YORK City boss Jackie McNamara believes Luke Hendrie’s red card at Northampton was wrongly issued but admitted the club are unlikely to lodge an appeal. Hendrie was dismissed 55 minutes into the Minstermen’s 2-0 defeat at their top-of-the-table
ON-LOAN Burnley full-back Luke Hendrie was sent off as York City went down 2-0 at table-topping Northampton. The Minstermen fell behind to a first-half John-Joe O’Toole goal and the Cobblers doubled their lead eight minutes after the break with
A NATIONAL bakery chain is closing one of its York branches. The Greggs branch in Coney Street shut on Saturday. The company also recently closed its Acomb branch, but still has outlets in Pavement and St Sampson's Square. Thomas The
NOT a day goes by without us hearing of a virus attack on a computer system and a virus sent as an attachment out to all within the community. It appears they are getting to be a regular occurrence these days. Could the fax machine make a return
THE ‘stay in the EU’ campaign are collecting support from the establishment of politicians, bankers and public body naysayers. The general public will see through this cosy self-interest group, but the exit campaign still don’t have an official
YOU don’t need to be a time traveller to appreciate Stephen Lewis’ Yesterday Once More (The Press, February 1). I revisited a past where in the 1970s two of the Morris men depicted (John Lundie and John Harper) were my work colleagues at Rowntrees
I AM writing to say a huge thank you to everyone in Yorkshire and the Humber that has run, swam, walked, abseiled, hopped, held their breath or baked for the Stroke Association over the last year. We have seen some fantastic support to help raise
STAFF at Bettys in York are celebrating the completion of improvements to the Cafe Tea Rooms in St Helen’s Square. The cafe said the redesign is intended to "invoke the spirit of the 1930s style Belmont Room" on the first floor of the Tea Rooms
I ADD my voice to those decrying the dismantling of local authority control of our schools. This process, which was designed by central government to further weaken the power of local authorities, is short-sighted. The ideologically driven
THE saying “a nation of shopkeepers” is attributed to Napoleon. From 1960 and up to turn of the turn of the century, York was awash with small independent shops and staffed by mostly well versed people who offered good advice regarding their produce
SOME time ago I took part in a radio discussion re the change of rules of the use of whips in horseracing. A representative of Animal Aid was one of the participants. Their main aim is to ban all horseracing. They are not a recognised authority
HE might have only been Supporter Liaison Officer for a week, but Phil Howden should already be congratulated on one change to the York City matchday experience.The Minstermen have ran out to the tired strains of Republica's "Ready To Go" for
I WAS recently driving down Knavesmire Road and noticed that the street scene had changed. The brick-built one-storey building that used to stand near the Mount Vale end had disappeared. I recall no comment in the paper, no outcry that yet
I REFER to the letter from Geoff Robb (The Press, February 1) and wish to to correct his assertion. City of York Council does not have the power to decrease or increase the number of councillors, this power rests solely with the Local Government
BEN GODFREY has claimed the appeal of joining Norwich City compared to "relegation football or even Conference football" was simply too good to turn down.The teenage midfielder has spoken out about his "dream move" from League Two
ANTEROS can supply Gloucestershire trainer Sophie Leech with a nice winner at Sandown.The eight-year-old is a pretty useful operator when he has conditions to suit and looks overpriced for the Betfred Mobile Heroes Handicap Hurdle.Anteros tried his hand
EX-COUNCILLOR Tracey Simpson-Laing tells us all to “read between the lines” regarding the Community Stadium (Letters, February 3). With the ousting of the previous administration the truth has been emerging for months as to how much of a mess their
DAVE Winfield has won back-to-back York City Press Player of the Month awards.The 27-year-old defender, who has also moved to within three points of long-time Press Player of the Year leader Scott Flinders, finished seven ahead of fellow centre-back Kyle
WITH reference to the construction of the new Community Stadium for York City and York City Knights, what is going on? Delay after delay, after delay. Frustration is building, when you see around the country other councils and lower league clubs
A DRINK driver has been banned from driving for two years after she caused an accident on Dodsworth Avenue in York. Clare Elizabeth Reid’s car hit a van as she passed a line of traffic waiting to turn into Heworth Green, said Cathy Turnbull, prosecuting
THREE high-flying students from Tadcaster Grammar School have been offered places at Oxford and Cambridge universities. Ben Sharples, Harry Rodgers and Ben Lewis went through the difficult application process and were successful in receiving offers
A RURAL Yorkshire council has set out its plans to hike council tax by nearly four percent this year, but others are still waiting for a final deal from the Government. The East Riding of Yorkshire Council's budget papers show the Conservative-controlled
TALENTED young actors at a York secondary school are preparing to stage a performance of Blood Brothers. Running from Monday to Wednesday at Joseph Rowntree School, the show will tell the story of twins who are born into poverty in Liverpool and
SHIRAZ, aka Syrah, seems like one of those wines, perhaps more than others, whereby if you spend that little bit more, the difference in the quality of the drink rises disproportionately.Apparently, such a disproportionate rise is the case for most wines
A YORK graduate has created a mobile jobs app which has more than 40 top companies involved and 10,000 downloads in the first four months. The former University of York student launched the app in October 2015 and claims that it is the world’s
DAVE Winfield has been hailed as a worthy back-to-back Press Player of the Month winner.The 27-year-old defender scooped the honours in December and January, having established himself as a first XI regular under Jackie McNamara.While the former Dundee
SNOWBOARDING star Gillian Finnerty has landed a place in a top British squad.The Former Easingwold student, who took up the sport five years ago when starting at Sheffield University, is now dominating the university circuit and has claimed a number of
YORK Schoolboys Under-13s fought out a six goal draw with Huddersfield in their first game back after an eight week lay-off.Ben Rhodes and Ben Heath made their debuts for the Minstermites and York took the lead in the third minute as Connor Teale charged
A MAN stabbed at two men’s necks with a broken bottle and smashed several city centre windows in lengthy early morning violence, York Magistrates Court heard. Alexander James Webster, 21, grabbed the beer bottle and deliberately smashed it on the
AIDAN RANFTLER remains unbeaten in 2016 as Clarence 'A' secured an 8-2 victory over bottom team York RI 'D' in division one of the SLT FM Solutions Ltd York and District Table Tennis League.James Lowe and Martin Lowe retained their 100 per cent records
A PUBLIC meeting is being held in York for people concerned about the NHS - as the hospital trust prepares for a second junior doctors' strike. MP Rachael Maskell will speak at the meeting at the Priory Street Centre next week, alongside Dr Clive
A CARER who organised second-hand furniture for victims of the floods has been nominated for the York and District Medal. Francesca Hughes set up a Facebook group and linked up with Pickfords Self Storage, in James Street, to give people who had
RAISE a toast! One of York's finest pubs is celebrating a landmark milestone. Brigantes in Micklegate will turn ten years old this coming week - and they are planning spectacular festivities to mark the occasion. Inside the pub's extension
YORK'S MP and council leader have joined the objectors trying to stop a large-scale chicken farm planned for the outskirts of York. Both Julian Sturdy MP and Cllr Chris Steward have made written objections to the plans by H Barker and Son, for
FUNDING is available for Bike Libraries to be set up in North Yorkshire to help give children access to a bicycle as part of the legacy of the Tour de France. Not-for-profit organisations that want to set up a Yorkshire Bank Bike Library can now
THE daughter of an elderly man who became stranded in York Hospital for seven months due to a lack of care home places has spoken of her grief at his death. Michael Fitzsimmons, 81, from Clifton, had been in ward 37 at the hospital since last summer
