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A TEENAGER who had been reported missing was arrested after allegedly assaulting the police officer who found him. Police found the 15-year-old at a house in Kingsway North, Clifton, York overnight on Sunday into Monday. He was arrested and then
EIGHTEEN art installations and events are set to boost York's early evening economy, thanks to a £100,000 grant from Arts England. A two-year project called ‘Vespertine’ will inspire people to stay in the city centre for longer in the early evening
NORTH Yorkshire Police are appealing for help in locating a convicted murderer who is wanted for emergency recall to prison after breaching his release licence. William Kerr, 53, whose probation officer is based in Selby, needs to be arrested and
A TOTAL of £431 million of European funding has been allocated to the region to support economic growth and job creation. The two Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEP) covering York have been awarded the sums from the European Structural and Investment
ONE of York’s largest independent fine-china and crystal specialists has teamed up with a marketing and PR agency in the city for a new digital and social media programme. Mulberry Hall bosses have appointed Intandem Communications, based in High
AN EAST Yorkshire businessman is building on the success of his coastal farm shop and café by opening of a second site at a stately home in the Yorkshire Wolds. Mark Farnsworth, founder of William’s Farm Kitchen and Café at Hornsea Outlet Village
A HARROGATE landowner has completed the sale of a one-acre plot in Follifoot to an affordable housing developer. Chartered surveyor and property consultancy Sanderson Weatherall negotiated the sale of the land in Pannal Road on behalf of Rudding
A TELEVISION presenter visited a village near Selby to collect money raised for a national charity. Christine Talbot, from ITV Yorkshire’s Calendar, collected £1,000 from the village of Burn, which will go to Cancer Research UK. The money was
RAIL season tickets could be ten per cent cheaper by 2017 if train services were run by the public sector instead of private firms, according to new research. A study by Action for Rail found that savings of £1.5 billion could be made over the
BINGE drinking is costing UK taxpayers £4.9 billion a year, a study has suggested. Researchers looked at a number of immediate factors upon which binge drinking has an effect, such as A&E admissions, road accidents and police officers on duty
A POPULAR rugby player will be remembered this weekend when a family fun day is held in his memory. Ady Robinson was 36 when he contracted meningitis and died suddenly in December last year. Friends at the New Earswick Sports Club are planning
A LIFE-SIZED bronze sculpture of Alf Wight, the man behind the James Herriot books, has been unveiled in North Yorkshire. The official installation of the life-like statute took place at The World of James Herriot museum in Thirsk. The ceremony
HUNDREDS of young people from schools across North Yorkshire took part in a talent showcase in York this week. The 2015 Rock Challenge was held at the Barbican, and saw pupils from six schools take part in the event, which was supported by North
HELP! I’m confused. For years women have been obsessed with their bottoms. For decades we have stood in front of mirrors and spun our necks around Exorcist-style to see how our rear ends look in various types of trouser: jeans, Oxford bags, pedal-pushers
York is about to put fashion first for a weekend of fun events, reports MAXINE GORDON CATWALK shows, live models in windows and the chance to meet local designers are all on the programme of the latest Fashion City York. Now in its fourth year
A WATCHDOG has called on the next government to immediately commit to an aggressive energy efficiency strategy, saying millions of UK homes continue to “leak cash” every winter. A new Which? report says the UK’s housing stock continues to be among
A FUNDRAISER donned a daffodil costume and immersed herself in a bath of beans all in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care. Shoppers passing Superdrug in York saw a surprising sight through most of Saturday afternoon as area manager Angela Quantock staged
THE Archbishop of York has criticised a decision by major supermarkets not to sell Easter eggs with a religious message. A decision by supermarket giants not to sell a chocolate product entitled The Real Easter Egg, which celebrates the origins
ELECTION candidates are going up against each other at a sustainable transport hustings due to be held on Thursday, April 30. The event at the Winning Post pub in Bishopthorpe Road, York, will take place at 7pm, and will see Cllr David Levene,
Taking a leaf from the ever popular York Mystery Plays, the Minster played host to Riding Lights touring company for their modern passion play, Inheritance. Written by Bridget Foreman, Inheritance follows the teachings of Jesus Christ, from his
FLAPPER girls, hippies and punk rockers took to the catwalk at a York primary school to showcase fashion through the ages. Wearing costumes they had created themselves, pupils at Hempland Primary School in Heworth struck poses, sang and danced
ZOOKEEPERS at Flamingo Land have welcomed their newest arrival - a baby Rothschild's giraffe born just a week ago. The zoo is now running a competition to give the public chance to name the week-old calf. Mum Lizzy, 5, gave birth to her daughter
The Lord Mayor of York’s Charity Gala, York Barbican, Sunday THIS could easily turn into a list of names and for once in a review that would be better than any analysis. So, firstly, thank you Lord Mayor of York, Councillor Ian Gillies, for having
COMMUNITY groups in York took part in clean-up events this weekend. Volunteers took part in 70 litter picks, tidying and painting sessions as part of City of York Council’s Big Spring Clean. On Saturday, councillor Linsay Cunningham, cabinet
FIRST the bad news. Every remaining performance of Regent’s Park Theatre and Fiery Angel’s touring production of To Kill A Mockingbird has sold out. Its 12-day run in Leeds always was unlikely to satisfy ticket demand, especially in a year of renewed
WE’VE been waiting two tantalising years. Now there are just four more months to go until York Art Gallery reopens and today we reveal details of what those first displays will be. Among the most impressive promises to be the Centre of Ceramic
WE have warned before of the dangers of North Yorkshire’s rural roads. New figures from a national road safety report reveal just how real those dangers are. Motorists and motorcyclists using roads in Ryedale and parts of Hambleton are more likely
GEOFF ROBB’S dislike of the European Union (Letters, March 27) leads him to close his eyes to the fact that the majority of the governments of the 28 states are in the hands of right-wing or centrist parties, as is the European Parliament. The
POOR old BBC! Seems they can’t get anything right these days. Now Geoff Robb accuses them of left-wing bias for failing to give a platform to anti-EU views. I haven’t seen the Parliamentary scrutiny committee report to which Geoff refers, but
THERE’S a wet Easter forecast so may I ask that you help local deaf children to have a life-giving cochlear implant by having a sort out. This time as well as jewellery, including charm bracelets and old brooches, I am collecting old badges, old
YORKATT and Eric in Saturday’s edition of The Press was bang-on about King Richard III’s pantomime funeral at Leicester. York would have given him a funeral fit for the king who was loved and respected here. A dirty deal must have been done when
I AM sorry but I shall only say this once and very quietly … we should have had Richard III in York. Anne Church, Severus Avenue, Acomb, York.
THE one-to-one Jeremy Paxman interviews with Ed Miliband and David Cameron comprised of questions which had been repeated here and there, even in Prime Minister’s Question Time. Jeremy smirked as he attempted to make the politicians lose their
RICHARD BRIDGE asks for a better mechanism for the selection of women MPs in Parliament (Letters, March 23). The best mechanism is democracy, Mr. Bridge. I welcome women MPs, provided they are the best person to represent their constituents
MUCH as I dislike replying to the criticism that follows my letters on this page, the recent level of misunderstanding compels me to do so. That tired old cliché about “deploring the statement while defending the freedom to make it” is routinely
MAY I applaud Anne McIntosh on her selfless act by not standing against the Conservative candidate as an independent, thus jeopardising splitting the vote. She is a true Conservative; her devotion to her constituency was amazing, especially to
I AM bemused by the policy of First York bus service regarding child fares. My eldest daughter, who is 19, was boarding a No 6 bus at Clifton Moor with her younger sister, who is 11. My eldest daughter is a regular bus user and buys weekly
PUBLICITY from the Labour Party states it wants to reopen Haxby station. I think that the Conservatives are also in favour. While I am a fan of rail travel, this proposal should be consigned to the bin. It would be an extremely expensive white elephant
ON THE night of the March 30/31 1944, 96 aircraft were lost in an attack on Nuremberg; more aircrew died on this night than in the whole of the Battle of Britain. I trust this anniversary will be given the same coverage as the Dresden attack.
THE next meeting of the York Haematology Support Group for patients, families, carers and friends dealing with blood cancers will be held on Thursday, April 2 at 7pm at Huntington Working Men’s Club. The guest speaker is Peter Howe, fundraiser and
THE annual general meeting of the Minsters Rail Campaign was held in the Londsbrough Arms Hotel at Market Weighton on March 28. Clearly the campaign has run out of steam: they now appear to have little support from their 80 members. Besides the
ONE of York’s living legends, a former deputy features editor of the Yorkshire Evening Press and a namesake of mine, Ronald Willis, might find a smile upon reading the following quotation: “One should arrive at Castle Howard by helicopter to the music
100 years ago CORRESPONDENCE had taken place between Miss Sylvia Pankhurst and Mr Lloyd George as to whether the Treasury agreements between the Board of Trade and the Labour representatives would secure that women would receive equal pay for equal
COUNCILLORS are being urged to approve controversial plans for a gas pipeline through North Yorkshire in the face of 150 objections, some fearing it will open the door to ‘fracking’. Those opposed to the scheme warn the plan sets a precedent and
POLICE investigating a serious sex attack at a nature reserve say there has been a significant response from members of the public. North Yorkshire Police also said it would attend Quarry Moor Nature Reserve in Ripon today to gather more information
YORK St John University has appointed a new vice-chancellor to take over from Professor David Fleming later this year. Professor Karen Stanton, who is currently deputy vice-chancellor at Glasgow Caledonian University and has previously held positions
WHAT would Richard III have done at Easter? The Yorkshire Museum, in Museum Gardens, York, is holding demonstrations and activities that would have taken place during the reign of Richard III, including a weekend of dancing, tournament training
CHURCH leaders have condemned online profiteers for attempting to sell orders of service for Richard III’s reburial for hundreds of pounds on eBay. Dozens of copies of specially-printed card booklets produced for the series of high-profile services
MORE than a dozen police officers took part in a day of action which saw 11 people arrested in York. A total of 19 officers, assisted by CID, specials and the North Yorkshire Police dog section, executed a number of warrants in the Bell Farm and
DRIVERS in Ryedale and parts of Hambleton are more at risk of dying or being seriously hurt on the roads than almost anywhere else in the UK. Figures published by an insurance company and a road safety charity show the Thirsk and Malton constituency
A SELBY woman has appeared in court after she was caught driving less than two months after being disqualified. Agnieszka Sylwia Kaczoch, 42, of Ousegate, Selby, appeared at York Magistrates’ Court on Friday and pleaded guilty to driving while
BOSSES at a thriving power station have thrown their weight behind an inspirational Community Pride award. Drax, the owner and operator of Drax Power Station, is sponsoring the Teacher of the Year category which recognises someone who brings out
A LEARNER driver has been given a suspended jail sentence after she caused the death of a 15-year-old friend when she crashed into another car. Carly Dene Smith, known as Beanie, died from multiple injuries after the Vauxhall Astra in which she
IMPOSING 20mph zones across York has had little effect on driving speeds – with speeds actually increasing in some streets. A Freedom of Information request made by the Liberal Democrats has found that before and after speed figures for ten roads
THE countdown to the long-awaited reopening of York Art Gallery has begun – as details of its new displays are revealed. New commissions, old masters and more than 2,000 ceramic works will feature in the gallery and 11 full-time jobs will be created
A BEGGAR who repeatedly fired a Taser gun in York city centre during the early hours of New Year’s Day has narrowly avoided jail. A judge at York Crown Court handed Craig Laing a 12-month prison sentence yesterday but suspended it for 18 months
A FATHER-OF-ONE described as “the heart and soul” of his football team has died in a tragic car crash. Devastated friends and colleagues of Lee Lyons, 27, have paid tribute to the man who was a “friend to everybody” and who, in 2009 was hailed
ON-LOAN teenage striker Josh O’Hanlon is relishing his unexpected opportunity to prove himself at Football League level with York City. O’Hanlon made his professional debut for City during Saturday’s 4-1 victory at Mansfield, having failed to make
YORK Minster Engineering Football League Cup holders Wigginton Grasshoppers fell at the first hurdle, taking a 6-1 hammering at Dringhouses. Liam Robertson put the home side ahead on 30 minutes before Ash Taylor equalised with a 20-yard curling
NEW Earswick All Blacks ARLC made it three wins on the bounce by beating Batley Boys 34-22 to remain second in Pennine League championship one. The White Rose Avenue hosts took the lead after 12 minutes through Reece Blake, with Tom Holmes converting
YORK Acorn ARLC ‘A’ will face Sharlston Rovers in the final of the Yorkshire League Forty-20 Cup after a 38-20 win over Brighouse Rangers in the last four. Full-back Jake Calam bagged a first-half hat-trick as the Blue and Golds booked their final
JUBILEE ‘A’ moved into top spot in division two of the York John Smith’s Ladies Darts League with a superb 8-1 victory over former leaders Bootham Club. Julie Oliver and Brenda Dawe starred for Jub, while Bootham’s Jane Barnes scored her side’s
GOALKEEPER Brian Ignjatovic was the star man in City of York III’s 2-1 Yorkshire Hockey League division two home win over title-hunting Wakefield. The visitors capitalised on a slow York start to go in front from a penalty flick after a first-time
NORTH Yorkshire-based David O’Meara, who saddled two winners at Doncaster’s opening meeting and came close to lifting the Lincoln Handicap with runner-up Mondialiste, can carry on his good work at Southwell this afternoon. The Nawton trainer, whose
