A PROTEST against the country's vote to leave the EU will be held in York next weekend. Although York voters chose to remain, the national vote saw a majority decide to leave the EU, in an historic event which led to the resignation of Prime Minister
A YORK shop has closed this weekend after serving the community for 25 years. Barnitts in Front Street, Acomb, closed its doors for the final time on Friday after it became no longer "commercially viable". Managing director Paul Thompson told
I WOULD like to ask the person who took the safe from the local funeral directors (The Press, June 2) to please have the heart to either return it or to post the contents back through their letterbox. Although probably of small monetary value the
A MOTORIST is facing the loss of his 20-year-old business because he went driving after he had had two drinking sessions, York magistrates heard. Spencer Douglas Ellis, 50, was twice the drink drive limit when police stopped him on Wenlock Terrace
MY partner Monica and I had the good fortune to be invited to attend York races by my very good friend John Sissons to watch his racehorse run earlier this month. His two year old home-bred filly Melanie Millie won very convincingly and appears
I AM sure that I speak for many people when I say how sad it is to see the small Heron supermarket go from Stonebow. The shop was outstanding value, had lovely staff and was handy for the bus stops, all the things York people need. It is a
RE the story about chopping down trees at Clifton Moor (The Press, June 7). How many people have done as I do, pulling out the car halfway to look and see if cars are coming either way on Clifton Moor when traffic is obscuring the view? They
I WAS pleased to see such a strong negative reaction to the proposal to cut down 103 trees at Clifton Moor (The Press, June 6). To say that more people would shop there if they could see it from the road seems to me a nonsense. The stores and
Two businessmen have each been jailed for 15 months after they conned pensioners in the York area out of money for various financial services. Michael John Wild, 52, and Robert Henry Holly, 44, raked in more than £30,000 by telling customers Yorkshire
THERE is a little gem in Walmgate which stands approximately 6ft to 8ft above surrounding ground level called St Denys Church. Dating back to 1154, it has seen many changes, historically, in structure and style of fashions. It has been used by
I HAD to laugh at Matthew Laverack’s letter headed “Some Irish see reason to leave” (The Press, June 21). His subsequent comment re his vote to leave must be based on a very flimsy foundation. Most Irish people want to remain: most Irish people
CHRISTIAN VASSIE mentioned a government leaflet sent to all households in 1975 (Letters, June 17). I don’t recall getting one let alone reading one, although I was a first time mother nursing a very young baby so perhaps I maybe forgiven that slip
WE won. Well, in your face those who wanted to stay in the EU. We are now free of the EU shackles. We are now out of the dark and into a bright new day - independence day. It’s time for the Prime Minister’s long walk out of our lives. We
WHAT is clear from the referendum is that it was not about Brussels but colour, race and religion, stoked by fear and hate, which will damage our communities and cross border harmony for decades to come. Readers need to remember more people come
WELL it has happened: a stunning political blow. 72% of the UK’s electorate has, indeed, spoken. So by any criteria a legitimate result. We must now conclude that the UK’s union is, at the very least, at a crossroads: while not yet a certainty,
ARE you a wine drinker who generally sticks to bottles you know you like, or do you constantly explore new drinks to see what else is out there.Well, like any good fence-sitter, we're happy to do both in this column.First, the new. Well, new to this
STEVE ROGERS can prove the punters' hero by landing the John Smith's Northumberland Plate at Newcastle.Roger Varian's charge has plenty of amends to make to his supporters after letting them down badly in the Chester Cup back in May – but
GOOD riddance. The Tories need as their new leader someone who is not tainted by personal attacks uttered in the EU referendum, and who can bring their two sides back together. The best person for this huge task is local MP David Davis. He
I WRITE with a sense of shame at being British, but also a sense of anger at David Cameron and his cabal who unleashed the horror of the right wing on this country. If Scotland secedes, will Cameron enter the history books as the Prime Minister
THE Oaks golfer James Walker has received a second England call-up Walker, who will be representing the Aughton club, now heads for France next month to play for his country in two prestigious strokeplay events. He will join Will Enefer from Wrekin, Shropshire
ANDY SMITH is set to make his York City Knights bow tomorrow - as he attempts to turn the clock back and prove himself on the pitch again.Smith, the former London Broncos and Bradford winger, retired from professional rugby league at the end of 2012 after
BRIAN Ellison is banking on Seamour to put the icing on his cake this afternoon.Malton trainer Ellison turns 64 this week and would love nothing more for his birthday than a victory in the John Smiths' Northumberland Plate.Seamour was the beaten favourite
A SPECIAL exhibition has opened at a York museum to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. A painting depicting Yorkshire soldiers on the front line at the Somme has gone on show at York Castle Museum for the first time as
A FATHER-DAUGHTER team from North Yorkshire has cycled from London to Brighton for charity. Graham and Emma Stickland, from Harrogate, took part in the 54-mile ride in memory of Graham’s father and father-in-law, who both died of a heart attack
DISGRUNTLED drivers and business owners have vented their frustration over roadworks taking place on the Selby bypass.Contractors began work this week on the latest phase of the reconstruction of the A63 Selby bypass. This is the £2.8million second phase
Beer and pub column YORK is about to welcome another new brewery – but it needs little introduction. Ainsty Ales has become a familiar name in the city’s pubs and bars over the past 18 months or so, but only now is it about to have a base of
