Leeds Utd 2 Norwich City 2 (Leeds win 3-2 on penalties)MARCO Silvestri was the hero as Leeds United beat Norwich 3-2 on penalties to reach the last eight of the EFL Cup after a thrilling fourth-round tie at Elland Road.Goalkeeper Silvestri saved spot-kicks
YORK City boss Gary Mills promised the club’s long-suffering supporters “I’ll sort it” following a 2-0 defeat at Southport that he labelled “terrible and horrendous.” The Minstermen only called home keeper Magnus Norman into action once as fellow
FEEBLE York City went down 2-0 at fellow strugglers Southport and now hover just one point above the National League drop zone. Jamie Allen’s second-half brace saw the Minstermen extend their win-less run to an 11th match and prolong the 13-month
A JUDGE has ordered that a dog which bit a policeman at a house in Acomb should be put down. Diamond, a Staffordshire bull terrier cross breed, was being looked after by Gary Thurlwell while its owners Alice Oxtoby and Jordan Caple had accommodation
THE director of a mobility scooter company has been fined £5,294. Michael Verby, 58, director of M Verby Ltd trading as MV Mobility, of Nanny Lane, Church Fenton, pleaded guilty to three offences and the company pleaded guilty to a further one
YORK City Knights have lost another of their prized forward pack - Russ Spiers rejoining Doncaster. The 25-year-old, who signed for York from League One rivals Donny 12 months ago, has penned a one-year deal back at the Keepmoat Stadium, and follows
DETECTIVES have released e-fits of two men they believe conned their way in to a pensioner's home. Two men duped their way inside the victim’s Eggborough home by pretending they needed to look at a map at around 3pm on Friday, October 7. Once
A GROUP concerned about disabled access at Selby railway station have contacted their MP. Selby and District Rail Users executive committee voted to contact Nigel Adams MP to help them get answers from the Department for Transport about the scale
OUR nostalgia tour of York takes us to Walmgate. Here are 55 photos of Walmgate and its bar from 1900 through to 1990, including this stunning shot from 1959. The caption for that one reads: "No, it's not a flame thrower. The streaks of
Our nostalgia tour of York takes us to Colliergate and King's Square. Here are 36 photos, dating back to the 1930s. See how the area has changed - and look back at some long-lost shops. We add new nostalgia features and photos to our history
THE Department of Health has awarded £178,200 to create an ‘out of hours’ safe haven for people who are at risk of experiencing mental health crisis in York. The Safe Haven at Sycamore House in Clarence Street will provide a place of sanctuary
Easing tensions in the body and mind are the aims of a new yoga class if York IF your regular yoga class feels more like an aerobics session than an exercise in mindfulness, Scaravelli yoga might be worth a try. Less is definitely more in this
A DETECTIVE at the centre of a catalogue of failures and discreditable conduct, contributing to the collapse of a rape case, has been allowed to keep his job. Detective constable Nick Lane of North Yorkshire Police has been given a final written
Our photographer Frank Dwyer and local resident Simon Bartle captured the photographs in the above gallery in 2015. Filming took place in several locations in North Yorkshire and County Durham last year, including at Goodramgate and Rowntree Park
YORK visited the scene of last season's worst performances and made amends - thrashing Yarnbury 52-10 at their Horsforth base thanks to an outstanding second-half show. The result, after an entertaining encounter, lifted them to sixth in Yorkshire
DAVID Ogle faced a choice when the Illuminating York festival curators invited him to create an installation for this week’s 2016 festival. “We talked through a couple of contrasting spaces they were commissioning works for, the Shambles street
YORK RI RUFC notched only their second victory of the Yorkshire Four season in a dour struggle at fellow strugglers Ossett.RI gave a much-improved display to win 16-10 and climb towards mid-table in the early standings.Home side Ossett notched a converted
NINA Conti is a modern-day music hall wonder: her skill for ventriloquy may prompt thoughts of performance which is frankly old-school, but Conti finds ways to make her talent seem incredibly fresh and new. She takes to the stage with the well-known
THE TOP 16 players in the world have entered the Betway UK championship, one of snooker's Triple Crown events.Ronnie O’Sullivan, Judd Trump, John Higgins, Mark Selby, Shaun Murphy and defending champion Neil Robertson are among the favourites to win
YORK company Wildgoose Theatre returned from a five-year hiatus with a three-day run of Frank McGuinness’s Gates Of Gold at 41 Monkgate, York, to be followed by a November 16 performance at 7 Arts Theatre, Chapel Allerton, Leeds. This 2002 Irish
MALTON & Norton snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in an enthralling encounter at The Gannock - visitors Bradford & Bingley stealing the North One East points with a try on the last play of the game. The 29-27 reverse - to the team
POCKLINGTON RUFC'S best performance of the season so far took them to a notable 24-17 victory over powerful opponents Penrith in North One East. The result, a fifth win in seven league outings for Pock, put them level on points with the third-placed
YORK golfer Simon Dyson enjoyed a return to form on the European Tour at the Portugal Masters.Dyson, who has struggled for the majority of the season following wrist surgery, secured his highest placed finish for 18 months in joint 44th position on 11
THE Grand Opera House, York and opera producer Ellen Kent are marking Friday's 7.30pm performance of Verdi's Aida with a competition to win a £550 Ralph Steadman’s Aida print, signed by the artist. The runner-up will receive a pair of tickets and
IF at first you do succeed, why not succeed again, reckons Vampires Rock producer and frontman Steve Steinman. After achieving more than a million ticket sales from 3,000 performances of his gothic rock musical over the past decade, the Nottingham
MORE than one in three parents based in Yorkshire and the Humber feel they have been held back at work after having children, according to a new survey.One in six claimed to have been passed over for promotion while nearly one in ten alleged having been
TADCASTER has won a massive boost in its battle to recover from the floods with news it is to be a host town for next year's Tour de Yorkshire. One of the three days' races will start or finish in the brewery town, which has been struggling since
A LONG-ESTABLISHED law firm with an office in York held a “coming of age” celebration to mark its 121st anniversary.Lupton Fawcett, which also has offices in Leeds and Sheffield, used the event to pay tribute to its rich heritage and look forward to a
FOUR pupils from a York secondary school have made it through to the UK final of The Big Bang UK Young Scientists and Engineers Competition after wowing judges at the regional heats. Year 7 students Kaitlin How, Beth Suckling, Evie Bradley and
COSTCUTTER Supermarkets Group has launched a brand transformation programme aimed at boosting retailer sales.The Shopper First Programme includes a new Costcutter brand designed to connect with shoppers, a new in-store design for the group’s stores and
PLEASE could I make an appeal through your letters page for Stamford Bridge Football Club Under-15s team. We are desperately seeking new players to join our friendly team. If your team has folded but you still want to play football we can offer
I HOPE that all those lovely people spouting vitriol at the refugees trickling into the UK will remember their unpleasant comments as they set up their Christmas Nativity scenes, commemorating a couple of Middle Eastern refugees seeking a safe place
NO wonder attendances at Church of England services are in sad decline. The actions of the Dean of York Minster, now supported by the Archbishop, leave many surprised. If the church hierarchy are to continue in this vein, it won’t be long before
THE Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, and the Dean, Vivienne Faull, should be shown sympathy and not castigated for their response to the bellringers furore. The silence of the bellringers of York Minster is a very sad situation for the Dean
HEAD coach James Ford has admitted rebuilding York City Knights on and off the field will be a "very difficult" task - but has declared it an exciting time for himself and the club. A number of star players have left the League One club in the
MAY I respectfully remind York Minster that it is volunteers who support the Minster and not the other way round? Appreciation, gratitude or value would be better than the “support” that has been offered recently. Ruth Roberts, Elmfield Terrace
I WOULD agree wholeheartedly with the many letters and comments regarding the volunteer bellringers being axed at York Minster. John Lacy is quite right when he says that bureaucracy and management-speak have triumphed over old-fashioned Christian
SOUTHPORT have won only one of their last 13 league games but moved off the bottom of the National League this weekend courtesy of a 1-1 draw with Sutton United.A Football League club for 57 years, they were the last club to be demoted from the league
ANYONE wanting to help organise this year's Xmas Presence event in York is invited to a planning meeting on Wednesday evening. Following the success of a similar event last year, this year's Xmas Presence is being held in Poppleton on Christmas
TIM Bresnan says trying to gain an extra yard of pace is behind his decision to go under the knife to correct his troublesome right elbow.The Yorkshire all-rounder, the players' and members' player of the year this summer, is recovering from last
THE number of calls to North Yorkshire Police over missing people has fallen in the last year, bucking the national trend. Across the country, the number of calls to police regarding missing people has risen by about 20 per cent, but in York, that
One of the most common nutrient deficiencies I see in client's diets is that of magnesium. This crucial mineral is needed for hundreds of bodily functions, particularly those related to energy production, mood balance and muscle health. If you
A BUILDING firm is preparing to begin the construction of more than 200 new homes in a village near Selby.Housebuilder Miller Homes is to build ‘Sherwood Croft’- a mix of two, three, four and five bedroom homes - on the outskirts of Thorpe Willoughby
AN Acomb florist has found a novel way to ‘show she cares’ on St Leonard’s Day. Sue Hunter of Floral Elegance, who is a York councillor and chairs Acomb Alive Trading Association, plans to leave several bunches of flowers in public places, so that
THE North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group will celebrate its 50th anniversary with special trips on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway next weekend. The group was formed on October 28, 1966, in Newcastle with the aim of preserving examples
Having known the crushing depression and manic highs of bipolar, a York woman shares her story BE HONEST, what springs to mind when you think of a person with mental illness? What’s your first thought? If people are being truly honest, I think
TICKETS have gone on sale for a firework and bonfire extravaganza.Rawcliffe Country Park is again playing host to one of the city’s largest displays on Bonfire Night, Saturday, November 5, and is organised by the city’s fire fighters to raise money for
SAFETY talks have been held to help students keep safe in York. North Yorkshire Police teamed up with welfare and security staff from York St John University, the University of York, and York College, to make sure young people studying in the city
A CRAZY golf course next door to York’s Designer Outlet has been recommended for approval by council planners. The Press reported in July that International Golf Development, in Beverley, wanted to create the 12-hole course beside the shopping
A SEX offender who used the internet to incite a boy to perform sexual acts for him has received an eight-month suspended sentence. Christopher James Howdle, 37, also performed sex acts while the child could see him and had sexual images of children
A JUDGE told a driver who raced another driver at speed through York with an imitation gun and ammunition in his car to “grow up a bit”. Mohammed MacMour, 23, overtook a police car in his Mercedes and accelerated away, driving on the wrong side
A NEW initiative for the food industry aims to give 6,000 British companies access to new technologies and expert advice at the touch of a button.Environment Secretary Andrea Leadsom launched the new Food Innovation Network (FIN) during a visit to Fera
THE University of York is to sign a student exchange agreement with a major university in China. The agreement with Peking University will be finalised this week during a visit to China by York’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Koen Lamberts. The
OUR latest nostalgia collection takes us back to Coney Street. Do you recognise and remember any of the old sights, shops and people here? For more old photos of York, visit thepress.co.uk/history
WEST Bank Park in Holgate is to be locked overnight again, more than three years after budget cuts left them open around the clock. The Friends of West Bank Park have arranged for a trial to begin on November 1. A local security firm will lock
BRIAN The Snail might not be destined to be running in Classics with that sort of name but showed a decent level of ability when winning on debut and can follow up at Catterick.Owned and trained by Richard Fahey (pictured), the son of Zebedee – hence
A Star Wars thief who had problems with earthly travel is today behind bars. Six months ago, the Honorary Recorder of York, Judge Paul Batty QC, gave heroin addict Kieron Shepherd a chance to prove himself by deferring sentence for his latest shoplifting
YORK Minster has been accused of breaching natural justice by banning bellringer David Potter for life, without giving him chance to defend himself. His lawyer, Colin Byrne, claimed the Dean and Chapter then axed all 30 volunteer bellringers after
A woman lay down in front of traffic on a major road in York after drinking, York magistrates heard. Carla Louise Graham, 40, was clearly drunk as she obstructed cars in Wigginton Road on October 2, said Martin Butterworth, prosecuting. She
A MEMBER of a far right political protest outside York Minster has been fined and ordered to pay £525 by the city’s magistrates for a racist comment. Chad Mark Williams Allen, 25, travelled from his home in the West Midlands to join the demonstration
A mother who hit a school staff member in the face with a pint glass has received a suspended prison sentence. Sarah Marie O’Brien, 43, sent a Facebook message about the victim, saying she was going to “smash her face in”, said Rob Galley, prosecuting
A NEW service is to be launched to help thousands of cancer patients in York and across North Yorkshire. York Against Cancer has commissioned a £700,000 mobile unit to bring chemotherapy closer to patients’ homes. The 15-foot high truck is
