YORK City boss Gary Mills is hoping relegation to National League North will not spell a switch to part-time football at Bootham Crescent. The drop down to the English game’s regionalised sixth tier was confirmed following a 2-2 home draw with
YORKSHIRE brushed a powerful looking Nottinghamshire team aside to get their Royal London one-day Cup campaign off to an impressive start at Trent Bridge today, with England Test captain Joe Root hitting 75 not out.The Vikings looked every bit title challengers
NACER Bouhanni admitted he was taken by surprise by the sheer numbers of spectators at the Tour de Yorkshire – likening them to the Tour de France after winning stage two in Harrogate.The Frenchman is competing in the Tour de Yorkshire for the first time
FOUR men have been arrested after a serious assault in York. North Yorkshire Police said a 20-year-old man suffered injuries to his back and face in the attack, which happened close to the Costcutter shop in Chapelfields Road between 5pm and 5.33pm
YORK City have been relegated to the National League North following a 2-2 home draw with play-off qualifiers Forest Green. Two Jon Parkin equalisers earned the Minstermen a share of the spoils after Omar Bugiel had twice given the visitors a lead.
TAKING a stroll around York on Good Friday, I was amazed to see how many tradesmen - painters, joiners, electricians etc - were working over the Bank Holiday. Then it struck me, they all must be self-employed and don’t get paid for Bank Holidays
AS the boney fingers of mortality and Brexit begin to beckon with a steadily increasing sense of urgency, a recent rare day of sunshine found me sat outside and drifting slowly into the realms of sentimental reverie. With my only companions a now
AS a Self Advocacy Group for people with learning disabilities based in York we were shocked to read that managers in York are considering sending people with long term health conditions outside York (The Press, April 24). For many years people
WE are writing to say a huge thanks to the amazing people who are cycling for Age UK York in the Tour de Yorkshire Human Cycle Race in Sheffield tomorrow. The people cycling on our behalf are Peter Robinson, Mat Breslin, Katherine Lancey, Simon
I can’t remember too many better squads than the one England selected earlier this week and will take into the Champions Trophy in early June.They’ve got a decent amount of experience and exposure to big tournaments, including that T20 final loss in India
THE recent Unite leadership election had only 12 per cent of members voting in a postal ballot. The power that trade union leaders think they have has been given a huge vote of apathy and disinterest by workers just wanting to do their job and
I AM writing in response to the story “Tycoon still faces loss of knighthood” (The Press, April 24). I think Philip Green should have been stripped of his knighthood and assets before now after what happened at BHS. The Government should have moved
IN response to Maurice Vassie (Letters, April 27), I would like to clarify I’ve never been on a football terrace in my life. As unpopular as it may be I detest football, but if I had to pick a sport that most closely resembled the cheating, bribery
THE soundbites have already started in this election. We are going to hear the mantras of “strong leadership” and “coalition of chaos” ad nauseam over the coming weeks. I would just call on people to forget about personalities and empty rhetoric
THERE is a new joint-leader of The Press Player of the Year table after the up-and-down month of April.The Knights' three outings brought an awful defeat at Oxford, a wonderful win over Doncaster and, lastly, that Challenge Cup controversy against
IN reply to S Butterworth (Letters, April 22), I am a Tory and proud, and voting in Theresa May will vindicate the wonderful work she and her Government have done. We need a strong leader - and May is just that. Yes, she may have changed her mind
GEORGE Davey will keep his Yorkshire 69kg elite belt after a third successful defence of his title.The Henry’s Gym boxer had tough Eastburn opponent Joe Garside on the canvas in the first round at his home club in Acomb, before finishing the bout a comfortable
SHE’S back! Brain tumour victim Emily Rhodes has flown home to York from Australia for an emotional reunion with friends and relatives. The 22-year-old paid an emotional tribute yesterday to hundreds of York well-wishers who have raised £8,000
RYEDALE’S second jigsaw festival has raised more than £900. St Helen’s Church, in Amotherby, hosted the event in the village hall. The festival included a display of up to 200 made-up jigsaws of various makes, types and sizes. The “Golden Jigsaw” winner
A WOMAN who battled with severe mental health problems is planning to jump out of a plane at 10,000 feet to raise money for the mental health charity that helped her. Lizi Walker, 43, from Norton, is doing a skydive in Bridlington on May 28 to
THE proposal of Nestlé to shed 160 jobs in York leaves a bitter taste in the mouth (The Press, April 26). Once these jobs have gone, they’ve gone. I don’t think the likes of Seebohm and Joseph Rowntree as well as ex-chairmen Sir Donald Barron
From our archives: 85 years ago The Lord Mayor of York Alderman R H Veron Wragge and the Lady Mayoress Mrs J Bowes Morrel had devised a happy idea of blending the national colours on the occasion of the Military Sunday luncheon they were holding
YORK City manager Gary Mills wishes today's game with Forest Green Rovers was not on TV.The Minstermen will be relegated if they lose and BT Sport have opted to show the game live."I would rather not be on TV if I am honest," said Mills.
AS York City prepare for arguably the most fraught final day of their history with the threat of sixth-tier football hanging over the club, we’ve decided to look at five other seasons when the team’s fate went right to the wire.Warning – it’s not for
ANYONE fancy some Old World wine in the new age era?If so, you could do worse than trying the Chateau Cantin Saint-Emilion Grand Cru.The history of Saint-Émilion, deep in the Bordeaux region of France, goes back to prehistoric times and is a UNESCO World
THE new-look York City Knights are going back to the future - by reinstating a high-class scholarship system.The move, effectively a massive shot in the arm for junior rugby league in North Yorkshire, will see representative squads for under-12s through
GOALKEEPERS Scott Loach and Kyle Letheren’s efforts look set to be recognised at the end of a fraught season.Loach is two points clear at the top in The Press’ final Player of the Month award ahead of this afternoon’s vital home match with Forest Green.The
TICKETS are still available for I, Daniel Blake film star Dave Johns' return to the comedy circuit in York on Sunday night. He will be performing a brand new tour show inspired by his extraordinary experience in the film world when he played the
JIM Cartwright's new play, Stand Up Stand Up, visits the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, from May 18 to 20 as part of a UK tour. Cartwight, the Olivier Award-winning Lancastrian playwright, is best known for the tragi-comedy The Rise And Fall
YORK’S MP has warned of empty streets and boarded up shops if “chaos” over business rates is not sorted out. York Central’s Rachael Maskell has told the Business Secretary that traders in York have been hit especially hard by revaluations, and
UNIONS have accused Nestle on u-turning on what was said its own AGM. Earlier this month at Nestle’s meeting, CEO Ulf Mark Schneider said many companies were “focusing on radical cost-cutting to deliver higher profits in the short-term”, but this
NEW training has been given to volunteers at a York-based charity, to help them spot signs of domestic abuse in the community. The Independent Domestic Abuse Service (IDAS), trained 16 volunteers this week, after receiving funding from Police and
A SPECIAL exhibition will take place this weekend on the role of British Transport Police.The National Railway Museum (NRM) in York is marking the start of British Transport History Week with police dog demonstrations, fingerprint badge making sessions
WOUNDED, injured and sick veterans will be taking on this year’s Tadcaster Triathlon on Monday for Help for Heroes and the Endeavour Fund. Three of the competitors, Ibrar Ali, Dan Bingley and David Wiseman, served with the local Yorkshire Regiment
THE new Dean of a medical school in York has revealed plans to expand the school, which she hopes to develop into one of the best in the country. Professor Una Macleod, 51, became the Dean of the Hull York Medical School at the start of this year
A SPEEDING motorist who killed an "innocent, decent" father out walking his dog has been jailed. Nick Adlington, prosecuting, said Ryan David Jones, 24, closely followed by Dominic Benjamin Hippe, 29, was driving south at twice the speed limit through
CRIME has risen again in North Yorkshire, but police say the region is still one of the safest areas in the country. The Office of National Statistics showed there was a total of 36,680 crimes in 2016, a one per cent rise on the previous year,
A SPEEDING van driver who “gave the police the run-about” for four months has been jailed. Police clocked Stephen David Adsetts doing 80 mph where he should have been doing no more than 60 mph on the A64 at Heslington, Rob Galley, prosecuting, told
DOING Fine has hit form at the right time and can give Neil Mulholland back-to-back victories in the bet365 Gold Cup on the final day of the jumps season at Sandown.The nine-year-old only joined the Mulholland team in the autumn, having previously been
