CITROEN has long had a knack of making attractive-looking and enjoyable- to-drive cars. The purists can smile again, and so can the rest of us.The French firm’s new generation C3 compact hatchback has a general feeling of improved quality everywhere you
ENGLAND discard James Vince scored his first century in a year as Yorkshire’s bowlers struggled on day one against Hampshire at the Ageas Bowl.Yorkshire struck four times in good batting conditions after Gary Ballance opted to bowl.Vince’s 143 not out
THE GODFATHER of Italian cooking was in York yesterday, to launch his new flagship restaurant in a landmark city building. Antonio Carluccio was also marking his 80th birthday, which fell just two days before the opening party for the new Carluccio
INJURY-HIT York City Knights are seeking a second successive Challenge Cup shock on Sunday - and reckon the loud Bootham Crescent backing can help them do it.Head coach James Ford has been forced into at least four changes from the side that battled to
GUNS thundered out in York yesterday as the military paid a 91st birthday tribute to the Queen. A 21-gun salute was fired in the Museum Gardens in an event hosted by 4th Infantry Brigade and HQ North East. The Band of the King’s Division performed
SHOPPERS who bought trimmed beans from a major high street supermarket have been urged to return them. Morrisons have recalled all 170g packets of trimmed green beans with 'Display Until' dates of April 22, 23 and 24. The Food Standards Agency
JONATHAN Larson, who wrote the book, music and lyrics for the ground-breaking New York rock opera Rent, died suddenly on the eve of the first off-Broadway performance in 1996. This has always added poignancy to a sung-through musical that was as
DRINKERS in pubs owned by Tadcaster brewery Samuel Smith’s face being barred for swearing under a new zero tolerance policy, it has been claimed. Pub managers have reportedly been told they are responsible for ensuring they are run in a ‘proper
BARROW Raiders have been dealt a blow ahead of Sunday's Challenge Cup clash at York City Knights after stand-off Jamie Dallimore was banned for six matches.The club are to appeal it but that won't be heard until next week so he remains ineligible
HAMPSHIRE enjoyed the better of the opening afternoon against Yorkshire at the Ageas Bowl despite wickets at either end of the session.Yorkshire struck twice after lunch on day one of the Specsavers County Championship match but the hosts reached tea
POLICE investigating a fatal crash near York have renewed their call for witnesses. Jordan Johnson, 23, died after a crash near an Army training centre in Towthorpe Moor Lane, Strensall, at about 9.20am on Monday, April 3. He was a passenger
THE Lib Dems are putting their fierce stance against hard Brexit “front and centre” in their election fights in York. The party has announced its candidates for the two York seats, and said that in a city that voted 58 per cent for Remain, they
YORKSHIRE claimed only one wicket during an attritional opening morning of their Specsavers County Championship match against Hampshire at the Ageas Bowl.Ben Coad had Michael Carberry caught behind on the drive in the sixth over after Gary Ballance had
A YOUNG fox cub was injured after getting trapped in an old discarded football net at the back of a garden in York. RSPCA animal collection officer Leanne Honess-Heather was called to the scene, in Rawcliffe Lane, Clifton, by a man who spotted
HOUSE sales were down by 40% year-on-year in March, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) figures show. The plunge compared with a year earlier is likely to be due to a stamp duty hike for people buying second homes, including buy-to-let investors, which
A POLICE officer is set to run this weekend’s London Marathon, and raise thousands of pounds for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. Sergeant Paul Cording has been with North Yorkshire Police for 16 years, and with the Road Policing Group for the last seven
A SEARCH has been launched after a female prisoner absconded from a jail near York. North Yorkshire Police said Donna Willis left HMP Askham Grange near York on Wednesday, April 19, but her disappearance had only just been made public. Willis
YORK City defender Hamza Bencherif believes the superior quality of his team-mates at Bootham Crescent will spare him a second successive relegation.Bencherif was a member of the Halifax squad that went down last term after a 1-1 final-day home draw with
THE last time Imelda May played York Barbican, in November 2011, all Mayhem broke out as the pocket dynamo Dubliner with the big, big voice rode a crest of a surf guitar pop wave with her blues brio and kitsch rockabilly hair curl. When she returns
DRINGHOUSES took another stride towards the York & District Under-19s League title with a 11-0 thrashing of Wigginton Grasshoppers - remarkably nine players getting on the scoresheet.The plunder was shared between Matt Mulhearn, Jake Humphries, Will Mouncher
THE former front man of The Bogus Brothers will bring to an end 21 years in retirement by returning to the stage on Wednesday at The Crescent Community Venue in York. Andy Atkinson left the Bogus line-up in late 1995 after ten years with the York
YORK company Bronzehead Theatre invite you to raise a pint to Henry IV at next month's pub wake at the Eagle & Child, High Petergate, as part of the 2nd York International Shakespeare Festival. Tom Straszewski cast will perform Parts 1 and 2 of
A HISTORIC rail spectacle will make its way through York this weekend, when four generations of trains head down the mainline side-by-side. The legendary Flying Scotsman will travel alongside two late twentienth century trains from Virgin Trains’ revitalised
BETTER than Shakespeare? Re:Verse Theatre ask you to judge for yourself when presenting a delicious satire in verse by the Bard's friend and rival, Ben Jonson, at next month's York International Shakespeare Festival. The rarely produced Volpone
CHRIS de Burgh promotes his 26th studio album, last September's A Better World, on his 2017 tour that brings the veteran British-Irish songwriter to York Barbican tonight. Responding to global and political issues, 68-year-old de Burgh provides food
ALL Saints, the re-formed Nineties' girl band, are to play York Racecourse on Music Showcase Saturday after the afternoon races on July 29. This completes the pop calendar for 2017 at the Knavesmire course where Olly Murs and Jess Glynne are confirmed
PAUL Metcalfe takes on the guise of Rod Stewart in Some Guys Have All The Luck, a new tribute show at the Grand Opera House, York, on Tuesday that charts Sir Rod's career chronologically from street busker to international superstar. “Rod Stewart’s
WILKO Johnson was told he had terminal pancreatic cancer, with ten months to live, in late 2012. He promptly took to the road to play his farewell gigs in 2013. "When I was diagnosed, a lot of interest in me was created but I didn't do it deliberately
IMPOSSIBLY trendy and as cool as a Scandinavian winter, Gothenburg's Little Dragon are a darling band for the likes of Clash and Rolling Stone magazines. The band’s last album, Nabuma Rubberband, featured on several Best Albums of the year listings
NORTH Yorkshire theatre makers Alexander Wright and Phil Grainger grew up reading The Famous Five. "I think most of our generation did," says Alexander. "It's such a shock to hear of anyone who hasn't read them," says Phil, who, like Alexander,
FOR Honeyblood's Stina Tweeddale, the title of the Scottish duo's second album came from somewhere close to her heart. "I have those words tattooed on my ribs. I guess you could call it a war cry; to have the faith to never let yourself be defeated
A MOSTLY unknown gem, Story Of A Heart is a glorious pop song by ABBA's Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus. Benny’s own band scored a minor UK hit in 2009, but one day someone is going to have a huge smash with it. Spookily, eight year on, both
ARMED police recovered these knives and balaclavas from a car in York this morning. Members of North Yorkshire Police's armed response unit were on patrol in the Hull Road area of the city at 2.50am today, when they stopped a vehicle containing
SO much happens in A Night To Remember, Big Ian Donaghy's annual fundraising gathering of York's musical forces, that it would be easy not to remember the beginning. The guest celebrity bit where dapper dancer Anton du Beke introduces the event on
TEA loving locals and visitors to York are spoilt for choice when it comes to places to relax and enjoy a brew in the city. York has a great selection cafes to choose from, and we want to know what your favourite one is to celebrate National Tea
MENTAL Illness is American singer-songwriter Aimee Mann's first album in five years and you would be daft to miss out on the fine work of this wryly melancholic Oscar nominee and Grammy Award winner. An ever witty observer of her fellow man and
THE biggest annual art event on the York calendar will be underway from this evening, when as many as 100 artists and craftsmen will open up their studios to herald the start of the two York Open Studios weekends. This is a chance to take a peek
YORK countertenor Iestyn Davies MBE will perform works by Dowland, Purcell and Handel at the National Centre for Early Music in York on Sunday afternoon as part of Ryedale Festival's Easter programme. Iestyn is in such demand that finding a gap
IN 19th century Yorkshire, a mysterious young widow, Helen Graham, and her son arrive at the desolate estate of Wildfell Hall, soon becoming the subject of village gossip and speculation. Intrigued by this enigmatic young woman, local farmer Gilbert
FAMILIES up and down the country have been learning whether their children got into their first choice of primary school. A few will be disappointed but, even if everything went to plan, some parents might look at their youngsters and might not
I WAS enjoying a leisurely stroll through North Street Gardens and paused for a couple of minutes to admire the John Snow memorial. I knew the story of the Broad Street pump and the part it played in identifying cholera as a water borne disease
BULLDOZING the Carlton Tavern in Acomb - a splendid example of a Victorian villa - is beyond my comprehension. Visit to said hostelry - where my children and grandchildren could enjoy the spacious grounds along with affordable catering within a
YORK Inset Scooter Club are proud to announce their tenth annual Mods and Rockers Charity Run. The event will take place on Sunday, April 23 at the Eye of York, adjacent to Clifford’s Tower. The run will be started at 10.30am by the Lord Mayor of
I’D just like to personally thank Ian Donaghy and the rest of the A Night To Remember team for yet another fantastic event. The number of people involved, and giving their time for free, is staggering. The money raised will make such a big
WELL done Phil Morton (The Press, April 12) for taking early redundancy. I think I would have been pleased to have taken redundancy too if the ratepayer was paying me £397,000. Who decides how much these council bosses get? Do they make
SO, Theresa May refuses to commit herself in advance of a manifesto to maintaining the aid budget at 0.7 per cent. Little England it is then. Any lingering doubt about the humanitarian credentials of this government becomes certainty. May sees
THERESA MAY’S carefully scripted statement as to why she has decided to hold an early election hid the real reason for her decision. In the 2015 election, the Conservatives broke the rules on election spending in a number of marginal constituencies
I SO agree with Bill Heppell, unplug the television until the recently announced election is over and for at least two weeks afterwards (Letters, April 20). Oh dear, weeks of politicians and pundits gazing earnestly into television cameras, spouting
RACHAEL MASKELL MP’s reaction to the PM’s call for a snap election as “reckless” looks strange (The Press, April 18). Indeed it was rapidly contradicted by her own party, who said they supported going to the country at this time. Ms Maskell
From our archives: 85 years ago Reports from Reuter confirmed that the Graf Zeppelin had now completed its 16th Atlantic crossing. The success of the Zeppelin had now strengthened Dr Eckener's wish one day that the Graf Zeppelin may
WOKING entertain York City having taken ten points from a possible 12.The Cards’ form means Garry Hill’s men now know victory against the Minstermen will guarantee their National League place next term.Woking have also won four of their last seven home
JONNY Bairstow and Joe Root will fit straight back into our dressing room and team environment, almost like they haven't been away, when we face Hampshire at the Ageas Bowl today.They will be with us for a couple of weeks before England's international
THE BATTLE for the Yorkshire One play-off spot has gone to the wire.Third placed York RUFC travel to Heath tomorrow needing second-placed West Leeds to slip up at North Ribblesdale. On current form, that is unlikely to happen, but York can only focus
YORK CC captain Dan Woods says the club is determined to win this season’s Hunters ECB Yorkshire Premier League North title.York, who won the Yorkshire League a record 14 times, could only finish second to Harrogate last season in the inaugural YPLN.Speaking
PICKERING Town manager Paul Marshall says the opportunity to play on a Premier League stage next month should motivate his players in the final two games of the season. The Pikes, who are second in the Northern Counties East League premier division
YORK RUFC produced an impressive display to beat Doncaster Knights in the final of the Hull Ionian Colts 7’s tournament. Last year's Plate winners had been drawn in a tough qualifying group but secured victories over Hull Ionians (24-0), Wharfedale
YORK Nomads will play Hounds FC next month in the final of this season’s Fastpack Ltd York Sunday Morning League Cup.The Nomads are seeking to complete a Cup ‘treble’ after winning both the North Riding Sunday County Cup and the York FA Sunday Morning
SCARBOROUGH'S Jim Gordon won the latest ranking event at the Streamline Taxis York Open Darts Championship.Gordon won 20 of his legs in 20 darts or less and beat Jaron Esteve 5-3 in the final, hitting three 180s in legs of 19-15-15-11 and 14.He had
THERE will be a St George’s Day start for the Tyke Petroleum Men’s Tennis League this year, competition getting under way on Sunday. Poppleton, under captain Nick Turnbull, will be out to skewer a third championship in a row. Pop narrowly pipped Wigginton
A CHOIR is holding an open rehearsal evening to welcome new singers. The Stamford Bridge Singers will open their doors on Thursday, May 4, at 7.30pm, at Stamford Bridge Junior School. They have vacancies in all parts, including soprano, alto
AN evening of style raised more than £600 for a mental health charity.Elaine Gill hosted the event at the Talbot Hotel in Malton to raise money for Scarborough Whitby and Ryedale Mind.Elaine, an expert in colour analysis who runs a consultancy in Harrogate
HANDING over a York community centre to volunteers will make a huge difference when it comes to planning for the future and making it financially viable. City of York Council is getting ready to hand over Tang Hall Community Centre to its trustees
SELBY could soon be backing national calls for a clampdown on betting machines labelled “the crack cocaine of gambling”. Six betting shops in the district - including four in Selby town itself - currently have Fixed Odds Betting Terminals
YORK City Ladies Reserves' free-scoring forward Ellie Randall believes a change in playing style has been behind her team's rise this campaign.The Minsterbelles will be lining-up against their own first-XI in Nether Poppleton on Sunday having
ORGANISERS of the Tour de Yorkshire later this month say the preceding publicity caravan will be three times bigger this year - and feature some of the county’s best-loved brands. The caravan will travel ahead of the riders each day of the race
THE decision to revoke a taxi driver’s license has been upheld by York Magistrates’ Court. Selby District Council revoked Michael Shooter, of Tower Taxis, Tadcaster, operator’s licence, for employing an unlicensed Private Hire Taxi Driver and failing
A NEW project to help pupils in Selby learn more about the town’s heritage, has been given £9,000. Mariners, Merchants and Monuments has been given the grant by the Heritage Lottery Fund, enabling a project between Selby Town Council, Selby
DOZENS of volunteers from fast food restaurants across York took part in a series of clean-up events in the city.McDonald’s Franchisee John Atherton, area manager Craig Dilnot and more than 45 volunteers from the Monks Cross, Poppleton and Clifton Moor
WORK by North Yorkshire’s most famous tea producer to ensure sustainable sourcing has earned the company royal recognition as it is named among the recipients of this year’s Queen’s Awards.Bettys & Taylors of Harrogate was today honoured among 175 other
A RUNNER is heading from York to London this weekend to take part in her first marathon, in a bid to help improve lives in Africa. Corin Heney, 26,will run in the London Marathon to raise money for York-based human rights charity International
A FUND set up in memory of a popular rugby player is providing vital life-saving equipment. Tom Parsons, 22, from West Heslerton, died while on holiday with friends on the Greek island of Zante last August. His parents, Nick and Sue, set up the
DEVELOPERS finally hope to start one of York’s biggest housing schemes this summer – and have already begun roadworks which they say will help prevent flooding of a key York route. Persimmon Homes Yorkshire’s £120 million scheme for 655 homes
A HOTEL worker has denied defrauding a York business out of more than £50,000. Susan Robinson, 40, was assistant manager at Jorvik Hotel in Marygate when the alleged incidents are said to have taken place. Robinson, of The Village, Haxby, pleaded
FIRE crews were alerted to a blaze in a North Yorkshire field.North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service was called to the field in York Road, Naburn, just before 9pm on Wednesday.A spokesman for the fire service said the blaze involved about 20 tyres over
TWO members of a drugs gang are still on the run more than two months after they failed to attend court in York. Sonny Elms and Paul Daniel Heaton were both due to be sentenced at York Crown Court on Wednesday, February 1, for conspiracy to supply
TIME is running out for people to have their say on North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service’s health consultation.The aim of the survey is to gather information on the best way the emergency service can improve its work with local authorities, clinical
A JOINT project to deliver first aid more quickly in emergencies has responded to more than 150 life-threatening calls in North Yorkshire in 12 months.The joint ambulance and fire service project means an emergency first responder (EFR) is dispatched
TOP chefs will make an appearance at Malton Food Lovers Festival during a packed weekend for all the family. Back for the ninth year running, the festival, from May 27 to May 28, will welcome celebrity chef Levi Roots. He will be joined by
PEOPLE in York had the chance to see £4 million plans for the city’s racecourse up close yesterday. Earlier this month course bosses revealed their plans for a major investment in the course enclosures - the open air spectators’ area inside the
MARKS & Spencer is planning to shut one of its York stores as part of a wider closure scheme nationwide.The retail giant revealed yesterday that it was consulting with staff on proposals to close its Simply Food store at Monks Cross, along with five other
TWO York secondary schools are set to appoint a joint executive head teacher, who will be responsible for improving both schools. Proposals are being worked up for Trevor Burton, current head of Millthorpe School, to take on the new role for both
DOUBLE UP was a source of minor frustration last year but he has been cherry-picked a nice opportunity at Newbury to set the tone for the summer.Roger Varian's sprinter must have at least been expected to win a race in 2016, yet he was continually
