TADCASTER Magnets suffered a 7-1 home defeat against F1 Racing to drop into the York Minster Engineering League premier division drop zone. The result means three teams are now fighting to say up with only a fortnight of the campaign remaining.Clinical
YORK City will need to keep their heads clear during Saturday’s vital National League clash at relegation rivals Woking, according to skipper Simon Heslop.The Minstermen travel to the Kingfield Stadium hovering one place above the drop zone on goal difference
RYEDALE Youth Theatre are presenting Disney's Beauty And The Beast at the Milton Rooms, Malton, from tomorrow to Saturday, in tandem with Kirkham Henry Performing Arts. The show is directed and choreographed by Angela Kirkham and her newly appointed
ALL the SkyBet Championship play-off contenders will need nerves of steel as the finishing line comes into view, writes Martin Jarred.It’s Leeds United who seem to be feeling the pressure most after losing 1-0 to Wolverhampton at Elland Road on Monday
VIRGIN Trains will run a full timetable during a strike over the next bank holiday weekend.The RMT union says its members will walk-out for 48 hours on Friday, April 28 and Saturday, April 29 on Virgin Trains east coast route.However, Virgin Trains’ plans
BEN Coad has revealed how a new idea from Yorkshire coaches Andrew Gale and Rich Pyrah has helped him become the talk of county cricket.The 23-year-old opening bowler from Ripon has made a stunning start to the new season, taking six- and five-wicket
FIRE crews from York and Selby were sent to blaze at a house in Selby this afternoon North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to Brook Street, Selby, where the blaze was first reported at 4.35pm. A spokesman said two fire crews
THE 59th John Smith's Pock 7s came down to a Yorkshire v Lancashire student finale, with Leeds Beckett University defeating Manchester Metropolitan University 24-14 in a keen tussle to put a new name on the WS Fowler Challenge Cup. There was an
TWO parked cars have been vandalised on South Marine Drive in Bridlington. A blue Ford Fiesta was damaged between 7.15am and 6.15pm on Tuesday, March 21, and a blue Nissan Micra was vandalised between 8.30am and 4.30pm on Sunday, March 26.
These are the people police would like to speak to after electric toothbrushes were stolen from a York shop. Two people entered Boots at Monks Cross on Thursday, March 9 and concealed two electric toothbrushes, worth £270 each, within carrier bags
A STOPPAGE-TIME stunner from Benny Igiehon sent Scarborough Athletic wild in their North Yorkshire derby with Tadcaster Albion - firing them into the play-off places in Evo-Stik League division one north.Hero Igiehom, who had scored twice in Boro'
RACE organisers Welcome to Yorkshire and ASO have announced a host of big-name riders for the 2017 Tour de Yorkshire - with Tour de France winner Luke Rowe and world sprint stars Nacer Bouhanni and Caleb Ewan among those set to compete.Welshman Rowe,
9:33pm Winding up this blog for today, but more coverage will be on its way over the next 51 days, both in print and online
POLICE have released an e-fit of two suspects after a burglary in a village near York. North Yorkshire Police said it happened at a property in Station Road, Whixley, and electrical items and jewellery were stolen. Despite extensive enquiries
A YORK MP believes Theresa May's decision to call a snap General Election is 'reckless'. York Central MP Rachael Maskell criticised the June 8 vote and said the Government should instead be focusing on crucial Brexit negotiations. Mrs Maskell
THERESA May has announced a snap general election for June 8 which has stunned Westminster. The Prime Minister had repeatedly denied that she would call an election before the next scheduled poll in 2020. But following a Cabinet meeting at
A woman required hospital treatment after a fight broke out in a York street. A 23-year-old woman from Scarborough has been arrested for affray after the brawl between a group of women in King Street, at 12.40am on Monday. North Yorkshire Police
AN expanding broadband business has opened a new “hive” of offices.Beeline Broadband Ltd is a community-focused broadband provider specialising in high-speed wireless internet connections to people living and working in Ryedale.To support the increasing
FIREFIGHTERS tackled three fires in one evening in North Yorkshire, which are all believed to have been started by young people. Three fire engines and an aerial ladder platform were sent to The Oval in Harrogate at about 6.15pm yesterday to put
LUCIE Jones will represent the United Kingdom in the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest, singing Never Give Up On You in Kiev, on her first visit to the Ukraine, on May 13. And where will you find Welsh singer Lucie this week? In York, starring in Bruce
IT is generally agreed that the new schools funding formula will mean a seven per cent cut in real terms for the duration of this Parliament. Could this deficit be made up if those teachers, who now have a half day per week away from the classroom
JOBY “Lovely Face” Mageean and fellow Geordie comic Si Beckwith head down to York from Newcastle tonight to play early Edinburgh Fringe previews at the Duke’s Comedy Night at 8pm. “Combining an amiable nature with a piercing wit, Si Beckwith cuts an
I WAS saddened to read of the death of Rob Cross (The Press, April 12). He often used to be seen plying his trade under and around Monkbar and the top end of Goodramgate. I first came into contact with Rob over 20 years ago on my way into work
WITH the seminal moment of Brexit having passed, media attention is refocusing on topics temporarily in abeyance, such as selective schools. Perhaps, in an age of texting and emails, Latin, as a dead language, is no longer taught. A pity. I
A CYCLIST was injured in a crash with a car near York. It happened at the junction where the A64 meets the A1237 at Askham Bryan at about 7.40am today, and caused tailbacks in the area. A North Yorkshire Police spokesman said the cyclist suffered
ON April 29, 1942, in the early hours of the morning, the Luftwaffe bombed the city of York. This year is the 75th anniversary of the Baedeker Raid. On Sunday, April 30, David Poole will lead a walk around York Cemetery, where 52 victims of the
AS a regular in the realms of The Press letters page, I have recently noticed a rather disappointing trend, regular correspondents (you know who you are) routinely dispense with the need to construct a reasonable argument and replace it with a ten-word
A POLICE helicopter was scrambled to York city centre this morning to search for a burglar. North Yorkshire Police was called to a burglary in progress at a cosmetics shop in Low Petergate at 2.55am. A spokesman for the force said: "Our officers
ACCORDING to a report (The Press, April 14) Selby district councillor Andy Hiles thinks Government funding for Drax should be cut and the money should be spent on subsidising wind and solar power. Perhaps Andy could explain how essential power supplies
JUST to say a huge thank you to City Screen for showing Batman as part of their Jack Nicholson season. I really enjoyed watching a superb film on the big screen during the Easter break. Thank you. Paul Baker, Knapton Close, Strensall, York
SOME 99.9 per cent of the population when in need of a public toilet are quite happy to go to the ladies or gents. To avoid embarrassment and cost to the rest of us, the remaining 0.1 per cent should know 21st century adult nappies are available at
EX-COUNCILLOR Liz Edge now praises City of York Council and refers to a high standard of service despite severe pay cuts (Letters, April 14). Has she missed recent press articles on the repeated serious governance failings at West Offices?
RECENTLY we stayed with our son and his family in Amsterdam. He is, of course, a British migrant/national, though fortunately has not been subjected to any of the racial abuse that some EU nationals have experienced in the UK. The Dutch are a tolerant
GEOFF ROBB (Letters, April 15) like many others voted in the referendum to leave the European Union; for my part, I like many others, voted to remain. He and I share the same nationality, but it seems cherish different values. I am proud of
WHEN any species presents a threat to the wider environment due to overpopulation, another species, often man, steps in to correct it. So why is managing this delicate balance neglected when it comes to the very top of the food chain? The global
From our archives: 85 years ago Among the most prized possessions in Princess Elizabeth’s nursery was shortly to be a copy of “Alice in Wonderland” signed “From the original Alice.” Which was one of her last acts before she left to
EMERGENCY services carried out an "extensive" search of the River Ouse in York in the early hours of this morning following concerns over the safety of a person. Police officers helped fire crews, the ambulance service and a boat crew in a search
THE FINAL CBRE All Schools rugby union festival of the season was held at York RI’s New Lane ground and produced quality games between Year 7 and 8 teams from six local secondary schools. The All Schools programme has been developed by the Rugby Football
YORK City Knights have moved into plush new offices at their York St John University sports campus training base - and are to host a fans' forum there. An open afternoon and evening will be held at the state-of-the-art premises in Haxby Road next
MORE than nine out of 10 children starting primary school this September have got a place in their first choice of school. Families with children due to start school in September find out today where they have got a place. In York, the city
SKIPPER Ed Smith reckons York City Knights can “kick on for the rest of the season” if they continue to show the same grit and determination that helped them defeat old rivals Doncaster on Good Friday.Smith epitomised the defensive enthusiasm in the ranks
A TEAM of fundraisers from a brewery near York are saddling up to cycle a section of the route of this year’s Tour de Yorkshire for charity.Team Taddy - 26 members of staff from the Heineken John Smith’s Brewery in Tadcaster - will be cycling part of
A PREVIOUSLY struggling care home in York has turned its fortunes around to be rated as ‘good’ by inspectors. In recent years, inspectors visiting South Park Care Home in Gale Lane, Acomb, have repeatedly flagged up concerns, rating the home as
AN HISTORIC church in York is opening its garden to the public at the weekend. St Wilfrid’s Catholic Church, in Duncombe Place, is holding an open garden event on Saturday, from 12 to 4pm. Entry is via the Presbytery on High Petergate. There
COLLECTIONS at a theatre in York have raised more than £500 for the Institute of Cancer Research. Bucket collections were held during the run of Evita at the Grand Opera House in York, and were organised by Keith Waller, whose daughter Elizabeth
AN EVENT at a York working men’s club has raised £220 to help pay for the funeral of a 23-year-old man who died in a road accident. The fundraising event was held yesterday morning at Tang Hall WMC by Mathew Shepherd, a close friend of Jordan Johnson
A TORTOISE called Hermann survived unscathed when his pen caught fire and he was rescued by firefighters.His owners have told how they were round at a friend’s barbecue when the blaze started in the pen, which they keep in the lounge of their Tadcaster
A FAMILY fun day at a York pub has raised £1,400 to help buy high tech equipment for a quadriplegic boy so he can communicate by moving his eyes.Hundreds turned up at the Beagle pub in Foxwood for the event on Easter Sunday afternoon, which was raising
CLASSIC clues are very much the name of the game as Newmarket's Craven Meeting kicks off – and Salouen can be the first to really nail his colours to the Derby mast by winning the bet365 Feilden Stakes.This nine-furlong heat was the starting point
THE NHS body which runs health services for York is expected to have reached the end of the financial year with a deficit of £28.1 million. Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group is classed as being in special measures because of ongoing troubles
A COMPANY behind York’s Hungate development is urging people to nominate the unsung heroes of the health service. The development, a joint venture between developers Lendlease and Evans Property Group, is backing the Health Service Hero category in
YORK Minster was damaged by a lightning strike that left a large crack in one of its spectacular pinnacles, it has been revealed. The stonework in a pinnacle above the north aisle of the nave “exploded outwards” but the damage went undetected for
A CRUCIAL development plan setting out plans for new houses in York is still in limbo two years after new parties took control of the council. York’s Local Plan has been in development for many years, and City of York Council is now facing an initial
A MAN who suffered a beating and kicking when he objected to someone urinating in the street near him is to get £2,000 compensation, York Crown Court heard. Edward Robert Phillips, 35, and Robert McQueen, 34, subjected their victim to the brutal
