STEVE Patterson picked the ideal time to return season’s best figures of 4-46 to set Yorkshire on their way towards what would be a crucial Specsavers County Championship victory over Warwickshire tomorrow.Patterson led an impressive White Rose attack
TEN Army instructors have appeared before a court martial accused of abusing teenage recruits at the Army Foundation College in Harrogate. The allegations including making victims eat animal manure, submerging their faces in mud and physically assaulting
Review: Million Dollar Quartet, York Theatre Royal, until Saturday. Box office: 01904 623568 or at yorktheatreroyal.co.uk ON December 4 1956, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis played and sang together for the first and only
THE developers behind one of York's newest attractions have posted an exciting new video showing it's creation. Cranes have been lowering former shipping containers onto the former Reynards Garage site for weeks, as part of the Spark:York development
YORK City chief executive Jackie McNamara and first-team manager Gary Mills will be among five club officials at an open forum evening on Thursday, November 9.The pair will be joined by the City’s assistant-manager Darren Caskey, Foundation manager Paula
VIDEO footage of a couple having sex in a pizza delivery shop as staff worked on the other side of the counter has been shown to a court. The CCTV footage of Daniella Hirst and Craig Smith was shown at Scarborough Magistrates Court, where the pair
Leeds manager Thomas Christiansen hopes his side's Carabao Cup win over Burnley is merely a sneak preview of life in the Premier League.The Sky Bet Championship leaders resume their league campaign on Saturday at home to fifth-placed Ipswich in buoyant
FIFTY years ago this month in York a band of 60 volunteers launched an emergency telephone line for people contemplating suicide to call. Tomorrow York Samaritans is celebrating its half century with an open day to showcase its vital work.
ADRIANO Moke wants to mentor rookie Theo Wharton rather than treat him as a rival for his York City starting place.Former Cardiff reserve Wharton has deputised for Moke in the Minstermen’s midfield anchor role during the latter’s one-month absence due
A UNIQUE Yorkshire delicacy served by a York food shop has turned heads around the globe. A BBC video showing The York Roast Co’s Yorkypud – a Sunday lunch of beef, turkey, ham or pork wrapped in a huge Yorkshire pudding with roast carrots, and
CHANGES promised by North Yorkshire Police which aim to improve the ongoing problems in the force control room, have now been brought in. In recent months, the average time taken to answer 999 calls was 19 seconds, with just 53.4 per cent answered
AN exhibition that will run until Armistice Day, November 11, has opened at Goole Museum entitled: Lest we Forget, Remembering Goole’s First World War Servicemen and Women.It is created by members of The Goole First World War Research Group, made up of
FREE courses to show people and youngsters they care for how to stay safe online are being offered by North Yorkshire County Council.There will be sessions in Selby and other areas across the county. For details and to book, go to www.northyorks.gov.uk
CITIZENS' Advice York is restarting its four day drop-in service from early November, after the city council agreed to extra funding.Citizens’ Advice York (CAY) has welcomed the extra cash from City of York Council (CYC), which plugs a gap left by
CHILDREN and staff from a school in York have taken part in a silent vigil as part of an international campaign.As part of the United Nations International Day of Peace, the pupils and staff from Bootham School stood alongside one of the city's busiest
YORK City boss Gary Mills has insisted Harrogate Town have an unfair advantage ahead of Saturday’s derby clash at the National League North leaders. But the Bootham Crescent chief has told his players they must rise to the challenge of gaining
POLICE have released a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to over a theft from a supermarket. North Yorkshire Police said a pair of headphones were taken from a box in the Sainsbury's supermarket in Stainsacre Lane Whitby, on Saturday, September
WELCOME to SLAP Weekender, three days of progressive performances and dance in a variety of spaces and venues in York, the Theatre Royal Studio among them. SLAP stands for Salacious Live Alternative Performance, a new strand of programming for
WARWICKSHIRE took lunch with a lead of 59 and seven second-innings wickets in hand on day three against Yorkshire at Headingley.The hosts are chasing a crucial Specsavers County Championship victory in their penultimate match of the season to boost their
A VARIETY of plants will be on show for Scampston’s Autumn Plant Fair.Attracting keen gardeners from Yorkshire and further afield, the Autumn Plant Fair returns on September 24, 10am – 3pm.Plants will be on sale from specialist stallholders, from the
THE TERRIFIC Tornado set to steam in to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) next year.One of the UK’s fastest steam trains, Tornado, will be travelling up and down the NYMR line from Saturday, March 3, March to Sunday, March, 11.The popular locomotive
RYEDALE Book Festival takes place this weekend with a programme of diverse events for readers of all ages. The festival opens on Friday with an event at St Mary’s Priory in Old Malton. Hear the true story of the Nine Days Queen, Lady Jane Grey,
ROMAN roof tiles, Viking ice skates, Victorian ointment jars and a graffiti-daubed brick dating from the Industrial Revolution - just some of the many treasures unearthed by archaeologists at Hungate. The finds are like a snapshot of York’s extraordinary
GIVEN the sheer intensity of feeling that fracking provokes, the disturbances at Third Energy’s KM8 well near Kirby Misperton this week as the company began to prepare for test drilling were actually fairly low key. No-one should be in any doubt
Tips to help keep elderly on road A RECENT survey by Independent Age, the older people’s charity, revealed that just over two in five (41 per cent) of drivers aged 70 and over in Yorkshire and the Humber say they would feel like they’d lost part
Come along and help mark pool milestone ON Saturday (September 23) New Earswick Swimming Club is holding a reunion at the Friends Meeting House in New Earswick (next to the pool) from 1pm to 4pm to celebrate its 50th anniversary and all the successes
ALL the recent articles in The Press regarding the Odeon, its new owners Everyman Cinemas and plans for a full refurbishment are refreshing to read. I myself do hope it will be a full refurbishment this time of this classic Odeonstyle cinema because
A CAREERS event for anyone interested in working for the NHS or in adult social care is being held at York Hospital on September 30.Prospective doctors and nurses will have the opportunity to discuss nursing and health care roles across both sectors.
THE winners of the York Super 7s bowls tournament after a dramatic final were a team called Mix & Match, from Railway Institute.Matches in this tournament comprise two pairs matches and a triples contest - M&M beating Haxby Road Rockets 6-2 in the final
THE fire and rescue service in Ryedale is to get a new group manager. Current group manager Danny Westmoreland is retiring next month after 30 years in the service; he will be replaced by Marc Warren. The announcement was made at last week’
THE woman who has stood at the helm of power giant Drax for more than a decade is stepping down from her role.The energy group, which operates Drax Power Station, near Selby, has announced that Dorothy Thompson will be leaving her post as group chief
THE 21st York Food and Drink Festival begins tomorrow, featuring hands-on cookery sessions for both adults and children. Visitors will be able to learn practical skills such as how to make chocolates, bread or pasta at a new 'Food Hub' in St Sampson
A MAN who permanently scarred another man in a drunken attack must stay off alcohol completely for 45 days - or go to jail. Richard William George Webster, 24, must also pay £1,000 compensation to the tourist he punched on Ouse Bridge on February
PIP Utton, the master of one-man theatrical portrayals, has taken on the guise of Hitler, Churchill, the Pope, Chaplin, Francis Bacon, Dickens, Tony Hancock and Casanova, but now faces his most challenging task: Playing Maggie. The multi-award
WORLD cycling's governing body have confirmed the Tour de Yorkshire will grow from three to four days next year – with the women's race increasing from one to two days.The 2018 men's race will take place between Thursday and Sunday, May 3-
A MALTON business owner has raised over £453 for charity by taking part in a 24-hour sponsored ‘spinathon’.Chris Holloway, manager of Captain Barney’s in Malton, took part in the event to raise money for St Leonard’s Hospice in York.He was joined by customers
JOSEPH Rowntree Theatre is to stage its first in-house fully staged musical next year, when Mel Brooks' The Producers will run from February 8 to 10. "Something new is happening next February that presents an even wider array of opportunities to
RESIDENTS have until tomorrow to have their say on the future of the fire service in North Yorkshire.Police and Crime Commissioners can - where the public and local authorities agree - take control of local fire and rescue authorities, and consultation
YORK City’s Foundation are delivering healthy lifestyle workshops to 2,000 school children this autumn in a collaboration with club sponsors Benenden. The 'Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds' programme - designed by Foundation staff - will be delivered
THOUSANDS of pounds worth of jewellery has been stolen in a daytime raid of a house near Selby. It happened in Finkle Street, Hensall, between 4.30pm and 5pm on September 9 while the owners were out. The suspects forced entry through the back
A WOMAN has celebrated her 30th birthday by taking part in a sky dive for Saint Catherine’s. Emma Fordham took part in the dive in memory of her aunt Linda, from Thornton-le-Dale. Emma’s Aunt was cared for by Saint Catherine’s in the final weeks
FIREFIGHTERS tackled a fire involving large piles of straw in a field in North Yorkshire, which is thought to have been started deliberately. Crews from Tadcaster were called to the fire in South Milford, west of Selby, at about 6pm yesterday.
A BIKE race on the streets and roads of Yorkshire will grow from three days to four when it returns to the region next year. Cycling’s world governing body the UCI confirmed the four-day Tour de Yorkshire will be included on their 2018 Europe Tour
A PACKAGE containing an "unidentified glue-like substance" was handed in to a police station in North Yorkshire by a member of the public last night. The person had received the package through the post before handing it in to Thirsk Police Station
A FAMILY run nursery has invested more than £1 million in new purpose built premises in a move that will create eight new jobs in York.Acomb and Poppleton-based Muddy Boots Nursery has relocated into its new facility after securing a six figure funding
FOUR anti-fracking protestors have been charged with obstructing a highway in Ryedale. North Yorkshire Police said a 23-year-old man, a 40-year-old woman, a 53-year-old man and a 54-year-old woman have been charged with obstructing Habton Road,
A THERAPEUTIC room for anxious children has been opened at York Hospital. The Sensory Room in the Children’s Ward was opened by John Waterhouse, a trustee for The Nikki Waterhouse Trust which was set up after his daughter was murdered in October
In the days when I had my shoes chosen for me, my mum used to inflict the most horrible footwear known to man upon my feet. Plain black, low heeled, and in stiff leather, they were ugly and characterless. “Like boys’ shoes,” I would grumble, when
FREE-SCORING Harrogate Town will continue to be without prolific marksman Simon Ainge, but are still averaging three goals a game ahead of their home clash with York City.The National League North table-toppers have plundered 36 goals in their 12 league
EMERGENCY services including a police helicopter and a rescue boat took part in a major search in York for an elderly man who was reported missing but later found safe and well. North Yorkshire Police issued an urgent appeal last night as to the
PLAYER-BOSS Jack Stearman says New Earswick All Blacks ARLC have "got to be confident" as they target the third leg of a possible quadruple this year.All Blacks take on Norland Sharks in the Yorkshire Men's League division one play-off final
YORK City Knights chiefs have refused to comment on the Rugby Football League's match review panel's decision NOT to charge Newcastle winger Dan Parker for the horror challenge that knocked Liam Harris unconscious.The Knights go to Whitehaven
IT was third time lucky for Jill Le Pla and Siobhan Gilfillan as they lifted the end-of-season IT Sports tennis pairs tournament.The York duo were participating in their third final in a row and, having lost the previous two, there were no slip-ups this
UPCOMING Malton & Norton Golf Club starlet Josh Stead has been selected for the England Under-16s Yorkshire regional boys' squad.England Golf have 10 regional squads and Stead, the reigning York Union of Golf Clubs' Junior champion, is one of
ARTEFACTS buried beneath York for centuries have been unearthed at the site of a huge regeneration project. Victorian mugs, Roman roof tiles and an inscribed brick from the Industrial Revolution have all gone on display after they were found by
A man is starting four years in prison after a jury convicted him of voyeurism and distributing sexual videos of children. They saw film of how Scott Spencer secretly set up a spy camera in a communal ladies' toilet to film women for his own sexual
A BROTHER and sister have met each other for the first time - on a platform at York Railway Station. Jon Entwistle, 74, was unaware he had another family in Canada until he was tracked down by relatives in 2013. They revealed his mother had
