NORTH Yorkshire Police are hoping a member of the public may recognise this man. He is wanted in connection with suspected drug possession at Fibbers Nightclub, Toft Green, York. The incident happened at about 3.30am on Sunday, January 18,
BUOYED by the international success of their Sweet Home Chicago tour, The Chicago Blues Brothers are returning to Britain with a new action-packed show. What’s On has three pairs of tickets to be won for Thursday’s (April 23) show at the Grand Opera
SPRING has sprung, lambs are leaping, joy is in the air until May 7, and York has another new comedy club cracking its first gag on Monday night. Welcome to Stand Up And Be Social, so called because promoter Maxie Wade will be focusing on stand-up
PLANS are under way for the 17th annual Scarborough maritime festival Seafest. For the second year, funding from Arts Council England will help organisers to schedule a dazzling programme of events and build on last year’s hugely-successful festival
YORK City boss Russ Wilcox has insisted that two unsuccessful red-card appeals will not deter him from contesting future decisions. Centre-back Dave Winfield will miss tomorrow’s trip to his former club Shrewsbury after an independent panel upheld
MALTON & Norton RUFC are aiming to end Doncaster Phoenix’s season-long winning run as they count down to their crucial promotion play-off tie. The Ryedale side host runaway Yorkshire One leaders Doncaster in their final game of the regular
SILVERWARE hunters Tadcaster Albion embark on a wicked week amid manager Paul Marshall’s fear of the club falling foul of a potential scandal. Albion go to Retford tomorrow buoyed by a boost in their outside chance of claiming the Northern Counties
THE 2015 Hunters York & District Senior Cricket League premier division campaign gets under way tomorrow with plenty at stake. The premier division crown will be up for grabs - along with a place in the newly-created ECB Premier Yorkshire League
YORK captain Nick Kay is eager to carve the Clifton Park club’s name into the record books in the final season of the Solly Sports Yorkshire ECB County Premier Cricket League. A reorganisation of league cricket in the county means that York will
FORMER York City chief Nigel Worthington has declared his interest in the managerial vacancy at Sky Bet League Two Portsmouth. Pompey are looking for a new boss after sacking Andy Awford, with Southend’s Phil Brown and Martin Allen, of Barnet,
MATTHEW FISHER has taken advice from a Division One rival as he gets ready to become Yorkshire’s youngest County Championship debutant in 15 years at Trent Bridge this weekend. The 17-year-old seamer from Sheriff Hutton Bridge is in line to fill
NORTH Yorkshire trainer Tim Easterby has snapped up the services of Tony McCoy for Run Ructions Run at Ayr today as the legendary jockey makes his penultimate appearance on a Scottish racecourse before he retires. McCoy, who will hang up his boots
A SENSE of business “optimism and opportunity” is being felt as York Science Park welcomes three new start-up ventures. The Science Park’s dedicated early stage business accommodation Springboard has signed up a trio of new residents in the form
YORK credit card insurer CPP has appointed an interim chief executive following the departure of Brent Escott in February. Subject to regulatory approval, Stephen Callaghan will report directly to current executive chairman Eric Anstee, who will
YORK housebuilder Persimmon has reported an “encouraging” start to 2015 with forward sales totalling £2 billion. Speaking at the company’s Annual General Meeting, held a York Racecourse yesterday, chairman Nicholas Wrigley reported upwards trends
A KEY part of the York Potash project, which aims to create a billion-pound mine in the North York Moors, has been recommended for planning approval. The application is for a mineral transport system, which will carry the potash from the proposed
A SPRING dance in aid of Ryedale Community Leisure Centre takes place tonight. Norton couple Barrie and Pat Elener are organising the event in aid of the facility which is run by volunteers. Barrie said: “RCLC is now owned by the community
CONSERVATION work on a historic bridge has been halted after a rare and jawless blood-sucking fish was discovered spawning under it. North Yorkshire County Council said the work on Grade II listed Thornton Bridge, over the River Swale at Helperby
NEW workshops to help autistic people take part in sport and physical activity in York will be held this weekend. The Active For Autism workshops will be held tomorrow and on Sunday at Burnholme Community Sports Hub and will be run by The National
SOME speed bumps in York will be temporarily removed later this month. The speed cushions in Tang Hall Lane will be removed by City of York Council in a week of alterations ahead of the Tour de Yorkshire in May. Work to remove the cushions
PLEASE Please You concert booker Joe Coates has even better taste buds than Mary Berry. Time after time, he brings his new discoveries to York’s underworld, sometimes Leeds too, and you leave wishing you had his record collection. As chance
CARA Dillon is in the running for Folk Singer Of The Year in next Wednesday’s BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, so it was surprising to hear the County Derry folk musician admit she was nervous about recording the standard As I Roved Out for her latest album
STUDENT digs have come a long way since my college days back in the 1980s. My halls of residence at Stirling University were famously modelled on a Swedish prison; the cells, sorry rooms, designed to be just big enough to stop you going mad. We
HOW I most heartily agree with Philip Roe’s letter (April 14). I attended Nunthorpe Grammar School in the early 1950s and we had a similar discipline procedure to that he had at Archbishops. His letter brings back memories of teachers such as “
I HAVE seen several reports recently about first time voters saying they can not be bothered to vote because they do not trust any party. In some ways I think we all agree with those views, but please stop and think of what you are doing when you
THANK God May 7 is not too far away, when we will no longer have to tolerate so-called politicians indulging in petty playground squabbles like a lot of overgrown schoolboys and girls, talking about airy-fairy revenue schemes, none of which work, Ed
THE latest Conservative policy announcement about extending the “Right to Buy” to Housing Association tenants must be the biggest confidence trick yet. Housing Association tenants already have the right to acquire their home (not mentioned) albeit
FORTUNATELY, here in York we have escaped the horror of mass child abuse scandals as presided over by Labour councils in Rotherham and Rochdale. Nevertheless, over the past four years under our own Labour council we have witnessed serious project
I SAY to myself “just read the letters in The Press and don’t be drawn into responding”. Then I see a letter such as the one from Simon Sweeney on the subject of the contribution of migrants and I can’t resist. Very few people will disagree that
DAVID Horton is standing down as Labour councillor for Acomb ward after many faithful years of listening to our needs, trudging the streets to talk to constituents in all kinds of weather – unlike some who just show up when the elections are due.
CAN it be the wonderfully restored Holgate windmill that encourages so much tilting at windmills in the area? I hope not. What mindset can it be that needs to write to The Press extolling the virtues of alfresco paganism at the expense of stone-built
DURING a conversation between Richie Benaud and the legendary Keith Miller, Richie said his only regret during his career as a cricketer was that he never had the chance to bowl against Don Bradman in his prime. Keith replied by saying we all deserve
IN 1932 my elder sister got married. They rented a terrace house and her husband gave her £100 for furniture. She went to Whitby Oliver’s in Micklegate and bought a dining suite for the living room, a three-piece suite, sideboard and china cabinet
NOW spring has sprung all gardeners are busy, but please, as you pot up, dig down, put in and pull out, don’t throw away any spares. Just pop in a pot, put in a corner and on Sunday morning of May 17, potter down with them to St Leonard’s Hospice
J BEISLY got the reason for Haxby station’s closure completely wrong when he blamed it on car usage (Letters, April 9). Haxby station lost its regular passenger service in 1939 when Haxby was just a tiny village and there were very few cars around.
ALEX Reppold is a member of a rare species – the male primary school teacher. Indeed one in four primaries in England has no male registered teacher. But Alex has just taken charge of Pocklington Community Junior School and at the tender age of 28
IT MAKES sense to try to help those struggling with drug or alcohol addiction rebuild their lives. Much better if they can become contributing members of society again, rather than simply being condemned or shunned. So we welcome the fact that
100 years ago Mr JG Butcher, member for York, would shortly second Mr Wing’s motion in favour of the prohibition of the sale of intoxicating liquors in the House of Commons for the period of the war. There was not the slightest doubt, said
YORK is officially big in China after the city scooped a major tourism award on Wednesday. Visit York has received a gold China Tourist Welcome (CTW) award for its work to market the city to Chinese visitors. A jury gave gold, silver and bronze
THE owner of York City Knights has apologised for making an offensive comment on social media. John Guildford caused controversy when he called two Knights fans “window lickers” - a derogatory comment aimed at people with learning difficulties.
A NORTH Yorkshireman who served as the county’s Lord Lieutenant for more than a decade has been honoured by city dignitaries in York. Lord Crathorne became the Queen’s representative in North Yorkshire in 1999, and held the post of Lord Lieutenant
In the first of two York ‘meet the candidates’ spreads, we invited the seven parliamentary candidates competing for York Central to introduce themselves. Rachael Maskell, Labour and Co-operative Party As a senior NHS physiotherapist
SAFETY improvements are needed on the banks of the River Ouse near York’s Millennium Bridge, a Green candidate has claimed. Cllr Andy D’Agorne said that while welcome safety work had been carried out by City of York Council on the river in the
POLITICIANS are ignoring the grave threat posed by a crisis in social care funding, a leading North Yorkshire care group has warned. The Independent Care Group – which represents care providers in York and North Yorkshire – says unless social care
THE LGBT perspective on party politics will come under the spotlight next week at a special event at York St John University. The University’s LGBT Staff Network is holding a public election debate, Queerstion Time, on Thursday, April 23 at 6.30pm
VOTERS have until Monday to get on the electoral register in time for May’s general and local elections. The new individual registration systems means everyone must register themselves ahead of the polls. Figures show that in December York had
A PARAPLEGIC pilot may be forced to postpone his solo flight to the North Pole following delays and a serious injury. Dave Sykes, of York Flying Club, set off from Rufforth at the end of March, flying to Kent before crossing the Channel and working
CARE homes in York and Selby have been named among the most recommended in Yorkshire, and among the best in the country. Temple Manor Care Home, in Selby, was named 12th top recommended care home in the UK in research by carehome.co.uk, based on
FORMER York City chairman Steve Beck has passed away at the age of 58. Beck, who held the top position at Bootham Crescent after the Supporters’ Trust gained ownership of the club in 2003, died peacefully at York & District hospital this afternoon
ARTISTS from across York and beyond will open their studios to the public for free over the next two weekends. York Open Studios 2015 will see more than 90 artists showcase their work, starting tomorrow. Painters, printmakers, sculptors, jewellers
MEET Alex Reppold who could be Britain’s youngest head teacher after taking on the post, aged 28, while still pursuing his own education. Alex Reppold, who was born and raised in York, took up his new post at Pocklington Community Junior School
A York Hospital doctor stole enough drugs prescribed to patients to fill a suitcase, York magistrates heard. Dr Samia Naz Siddiqui used her position at the hospital to repeatedly take morphine, the chemical name of heroin, or cyclizine, which is
LEADING politicians say they will try to ensure York residents are spared new admission charges to York Art Gallery after next month’s City of York Council elections. The Press revealed earlier this week that York Museums Trust will charge £7.50
A CHARITY that helps people recovering from alcohol and drug addiction wants to convert a York pub into a drop-in centre. Changing Lives has agreed to buy The Melbourne pub, in Cemetery Road, and now hopes to secure planning permission for the
POLICE have officially named a man who was killed in a crash in York. Michael South, aged 40, from York, died in the collision on the A64 at Flaxton on Friday, April 10, involving a private ambulance, bus and car. North Yorkshire Police have
AN interactive learning session is being held by York Minster to consider how people have historically tried to reconcile their attitudes to war and violence with a belief in God. Among the items to feature in the event Praying For Victory: The
