LEEDS UNITED have dismissed the allegations against Massimo Cellino by The Daily Telegraph as a "non-story".The Italian, who denies any wrongdoing, appears to suggest to members of a fictitious Asian firm that they become shareholders in the
LEEDS United have suffered a blow with news that Liam Bridcutt will remain sidelined for up to two months with a foot injury.Bridcutt, who was forced off during the second half of the league victory over Blackburn Rovers earlier this month, has been absent
A 31-year-old man travelled from Bristol to York for a case that was thrown out because police had not provided anyone with details of the allegations against him. British Transport Police ordered Furkan Tunc, of Crow Lane, Henbury, Bristol, to
AN RAF squadron which served in both the First and Second World Wars has held a reunion in York.No 77 Squadron Royal Flying Corps was originally formed at the height of the First World War but disbanded in 1919.In 1937, as the Second World War loomed,
A PENSIONER was left needing hospital treatment when two men attacked him at his front door. The 79-year-old, from Leven Road, Stokesley, suffered eye injuries when the men knocked on his door and assaulted him between 9am and 10am yesterday
MARTYN Moxon expects Yorkshire to benefit financially from the newly structured England and Wales Cricket Board central contract system.A host of White Rose players have been handed separate Test and white-ball contracts, while Joe Root gets both.The
TADCASTER Albion face another stern test of their Evo-Stik League division one north credentials on Saturday as they travel to third-placed Bamber Bridge (3pm). The Brewers, enjoying life so far in this tier, rose to sixth place in midweek after
If you believe it’s better to have drunk and lost, than never to have drunk at all, then Yorkshire's latest pub project could be for you. Selected pubs across the region are taking part in a new initiative, which sees short poems printed on beer
THE newly-restored swing bridge at Howsham Mill marks the latest step in its journey from mouldering mock-Gothic ruin to 21st century green electricity generation and education centre. Amy-Jane Beer, trustee for the 18th century mill, said the
YORK Schoolboys U13s saw off East Riding Schoolboys 6-0 in their opening friendly of term.Sterner challenges will come but, with some new players and the move up to 11-a-side, the game was always going to be a test, yet they came through it in fine fettle.East
POLICE are on the scene of a road accident on Heslington Road. A woman pedestrian and a van were involved in the crash, at about 1.50pm, near the One Stop Shop on Heslington Road. Police and ambulances were called, and the woman is being taken
POLICE investigating an attack on two mini buses carrying York City fans following their game away to Barrow AFC on Saturday have now made a six arrests. Three 15-year-old boys from the Barrow area have been arrested in the past wo days hours.
IN the function room of the Shakespeare pub, Professor Nother is giving a talk on Shakespeare authorship. The trouble is, he doesn’t believe the man from Stratford wrote those plays. Here comes Will’s cue to kick the door off the hinges and defend
A PREDATORY paedophile posed as a teenager on internet chat rooms to entice as many as 1,700 children all over the country. Darren Simpson, 32, pictured, from Malton, targeted girls and boys for many years by using a false name and pretending to
A POPULAR York park is holding its Annual General Meeting next week. Friends of Rowntree Park is hosting the meeting inside the park’s Reading Cafe from 7pm on Thursday, October 6. Up for discussion at this year’s meeting, which is open to
THE "me" in Bette Midler... And Me is West End star and leading lady Sue Kelvin, who performs her one-woman show at York Theatre Royal tonight at 7.30pm. “When I’m on stage, it’s a party!” once quipped Bette Midler, the Honolulu singer, actress
TOMORROW’S planned march on Bootham Park Hospital is a potent reminder that it is exactly a year since York’s only NHS-run in-patient mental hospital was abruptly closed. Since then, anyone in York needing admission to a psychiatric hospital has
SURELY it is too early to be talking about this winter's pantomimes in York? Yes, but no, because this is a year with a difference at the Grand Opera House. After endless bleak winters of Simon Barry's ironically named New Pantomime Productions
Search is on for autism heroes The National Autistic Society is looking for local people and organisations making a difference to the lives of autistic people and their families. We want to share their stories so we can increase public understanding
Perhaps your readers could tell me where I could have lunch in or near York on a weekday. I do not want a “Sunday Lunch”. I want vegetable soup followed by roast lamb followed by apple pie and custard. Does this sort of food exist any more
I RESPECT the fact that Pete Blake disagrees with my pro-European Union stance (Letters, September 22). However, I wish that he would not bracket me with those who want a re-run of the referendum. I never wanted the original and wrote to these
THE "definitive Oasis documentary", Supersonic, will be broadcast live from the Manchester premiere in a 7.15pm screening at City Screen, York, on Sunday. This will be followed by an exclusive livestream Q&A with singer Liam Gallagher and director
AS A Leeman Road resident I feel I must put pen to paper regarding the recycling procedure in terraced homes. We are supplied with three boxes for recycling. However, the boxes have to be placed outside our front door for collection. This involves
Council staff need information lessons I WELCOME the new chief executive of City of York Council’s pledge regarding Freedom of Information (FOI) requests (The Press, September 21) and her statement that “if we cannot give out information, we have to
I am afraid Peter Rickaby (Letters, September 28) might have misunderstood the dredging intentions of the Environment Agency’s engineers. At the last Communities and Environment Committee its technical manager was quite clear. “It is something
A CHEESE and wine night organised by Harrogate District Chamber of Commerce will raise funds for the town’s Christmas lights.The organisation is inviting members of the business community to join the event at the Cedar Court Hotel, Harrogate, on Friday
A YOUNGSTER was taken to hospital after colliding with a car while riding a bicycle. The collision, in York Road, Haxby, was reported to police at 6.20pm yesterday. It involved a 12-year-old boy on a bicycle, which collided with a Volkswagen
AHEAD of a march campaigning to reopen Bootham Park Hospital on Friday, former senior psychiatrist at the hospital Dr Bob Adams explains why he believes mental health services in York deserve the same visionary thinking were afforded in the past
THE Government has announced a revaluation of business rates which it says will ensure fairer bills for businesses in Yorkshire and the Humber.Local Government Minister Marcus Jones yesterday published a consultation on the revaluation, alongside figures
RITASUN has so far reserved his best efforts for an all-weather surface and he can add a third win to his career tally as he returns to action in the totepoolliveinfo.com Handicap at Chelmsford's evening meeting.The three-year-old was tried three
YORK City’s new striker Fraser Murdoch is hoping to kickstart his career after a dream move to Premier League Burnley fell through in the summer.Murdoch, who turns 21 on Friday, left Crewe at the end of last season in pursuit of a contract at the top-flight
THE team behind a thriving farm shop near Selby that started out with a barrow and an honesty box is celebrating after winning a prestigious award for its retail prowess.Hillam-based Bert’s Barrow was awarded Best Retailer in the East Yorkshire Local
CAPTAIN Jack Aldous has quit York City Knights to join Newcastle – saying the uncertainty around the club's future left him no choice.The popular 25-year-old prop, an almost permanent fixture in the line-up for five seasons, says he wanted to stay
ASKHAM Bryan's Parag Mohite will be the big winner at the HPH York Vale Cricket League annual awards evening next month.The all-rounder has bagged two major trophies, topping the division two batting averages and claiming the Les Kirby Trophy for
LEIGH PAUL-RIENTOUL is planning notable changes at York Acorn ARLC next season as the team bid to bounce back up to the elite tier of amateur rugby league.Paul-Rientoul took over as boss from Scott Rhodes in mid-season but could not stop the slide from
A CHURCH will throw open its doors for two days to celebrate Harvest. St Denys, in Walmgate, is to host a Harvest Happening for the wider community of residents and visitors on Saturday, from 11am, as part of York’s 50 Plus Festival. The event
AN extra care housing scheme has been given the go ahead in a North Yorkshire town. The 54 unit project in Boroughbridge is the first of a new generation of similar sites planned for the county. The county council has struck a deal with social
JOE DEIGHTON and David Hayes won the top awards at Heworth ARLC's presentation night.Deighton was named coaches' player of the year (incorporating the Atkinson Memorial Trophy) for the Yorkshire Men's League outfit and Hayes - son of York
A HAIRDRESSER from York is vying for the Miss England title and is appealing for people to support her. Camilla Garnham, who is 20, is one of 14 contestants competing in the first Miss England semi-final heat for 2017. The public vote is underway
TELEVISED international bowls is coming to York.New Earswick Indoor Bowls Club is to host England versus Scotland clashes for both men and women next month, with all four days of action being broadcast live on ITV4 and hosted by Richi Persad.The women
A UNIVERSITY lecturer will run a marathon to give a charity which supports carers in York a cash boost. Ed Robson, a social work lecturer at the University of York, will run the 26.2-mile Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon in and around York on October
TWO York hospitality students have been named joint winners of the Young Chef of the Year competition at York’s Food Festival 2016. Dan Stokes, 18, who is a Level 3 Professional Cookery student at York College and works at Skosh restaurant, and
PLANS to improve air quality at a pollution black spot in a North Yorkshire town have received a £237,000 Government cash injection. The money will be used to adapt Transdev buses which go through the Bond End junction in Knaresborough and cut
THE president of the International Paralympic Committee has thanked a York company for helping underprivileged Brazilian children attend the Rio Paralympic Games. Telecommunications provider Cellhire delivered a record-breaking 22,000 3G and 4G voice
A MUSIC business which was deluged by the winter floods is preparing for its relaunch thanks to support from another firm. Mor Music, on Franklins Yard, Fossgate, is undergoing a major re-fit after their shop was submerged in more than five feet
Prayers are finally being answered for one group of York parishioners. MATT CLARK meets the worshippers who until recently had to go outside for a warm. DEAR Mother, dear Mother, the Church is cold, wrote William Blake in The Little Vagabond. He
NORTH Yorkshire Police want to build a new “exhibit store” at York’s Fulford Road police station. A planning application has been submitted to the City of York Council, asking for permission to build a new two storey store and singe storey garage
A RENOWNED singer and songwriter is to perform at York Barbican next year. Al Stewart will be playing acoustic versions from his musical back pages going all the way back to the bedsit with Bedsitter Images, on Friday, May 5. He will be accompanied
A MAN who sold counterfeit goods online has been sentenced following a prosecution by trading standards officials. Christopher Dempster, of Linton Rise, Catterick Garrison, pleaded guilty at Northallerton Magistrates' Court on Tuesday to 14 charges
DEDICATED carers gathered to celebrate another year of looking after some of North Yorkshire’s most vulnerable young people. More than 130 of Fostering North Yorkshire’s carers attended FNY’s annual conference when they had the chance to share
AN EVENT is being held in Malton to celebrate the work of the Quakers and the birth of the movement in the town. Quakers, the Religious Society of Friends, was founded in Malton in 1651, when George Fox preached, after which a group of about 200
A DRIVE to attract more people to shop locally have triggered calls for a disc parking scheme to be introduced in Selby. Selby Town Council has decided to ask for a free parking scheme in Selby, similar to ones run in other Yorkshire market towns
NORTON Town Council is to investigate ways of improving security at the town’s cemetery after vandals targeted the grave of a young boy. The family of Ben Bingham, who died aged 10 at his home in Norton four years ago, had contacted the council
THE youth homelessness charity SASH is urging local restaurants to help support its services to young people this Christmas. SASH prevents youth homelessness by offering emergency and longer term accommodation in the homes of volunteers across
CLASSIC car enthusiasts are gearing up to drive 2,000 miles in their vintage vehicle to raise money for charity. Alek and Wendy Krstenic, from near Pocklington, will be entering Club Triumph’s Round Britain Reliability Run (RBRR) with their 1968
A NEW bridge is to be built in North Yorkshire to improve access to an industrial park which houses important employers. The £3.3 million project at Dalton, near Thirsk, is going ahead with funding from local councils, businesses, the Environment
TIME is running out for worthy causes across the region to bid for cash from The Press’s parent company. Applications have been flooding in from registered charities. Grants are up for grabs from The Gannett Foundation, which is the charitable
A CHARITY football match has raised more than £2,000 in memory of a father who died from cancer. Mick Giles, from Selby, died at the age of 43 in December 2014 following a battle with advanced kidney cancer. He was a former player with Kartiers
BUILDERS working on the outside of the Mansion House in York will be asked to finish the work, even though the main contractor has called in the administrators. City council bosses are going to negotiate with subcontractors to get on with “specific
COUNCILLORS will today decide whether to push ahead with a wide-ranging overhaul of care for older people in York. Early intervention, prevention, and helping people to maintain their independence are all part of the plans to be agreed when City
