UPDATE 7pm: The road has now fully reopened. A CRASH between four vehicles is causing heavy traffic on the A64 tonight. The crash happened at Bilbrough Top at just before 6pm, and has closed one lane of the Westbound carriageway between Colton
ROOKIE rider Alex Wood is revelling in his introduction to motorbike racing. The 13-year-old Shiptonthorpe racer made a confident debut in the Aprilia Superteen Challenge at Brands Hatch this month, with one podium finish from the four races.
YORK Schoolboy Under-11s closed out their league programme in fine style with a 4-2 home victory against Hull. The win overturned York’s defeat to the same opposition in the semi-finals of the Yorkshire Cup a fortnight earlier. York started
CHARITY begins at home for York RI Under-12s girls. The reigning City of York Girls’ League champions and cup holders are wearing a new kit emblazoned with the name and logo of Marie Curie Cancer Care. Nestlé provided the girls with a new kit
SIXTY years on from York City’s historic FA Cup semi-final tussles with Newcastle, Happy Wanderers’ legend Tommy Forgan still looks back on the team’s achievements with pride rather than any regret at missing out on his only chance of playing
YORK City boss Russ Wilcox reckons the knowledge that a brand new stadium is on the horizon can act as an extra spur during the first team's battle to stay in the Football League. The council gave the Monks Cross community stadium project the green
UPDATE: The station was reopened at just before 5pm. A POLICE station in East Yorkshire has been closed to the public after an unexploded bomb was handed in at the front counter. The ordnance device was handed in at Goole Police Station earlier
HEROIC first-aiders saved the life of a man moments from death after he collapsed on Skeldergate Bridge in York. Mobile wardens Billy Partridge, 35, and Angela Eastwood, 48, were returning to their James Street office from a call-out on Monday
A YORK retailer has received an award from the Prime Minister in recognition of his work to strengthen the fortunes of one of the city's high streets. Johnny Hayes, who chairs the Bishy Road Traders Association has been named a Point of Light by
Take a walk around the city next month and you will find paintings and prints, sculptures and ceramics, furniture and fabrics, jewellery and glass, all behind the doors of York Open Studios. JO HUGHES reports. ARTISTS love to know that people are
A CONFERENCE dedicated to York's digital industry is returning for a second year next month. After its inaugural, sell-out event last year, DotYork is back in a bid to once again bring together the creative community from around the UK to explore
SMALL businesses in Yorkshire are being warned not to be left behind by missing out on opportunities online. The message comes from the Government's Do More Online campaign after research found 19 per cent of small business in Yorkshire don't have
A VOUCHER scheme offering business grants of up to £3,000 to access high speed broadband has been extended. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) across York now have longer to apply for a broadband connection voucher, funded by the Department for
A LOVING husband has nominated his wife for a Community Pride award. George Chaney, 85, of Whitethorn Close, Huntington, put forward his wife Joyce, 84, for the Fundraiser of the Year prize because "she deserves one". Mr Chaney says his wife
PEOPLE living at an extra care housing scheme in York will now get round-the-clock care. City of York Council and York Housing Association will launch 24-hour care at Auden House, seven days a week, to help look after people who live in their 41
A SERVICE which helps victims of domestic abuse has been granted £159,000 by City of York Council. The Independent Domestic Abuse Service (IDAS), will use the funds in York and Harrogate to extend its helpline for emergency support and advice to
A PRIVATE school near York has been named the top independent girls boarding school in the North for its A level results. The award was presented by Education Advisers Ltd, which placed the school at sixth position in the national league table.
HUNDREDS of hand made pocket crosses were blessed at a special service at York Minster this week. The crosses had been made by members of the Mothers' Union from the Diocese of York, to celebrate Lady Day. Staff at the Minster were presented
A MUSIC night in memory of Megan Roberts was a great success, organisers say. Lauren Wilson, 21, and Claire Fleming, 22, are both music students at York St John University where Megan studied fine art before her death in the River Ouse last year
THREE primary schools in York have won national praise for their work with disadvantaged pupils. Clifton Green Primary, Poppleton Road Primary and Westfield Primary schools have all received a congratulatory letter from David Laws, Minister for
A GREAT-GRANDMOTHER, who still lives independently in her own home, is today celebrating her 100th birthday. Marion Marshall, of Clifton, is toasting the occasion with her family to whom she credits her long and happy life. She also said the key
YOU would be forgiven for thinking that finding true love at Christmas only happens in Hollywood romcoms. But this fairytale came true for Maurice and Joyce Peacock, 73, who first met in a York pub on Christmas Day in 1963. Mr Peacock, now
THE Top Gear producer attacked by Jeremy Clarkson in the fracas at a North Yorkshire hotel which cost the BBC presenter his job has said he does not want to press charges against his former colleague. Oisin Tymon has informed North Yorkshire Police
A COUPLE who first met thousands of miles away are today celebrating their golden wedding in York. Marilyn, 69, and Brian Lingwood, 72, of Cherry Wood Crescent, Fulford, both lived in the former British colony of Aden on the Arabian Peninsula in
A REMARKABLE hoard of Anglo-Saxon and Viking pennies discovered in North Yorkshire has sold at auction for more than £100,000. The Eboracum (Ryedale) Hoard included a total of 65 coins and four ingots which were discovered in two separate batches
CHILDREN at a York primary school have impressed their teachers and parents after throwing themselves into the limelight. Pupils in years 2, 3 and 4 from Osbaldwick Primary School performed Pirates versus Mermaids for their peers, and then two
100 years ago A telegram had revealed that the cinema theatre in Trieste had been showing pictures of the campaign in Serbia which were intended to be patriotic, but which unconsciously revealed the revolting atrocities committed by Austrian soldiers
YORK City Knights’ position in the community stadium negotiations has become shrouded in confusion after City of York Council said it was seeking clarification on what it described as “inaccurate and misleading statements”. The council, which is
RUBY Clarke's diary may be filled with rehearsals for York Shakespeare Project's Timon Of Athens, but the director and playwright has another show in York to squeeze in before her May production. "I wrote a play for Postcard Theatre last autumn
THERE is a theory that you become an expert at a task or activity after undertaking 10,000 hours of practice at it. The theory was put forward a little over 20 years ago, and while some have denounced it as too convenient, it’s often tough to disagree
BILLY Partridge and Angela Eastwood are mobile wardens who work for community interest organisation, Be Independent. They attend daily emergency calls to assist vulnerable residents, which is praiseworthy in itself, but on Monday, as the pair were
ARISE Sir Hugh; words a young Mr Bayley could scarcely of dreamed of when he first entered Parliament as MP for York Central. But they were on Prince Charles’ lips yesterday as he awarded Hugh Bayley the insignia of Knight Bachelor of the British
FOOTBALLER Clarke Carlisle is quoted as saying that he feels no shame about attempting to commit suicide by stepping in front of a moving lorry (The Press, March 26). Does he not have any thoughts for the feelings for the driver of that lorry had
CHRISTIAN VASSIE is right – up to a point – about local politicians claiming to love York’s almost non-existent green belt (Letters, March 25). Not far away are the Wolds, the North York Moors, the Yorkshire Dales, the Pennines, and the coast.
KEITH MASSEY is rightly concerned (Letters, March 26) about the likelihood of York’s parishes being merged with city suburbs as housing developments encroach on green belt land. He cites the example of Haxby and Wigginton. My own suburb of Holgate
IN HIS thinly veiled appeal to readers of all political persuasion (Letters, March 25), it is unsurprising that Mervyn Jones, chief executive of the developer Yorkshire Housing, is calling for ‘action’ on the proclaimed housing shortfall in our region
EACH year I love to see the daffodils come into bloom along the bar walls and Clifford’s Tower. Is it me or are there huge gaps where there once were daffodils? As a city, we’re famous for numerous things, of which this is one. It’s a shame
THE European Scrutiny Committee of MPs reports that the BBC has fallen down in its obligation to give impartial reporting on the EU. It has failed to give a fair platform for the anti-EU view. Such an important dereliction of duty would be
MORE than 266,000 households within the Selby district and Mark Crane, leader of Selby Council, believes that sending a newspaper to all those households is the wisest way to spend our well-earned taxpayer’s money. How can this Conservative councillor
AS someone who has campaigned passionately for the trees to be retained at the Terry’s site, I read the article published on March 16 with much interest. Retaining the trees is not only important on environmental grounds, but is critical to maintaining
A REVAMPED nature area at York’s largest primary school has been renamed as a tribute to its head teacher, who is retiring today. Chris Wigley is standing down after 18 years at the helm of Clifton with Rawcliffe school, which caters for just under
MORE than £200,000 has been given to churches in York and North Yorkshire by the Government for urgent roof repairs. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, announced 34 churches across Yorkshire and the Humber would be allocated grants
PEOPLE came to York from all over the world yesterday as the last Yorkist King was laid to rest. Richard III's re-internment at Leicester Cathedral was followed by a Solemn Choral Evensong service at York Minster to commemorate and understand more
A REMARKABLE school boy who communicated poems, stories and songs by blinking has died at the age of 15. Adam Bojelian, of Bilbrough, near York, won a string of national awards for his poetry and even wrote a song which reached number two in the
YORK MP Hugh Bayley has been knighted at Buckingham Palace. The outgoing Labour MP for York Central was awarded his honour by Prince Charles in a special ceremony at Buckingham Palace yesterday. He was joined by his wife Fenella Jeffers and children
A MAN who terrified a 15-year-old York girl by attacking her in the grounds of her own school was on parole from a nine-year sentence for a hammer attack, a court was told yesterday. James Colby had arrived at Southview probation hostel in Boroughbridge
A TAXI driver who ran over Sam Wilson as he lay in the road told a jury yesterday he did not realise it was a person until he was only feet away. Dennis Ellerby said he was driving down Haxby Road towards York city centre having just dropped a
DAVE WINFIELD does not know where his future lies but the recalled defender is determined to keep York City in the Football League. The 27-year-old centre-back made his first appearance for the Minstermen since September during Saturday’s 2-2 draw
WILL RHODES is ready to step up and fill Adam Lyth’s shoes as an opening batsman when the LV= County Championship starts against Worcestershire at New Road next month. Stamford Bridge all-rounder Rhodes only made his first-class debut against the
STATION upset newly-crowned York Sunday Morning Football League division one champions Wigginton Grasshoppers, defeating them 4-3. Will Ramsay put Station ahead with a 20-yard free-kick before doubling the lead after half an hour. After the
PICKERING TOWN boss Tony Hackworth believes his side will get the benefits of a match-fit Matty Turnbull should the centre-half link up with the club next term. The Recreation Ground chief put in a seven-day notice of approach for the Selby Town
INJURIES continue to plague Malton & Norton RUFC but pride will propel them to put in a performance when they host derby rivals York in Yorkshire One tomorrow, club chiefs believe. After a 17-match unbeaten run earlier in the season, The Gannock
JAMES WILBY set the bar high after a stellar first year at Loughborough, but the Strensall swimmer is adamant he can make an even bigger splash in 2015. York City Baths Club ace Wilby upped sticks to Loughborough University last season as he aimed
YORK'S top golfers came together for a pre-season tournament as they bid to get their 2015 campaign off to a good start. A selected group of 36 convened at Pike Hills GC for a Texas Scramble competition, which will now be played for annually as
NORTH Yorkshire trainer George Moore sends Cowslip to Wetherby this afternoon in the hope that his resurgent mare can complete a hat-trick of wins. One success in her first 21 outings, under both codes, was Cowslip’s tally before she came good
Natalie Burnett tells you in her own words about her amazing weight loss journey and losing more than 5st in one year: "I had always been overweight from being young, but it didn't knock my confidence or stop me from doing things I had always wanted
