AN ANCIENT headdress on show at a York museum is to feature on a new stamp being issued by the Royal Mail. The Star Carr headdress was found at a mesolithic site at Seamer near Scarborough, and is on display at the Yorkshire Museum. This week
KYLE EDMUND made it three British men into the Australian Open second round by sailing past Colombian Santiago Giraldo in straight sets.The East Yorkshire star had fallen at the first hurdle on his last two visits to Melbourne but this time outclassed
YORK City manager Gary Mills made a double swoop in the loan market today - signing Wrexham defender Hamza Bencherif and Hull City striker Johan ter Horst. Both players will be staying at Bootham Crescent until the end of the season and are likely
A SELBY squad containing 10 players under the age of 20 put in a creditable performance but lost 41-8 against a West Leeds side currently second in the Yorkshire One table.The youngsters matched the visitors for long spells but any mistakes were quickly
MALTON & Norton have slipped back into the North One East drop zone after a painful derby defeat - but they have been backed to "get out of the hole they are in".M&N lost 17-14 at Driffield to fall back below their East Yorkshire neighbours
YORK RUFC produced one of the best results of the season to stun runaway league leaders Bridlington. The men from Clifton Park became only the second team to inflict defeat on Bridlington who, despite the loss, are still 13 points clear and firm
POCKLINGTON RUFC laid down a significant marker at the top of the North One East table with a comprehensive 36-0 away win at sixth-placed Percy Park.After making the long journey to Tyneside, Pocklington arrived to find Percy Park’s main pitch frozen.
NESTLE Rowntree faced another tough game at home to Wetherby Crusaders but again the pack played as a unit to give the backs good ball.From the start, Trees drove forward and, after a strong run from centre Dave Straker, the forwards mauled the ball to
What's happening? On April 1, changes to car tax will come into effect. Why? George Osborne announced the changes in the 2015 budget, in response to falling car tax revenue due to more cars qualifying for the low-emission exemption.
Our nostalgia tour of York takes us to Lendal. We have 29 photos. Scroll through them above. For more old photos, visit thepress.co.uk/history and if you have old memories of Lendal in years gone by, share them below.
A MAN has been charged with theft of alloy wheels and car batteries. Two car batteries and four alloy wheels were stolen in Wigginton Road, York, on December 23. Police were told the occupants of a white van may have been involved. Members
YORK City have this afternoon completed the loan signing of forward Johan Ter Horst from Premier League club Hull City. The 21-year-old has signed a deal with the Minstermen until the end of the season and could make his debut in Saturday’s National
THE Pirates Of Penzance will be the last ever full-scale musical to be performed by the Bev Jones Music Company next month at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York. The decision has been made by the late York composer and musical director's widow,
A DOG walker suffered head injuries when he was attacked by three teenagers on a bike. The man in his 30s was on Crombie Avenue near to Lady Mill Garth, in Clifton, at 6.30pm last Wednesday, January 11. He did not know the attackers and North
THE Band Room promoter Nigel Burnham has booked his first two shows of 2017 at the moorland Low Mill shed: Anglo-Scottish folk supergroup The Furrow Collective on May 13 and pugnacious, punked-up folk revivalists Stick In The Wheel a week later.
POLICE are to scale down their investigation into the suspected murder of missing chef Claudia Lawrence - unless one last line of inquiry provides a breakthrough. North Yorkshire Police says its three-year probe has now moved to a 'reactive phase
WELCOME to Yorkshire’s annual Y17 conference has a way of attracting big names. In previous years they have included everyone from Olympic cyclist Lizzie Deignan and Paralympic superstar Hannah Cockroft to Last Tango in Halifax’s Dean Andrews.
TODAY, we urge readers of The Press who are concerned about safety on our roads to play a part in helping shape tougher sentences for dangerous and careless drivers. We launched our The Road to Justice campaign last year to draw attention to the
RISING from the Nashville garage underground, Promised Land Sound are to tour Britain for the first time. Please Please You promoter Joe Coates has been quick off the mark to book them for the Fulford Arms for February 2. "Expect plenty of country
A MAN has indecently exposed himself to a woman in Harrogate. North Yorkshire Police said a woman was walking alone in Roseville Avenue, when a man approached her and exposed himself. He did not speak to the woman. He is described as white
HOTELS in Yorkshire have started 2017 in style, according to the latest research by R3, which shows they outperformed many other parts of the country in what is traditionally one of the toughest months of the year for the sector. The latest figures show
A TEAM from the York office of regional law firm Andrew Jackson has advised Pickering and Ferens Homes, a leading supplier of social housing in Hull and East Yorkshire, on a £10 million specialist funding package to assist its expansion. Pickering and
FIVE vehicles crashed on the A64 near York this morning, causing long tailbacks. The collision happened on the westbound carriageway close to Bilbrough Top at around 7.30am. A spokesperson for North Yorkshire Police said: "Fire crews and an
BUSINESSES and groups from around the York area have been signing up for an Accumulator Challenge to help St Leonard’s Hospice.The challenge will involve about 30 teams of between one and six people from businesses, educational establishments, organisations
OUR home is very close to Rowntree Park and, as children, we were unable to play on the vast area of grass because of geese dirt. Now my children too are denied this parkland, except for the small fenced area at one end, where fencing is in place
TO me, the best part of York is the river bank from Scarborough Bridge to Lendal Bridge. Coming up and under Scarborough Bridge, it has stunning views of York and the skyline. It’s so quite and peaceful compared to the top of the bridge.
I AM really getting fed up of the liberal elite in America and the UK making up stories, ridiculing and generally denigrating President-elect Donald Trump. The BBC, as usual, is a leading member of this brigade, leaving no stone unturned in their
THE news from The Press (January 7) that in October of last year 222 people had to wait in A&E in York for more than eight hours before being treated (seven a day) with at least one patient having to wait on a trolley for almost 15 hours makes
MIRACLE NINETYNINE looks a worthy player when he steps back up to a mile at Kempton.The five-year-old gelding has had a rather nomadic career thus far, having previously been in the care of Richard Hannon and Irish trainer John James Feane.He is now under
JEREMY CORBYN’S latest twist on our coveted public health service is to allege that it is a basic human right. But what price an NHS free to all at the point of delivery if it is unresponsive to accelerating spiralling demands? We witness:
YORK City boss Gary Mills has insisted his team will need to visit FA Trophy third round hosts Nuneaton Town with the same mindset that saw off Harlow Town at the weekend. The Minstermen have received a third consecutive draw against lower-league
IF we accept the idea that we need GP surgeries to be open seven days a week, 8am to 8pm, what does that imply? Such a working week is 84 hours, so clearly more GPs would have to be employed. But there isn’t a huge pool of unemployed GPs. To
MATT Dickenson’s winning goal kept Acomb out of trouble in division two of the Yorkshire Men’s Hockey League.With local rivals City of York V picking up three points against City of York IV, Acomb would have slipped into the relegation zone if they had
BURNHOLME Club closed the gap on leaders Fulfordgate to six points after victory over Marcia in the York John Smith's Ladies Darts League.Sharon Neads kick-started the win with a 25 dart leg followed by wins for colleagues Caroline Whittaker, Jane
FROZEN pitches led to the postponement of many fixtures this weekend in both the Northern Hockey and Yorkshire Men’s Hockey Leagues.City of York’s first team returned to action after a five-week break, away at Wakefield I, but were beaten for the seventh
A GAELIC football team has been set up by the York Irish Association. A cross between rugby and association football, Gaelic football is played by two teams of 15 players on a rugby field. Taster sessions are currently taking place every Saturday
THE often fraught experience of buying a home has come under the microscope in a hard-hitting book from a property industry insider.Jon Charters-Reid, a former apprentice trained joiner at York Minster who has been a chartered surveyor for more than 20
TWO historic bells have been removed from a York city centre church to be restored to their former glory. The bells at St Helen’s Church in St Helen’s Square, which date back to 1621 and 1628 and are attributed to York bell foundry William Oldfield
A MAN has been charged with burglary after he was arrested on suspicion of stealing five guitars worth a total of £16,500. Police in Scarborough were called to a burglary in progress at a shop in Bar Street at about 3.40am on Monday. A man
PUPILS and staff at a North Yorkshire primary school are celebrating a are celebrating a good Ofsted inspection. Longman’s Hill School in Selby has gone from a rating of ‘requires improvement’ to good overall. Inspectors stated that the head
“She means the absolute world to me, and in no light terms I owe her my life," Natalie Mitchell says about her dog Mitsy. Twenty-one-year old Natalie, from York, has suffered mental health difficulties since she was a child. But she says taking
HEALTH consumer watchdogs have updated their guide on support and services available to those with mental health and other non-physical issues in York. Healthwatch York has increased the advice on student mental health and included details on Tees
A PUBLIC square, riverside walks, and a footbridge could be on the way for an “underused” corner of the city centre, under another new development plan released by the council. City of York Council has published the plan for the streets around
A PRIMARY school in the west of York desperately needs more space, and council bosses are looking at using temporary classrooms to fill the gap. Acomb Primary School is running out of classrooms for growing numbers of pupils, and next week a senior
A FUNERAL service has been held for a popular York Big Issue seller, with plans for a memorial service in the city next month. Peter Toulson, who regularly sold Big Issue North outside Marks and Spencer in Parliament Street, York, died suddenly
SUPPORTERS of The Press’ campaign to change sentencing guidelines for dangerous and careless drivers are being urged to give their views on new Government rules. The Road To Justice called on the Government to lock dangerous drivers up for longer
TOP York musicians are tuning up for a fundraising evening in support of a city charity.Chamber orchestra, The Academy of St Olave’s is raising money for York Against Cancer with its first concert of 2017, and rehearsals are already under way.The concert
YORK Theatre Royal is to host a huge tourism conference following its £6million redevelopment. The theatre will stage Welcome to Yorkshire’s annual Y17 conference, a high profile event intended to promote and celebrate Yorkshire as a place to visit
A TOP York restaurant sponsored a special celebration tea party at Clifton Alliance Cricket Club for one of the York groups of Contact the Elderly, a charity which works to tackle loneliness and social isolation among older people. The event was held
A FORMER City of York Council leader who lost eight stone for charity is to tackle his first marathon. James Alexander was leader of the authority from May 2011 to November 2014. He is determined to continue his healthy lifestyle by running
INSPECTORS have given a York primary school the thumbs up, nearly two years after telling it to sort itself out. Woodthorpe Primary School gained “good” in all categories for the first time in its history, in its recently-published Ofsted report
A SINGALONG, a visit from the Archbishop of York and a gospel choir concert are just a few of the events taking place at a York church this year, to celebrate its 150th anniversary. Clifton Parish Church, which opened in 1867, is preparing to hold
A HAPPY couple are today celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. Alan Coyle and his wife, Julie, both 70, first met in the Lendal Bridge pub, now known as The Maltings, in 1965 and married two years’ later. In the mid-1960s the pub was
THE British Dragonfly Society is holding its spring meeting for 2017 in Green Hammerton village hall on Saturday, March 11. The theme of this year’s meeting will be dragonfly recording, and it will be an opportunity for BDS County Dragonfly Recorders
