EXTRA police patrols will be held around York next weekend, as part of a summer safety operation. The first day of action will be held on Saturday and will see North Yorkshire Police, British Transport Police, Yorkshire Ambulance Service, City
YORKSHIRE wrapped up a thumping three-day win over Nottinghamshire at Headingley today to set up a blockbuster clash with LV= County Championship leaders Durham next week. The reigning champions hammered last season’s closest challengers to their
A WOMAN has been ordered to keep her dogs on a lead and muzzled after allowing one of her animals to bite a dog walker. Sarah Quinn, of Field Road in Bridlington, appeared at Beverley Magistrates' Court where she pleaded guilty to allowing a dog
FIREFIGHTERS have helped move an obese woman from her home to hospital. The window of the bungalow in Bridlington was removed before Humberside firefighters and paramedics were able to move her. They used a stretcher and sling to move the
YORKSHIRE are closing in on an LV= County Championship victory over Nottinghamshire at Headingley. Notts, who bowled Yorkshire out for 430 in reply to 224 thanks to two more Stuart Broad wickets in the early stages of the third afternoon, reached
YORKSHIRE are closing in on a 200-run first-innings lead during the third day of their LV= County Championship match against Nottinghamshire at Headingley. The hosts lost three wickets inside the first six overs of play and four inside the first
YORK Music Hub is offering grants of up to £2000 to musical organisations, and £4000 for clusters of schools trying to improve their music provision.The hub's commissioning plan has £40,000 to allocate during the academic year 2015/2016 . A wide variety
FOR an artist whose group work and collaborations have covered everything from punk to psychedelia, San Francisco-based singer-songwriter Meg Baird has always chosen the path less noisy when it comes to her solo work. Considering her previous lone
YORK Light took to the stage on Tuesday evening for the opening night of a week-long run of Stephen Schwartz’s ever popular musical Godspell. In Hilary Dyson's production, starring Richard Weatherill's contemplative Jesus and Rich Hawley's introverted
A POND already restored and revamped by a community will be given more tender loving care after a cafe hosted a day of fundraising.A summer fair at the Love to Eat cafe in Moor Lane, Dringhouses, celebrated restoration work at Chapman's Pond - and raised
A CITY centre retail unit has gone on the market for the first time since it was built in the 1970's with an asking price in excess of £3.4 million.The freehold of numbers 63 to 77 Goodramgate is being marketed by York-based Waterhouse Commercial Surveyors
A COUPLE faced with redundancy three years ago is now operating a Yorkshire wide network of specialist table top sales attracting up to 420 people at each event. Table Tots is the brainchild of Andy and Jude Hudson-Gill, who have entered the venture
BUILDING work has started on the speculative refurbishment of two empty buildings which were once part of a wartime munitions factory at Thorp Arch Estate near Wetherby.Estate owners Rockspring Hanover Property Unit, London, has given the go ahead for
STEPHEN Joseph Theatre artistic director Chris Monks is to leave the Scarborough company on December 11 after seven years. Since succeeding Alan Ayckbourn in January 2009, the South Yorkshireman has directed 24 productions, revitalised the literary
THE employment team at Langleys Solicitors has boosted its ranks with the appointment of assistant solicitor Lyndsey Crook.Ms Crook has more than five years’ experience advising clients on a range of contentious and non-contentious employment law matters
THE line-up is complete for the inaugural Woodsduck Comedy and Art Festival in York, a celebration of peace and laughter curated by The Burning Duck Comedy Club on July 4 and 5. Two days of alternative comedy will begin at 12.30pm in the club's
ANNE Bonny is a gentleman's daughter, but she is no lady. Mary Read has spent her life disguised as her deceased brother to avoid scandal. When their worlds collide on board Calico Jack Rackham's pirate ship, these two unlikely friends become a fearsome
AS we reach the half way point of the year (where has the time gone!), it’s time to take stock of the property market and make some predictions for the coming six months.At the outset there was a fair amount of uncertainty. After a very positive 2014,
WOMEN in York are being urged to grab their last chance to help tackle cancer at Race for Life next weekend. Seven thousand women have already joined a "pink army" for the 5k, 10k and Pretty Muddy women-only events on Saturday, July 4 and Sunday
WITH 23 award shortlistings under its belt and 21 wins this year alone William Anelay is hoping to continue its streak of success in the Press Business Awards.Specialising in the conservation and restoration of historic buildings and monuments, the firm
YORK has a housing crisis, in fact a survey published yesterday, by Halifax, named the city one of Britain's most expensive places for property. A square metre here will set you back £2,024, compared to just £910 in Aberdare, Wales, and that means
THE arts are not just a luxury. As playwright Mike Kenny points out today, culture and the arts are essential for a healthy society. They bring us together; and they broaden our humanity and our understanding of who we are. When York's new ruling
PART of a former York city centre pub is being transformed into a shared workspace for businesses in the creative industries.The historic former home of the Pavement Vaults, in Pavement, will see its second floors converted into office space for up to
A new row is erupting over claims ME – or chronic fatigue syndrome – is all in the head. MAXINE GORDON speaks to two sufferers in York whose lives have been affected by the disease IF you thought we’d come a long way from myalgic encephalopathy
REMEMBER the stunning production of the York Mystery Plays in Museum Gardens in 2012? How about Blood + Chocolate, in which hundreds of local actors took to the streets in 2013 to recreate the experience of York’s chocolate workers during the First
Anyone for croquet? Wimbledon may be starting on Monday, but there’s another lawn game that’s just as ace. MAXINE GORDON checks out the rising appeal of croquet PRISTINE greens, perfect lines and players dressed in white – you’d be forgiven for
THE Bee Gees suffered their first break-up in 1969. The tension between Barry and Robin Gibb came to a head over the choice of lead single from the Odessa album, which favoured the older brother’s First Of May over Robin’s Lamplight. Robin felt
WITH the premise that companies of all sizes and budgets should have access to the latest technologies and marketing strategies, Sally Trousdale set up Pick & Mix Marketing Solutions in 2011.Her York-based marketing and PR company helps SMEs in Yorkshire
MORE than a third of adults in York are worried about the welfare or safety of a child in their neighbourhood, according to a new survey.The report, from Action For Children, claims 34 per cent of those surveyed were "very" or "quite"
A YORK couple who launched new software to serve the property industry are celebrating after being recognised with a national award.TouchRight Software was awarded a Bronze award in the Lettings Supplier of the Year category at The Lettings Agency of
A CYCLIST has suffered serious injuries in a major incident on the A59. A man in his 60s is believed to have been injured after he was in collision with a lorry around 8.10am outside Poppleton Road Primary School, North Yorkshire Police said.
DETECTIVES investigating a distraction burglary have released an Efit of the suspect. A 94-year-old woman was the victim of the burglary at about 7.50pm on Saturday, June 20, at her home in The Glade, Escrick, when a young man called at her door
A MOTORIST has been cleared of causing a motorcyclist's death by careless driving on a North Yorkshire country road.Jonathan Stokes was formally acquitted by a jury at York Crown Court yesterday after the prosecution offered no further evidence against
FOLLOWING previous letters regarding public toilets in York (Letters, June 13), for which you now have to pay, I wish to echo the views of a previous correspondent who said the ones in Castlegate are just the same as they were when free to use.
DAVID O'Meara, on the mark with Amazing Maria at Royal Ascot last week and trainer of two winners at Wetherby on Monday evening, can ring the bell at Carlisle this afternoon.HE'S NO SAINT, the mount of Fergal Lynch, represents the North Yorkshire trainer
I WONDER how many of the cyclists killed on the roads this year were the fault of the cyclist. It is typical of anti-car people like John Cossham (Letters, June 20) to blame it all on motorists. He also mentions about lack of infrastructure
YORK CITY boss Russ Wilcox has hailed the twin capture of midfielder James Berrett and goalkeeper Scott Flinders as a "great bit of business" and believes their signings can attract more high-quality players to come to Bootham Crescent.The pair
I DON’T find it intimidating in York on a Saturday (The Press, June 20). I was in York with family on Saturday night for a curry in Micklegate and it’s fine (and I’m 60). Lots of people out, some had a little too much to drink but it was not
THE standard of cricket played this past few weeks between England and New Zealand has been quite superb. The spirit exhibited between both sides has been a credit to all and a joy to watch. New Zealand particularly have displayed a smiling, sporting
A SCIENTIST and star of the small screen will congratulate youngsters for the work they have done in the name of a former Red Arrow pilot's charity.Professor Brian Cox, patron of the Jon Egging Trust, will meet the young people at York High School on
THE fund to raise £50,000 to give a little girl a life-changing operation has passed the halfway mark.Eight-year-old Poppy Wadsworth has a condition called cloaca, which means several of her internal organs are not properly separated, and has already
BOXER Anthony Claridge has been crowned a king of the ring after winning gold at a prestigious amateur tournament. The 28-year-old, who trains at York Boxing Club in Walmgate, defeated Karl Forsythe in the 69kg welterweight division at the
WOODHOUSE Grange took another step towards the Foss Evening Cricket League first division title with victory over holders York.Their seven-wicket win leaves them with a seven-point lead at the top at the half-way stage of the season.Jonny Moxon hit 50
YORK Central's MP has met families at a support group for people living with muscular dystrophy.Rachael Maskell pledged her support for Muscular Dystrophy UK’s Manifesto for Muscle during the election campaign, and in that promised to meet the group's
SESSAY lead Acomb by three points at the half-way stage in division one of the Pilmoor Evening Cricket League.Their latest success came at Sheriff Hutton where the home side batted first and made 104-8. Geoff Schofield top scored with 43, an innings which
PLANS are being put in place for the return of York Business Week with a call to the city's businesses to get involved.The sixth annual York Business Week will once again be held in November, with five-day schedule of event to support local enterprise.Following
A KINDHEARTED passerby has come to the rescue of a York woman whose dog became trapped in her car. Gemma Hardy, 24, from Green Lane, began to panic after accidentally locking her ten-month-old Dalmatian, Bella in her car along with her keys.
TRIBUTES have been paid to a dedicated and much-loved school caretaker who has died aged 88.Alan Smith MBE worked in education for 42 years, much of that time at Haxby Road School - now a primary academy where he still worked as caretaker. He passed away
DEVELOPERS eyeing a patch of land on the edge of York are to invite neighbours to have their say on the plans. Indigo Planning are putting together outline proposals for around 20 new houses on green land off Knapton Lane, on the edge of Acomb.
