JASON GILLESPIE hailed Adil Rashid for helping to get Yorkshire out of trouble with the bat against Somerset as they secured an LV= County Championship draw at Taunton. Rashid enhanced an excellent personal record in this particular fixture, but
DAILY commercial flights could be operating to London from an airfield near Tadcaster within a year. That is the aim of businessman Chris Makin, who bought the former RAF Church Fenton air base last year from the Ministry of Defence and has re-named
ROBIN Ince is taking time out from comedy to spend more time with family. This means his latest and potentially last tour – but not if the title of the show is anything to go by – is a final hurrah of sorts, with Ince ditching any narrative structure
YORK'S free acoustic music jamboree, the City of York Folk Weekend, is ready to take over the Black Swan Inn from Friday to Sunday. Live entertainment will fill almost every corner of the historic inn on Peasholme Green, where a marquee stage with
GILBERT O'Sullivan has cancelled next month's tour of England "due to unforeseen circumstances" Among the eight dates to bite the dust is the Grand Opera House in York on June 16. "I would like to take this opportunity to apologise to all of my
THE owner of Malton bacon factory has increased its "financial fire power" after securing a £74 million funding package to further enhance its expansion. British pork producer Karro Food Group, which supplies pork in the retail, trade and foodservice
It was 2011 when Michelle Mook set up Pro-Development, an employee engagement and development specialists now working with SMEs in and around Yorkshire and the Humber. The venture was established to deliver bespoke people, learning and development
YORK-based solicitors Guest Walker & Co have appointed two new solicitors. Steven Smith has joined the firm to focus on residential property and his caseload will include the sale and purchase of freehold and leasehold properties, shared ownership
A YORK graphic design agency is celebrating the fifth anniversary of its launch with news that it has won an international industry award. United by Design, based in The Mount, has been honoured by the A' Design Awards, the largest of their kind
YORK-based developer S Harrison has started work on a £5 million build to create a new store in North Yorkshire that will create 30 new jobs. Based in Bishopthorpe Road, S Harrison won the contract to build the new B&M store in Catterick Garrison
ENTRIES are now open for the Press Business Awards 2015. The awards, which are this year celebrating their 25th anniversary, shine the spotlight on York and North Yorkshire’s businesses that have been exploiting new opportunities, creating wealth
THE link between wine making and furniture making may not be obvious, but when the furniture is made out of wine barrels, you can see how Allan Gledson made the transition. After 10 years working on vineyards and wineries in Australia, Mr Gledson
Literally hundreds of people have worked together to create Make It York and I am honoured to serve as its first chair. Myself and the board of directors pledge to work hard on your behalf to deliver on the potential for the city and the surrounding
Away from the bustling streets of historic York, CHLOÉ FARAND explores the city’s urban gardens where a dynamic community thrives keen to grow their own food. JUST a couple of miles to the south east of the city centre, the Low Moor allotment stretches
SCHOOLS across York have benefitted from a leading city firm's community programme. The York-based Portakabin Group has expanded its work with schools and universities with a range of new initiatives and this financial year has so far helped 16
A HUSBAND and wife duo with more than 20 years’ teaching experience have set up a new tuition centre in Acomb. Jonathan and Julia Kingdon are the new owners of the Kip McGrath Tuition Centre in Front Street, Acomb, teaching maths and English to
BUDDING artists at a York primary school showcased their creative talents with a giant exhibition of their work. Children at Robert Wilkinson School in Strensall, from the Early Years to the Year 6 pupils, took over the main hall to display their
NEW laws to clamp down on illegal fly grazing of horses – proposed by York Outer MP Julian Sturdy amid growing concerns for their welfare – have come into force. The Control of Horses Act 2015 aims to deter people from illegally grazing or simply
PLANS to open a new filling station on the site of a former garage in York have been slated by a local councillor. The Press reported recently that Valli Forecourts wants to build the new filling station and a shop at 172 Fulford Road, which has
TRIBUTES have been paid to a courageous York mum who has died after fighting cancer three times. Sally Deakin, 50, of Acomb, was first diagnosed with skin cancer in 1986, underwent treatment for breast cancer in 1996 and was diagnosed with ovarian
A BURGLAR who was disturbed by a householder during an early morning attempted break-in has been sent to prison. Tyrone Savory, 22, of Haverah Court, York, was charged with burglary and attempted burglary. He appeared before York Crown Court
A YORK school boy’s tidy design has become an internet sensation. Bootham School GCSE student, Edward Pulleyn had a viral hit on his hands following the submission of his comic book storage unit on the entertainment and social networking website
AFTER playing Jesus in the West End, on Broadway and on film, Glenn Carter will reprise the role on tour in Jesus Christ Superstar, visiting the Grand Opera House, York, from October 12 to 17. Carter's extensive musical theatre credits include
MANY thanks for the great article in The Press of May 14 looking back at 65 years of Nunthorpe School. I have very happy memories of my time there between 1979 and 1985 and I was singing along to Jerusalem on that final assembly with a tear in
HAVING queued all night again in order to get specific seats for a specific performance of this year’s pantomime, only to now be informed that it will be performed in a tent in the middle of winter is, to say the least, disappointing. Personally, I
I WAS saddened and sickened at the story about the poor hedgehog being used as a football by young thugs and can only thank God that this harmless little creature escaped further ill treatment. It makes me realise just how vulnerable to cruelty
BRIAN Roberts is still waiting (Letters, May 22) for news of a planned link road between Heworth Green and Layerthorpe, presumably to “relieve” standing traffic and congestion in the vicinity. But would building this road offer a long-term solution
WHY do the police carry out so many fingertip searches these days and what do they do with any fingertips they find? Just thought I’d ask, tongue in cheek. Phil Roe, Roman Avenue South, Stamford Bridge, York.
IT SEEMS William Moore thinks ex-Labour councillors David Horton and Tracey Simpson-Laing could do no wrong and should not be allowed to be criticised in any way; certainly not by the likes of me. (Letters, May 19). He says they were active in “serving
BEFORE we voters in recent elections form a coalition of our own and burst into song with a rendition of Judy Garland’s Over The Rainbow, it may well transpire that a Wizard of Oz is required within the chambers of City of York Council. Being without
IS Inspector Morse a Yorkshireman? Or maybe from Lincolnshire? Using the present tense seems appropriate, given that the Morse industry is booming here. A Perth TV channel is currently screening, on three consecutive mid-week evenings, Endeavour
FORTUNATELY, for the first time since having my adenoids removed in the 1950s, I have had four stays in hospital in the last year, two of which were for knee replacements, so I have seen at first-hand the quality of York Hospital. Labour’s strategy
I AM having difficulty in understanding your report on the near miss between an RAF tutor and a Tucano aircraft flying out of Linton on Ouse (The Press, May 5). You state the the tutor pilot first observed an indication of the proximity of the
CLLR Dafydd Williams’ power-share plans (The Press, May 21) show where the Labour Party’s priorities lie – “protect the living wage for council employees, protect trade union facilitator time” among its four aims. I foolishly thought that politicians
HOW can Stephen Ryan (Diabetes UK) say that there is no cure for diabetes? (Letters, May 23). I was diagnosed with type-2 diabetes nine years ago and had no help in dealing with it from doctors or diabetic nurses. My wife researched the subject
REG Deamer, my uncle, asked if I could through The Press express his sincere thanks and appreciation to the York Hospital for their first-rate care administered to himself and his late wife, Sheila, over the years. Reg has nothing but praise for
WITH regards to the letter of May 20 from Richard Bridge, he is wrong in his assumption that the rich will get richer and the pensioner and poor will be sidelined. The electorate has spoken. Obviously voters were concerned that Labour, SNP and
AN ILLEGAL trap caused the death by drowning of an otter in the Selby Canal. The trap was found on an angling platform at a fishing peg on the canal just outside Selby by a member of the public who reported the find to the police and the Environment
More than 60 years after it was hidden, a Victorian glory has re-emerged into public gaze. Winston Churchill was alive and Queen Elizabeth was a young woman when the owners of the York Art Gallery installed a glass ceiling. The work made it
A MARKS and Spencer store employee shaved her hair off in front of colleagues and shoppers in a bid to raise more than £500 for a children's hospice. Karen Scott, who works in Ladieswear at the company's Vangarde outlet near Monks Cross, York,
TRIBUTES have been paid to a North Yorkshire Police officer who died at the age of 49. Sergeant Tom Jackson died on May 4, one week before his 50th birthday, following a battle with lung cancer. A former City of York Council employee, Sgt Jackson
A CORONER praised a man’s best friend after hearing how he battled in vain against mountainous waves in a stormy sea at Scarborough to save him from drowning. North Yorkshire East Coroner, Michael Oakley, told Timothy Connor, of New Parks Crescent
MINI beasts were crawling all over a York primary school when pupils held their very own Ugly Bug Ball. Ladybirds were out in force, mingling with spiders, bumble bees, butterflies, caterpillars and grasshoppers as four and five-year-olds at Hempland
A COURAGEOUS young woman who has overcome huge medical hurdles will share the showjumping arena with the best riders in the world. Charlotte Leighton would have died from her injuries in a horrific car crash nine years ago without the aid of Yorkshire
A MAN has been jailed for attacking a hotel porter with a steak knife during a “psychotic” episode brought on by heavy drinking. James Stephen O’Connor, 26, from Heslington Road, in York, snuck into a staff-only area where the porter was clocking
MATCH-DAY and season ticket prices at York City have been frozen as the club count down to their historic final season at Bootham Crescent. Sophie McGill, the club's communications and community director, said the board had made the decision as
YORK Cricket Club’s run of four wins in a row ended with in a four-wicket defeat at Barnsley in the Solly Sports Yorkshire ECB County Premier League. Adam Whatley got the visitors off to a flying start, striking Harry Rouse for four boundaries
WOODHOUSE Grange remain top of the Hunters York & District Senior Cricket League premier division despite being held to a draw at Hull Zingari. Jack Storey top-scored with 48 in the hosts’ total of 146, but four wickets from Dave Suddaby (4
CHAMPIONS Sheriff Hutton Bridge picked up their first points of the Pilmoor Evening Cricket League division one campaign with a derby win over Sheriff Hutton. Bridge batted first and posted an imposing 160-2 with Shaun Harland making 78 and Harry
POCKLINGTON pulled off a great win over Foss Evening League champions York at Burnby Lane. York set off like a train with Alex Collins pushing on to make 69, but they picked up only one run for their last three wickets and finished on 124-7.
GRAND National-winning jockey Graham Lee has been nothing short of a revelation since switching from jumps to Flat and can play a starring role at Thirsk this afternoon. Lee, who rode more than 1,000 winners before switching to the summer game,
