A NORTH Yorkshire student has been caught up in the terrorist attack which claimed 13 lives in Barcelona. Kiera Birkenshaw, a 22-year-old student from Scarborough, is staying at a hotel just a minute’s walk away from where a white van crashed into
A DECISION on plans to build a controversial asphalt plant will not be made until next month. Despite around 30 people turning up to the City of York Council planning meeting to show their opposition to the proposals, Cllr Anne Reid, the committee
CRUCIAL new access roads for the British Sugar site have been given the green light. Councillors have now urged the company to use it as a starting point to re-develop the area, off Boroughbridge Road and bring more new homes to York. Hopes
A WELL-KNOWN York man with a long-held passion for gardening has lost his battle with cancer at the age of 70.Stephen Pickering, who lived in Nether Poppleton, worked for Challis of York from 1962. The company opened their first garden centre in York
A CYCLIST was seriously injured when he was knocked off his bike in a hit-and-run incident in Boothferry Road, Goole. Humberside Police said his injuries included a fractured wrist and bruising to his face and hands. "A silver Peugeot was involved
A STAR of wheelchair rugby will visit York as part of a special fundraising event in the city.Jack Brown, wheelchair rugby England captain, will appear at Fulford School on Saturday to help out with a fundraiser.The event, hosted by wheelchair basketball
ORGANISERS of Castle Howard's Proms tomorrow night say the Spitfire fly-past is set to go ahead despite problems announced with the Battle of Britain’s Memorial Flight’s Spitfires and Hurricanes. Some of the planes have been grounded after the
YORK and North Yorkshire’s £1.4 billion new incinerator has started treating household waste. The milestone was reached at the massive Allerton Waste Recovery Park, situated between York and Knaresborough, as it is gradually being commissioned.
ACROSS North Yorkshire schools reported improvements on last year.Cllr Patrick Mulligan, North Yorkshire’s Executive Member for Schools, said: “From the early indications, the results are a tribute to the hard work of students, the support of families
FIREWORKS were thrown inside a flat and a police officer was threatened with a piece of wood as a group of 30 youths ran amok in Chapelfields this month. North Yorkshire Police say there were more than 25 reports of anti-social behaviour in the
ACROSS the border in East Yorkshire A-level students are celebrating their best ever results.In 2016, the average A-level grade achieved in both England and the East Riding of Yorkshire Council area was grade C and the average point score was 30. This
REBECCA Ferguson will be headlining the Party in the Park concert at Flamingo Land this Saturday evening, August 19. The X Factor finalist has replaced the original act Matt Terry who can no longer appear, apparently due to a throat infection.
THE fifth York Chamber Music Festival will run from September 21 to 23 under the artistic direction of founder Tim Lowe. This former York Minster chorister is now a leading cellist of his generation as a soloist, guest principal cello of the English
A DROWNING dog was pulled out of the River Ouse by lifesavers on a training exercise nearby. Freckles, a breed of spaniel, became “unresponsive” in seconds when she fell 5ft into the river from the Marygate landing on Wednesday evening. York
TADCASTER Albion bounced back from the opening day defeat in emphatic fashion to thump Ossett Albion 7-1 at the i2i stadium.The result will put them in good heart for Saturday's FA Cup preliminary round tie against Colne.Aiden Savory netted a first
MORE than 30 artists, designers and jewellers are selling unique artworks along the banks of Ouse at the York River Art Market near Lendal Bridge on Saturday.They are hanging original art, designs, jewellery, cards and more from the railings along Dame
ACTOR and cookery book writer Stanley Tucci returns to the director’s chair after a decade-long absence with Final Portrait (15). Running at City Screen, York, for a week from tomorrow, Tucci's 90-minute film sketches the frustrations of creative
THE York Minster Engineering League season kicks off on Saturday and is expected to be one of the most competitive for years.Managerial changes at some of the premier division teams and players moving on to higher levels promises to open up the 2017/18
AN INQUEST into the death of a North Yorkshire worker who suffered serious burns from a fireball has ruled his death an accident. Michael Jennings was working as a mechanical fitter for Yorkshire Water in July 2015 when he attempted to remove bolts
A RAIL company that runs services around York has received five nominations for the prestigious National Rail Awards.Northern - which runs trains from York to Selby and on the Harrogate line - has got five nominations onto the shortlists for three different
BREAKING Tradition Dance Company will return to their regular stamping ground of the Ye Olde Fighting Cocks pub to present The Lock In 'Remixed', a live music and dance extravaganza featuring the musicians of The Demon Barbers,. From the company
YORK Central MP RACHAEL Maskel has criticised the Government for failing to uphold the basic rights of elderly patients within the National Health Service. Ms. Maskell, who is also chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group for Older People and Ageing,
YORK beer drinkers will be the first to try the region's best independent craft beers at the new B-Fest Beer, Blues and Folk Festival at York Barbican tomorrow and Saturday. Organised in partnership between the Barbican and the Society of Independent
ALL aboard for The Hunting Of The Snark! The ship is departing and all children, animals and silly people are welcome when the children's show visits the Grand Opera House, York, next month. The impossible voyage of an improbable crew to hunt an
KATIE Von Schleicher is music’s poster girl for internships. Her stint at record label Ba Da Bing saw her being asked to make an album, rather than just the tea, and see what happens. And what happened was that 2015’s sparse but striking Bleaksploitation
SELBY library will soon have tablets and touchscreen computers to help people get online, and staff want to hear the public's feedback before the scheme is rolled out across North Yorkshire.North Yorkshire County Council and Selby District Council
YORKSHIRE Fossil Festival is back from September 22-24 at the Rotunda Museum in Scarborough.The programme will include dinosaur footprint walks, T-Rex dinosaur walkabouts, rock pooling along the coast and many more activities.Geology experts and scientists
BEN Earle, one half of the British chart-topping country sensations The Shires, can't wait to take centre stage at this year's Yorfest festival in York on September 23. Tickets are selling fast for the late-summer Knavesmire event, now in its third
THOUSANDS of students across York received their A-level results yesterday as initial figures showed the city looked set to remain among the best in the country. Education bosses said provisional results for York school sixth forms and York College
PURPLE Rain is way up there with Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Thriller, Pet Sounds, Dark Side Of The Moon and Exodus among the most important, culturally significant albums of the 20th century. To date, it has sold 25 million copies worldwide
AN ARSON attack at a farm near York is being investigated by police. Officers would like to hear from witnesses after a pile of tyres at Grey Leys Farm, Elvington, were set on fire around 4pm on Monday. Six fire engines attended the scene and
HARMONY trio Blake's Castle Howard Proms performance on Saturday is not to be confused with their Stage Of Stage & Screen tour shows, where Stephen Bowman, Humphrey Berney and Ollie Baines are joined by a local choir. Instead the focus will
TAKING your time now seems curiously outmoded. Refreshingly, Edinburgh singer-songwriter Steve Adey sticks with the old ways, producing beautifully crafted records with long intervals in between. Do Me A Kindness is a collection of covers, recorded
FIVE men have been handed fines and court costs totalling more than £1300 after they were caught urinating in public in York. The fines were handed out by magistrates in York earlier this week, to men from York, Middlesborough, Co Durham, and Lancashire
JASSEM Sukar is expected to be handed his full York City debut at home to Nuneaton and striker Jon Parkin has an “outside chance” of featuring. Ex-Arbroath centre-back Sukar, whose City career has been limited to a four-minute outing at Blyth since
IT all started for Paul Berriff when he had two paper rounds, one in the morning, one after school, when he was 12/13. "It was in 1959/60, when there were these two news feature publications, Picture Post and Life Magazine, which were very heavy
POLLY Lister is having a splendid time by the sea at Scarborough, starring in two productions in the Stephen Joseph Theatre summer season. No sooner was the fire finally extinguished after her electric spark of a performance as the loud-mouthed
A MAN from Selby has been fined by York magistrates after pleading guilty to racially/religiously aggravated harassment.Simon Sheppard, 60, of Cockret Court, Cockret Road, Selby, was fined £200 and ordered to pay court costs of £85 and a £30 surcharge.He
MORRISSEY'S lyrical yet bitchy autobiography, the helpfully titled Autobiography, said everything he wanted to say about his life. His self-reverential insistence on the book being published by Penguin Classics said everything about him. He is
FIND a golden rose at Creepy Crawlies in York between August 21 and 24 and you will win a family ticket to the Grand Opera House pantomime, Beauty And The Beast. Here is the clue: At Creepy Crawlies come play a role; at Debbie's Cottage you'll
A PAIR of pupils at one York secondary academy are celebrating results success. At Archbishop Holgate's CE Academy twins James and Thomas Larwood both achieved BTECs in business Diploma (D*D*) and IT Diploma (D*D*). They are going to York St John
A MAN from Selby has been fined by York magistrates after pleading guilty to racially/religiously aggravated harassment.During a hearing yesterday for sentencing, Simon Sheppard, 60, of Cockret Court, Cockret Road, Selby, was fined £200 and ordered to
SELBY District Council has responded to claims it had failed to monitor air quality around Drax Power Station.A report by Biofuelwatch said emissions of dust particles from Drax since its partial conversion to burning wood pellets - or biomass - had risen
FOUR men have been charged with a cannabis grow worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.Xhelal Kabasha, Gentian Kanushi, Arben Qemallaj and Euxhenio Mucobega - all of no fixed address - were all arrested at about 7.40am on Tuesday, August 8, when North
A TALENTED York musician hit the right notes with her pitch perfect A-level results. Guylaine Eckersley was awarded 2 A*s in music, history and an A in German. She joined Bootham School in Year 7 and plays bassoon, flute, piano and sings. She
AMERICAN singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Laura Gibson plays The Crescent Community Venue, The Crescent, York, on Saturday night, after heading north from her Green Man Festival appearance in Wales tomorrow. Gibson, 38, released her
THIRSK will be hosting its annual Bank Holiday Monday market later this month.Hambleton District Council which runs the normal weekly markets in Thirsk is holding an "Open Market" on Monday, August 28.The town's market was first established
A RYEDALE charity has taken its campaign to raise awareness of a devastating brain condition to the House of Lords. The Encephalitis Society, which is based in Malton, was invited to the Palace of Westminster by Baroness Anne McIntosh of Pickering
A DEVOTED dad is raising funds for the hospital which is treating his young daughter for a rare disorder.Matthew Knight and his wife, Lucy, who live in Pickering, are supporting Sheffield Children's Hospital, where their one-year-old daughter, Lilly
HUNTERS Auctions held an event at York Racecourse on Wednesday, August 2. Hunters Auctions hold events monthly and this popular method of sale provides both the seller and the buyer with a secure and legally binding sale. The Auction Department
BRIDLINGTON is hosting a "Sing for Freedom" event this Sunday, August 20.Remarkable Arts and East Riding of Yorkshire Council have organised the free event at Bridlington Spa. From 9.30am there will be a morning of fun, inspiring singing ending
A COUPLE who met at a dance in the Assembly Rooms in York are today celebrating their diamond wedding anniversary.Jean then asked her husband-to-be and apprentice plumber Ray Theakston for a ride in his Austin trials car.“I built the car myself with an
YORK Handmade Brick Company has played a role in the creation of the new Art and Design Technology Centre at Pocklington School through a £78,000 contract.York Handmade, based at Alne, near Easingwold, supplied 31,000 bricks for the exterior of the new
IN today’s newspaper, we introduce our Community Pride finalists for 2017. They include young carers, brave children, public sector heroes, dedicated volunteers, good neighbours and charity workers: people of all ages and backgrounds united by
A YORKSHIRE town is bidding for special heritage status in the hopes of improving the town centre.East Riding of Yorkshire Council is asking Historic England to give Goole town centre Heritage Action Zone (HAZ) status.Working with Goole Civic Society,
YORK council could find itself being dragged through an expensive public inquiry because it has taken so long to make a decision on a planning application to redevelop the former British Sugar site. British Sugar itself is appealing against the
KING Harold must have had a soft spot for Stamford Bridge. It was, after all, where he saw off Harald Hardrada and his pesky Norse invaders. It’s still a favoured place today, in fact even more so now thanks to David Wilson’s new Saxon Gate development
If someone asked me to which class I belong, I would probably say ‘middle’, but with hesitation. I grew up in a nice house in a country village with parents who worked in professional white collar jobs. I went to university - something only a small
DIABETES affects millions of people across the UK. It can have devastating health consequences and impact all areas of life. And at Diabetes UK, we’re taking it seriously. About 4.5 million people in the UK have diabetes and a further 11.9 million
6:46pm That's all for today, but return next week for our live blog on GCSE results day.
I RECENTLY found out that the traffic down Fossgate might being going the other way up the street. I would like to know whether more people used the street during the festivals when the street was closed. Many of the buildings in Fossgate are
YOUR house needs rewiring. You have three choices. Employ a qualified electrician who hasn’t worked in the industry for 42 years; or a hairdresser who fancies herself as an electrician but has neither qualifications nor experience; or a qualified
READERS might be interested to know of a charity which provides holidays and short breaks for adults and children with disabilities in two unique and specialist vehicles which are part-coach, part-ambulance and known as Jumbulances. They feature
I HAVE read a report in The Press about the neglect of Blue Bridge, and I have just learned of plans to prettify Scarborough Bridge. Why? Whose idea is it to spend money on altering a perfectly good bridge? Are the people who have come up with
SO, as they say these days... the new pumps will move 50 tonnes of water per second into the Ouse from the Foss, just up the road from me, in times of flood (The Press, August 16). Having skim read three pages in The Press, I’ve searched in vain
THE common sense written in these columns about all electric cars by the year 2040 does not surprise me. For Volvo to stop producing conventional cars and go all electric is certainly a very bold move for a company to make. As for the Government
WOULD you like to see your photographs on this page? More than 360 readers have already joined The Press Camera Club, which launched in June and brings together talented amateur photographers from across York and North and East Yorkshire to share
From our archives: 85 years ago According to the Yorkshire Herald Lobby Correspondent, Mr Baldwin would be back in London from Ottawa before the end of the week. He may spend a few days in town if there was a Cabinet meeting early
MELBOURNE upset the formbook by beating Burn by six runs to win the Guy Mitchell Cup at the York Vale League's T20 finals day at Pocklington.Burn, who are 108 points better off then Melbourne in division one, began by removing Oliver Steels and Ian
PACHARANA can knock off an uncompromising hat-trick on a fine day of sport at Salisbury.Luca Cumani's four-year-old has been in inspirational form this summer and should continue her ascent in the EBF Breeders' Series Fillies' Handicap.Cumani
WHELDRAKE rediscovered some form to end a run of eight games without a win and haul themselves out of the HPH York Vale Cricket League division one relegation zone.They overpowered Askham Bryan by 114 runs after a brilliant bowling performance by Dave
PLAYER-BOSS Jack Stearman has challenged his New Earswick All Blacks ARLC side to go the rest of the season unbeaten in their quest for title success - starting with this weekend's big game against neighbours Heworth.All Blacks are currently leading
YORKSHIRE are not too far away from getting it right in a Twenty20 season – and this could still be the one for us if we beat Northamptonshire at Headingley tonight and other results go our way.We've played a quality of cricket at stages this season
A MUSEUM display manufacturer is set to purchase one of the buildings in which it operates thanks to tax credits from its research and development programme.Sherburn-in-Elmet based Workhaus and its sister company Glasshaus secured a five-figured repayment
AMERICAN star filly Lady Aurelia is settling in well at York ahead of her bid for further Group 1 glory in the Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes a week tomorrow.Trained by Wesley Ward, she is one of three intended runners on Knavesmire next week for the Kentucky-based
COLIN KING took the York C& IU League's Singles crown off Gary Bunce after beating him by five shots in the final.Clarence ace Bunce was aiming to lift the trophy for a fourth consecutive year but King flew into an eight-shot lead.Bunce retaliated
HOLGATE WMC lifted the York Amateur Bowls Association League first division crown with two games to spare after whitewashing Haxby Road 8-0 in their final fixture.Traffic problems on Monday meant a number of teams played short or started late, with Holgate
HEROIC lifesavers, brave children and dedicated volunteers are among those who have made it on to this year’s York Community Pride Awards shortlist. The Press has been inundated with entries from people eager to highlight the efforts of individuals
ONE of York’s biggest housing schemes could go to a public inquiry after developers lodged an appeal over the time taken to deal with their planning application. British Sugar is appealing against the ‘non-determination’ by City of York Council
A NORTH Yorkshire power station has been criticised over its emissions. An investigation by NGO Biofuelwatch said the partial conversion of Drax Power Station to burn wood pellets - or biomass - had increased emissions of dust particles in the area by
A ROW has blown up between the Crime Commissioner and the Fire Authority over attempts to speak to fire fighters about who runs the service in the future. Julia Mulligan wants to take responsibility for the fire service as well as North Yorkshire
JASON Wales from Scrap Box chippy and restaurant in Dunnington has been named as one of the UK’s top 10 young fish friers as part of the 2018 National Fish & Chip Awards, organised by Seafish. Shortlisted for the Drywite Young Fish Frier of the Year Award
A DATE has been set for the final film showing at York's Reel Cinema. As previously reported, bosses at the cinema in Blossom Street announced it would be converted into an Everyman theatre - the upmarket cinema chain’s latest venue, following
MORE details have emerged about ambitious plans to bring a temporary Shakespearean theatre to York next summer. The company behind the scheme - Lunchbox Theatrical Productions - say they can build the 950 seat, three tiered wooden theatre in just
A YORK university is trying to help students through the minefield of clearing for those whose grades aren't quite what they'd hoped. York St John University has prepared some helpful tips to explain the university clearing process for anyone looking
