
COUNTY champions Yorkshire are off and running in 2015 after hammering the MCC inside three days in Abu Dhabi. Alex Lees and company completed a nine-wicket victory two overs before scheduled close, with Adil Rashid, Jack Brooks and Adam Lyth all
DETECTIVES investigating the suspected murder of Claudia Lawrence have released a York man from custody. North Yorkshire Police arrested the man, aged in his 50s, in the York area on Monday morning on suspicion of the missing York chef's murder
ST George’s Day rests foursquare in the gaze of York golfer Simon Dyson. The 38-year-old, whose first quarter of the year has been dogged by inconsistent form and injury, has suffered a fresh setback. Dyson has slipped a tendon in his left
AMATEUR rugby league in York has suffered a major blow after Heworth ARLC - formerly one of the best community clubs in the country - withdrew from the National Conference League just one game into the new season. The Elm Park Way club - champions
IT can be hard to find inspiration when your club are fighting for their Football League lives but embattled fans can find some solace ahead of York City's vital League Two trip to Mansfield Town on Saturday. For if the Minstermen's better away
THE York Minster Engineering League representative side went down 2-0 to the West Yorkshire League in a friendly at Selby Town’s Flaxley Road ground. Numerous late withdrawals hindered York’s preparations but the friendly proved a useful run-out
THE latest locations for North Yorkshire Police's mobile safety cameras have been announced. The camera vans will be at the following locations for seven days from tomorrow: A162 Sherburn by-pass
THIEVES stole more than 30 bottles of fragrances when they smashed their way into a York shop. The thieves were seen leaving the Savers store in Goodramgate on pedal cycles following the break-in at about 1.10am on Tuesday, March 17. Anyone
Yorkshire are closing in on victory over the MCC in Abu Dhabi after another five-wicket afternoon session on day three. The county champions have reduced Nick Compton’s side from 125-2 to 210-7 at tea in the second innings, and they only lead by
DAVID Starkey is never happier than when he is at his most contentious. He recently called the BBC’s adaptation Wolf Hall “wonderful fiction” and said as a nation we’re at great risk of dying of niceness. Now he reckons the whole Richard III re-interment
SHOPPING habits are changing; small is now beautiful and supermarket giants are busy buying failing pubs to convert them into convenience stores. In principle there is nothing wrong with change of use in business, but pubs have always been more
HAVING watched most of the TV coverage on Sunday of the lead up to the reburial of King Richard III, I was left bemused by all the baggage that seemed to go with the ceremony. Having taken the poor king’s remains around half the county, they then
I WOULD like to thank all those who attended the recent public meeting on the future of Yearsley Pool at the 68 Centre. Members of the scrutiny review heard from a number of pool users and residents who were angry with Labour’s decision last year
MRS Nelson (Letters, March 17) notes that the local primary school near to the Barratt development in New Lane, Huntington, is full. Not only is the school full; since the opening of the Vangarde site (John Lewis/M&S, etc), there has been a
JUST a couple of weeks ago it emerged that the big six energy companies were overcharging their most loyal and vulnerable customers by up to £230. When thousands of mainly elderly people die of cold each year, this is unacceptable. What is
“KEEP moving those legs otherwise you’ll get stuck and I’m not coming in to get you,” joked one of the British Military Fitness (BMF) team members. My legs felt as though they were moving through thick treacle as I tried to drive my knee up through
ECONOMIC priorities for York have been laid out after more than 60 representatives from city businesses and organisations met to discuss what needs to be done to boost investment and job creation. The need to create high-value employment and increased
I AM a concerned individual who fears the public sector is being undermined and systematically broken down due to what the Government presents as balancing the books and streamlining. This will lead to cuts rather than clamping down on tax evasion
THE decision by a planning inspector to refuse planning permission for 102 dwellings on the Brecks Lane site in Strensall is welcome news for residents and a massive rebuttal of Labour planning policies in York. The Labour group’s decision to grant
A YORK taxi firm which regularly transports pupils to and from a York special school has donated £1,000 towards the cost of a residential visit. Streamline Taxis presented the cheque to Hob Moor Oaks School in Acomb on Friday. Bob Gilbert,
CAROL RUNCIMAN (Letters, March 18) suggests a Lib Dem council would be “the greenest in the north”, with £1 million returned to the waste collection budget to avoid any new charges for green bin collections (which result from Lib-Dem Coalition funding
I’D LIKE to welcome the recognition from the council at a decision session on March 18 that something needs to be done urgently about street drinking and similar antisocial behaviour in the Groves. I raised the following concerns at the meeting
I’M worried about the ongoing situation with Guildhall development use and costs and that several local businessmen may have unwittingly put their name to this proposal. My worries primarily are as follows: 1. How can the project leader of
CLIMATE change poses the single biggest threat to the places the National Trust looks after, the charity warned, as it unveiled a strategy for protecting nature and heritage over the next decade. The Trust, which has 4.2 million members and a number
WHAT a difference in open play there was in the final round of matches in the Six Nations rugby union, where teams knew they had to score many points in order to win the title. Instead of the usual boring penalty kicking contests, we were entertained
100 years ago AN abnormally acute sense of hearing was attributed to Major A Fair, of the Northampton Regiment, whose death had occurred at Teddington. The gallant officer, it was reported, had claimed on several occasions to be able to detect,
DAVID Starkey loves the public platform; he always has. As a grammar school boy, growing up in Kendal, he had hated playing sports but was “bloody good at acting and public speaking”, he told Sunday night’s audience at the York Literature Festival.
GREEN party candidates in York are proposing a "tourist tax" levied on visitors to help pay for a river patrol and extra street cleaning in the city. The idea is part of the party's local manifesto, launched on Sunday. The 24 page document
AFTER growing her hair for years, a Tangled-obsessed primary school pupil has donated more than a foot of it to charity. Seven-year-old Meredith Lomakin has only had her hair cut a handful of times in her life having become a devotee of the Disney
Fed up with Easter eggs, then how about a chocolate welly or giant cupcake? MAXINE GORDON visits a York chocolatier making treats with a twist. IF you are looking for unusual gift ideas for Easter, check out Choc Affair from York. You won’t find
I NEED two kitchens. I really do. I need two kitchens, four bathrooms, no make that five, a dining room, two reception rooms and – top of the list – a utility room. I would LOVE a utility room. I’m sick of looking at the laundry basket, erupting shirts
ONE of Shakespeare’s most famous plays will be performed with a surprising new twist in York, by an all-female cast. The Yorkshire-based Flanagan Collective will perform Romeo and Juliet, one of the Bard’s most well known works, in a contemporary
PARENTS, pupils and teachers in York have been urged to nominate the primary school projects which have made a real difference. The Press Community Pride Awards celebrate the city’s unsung heroes, who go above and beyond the call of duty to improve
PUBS will be given greater protection against supermarket-giants eager to turn watering holes into convenience stores. From April 6, locals listed as Assets of Community Value (ACVs) will receive full planning protection after new laws were passed
A YORK university student will shave her head to help raise funds to tackle poverty and inequality in South Africa Frankie Fox, 24, is studying counselling at York St John University and is shaving her head on May 21 to support a project that tackles
HUNDREDS of students at Easingwold School have met their prospective parliamentary candidates. Some 250 pupils packed into the school hall to hear from the Conservative’s Kevin Hollinrake, Labour’s Alan Avery, Ukip’s Toby Horton and the Green Party
York Theatre Royal has launched a campaign to raise £500,000 to help pay for its biggest upgrade in 50 years. Today, The Press publishes the latest in an occasional series of columns by writers explaining what the theatre means to them. I HAVE
A RESEARCH agency which has helped to shape Government, local authority and business policies has celebrated its 25th anniversary with a move to new offices in York. Qa Research has moved its team of 27 staff, and almost 100 telephone interviewers
A YORK firm of solicitors has been appointed by national insurer NFU Mutual to its main legal panel for England and Wales. Langleys is one of only three law firms chosen by NFU Mutual for the main panel to provide a full service for its claims
FORTY-NINE children have been identified as being at risk of sexual exploitation in North Yorkshire, figures have shown. Freedom of Information (FOI) requests sent to every local authority in the North-East showed there are 384 known vulnerable
COUNCILLORS are to use a meeting this week to call for a major overhaul to the way City of York is run. Thursday will see the city council meet for the last time before the election in May, and Liberal Democrat councillors are to call for a radical
CONVENIENCE store operator Co-operative Food is unveiling its new-look store in Acomb this week following a £360,000 refurbishment project. The Co-op store, in York Road, is reopening on Thursday following work, which bosses hope will create a
A SENIOR Labour politician has urged Government ministers to stop "dragging their feet" over the embattled Kellingley Colliery. Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper yesterday met the Business Secretary Vince Cable and urged him to do all he can
TALKS are being held to establish who is liable for work to replace bolts on London’s second-tallest building which has so far cost a North Yorkshire firm nearly £1 million. Thirsk-based structural steel firm Severfield was part of the construction
YORK College has been given the Artsmark Gold Award in recognition of its arts and cultural provision. The college’s performing arts, music, media and art and design divisions were nominated for the award by York Theatre Royal, with whom the college
A CONFERENCE originally founded by a York business to help customers understand its software has this year attracted more than 300 delegates and a line-up of high-profile speakers. Each year Optix, based at York Business Park, hosts a two- day
AS the nation prepares for Thursday's re-burial of King Richard III at Leicester Cathedral, constitutional historian Dr David Starkey reckons York is "well off out of it". Apologising to Sunday night's York Literature Festival audience for a Channel
THOUSANDS of people have been queuing for a glimpse of Richard III’s coffin 530 years after he fell in battle. The line stretched from the south door of Leicester Cathedral yesterday, following Sunday’s spectacle of the king’s procession. At
A TRAINING and interpretation business set up with support from the Government’s Enterprise Allowance Scheme has been visited by Selby MP Nigel Adams. New start-up Castle Communication Services delivers training and interpretation provision for
A TEAM of Royal Navy sailors on a fundraising mission visited York yesterday, flanked by a military helicopter. The sailors from 815 Squadron were dropped off by Lynx helicopter at the top of the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle yesterday,
TWO men who burgled terrified pensioners in their holiday home before bundling them into the back of their car and taking them on a high-speed joyride to a cash point have been jailed. The 84 and 85-year-old couple were subjected to a two-hour
MARKET traders are back in their permanent home in the centre of the city, after an eight month long £1.6 million refurbishment. The stalls moved back into the Shambles Market, previously called Newgate Market, for the first day of trading yesterday
A YOUNG man died after he was assaulted and left unconscious in the road, where he was run over by a taxi, a manslaughter trial jury heard. Sam Wilson, 21, was walking with a friend, Henry Smith, in Haxby Road, York, in the early hours of October
TOM PLATT has revealed he never considered going out on loan despite being overlooked for selection at York City for more than four months. The 21-year-old midfielder turned in a man-of-the-match performance for the Minstermen during Saturday’s
JASON GILLESPIE is on the verge of combining a coaching job share with Yorkshire and Big Bash Twenty20 team Adelaide Strikers. The White Rose county’s first-team coach will almost certainly be confirmed as the Strikers new coach before the end
DRINGHOUSES made the most of their title rivals’ day off from York Minster Engineering Football League action as they ran out 8-3 winners over Haxby United in reserve ‘A’. Wayne Carter (3), Sam Bibby, Tom Hawksby, Dan Flixton and Sam Backhouse
NEW Earswick All Blacks ARLC made it back-to-back wins on the road in Pennine League Championship One with a 42-22 success at Brotherton Bulldogs. The second-placed visitors started brightly and opened the scoring after only four minutes when Charlie
TRACEY FARMEARY gamed in 21 darts as Tramways ‘B’ edged to a 5-4 victory over Tramways ‘A’ in division one of the York John Smith’s Ladies Darts League. Farmeary and Jayne Janes gave the visitors a 2-0 lead and, although Carole Layne and Jo Hodges
FOURTH-PLACED City of York men’s II made it seven wins from ten games in 2015 with a 3-1 win at Bradford I in the Yorkshire Hockey League premier division. City endured a poor first half by their recent standards and trailed at the break, despite
CYRUS DARIUS, who created a big impression on his hurdling debut at Newcastle earlier this month, makes the journey from North Yorkshire to Hexham today in a bid to further showcase his talents. Trained at Norton by Malcolm Jefferson, whose horses
