YORKSHIRE Ambulance Service NHS Trust (YAS) is preparing for a busy bank holiday weekend by encouraging people to keep safe so that emergency ambulances are available for those who need them most.The Trust usually experiences an increase in 999 calls
IN THE end it was nothing more than a stroll in the park for Enable as John Gosden's Ferrari-like filly picked up her fourth Group One of the season in the Darley Yorkshire Oaks at York today. Having already beaten the boys in the King George at
DANCE It Up North will serve a rich feast of different dance styles and genres for a show at York Theatre Royal on September 13.Performers of all ages and levels of experience from community groups and children's dance academies will work with professional
NEW Dutch forward Jay-Roy Grot could make his debut at Nottingham Forest on Saturday after signing for Leeds from NEC Nijmegen for an undisclosed fee.The 19-year-old has penned a four-year deal, having represented the Netherlands at under-17 and under
THE Friends of York Art Gallery have donated £180,000 towards the gallery’s appeal to buy one of York artist Albert Moore’s finest works. A Reverie sees Moore at the height of his powers and is considered to be his most significant work still in private
AN inquest has been opened into the death of Craig Darren Batters whose body was found in the River Ouse on New Year's Day.Mr Batters, 42, was found near Holly Terrace at 1.30pm after he disappeared as he walked home towards Scarborough Bridge between
She came, she saw and, by golly, did she conquer. Enable, the unstoppable filly from John Gosden's yard, will head to Chantilly for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on top of her form after she slalomed to victory in the Yorkshire Oaks on the second
PEOPLE who have lost a loved one to suicide have been invited to a special service in York next weekend. The city council has arranged the service, at St Helen’s Church, in St Helen’s Square, at 12pm on Saturday, September 9 - the day before World
TRADING Standards are urging people to be careful of workmen who offer cut price driveway work, claiming to have tarmac leftover from nearby roadworks.Officer in North Yorkshire say they continually get reports of this from residents and businesses. People
THOUSANDS of racegoers dressed in their finest and flocked to York Racecourse for the second day of the Ebor Festival. Fascinators, hats and heels were the order of the style-conscious Ladies’ Day meeting today which was attended by more than 20,000
ACOMB'S monthly market will take place on Front Street tomorrow.The market runs on the fourth Saturday of each month, and stalls will be open for business on Front Street from 10am until 3pm.The market was restarted on a trial basis last summer, but
MILLTHORPE School had reason to celebrate on GCSE results day. Across the board 60 per cent of students achieved passes at grade 4 (equivalent to grade C) or better in English and maths. The following students achieved 10 or more A or A* grades
HEALTH bosses in North Yorkshire are hoping to launch a dedicated mental health service for pregnant woman and new mums.Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) covering Vale of York, Scarborough and Ryedale, Hambleton, Richmondshire and Whitby, and Harrogate
AT York High School deputy head boy Luke Franks, is the first student at the school to gain the new grade 9 in maths. Early indications of results at York High would suggest that in spite of the increased challenge of GCSE examinations in English
KUNSTHUIS Gallery, at Dutch House, Crayke, presents boundary-pushing artists who demonstrate a fresh and exciting approach to watercolour painting in A Wash Of Energy from tomorrow to October 29. "We want to celebrate excellence and originality
CREDIT insurer CPP has announced its return to growth for the first time in more than five years as international success props up an 18 per cent rise in revenues.Group turnover, for the six months ending June 30, 2017, grew to £41.8 million, up from
ONE act at York’s Little Festival of Live Music next month will be particularly Kitsch. York band Kitsch, to be precise. They were among more than 500 applicants from up and down the country to take part in the September festival and have been
DOCTORS are urging patients to check their stocks of repeat medication ahead of the August bank holiday weekend, when most GP practices will be closed.NHS services are often under pressure during bank holidays, so doctors in Ryedale are urging people
THE end of summer is nigh: the three-day Leeds Festival opens tomorrow at Bramham Park as the closing chapter to the music festival season. The southern sister event, Reading Festival, has sold out but Friday and Saturday day tickets are still
DRIVERS who have lost their jobs following the liquidation of a North Yorkshire coach company have been urged to contact First York. Villagers between York, Selby and Tadcaster were left stranded after Utopia Coaches, based in Sherburn-in-Elmet
A SPORTS and social club which marked its 70th anniversary last year is now celebrating the success of a major refurbishment.The club in Bishopthorpe is holding a special event this weekend to toast the occasion.Dawn Paylor, secretary and treasurer of
YORK City boss Gary Mills has insisted his team must emerge from a “relentless” first six weeks of the season in contention at the top of the National League North table. The Minstermen will have completed 11 games – more than a quarter of their
PUPILS at schools across York have performed well against a backdrop of considerable change in the exam system. For this year's results there have been changes to grades for English and maths with a new numerical grading system from nine to
FINAL go-ahead has been given for the major upgrading of a key motorway junction in North Yorkshire.Northern Powerhouse minister Jake Berry MP was in the county earlier this week, and announced the final approval for work at junction 47 of the A1(M) -
YORK Hospital has launched a new text message service to remind people about their outpatient appointments.People are being urged to sign up for the service, which will mean they receive text message reminders giving them the option to confirm, cancel
POCKLINGTON Canal will host a special discovery day of free family activities next weekend, with a chance take to the water in a traditional craft. The Canal and River Trust, the charity that looks after the canal, is hosting events on Saturday
A PAIR of medieval outlaws rubbed shoulders with a Tudor monarch at historic York hall this week.Robin Hood and Maid Marian - actors Neil Reynolds and Siobhan Athwal - took a trip back in time between performances of York Theatre Royal’s “Robin Hood:
THE torrential rain which hit Yorkshire yesterday reminded us that rising river levels aren’t the only cause of flooding. We also have to be able to cope with flash floods. Sewers and drains in parts of York and in Malton and Scarborough were clearly
ONE of the main problems with developing the enormous, 178-acre brownfield site behind York Railway Station known as York Central has always been how to actually get access to it. The enormous block of land could provide up to 1,500 desperately
THE CLOSURE of a city council owned care home will be up for discussion next week, and councillors will also decide on services for people with learning disabilities. Council bosses confirmed in June that Woolnough House was next in line for closure
LABOUR councillors in York have reshuffled their "shadow executive" bringing former city council leader back into a prominent role. Cllr Dafydd Williams, who led City of York Council until the May 2015 local elections, is stepping back into the
TODAY'S GCSE results should place North Yorkshire in the top quarter of local authorities nationally again. Early indications from schools show that this year students have continued to perform well, with a higher than average proportion of students
RACEGOERS coming into the city by train this weekend will have a chance to show off their skills on the catwalk. Virgin Trains has constructed a pop up runway to help find the Ebor Festival's Best Dressed Couple during every day of the prestigious
THE Duke of York marked an historic milestone for York Racecourse yesterday when he presented a trophy to the winner of its first £1million race. The Duke, who is patron of the racecourse, was on hand in the winner’s enclosure after Jim Crowley
A FORMER Royal Navy Seaman has celebrated his centenary. George Kay, a resident of Highfield Care Home in Scarthingwell, near Tadcaster, celebrated with a special lunch accompanied by residents and his family.Born in Kent, the eldest of six children,
A MOTORIST who pretended he did not drink until after an accident that blocked a road just outside York, has lost his business and his licence the city’s magistrates heard. James Oliver Thomas Moore-Carnell, 27, had twice the legal amount of alcohol
LAST year's first and second placed teams went toe-to-toe in the York Minster Engineering premier league on Tuesday night.And it was defending champions Wigginton Grasshoppers who emerged victorious – finally ending a five-year hoodoo from their trips
OVER the last year in Parliament I have acted as chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Science and Technology in Agriculture. This might sound like a dry subject, but it in fact directly relates to huge national and international challenges of
NORTH Yorkshire industrial shredding specialist UNTHA UK has helped London’s Heathrow and Gatwick airports generate 25,500kw of heat from waste food.The Boroughbridge-based business provided the technology required for two energy recovery plants devised
LIKE Derek Martin (Letters, August, 14), I get a lot of pleasure watching the birds that come to the bird hut and the feeders and boxes on the fence. We don’t have trouble with cats. We have a dog who doesn’t like cats, including our own. He
DAVID QUARRIE laments the destruction of trees in Sheffield (Letters, August 16). Hopefully this sad tale will not be repeated in York, where Treemendous York has been working hard over the past five years with community groups, residents associations
HOW do you get rid of this? I asked my friend, grabbing an inch of flab from around my waist. “You don’t,” she answered, matter-of-factly. “It’s our fat store.” Drawing on her distant memories of O-level biology, she explained how women evolved
THE ‘YORKSHIRE Rows’ rowers are to be honoured by a York university, alongside a First World War Victoria Cross hero, a Downton Abbey actor, and a children’s TV star. The four Yorkshire women who rowed 3000 nautical miles across the Atlantic are
THE Prime Minister is being urged to gag Philip Hammond. A better idea would be to give him the sack, together with the other small minded dissidents in the cabinet. Political saboteurs from all parties are simply infantile, nurturing their
A VISITOR attraction in York has appointed its first Director of Fun. Five-year-old Oliver Williams is taking the reins at Fairfax House, and will give staff his child’s eye view of the Georgian house as they plan activities for younger visitors
MATT CLARK enjoys a new exhibition at Goddards, the former home of Noel Terry, which celebrates the house's 90th birthday ANYONE for tennis? proclaims a board in a hidden corner of the garden at Goddards House and Garden. Or for that matter how
READING Helen Mead’s column “What class am I?” (The Press, August 17) reminded me of the comedy sketch by John Cleese, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett. “I look down on him because I am upper class. “I look up to him because he’s upper class
ON behalf of the retail team at St Leonard’s Hospice, I’d like to say a massive thank you to everyone who has helped to make the opening of our brand new shop on Fossgate a success. Thank you to all customers who came in to visit us on our first
THE front page headline and full page article inside tells of the struggle to find staff for York’s restaurants, bars and hospitality sector (The Press, August 19). In the same paper, another article told of a new Ivy Collection restaurant opening
THE Highway Code states that it is an offence to mount the pavement with a vehicle. Therefore, if we do so we risk being prosecuted and fined. Likewise if we park with two wheels on the pavement or on the grass verges that are part of the highway
WHILE I broadly agree with the comments of Dr Scott Marmion (Letters, August 10), there is one important point he has missed. He states that residents cannot be bothered to reverse off their driveway. Residents are required by the Highway Code
DR Scott Marmion claims “the King is dead”, meaning Brexit is irreversible. Poor analogy. The King isn’t dead. He’s very ill, and nobody knows whether he’ll recover. Nobody knows whether there will be a second referendum. If there is one, nobody
FOLLOWING the loss of entertainer Sir Bruce Forsyth, who is going to fill the void in the future of entertainment? Sir Bruce and those like him have been gifted to entertain the millions on this earth. Now departed they will take some replacing
From our archives: 85 years ago York August Race Meeting, the principal meeting of the three held each year on Knavesmire, opened with racing of the best type and a satisfactory attendance. The Princess Royal and the Earl of Harewood
WOULD you like to see your photographs on this page? More than 400 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
IT was sad news to learn of the death of one of England’s greatest entertainers, Bruce Forsyth, but he can go to his grave in the knowledge that he lived life to the full in his personal life and on the stage. Young and old will have memories of
BRILLIANT filly Enable can be the star of the show on ladies' day by giving another top-drawer performance in today's Darley Yorkshire Oaks at York.The John Gosden-trained three-year-old, wearing the Khalid Abdullah colours immortalised by Frankel
GRAHAM ROBSON took his second five-wicket haul of the season as Burn ripped Askham Bryan’s batting apart in division one of the HPH York Vale Cricket League.Robson produced superb figures of 5-11 from six overs as Askham were sent packing for 53 – only
YORK & District Indoor Bowls Club will be holding open days on the coming weekends for anyone aged eight and above.The free sessions will be on August 26, August 27, September 3, September 9 and September 10, all between 10am and 3pm. Coaches will be
HOLGATE have retained the York C&IU Evening League crown in fine fashion.The leaders closed their season by taking maximum points from St Clement's to top the table by seven points and retain the trophy which they have won for the past three seasons
YORK'S unbeaten light welterweight boxer, Danny "Tazmanian Devil" Holmes, is back in ring action next Friday (September 1) at Elland Road, Leeds.Holmes, who is trained and managed by Glenn Banks at the York Masters Boxing Club, has won all
A YORK brewery is set for expansion to serve new supply deals after tapping in to financial support from a regional lender.The Business Enterprise Fund (BEF) has loaned more than £132,000 to four artisan breweries, including Tockwith-based Rudgate Brewery.Rudgate
MARTYN Moxon says Yorkshire will continue to delve into the minefield that surrounds trying to bring the world's best talent to Headingley as the club's overseas players.The county have been frustrated on numerous occasions in recent years with
Here, The Press looks at five things we learned from day one of the Ebor Festival at York Racecourse...RAIN PAINThe York executives must really be beginning to wonder when they upset the weather gods as another of their major meetings was hit by a deluge
