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YORKSHIRE took a significant step towards the quarter-finals of the NatWest T20 Blast with a 24-run win over struggling Durham at Headingley.The Vikings comfortably defended a Jets target of 153 on a sluggish pitch as Bradfordian Adil Rashid starred with

A YOUNG peregrine falcon that hatched high up on York Minster has been rescued after ending up on the ground far below.The Press reported recently how a pair of peregrines, which has been in residence at the cathedral for more than a decade, had hatched

TWO people died following pursuits involving North Yorkshire Police last year - and two more died after contact with the force, according to a new report. Figures released yesterday by the Independent Police Complaints Commission showed the number

A FORMER officer and university lecturer in York says the next generation of police officers will be served better in later life thanks to new courses in the city. Martin Holleran is the senior lecturer in Policing Studies at York St John University

THOUSANDS of competitors took part in a two-day triathlon at Castle Howard at the weekend.A strong field of 2,300 people competed in a swim in Castle Howard’s Great Lake and a challenging bike and run through the Howardian Hills.Among the 500 junior triathletes

PLACES are still available for this weekend's Acomb Family Triathlon. On Saturday, July 29 Energise will host the inaugural event, which will see families challenged to a 400m swim (16 lengths), a 1.2km bike ride and a 1km run. Entry is £10

YORKSHIRE have confirmed the signing of Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed as a replacement for Peter Handscomb in the NatWest T20 Blast.Australian Test batsman Handscomb plays his last Yorkshire home game of the season against Durham at Headingley tonight.He

ONE of York’s top restaurants is expected to remain closed beyond the second anniversary of flooding which devastated the building. Lower areas of the Blue Bicycle, inset, in Fossgate were badly damaged when the adjacent River Foss burst its banks

TWO women dubbed 'Batman and Robin' because of their superhero actions in their neighbourhood have both been nominated for our Community Pride volunteer and person of the year awards. Mary Passeri and Jo Millner are trustees of the Chill in the

HIGH-RIDING York City Knights Ladies have been boosted by the return of five key players for Sunday’s Women's RL Challenge Shield final against Army Ladies.Sam Boyes, Kay Rollinson, Hayley Worthington and Gemma Kay are all in contention for the game

SHERIFF Hutton Bridge II maintained their inexorable march towards promotion in the York & District Senior Cricket League as their nearest rivals suffered disappointing results at the top of Galtres division two.Bridge visited Thirsk and the home team

A YORK veterinary medicine and animal healthcare group has seen an eight per cent rise in sales to almost £16 million ahead of acquiring a Belgian-based counterpart.Animalcare Group published a trading update revealing underlying operating profits, for

A CAFE at the new North Yorkshire Police headquarters will help people from the area. This week, the new facility at Alverton Court, Northallerton, was unveiled, with hundreds of members of staff from the force's Newby Wiske HQ set to move sites

A STUNNING display by opening batsman Duncan Snell secured York's place in the final of the Black Sheep Yorkshire Champions Trophy.York eased to victory over Yorkshire League North title holders Harrogate in a rain-curtailed match at Shipton Road.The

KYLE Edmund has started his build-up to the US Open with a victory.The 22-year-old former Pocklington School pupil defeated Cyprus' Marcos Baghdatis 6-3, 7-5 in the first round of the BB&T Atlanta Open.Beverley-born Edmund, who is making his debut

TWO men have been arrested after yet another pharmacy was broken into in York - the fifth such burglary in 10 nights. MJ Roberts Pharmacy in Boroughbridge Road was burgled at about 4.20am today, said North Yorkshire Police. Owner Matthew Roberts

A CELEBRATION of God's own country will take place in Stockton-on-the-Forest in the days after Yorkshire Day.Halifax writer Keith Holmes will be at the village hall performing his own words and music for the special Yorkshire-themed event, which starts

A CHARITY set up in memory of Liam Miller has supported a young performer who has been accepted on a prestigious musical theatre course. Rosie Riley was presented with £1,000 after gaining a place at the Musical Theatre Academy (MTA) in London.

A RYEDALE MP has said he will call for a moratorium on fracking if protections are weakened. Kevin Hollinrake, MP for Malton and Thirsk, made the comments after meeting with Greg Clark, secretary of state for business, energy and industrial strategy

A UNIQUE cycling sportive initiated by the managers of one of Yorkshire's most successful racing teams this season, and hosted by Hunmanby based Wold Top Brewery, will take place on Sunday, August 27. Organised by Richard Baldwin and David Hought

VISITORS to The Wensleydale Creamery in Hawes this summer will be the first to see the newly completed Yorkshire Wensleydale Cheese Experience, following a £5m investment in the creamery and its visitor centre. Taking a journey through the art of cheese-making

NORTH Yorkshire furniture maker Treske has been enlisted by a neighbouring Michelin-starred restaurant to supply its refurbished dining room.The Thirsk-based business has provided 50 of its award winning Artisan Neva oak chairs to the Black Swan at Oldstead.Head

THE SHORT life of a member of one of York's most famous families is to feature in a theatrical performance and a community exhibition.Lawrence Rowntree, grandson of Joseph Rowntree, was born in York and brought up near Scarborough, and was killed

PERFECT weather conditions, growing livestock entries, and a crowd of 15,000 converged at the Ryedale Show this week to create a "great family day out". The 151st show was held at Welburn Park, near Kirkbymoorside, on Tuesday. This year’s show

AVIVA workers took over a premises this week in a charity shop challenge and raised around £300.Last year the insurance firm staff stepped in for a day at the Red Cross shop in Walmgate to offer support after it was hit by floods.This week, as part of

A 20-YEAR-OLD man was arrested following an incident that allegedly involved an electric shock weapon disguised as a mobile phone. In the early hours of Sunday, officers were called to a disturbance outside Raw nightclub in Wellington Road, Whitby

TALK about British pluck. Today, we report on two people who epitomise the ‘never-say-die’ spirit that the people of these islands like to pride themselves on. Jannine Church survived both a 1,300-foot fall down a mountain and a brain tumour the

YORK has been at the heart of Britain’s rail network since the earliest days of the railways. We have George Hudson to thank for that: he it was who insisted his home town should be a major junction on the emerging London to Edinburgh route. So successful

SPOTTING a gap in the market to grow food and drink tourism in Yorkshire resulted in beer enthusiast Mark Stredwick launch his brewery tour venture.Brewtown Brewery Tours was set up last year and now offers beer tasting experiences in York and Leeds,

A YOUNG bakery business is expanding into e-commerce to meet demand from a growing UK wide customer base.Brown and Blond, which has its head office at Cattal near York, has launched an online shop following success of pop-up retail outlets and a growing

TURNING a hobby into a business has seen designer Julie Dodsworth supply a range of more than 500 products to more than 2000 stores across more than 20 countries.With a passion and perseverance for her business, and the help of her family in growing it

Reporter DAVID MACKIE heads to Cropton forest to check out the view from a new hide which has opened in the woodland giving visitors a front row seat on the wildlife on offer A NEW wildlife hide has been created deep in Cropton forest in order

BIGGER roundabouts on the northern ring road costing £34 million will increase road space but fail to make any real impact on delays. The evidence is in the council report approving this programme. Before and after studies for the A59 roundabout

C N WESTERMAN’S letter (The Press, July 14) certainly shook me. Surely he cannot believe only the Tories are against shirkers. No-one begrudges genuine people state benefits, whatever party they support. Why should we who work hard and employ

A RIDER was thrown from a horse after it was "spooked" by a car overtaking a tractor in North Yorkshire. A small red hatchback car travelling towards Pateley Bridge overtook a tractor which was towing a trailer carrying bales of hay, North Yorkshire

A RUSSIAN proverb runs like this: ‘A good friend’s advice hurts, a bad friend’s never’. Now you might be excused for thinking this column refers too often to proverbs. If so, I make no apologies. To me, proverbs are the condensed wisdom of ordinary

I HAVE to agree with recent criticism in these columns regarding doing away with the ticket office at York station, and staff having to deal with customers on what is going to be a toe-to-toe basis. Some members of the public will wait until the

IT’S quite amazing the number of terminological inexactitudes that MPs can espouse from the House of Commons. The Education Secretary has pledged that an extra £2.6 billion will be available for schools over a two year period (The Press, July 18

WOMEN at the BBC on top and demanding their monetary equality? I’m all for that but still this gap between alpha males on £2.2 million and approximately £500,000 for females denies the reality check. However you may view this, it still feels

FIREFIGHTERS were called out after a fire was left unattended in North Yorkshire. A crew from Easingwold responded to a report of a fire seen from the A19, in the vicinity of Husthwaite, near Easingwold, at about 10.35pm yesterday. A spokesman

THE current TV licence costs £145 per annum per household. Now, following the publication of the salaries being paid to the BBC announcers, we get some inkling as to why such a huge amount has to be paid. Three things instantly spring to mind

WITH the revelation last week of the obscene amounts of public money paid by the BBC to people of often limited talent, not to mention the discrimination towards women, isn’t it time that this organisation is put out of its misery and told no more

From our archives:   85 years ago Attempts on the British gliding record by Flying Officer Mole, at Hambleton, Thirsk, came to a sudden and dramatic end, when a glider was wrecked while taking off. The glider, which was built in York

DAVID Willey is one of the most destructive T20 batsmen in the world – as he has shown over the last couple of games. We're very lucky to have him at Yorkshire.He scored 70 in our win over Birmingham at Headingley on Friday night and I know he was

FAST DANCER can save the best until last at Bath.The five-year-old gelding has not won for over two years but he must have a grand chance in the concluding one-mile handicap on the seven-race card.Fast Dancer has this year shown gradual progress and was

STAMFORD Bridge and Yapham will contest the final of the York Vale League's Scothern Construction Cup at Hemingbrough on Sunday, August 20.Bridge made light work of lower-ranked Burn II in their semi-final, while Yapham became the first team to beat

A FATHER and son duo have taken over at the Bishopthorpe Road branch of Hunters estate agents.The York-headquartered national agency has welcomed new franchisees Gary and John Romans, both of whom have worked with the Hunters brand before.John has spent

'NEVER Ever' will you find two finer days of entertainment and high quality racing than at York Racecourse's Music Showcase.With Grammy Award winner Jess Glynne ready to blast out her five number one singles following Friday evening's

PUPILS and staff bid farewell to a York head who has stepped down after 34 years in teaching and a decade at the helm of a city secondary school. As part of a surprise for David Ellis on his last day in post today all pupils got together for a

POLICE bosses have defended the under-fire 101 non-emergency number, saying soaring call numbers have put it under pressure. The number of 999 calls being made has grown by so many recently that controllers have had to cope with “New Year’s Eve

A WOMAN from York has told of how she has survived two near-death experiences to become a medal-winning athlete. Jannine Church, a former intelligence officer with the RAF, was on a training course in 2000 when she fell 1,300 feet into the Stob

NO PARENTS must ever face the trauma and torment that the parents of terminally ill baby Charlie Gard have been through, according to York man who has helped other families oppose medical opinions. David Hayes has made a plea for an overhaul of

ALEX Whittle has revealed that he decided to commit himself to York City this season after clear-the-air talks with manager Gary Mills.The 24-year-old left back, who netted City's final goal off the bench in last night's 9-0 friendly victory at