A YORK city-centre cafe and bistro is expanding in a bid to double its capacity. Barbakan, a Polish restaurant in Walmgate, was originally a small deli before becoming a restaurant. Now, owners Grzegorz Blasiak and Anna Wieczak want to expand
YORKSHIRE'S LV= Division One game against Nottinghamshire was heading for a draw after determined resistance from the Nottinghamshire batsmen in the afternoon session. Samit Patel was caught by wicketkeeper Andrew Hodd for a 114-ball 76 and Riki
BRITISH songwriters Blair Dunlop and Emma Stevens are joining forces for a spring tour that takes the road south from Edinburgh to arrive at Fibbers in York on Saturday night. Dunlop and Stevens have cut their live chops on the folk scene and singer-songwriter
Some of the most important, yet little known, battles were fought in Yorkshire during the Middle Ages. MATT CLARK meets a York historian who is about to shed light on them. TOWTON, Stamford Bridge, Marston Moor and Fulford were some of the most
YORK Settlement Community Players are putting two burgeoning acting talents in the spotlight in a little-known Bertolt Brecht play in its York premiere from April 30 to May 2 at Friargate Theatre. George Stagnell and Emma Dubruel, both 20, will
YORK CITY KNIGHTS centre Peter Aspinall has been handed a two-match suspension after being sent off in the club’s Kingstone Press League One victory at Oxford. The 21-year-old gave an early guilty plea to a Grade ‘C’ charge of running in and punching
YORKSHIRE officials are considering their options after learning that overseas signing Aaron Finch has been ruled out for 12 weeks with a serious hamstring injury. The Australian batsman had been one of the club’s headline acts for the 2015 Nat
MADDY Prior made a welcome return to York with two new voices, as opposed to Steeleye Span, and proceeded to deliver a journey around England, the USA and Middle Europe that alternated between the spine-tingling and rollicking jollity. Accompanied
THIS spacious barn conversion makes the perfect family home with four bedrooms and grass paddocks set in just under one-and-a-half acres of land. The Old Barn, in Muston, has been cleverly converted from a range of old farm buildings and its inside
Yorkshire’s cricketers still have hopes that they could achieve what would be a remarkable victory after claiming two vital Nottinghamshire wickets in the morning session of the LV= Division One game at Trent Bridge. Resuming on 74-3, the home
THREE people were injured and three arrested after a disturbance in a North Yorkshire street. The altercation was reported at around 7.30pm on Tuesday in Avenue Grove in Harrogate. Police said the incident invovled a group of people and said
MORE than 1,000 businesses in York city centre are being consulted over plans to raise almost £4.4 million over the next five years to improve the city's economic environment. Stakeholders were invited yesterday to the official launch of the York
SCHOOLCHILDREN are dicing with death at a York level crossing, which has been misused at least 25 times in the past year. British Transport Police and Network Rail are today speaking to pupils from The Joseph Rowntree School and motorists using
NORTH Yorkshire visitor attraction Lightwater Valley has welcomed an 11 per cent increase in year-on-year visitor numbers over the Easter period. The rise comes after a £350,000 investment in a new Jurassic Adventure Golf course and Vintage Car
A YORK based agency which provides e-commerce solutions for businesses has won a European IT award. PureNet, based in York Business Park, took home an IT Europa award after winning Vertical Market Solution of the Year at the IT Europa European
AUSTRALIAN-born Andrew Whitney has a variety of businesses in his portfolio. Alongside running York-based private jet and helicopter company FlyMeNow he is also a nightclub owner after buying Mansion nightclub in Micklegate, and co-owns the award-winning
LINLEY & Simpson has strengthened its specialist land, new homes and development department with a new appointment. David Waddington brings more than 30 years’ experience of the property sector to his new role within the residential sales and
A YORK developer has abandoned plans to create 47 new apartments in the city after selling the proposed site to the owner of the city's only five star-hotel. Skelwith has sold Roman House in Rougier Street to Splendid Hospitality Group, which plans
THE managing director of a York-chocolate business has been selected as Yorkshire and the Humber’s first "BT Business Champion". Sophie Jewett, who created York Cocoa House, in Blake Street, was selected by the communications giant because of her
A YORK cycling business is gearing up for the arrival of the Tour de Yorkshire by becoming the latest business to hire an apprentice. Your Bike Shed, in Micklegate, has benefited from the increasing popularity and interest in cycling. Now the
A YORKHIRE care provider has announced plans to create up to 100 new jobs in the East Riding to deliver care at home services. Direct Health, which is part of the Accord Group, is looking for local care and support workers who can work across Bridlington
VEHICLE rental and leasing specialist Autohorn has strengthened its customer fleet with an order for more than 60 new Toyotas. The York-based business is taking delivery of a wide range of cars, including the Prius Plug-in hybrid. The deal
Achievements in international trade have been celebrated with four businesses in and around York being awarded a Queen’s Award for Enterprise. Business editor LAURA KNOWLSON takes at look at the local recipients in the 50th anniversary year of the
RETAILERS in York are calling for action to tackle problems with commercial waste in the city centre. Members of York Retail Forum voiced concerns at their latest meeting over problems surrounding the aesthetics and obstruction caused by rubbish
A NORTH Yorkshire man is set to cast his net on an international scale after being chosen as one of the faces to represent the European fishing industry on a brand new information portal, iFish, launching in Brussels this week. Whitby based James
As usual, it’s been a busy month of events in York and I’ve enjoyed being part of Venturefest, the annual Chamber of Commerce dinner and, the Hiscox topping out ceremony. I couldn’t agree more with Chamber of Commerce chair Suzanne Burnett that
A TOTAL of 150 people will be able to attend a free two-hour autism awareness course as part of a scheme to raise awareness about the condition and ensure early diagnosis. A partnership between the City of York Council and Living Autism will provide
A SCHOOL in York has launched a big project to bring books to Africa. St Barnabas CE primary in Leeman Road has started a programme called Big Stories for South Sudan after hearing about the lack of learning resources available to children in the
GEORGE Costigan will play the one professional role, as "the railway king" George Hudson, in the York community production of In Fog And Falling Snow this summer. Co-produced by York Theatre Royal, the National Railway Museum and Pilot Theatre,
RATS and mice were spotted by York residents who called out the council’s pest controllers at least 14 times a month, figures have revealed. The rodents were found in buildings across the city, resulting in City of York Council’s pest-control officers
A PETITION has been set up to save a pub due to be taken over by a group helping alcoholics. Changing Lives has agreed to buy The Melbourne pub, in Cemetery Road, and now hopes to secure planning permission for a project to convert it into a drop-in
PHINEAS T Barnum may have been “America’s greatest showman” – his biography sold second only to the Bible in his lifetime – but Barnum is not America’s greatest ever musical. Hence the smaller-than-usual audience for a Leeds Grand touring musical
ROUGIER Street isn't exactly the prettiest part of York. And on Friday and Saturday nights it can attract rowdy drunks. Anything that can be done to improve this quarter of the city has to be good news. So we welcome the fact that the owners of
An inquest has been opened into the death of a York landscape gardener and builder who died in the wreckage of a stolen private ambulance after taking the wheel. Michael Colin South, who would have been 41 in June, died at the scene of the crash
IN his 41-year career, York policeman Jerry Holland has done it all. He's policed Royal visits, football matches and even the Pope's visit to York. And in 1989 he led a team of officers who cordoned off the Penguin bookshop in York after a bomb
IT IS disappointing this election campaign has barely touched the issue of child poverty, especially as The Press has campaigned on ‘Stamping Out Poverty’ for the past two years. What would national and local candidates do to ‘stamp out poverty
EIGHT hundred years on from Magna Carta, which set out the basic right of the individual to challenge the powerful, the legacy is under threat. At York Amnesty International group we know how vital human rights protections are abroad, but here
SO David Cameron’s latest trick is akin to sending coals to Newcastle, selling sand to the Arabs or snow to the Eskimos. He wants ‘small’ investors to purchase Lloyds Bank shares at a discount. These investors (taxpayers)already own Lloyds
WE HAVEN’T had a majority first-past-the-post prime minister since 2005. Gordon Brown was anointed in 2007, losing in 2010 after having never been elected as PM. David Cameron sheepishly entered Number 10 and in 2015 he or Ed Miliband will
ALTHOUGH I have been a lifelong left-wing voter, I will not be supporting York’s Labour candidate unless their party categorically states that it will not form an alliance with the SNP, either formal or on an ad hoc voting basis. I don’t want the
I HOPE whichever politician that wins the seat of Thirsk and Malton, makes a high priority of retaining RAF Linton-on-Ouse as a flying base. The MP needs to forcefully recommend with the Ministry of Defence, in retaining the airfield and not moving
IT MUST be music to their ears in Rufforth regarding any extension to the tip that it has been refused. So with a £1.4 billion incinerator planned a few miles down the road, this could be the reason. Time will tell what the best solution is
A MAN was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving after he was spotted reportedly driving erratically in York city-centre. He was driving a Vauxhall Vivaro when he was stopped in Tower Street at around 9.20pm on Tuesday. Police said on twitter
A P Cox is perfectly correct in stating that discipline should be an important part of anyone’s early training (Letters, April 17), but this should not be left to teachers; children have mothers who should have taught this to their children long before
I WELCOME new laws to force all dog owners to be responsible and carry “poo bags” to clean up after what comes naturally to our pets in public places (Letters April 16). This will not resolve the issue of those many disgusting dog handlers who
SARAH TANBURN correctly advises (Coppergate fines ruling delay, The Press, April 21) that the traffic penalty tribunal’s eventual ruling will have national repercussions. I hope the the Local Government Association is keeping a watching brief on
I WAS very saddened to hear that Richie Benaud had died of skin cancer aged 84. I always admired and respected this Australian as a gentleman, excellent cricketer, good sportsman and the best cricket commentator ever. He, along with the late
100 years ago Very circumstantial reports were circulating in Holland about great movements of enemy forces to the Western front. These were stated to include Austrian as well as German troops and many trainloads were said to have come through
THE line up of local acts due to play at Bishopthorpe Road's Tour de Yorkshire street party has been announced. More than 20 acts will play on three stages at the E by Eck party on Saturday, May 2. Among the acts due to play on the Bishy Road
A LITTLE boy is now able make the most of his time at nursery thanks to new equipment to help him stand and walk. Three-year-old Noah Tilson, from Green Hammerton, has cerebral palsy that affects the use of his legs and, to a lesser extent, his
THE long-awaited outcome of York's Coppergate saga should be revealed on Thursday by the national Traffic Penalty Tribunal, following a dramatic U-turn. City of York Council will finally discover whether it has won an appeal against a tribunal
A DRIVER escaped with nothing more than a bruised shoulder following this spectacular crash on a racetrack near York. James Smith's souped-up Vauxhall Corsa shot in the air and spun around four or five times before eventually coming to a rest during
DETECTIVES investigating the disappearance of Claudia Lawrence have today arrested three men on suspicion of murder. The men are all aged in their fifties and from the York area, and searches are being conducted at three houses in and around Heworth
YORK NHS cash is proving a local election battleground as candidates pledge to fight for fair funding for the city. York Outer’s Conservative Julian Sturdy, campaigning to retain his place as MP, has promised to keep pushing for a change in NHS
A NEW poll shows the Green party pulling into the lead with student voters in York. A survey conducted by York Student Think Tank found the Green Party looked likely to win most votes of University of York students ahead in the General Election
THE Queen’s 89th birthday was celebrated with a bang yesterday as the army wheeled out its guns for a royal salute in the Museum Gardens. On the stroke of noon, 21 rounds were fired at ten second intervals from three 105mm light guns by soldiers
THREE men were arrested in York last week after an early hours break in at a bowling alley. Police have confirmed that they were called to Tenpin on Clifton Moor, just after 1am last Tuesday, April 14. A member of staff raised the alarm, a
YORK City boss Russ Wilcox is hoping Grimsby Town can win promotion to League Two. The Mariners, who include on-loan Minstermen stalwart Dan Parslow in their ranks, guaranteed their participation in the Conference play-offs ahead of the end of
YORK City Knights coach James Ford is awaiting news on a quartet of injured players in the build-up to Sunday’s Kingstone Press League One clash with Coventry. Colton Roche, Kriss Brining, Ryan Mallinder and Liam Cunningham are struggling with
YORK City Knights head coach James Ford admits he will find it difficult to leave out Ben Dent again after his display on Sunday - and impossible to omit younger brother Adam. Ben has been in and out of the side this year despite topping last year
RELAXED Chris Halley can’t wait to resume EuroPro Tour hostilities next month - and those greens better watch out. The Malton & Norton golfer is promising to be a more aggressive player this season after gaining his full playing card following
MALTON ‘A’ retained the York Conservative Clubs’ Carlsberg UK Snooker League title with a 4-3 win over Fulford ‘A’ in their last fixture. Championship rivals Acomb ‘A’ collapsed in the final round of games, losing 6-1 to Heworth ‘A’ and handing
A FLUKED black earned Huntington’s Adam Scaife victory over club-mate Barry Rankin in the final of the York CIU individual snooker knockout. Rankin went 35 ahead in the final at Acomb with only one red left on the table, but Scaife fought back
JORDAN WOROBEC advanced into the last eight of the York Masters after a fine 3-2 victory over Mick Borg. Borg’s break of 31 gave him a fast start in the opening frame but Worobec fought back to claim it 61-43 and a 59-30 success in the second put
YORK'S only five star hotel is set to double in size through a £15 million investment that will create 45 jobs and 107 new rooms. The owner of the Grand Hotel & Spa, formerly the Cedar Court Grand, has bought a neighbouring empty office block
SPRING BIRD, narrowly beaten on her seasonal debut at Catterick a fortnight ago, returns to the same course this afternoon seeking to gain compensation for North Yorkshire trainer David Nicholls. The six-year-old won three times last season and
TRANSPORT bosses have now refunded almost £700,000 to drivers who were fined for crossing Lendal Bridge during its trial closure. City of York Council said just over 28,000 applications for refunds had been received so far, some of which involved
