HEAD coach James Ford again hailed the "desire, grit and character" in his York City Knights side after they shocked Swinton Lions in an old-fashioned Challenge Cup tie amid snow, mud and a biting wind - but he also reckoned smartness played
THE welcome was warm and the music was lively as York celebrated St Patrick’s Day in style. The biting wind and driving snow did nothing to deter attendance and the festival marquee on St Sampson’s was so packed there was barely room to breathe in.It
VISITORS to Selby Abbey will be invited to “Be Still” and listen to piano prayers during Holy Week. It is one of several reflective events in the run-up to Easter. Local musician Catherine Holbrook will perform a series of her own musical meditations
YORK City Knights’ super start to the season continued as they notched a battling 26-12 Ladbrokes Challenge Cup victory over Swinton Lions – and potentially a money-spinning draw in round five. Playing in snow, mud and a biting wind at Featherstone
MORE than 100 long distance runners had to be rescued last night after wintry weather closed in on them. About 300 runners were attempting to run 55 miles from Helmsley to Guisborough across the North York Moors in the annual Hardmoors 55 race
A RAIL passenger who was three times the drink drive limit as he attempted to drive out of York Railway Station has been banned from the roads. Martin Butterworth, prosecuting, said a member of the public alerted police to Charles Wesley Kama’s
ANDREW GALE has hailed Tom Kohler-Cadmore's capabilities as a limited-overs batsman following his scintillating one-day century for Yorkshire against Nottinghamshire on Friday.The former Worcestershire batsman hammered 124 off 68 balls in the Vikings
A NATIONAL annual guide has revealed what every York resident knows - that the city is the best place to live in Britain. And Malton isn’t bad, either, according to The Sunday Times. The newspaper’s annual Best Places to Live guide gave York
DUNCOMBE Park's Christmas fair raised a total of £40,500 for the NSPCC. The event, which took place at the historic estate near Helmsley during November, welcomed more than 2,000 shoppers over two days, with a preview evening attended by actor
THE end of the season can’t come quick enough for Leeds United.Player changes look inevitable in the summer for the Whites who slumped to a late 2-1 home defeat by Yorkshire rivals Sheffield Wednesday on SaturdayPaul Heckingbottom has endured a miserable
TADCASTER Albion dropped to seventh in the Evo-Stik League North as their eight-game unbeaten run was ended by a 1-0 defeat at Trafford.Former Brewer Danny Frost struck just before the hour to help the Manchester side leapfrog Taddy.The teams came off
RECALLED defender Dan Parslow is top of The Press’ March Player of the Month standings.The two-time Press Player of the Year winner heads the contest after receiving three points as our man of the match during the 1-0 home win over Boston United last
NEWLY reinstated executive member Cllr Keith Aspden is urging residents to contribute to The ‘Festival of York Central’, which will be launched today. The six-week festival includes an exhibition at the National Railway Museum and a series of events
THE Derwent Point to Point meeting at Charm Park, which was to be held today, has been abandoned due to snow and frost on the course.
YORK City Knights' Ladbrokes Challenge Cup tie against Swinton Lions will go ahead at Featherstone Rovers' Post Office Road ground today (3pm), after the surface passed a morning pitch inspection. The game should have been played at Bootham Crescent
A hairdresser will be on the receiving end of the clippers when she has her head shaved for charity. Amporn Pool, who runs Amporn’s Hair Salon in Pickering, will undergo the head shave to raise money for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. Amporn
A FORMER company director has been banned from having pets indefinitely after her neglect killed one of her cats and caused two more to suffer for weeks. Phil Brown, prosecuting, said Jennifer Elizabeth Middleton's male cat called Fudge was so
NORTH Yorkshire Police has today pledged never to give up on York chef Claudia Lawrence - nine years after she disappeared from her Heworth home and is thought to have been murdered. The force posted a statement on social media this morning:"Nine
A student's hopes of becoming a firefighter are in ruins because he took a knife with him on a night out in York. Kieran Gordon Sewell, 18, behaved so badly at the junction of Coney Street and Market Street, police arrested him, York Magistrates
YORK City chairman Jason McGill has insisted that he will never transfer any of his 75 per cent stake in the football club to chief executive Jackie McNamara. McGill issued the statement during his response to the Supporters Trust’s online question-and-answer
A HELMSLEY hairdresser celebrated its 35th year in business by having a reunion of people who have been part of its team over the years – in the building where its first salon was based, now a restaurant. Viva Hair, now based in Barkers Yard, has
A TEACHER has delivered sports equipment to a deprived school in Africa. Gary Parker visited Bluebells, a small school in Watamu in rural Kenya, on behalf of the Rob Stephenson Trust. Rob, of Pickering, was 21-year-old when he died on March
