ADVERTISE can promote Royal Ascot form by winning the Arqana July Stakes at Newmarket on Thursday.Martyn Meade's exciting youngster found only Calyx a length too good in the Coventry Stakes and that horse is bound for the Group One Prix Morny at Deauville
England's World Cup dreams came to a crushing end after Croatia rallied to prevent Gareth Southgate's men reaching the country's first final in 52 years.Football will not be coming home at the end of an extraordinary summer after the Three
England bowed out to Croatia in tonight's World Cup semi-final. Here's how the players rated. England Jordan Pickford: Left to mop up on a couple of occasions when poor back-passes or slack communication compromised him. Cannot be blamed for
ENGLAND'S dream is over. Hundreds of fans in Spark:York went wild as England took the lead in the World Cup semi-final against Croatia tonight. But there was disappointment when Croatia equalised in the 68th minute, before clinching a winner
POLICE are investigating after an assault took place during a fight between a group of girls.Officers are appealing for witnesses after the incident, which took place in Falsgrave Park in Scarborough on July 1 at about 2pm.A group of girls aged between
THE Classic Thriller Company has grown out of impresario Bill Kenwright's successful ventures with The Agatha Christie Theatre Company. Christie's thrillers are bullet-proof; pretty much guaranteed box-office gold dust, whether taking The Mousetrap
THE Great Yorkshire Show welcomed a special visitor as Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal stopped off to help celebrate the event’s 160th anniversary.Princess Anne was shown around the grounds by show director Charles Mills on Wednesday.It was not
SCARBOROUGH will be stepping back in time for the 2019 Coastival arts festival.The festival will mark its tenth anniversary from February 22-24.Time is the theme for the event, which hopes to attract local artists, performers and schools for a celebration
THE leader of City of York Council suffered a broken a nose and three fractured ribs when he fell in York city centre. Cllr Ian Gillies, 72, tripped over close to Barclays Bank in Parliament Street after taking his grandchildren for breakfast on
YORK Minster has revealed some of the activities to be staged in its first Heart of Yorkshire Festival in Dean's Park this summer. A spokeswoman said there will be a willow weaving workshop on Saturday, in which participants can learn the ancient
MOVE OVER Gareth Southgate, The Press has its very own waistcoat devotee in arts editor, Charles Hutchinson. England manager Southgate’s sartorial choices (namely, that M&S waistcoat) have been one of the big talking points of the World Cup
CHARACTERS from children's books appeared in a scarecrow trail in York at the weekend.The scarecrow trail, set up by Friends of Rowntree Park, was part of a series of events taking place in and around the park in recent months, and was also timed
A TEAM of teddy bears have been created to help North Yorkshire Police comfort children.The 'Trauma Teddies' were created by a group of knitting enthusiasts for officers to take to this year's Great Yorkshire Show, and are aimed at helping
UNDERWATER search crews are continuing to search for a 74-year-old diver who went missing off the North Yorkshire coast on Sunday.Officers from the Yorkshire and Humberside Underwater Search and Marine Unit are preparing to carry out searches on Thursday
THOUSANDS of schoolchildren - including 90 from York’s Tang Hall Primary School - are seeing Shakespeare brought to life during free visits to Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre in YorkThe Rose Bursary Scheme, funded by charitable foundations and private benefactors
Cate Blanchett, Russell Crowe, David Beckham, David Tennant and Chris Evans are just a handful of the great and the good who have been spotted in York over the years. We take a look back at the celebrities who have visited this city with a gallery
A CAR was stolen after a property was broken into in a North Yorkshire village while the residents were inside.North Yorkshire Police said the burglary happened overnight on Monday at a property on Pasture Avenue, Sherburn in Elmet. Keys to a Volkswagen
A MUM who lost her baby son at only a few days old is helping to organise a fundraising event for York Hospital’s maternity bereavement suite.Davina Mortimer. who is a midwife at Malton Hospital, decided to hold the event to mark the 70th anniversary
ALL profits from tomorrow's performance of Old Man by 8 Out Of 10 Cats comedian Jon Richardson at Pocklington Arts Centre will go to St Leonard's House in York. British Comedy Award nominee Richardson, 35, from Lancaster, is on a nationwide tour
HAIRSPRAY is such a big, bold and beautiful hit show, it comes as no surprise that Paul Kerryson's touring production has had a hair extension. Eight additional venues have been added for the summer, among them the Grand Opera House in York from
THE deputy vice chancellor of the University of York will become the acting vice-chancellor after Prof Koen Lamberts announced that he is stepping down.Prof Saul Tendler will take over from November 1 after Prof Lamberts' departure to become vice-chancellor
HARROGATE Mind and NYCC Mental Health Services are hosting a demonstration of an important online tool for anyone affected by mental health issues.The Virtual Recovery College Online was developed by Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV
A YORK-based franchising consultancy has been named Team of The Year at the British Franchise Association Conference.The event, which took place last month at the ICC in Birmingham, saw The Franchising Centre, based at York Science Park, pick up the award.The
APOLOGIES to some of our customers in Haxby, Wigginton and parts of Ryedale who could not buy their copy of The Press this morning. About 400 copies of paper could not be delivered to news agents after a delivery van was stolen from outside our
PUPILS at a York primary academy got a well-deserved pat on the back from a giant teddy bear after they raised £6,000.Acomb School celebrated a year of fundraising for St Leonard’s Hospice with a visit from mascot, Lenny the bear.Head teacher, Lee Haynes
THE University of York’s Hull York Medical School celebrates one day of graduations at Central Hall tomorrow. Those receiving their degrees are: Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Sciences Arundhasa Chandrabalan; Michael James Fox; Amy Elizabeth
PUPILS at Pickering Community Infant and Nursery School have put on a show of their artistic endeavours over the year.The exhibition, which ran for several days at the end of June, was officially opened by Pickering town mayor, Joy Andrews.Working in
LEEDS Bradford Airport has announce the completion of the first phase of its redevelopment. The region’s largest airport, recently rebranded Leeds Bradford: Yorkshire’s Airport, has undergone a massive airside redevelopment and improvements to the terminal
LAST Thursday, I attended a special choral celebration at York Minster to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the foundation of our National Health Service on 5th July 1948. I was glad to welcome the then-Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to York to attend
A YORK estate agent who retired from one of the city’s biggest brands last year is back with the launch of his own business.Paul Atkinson has launched Bishops Personal Agents in response to what he describes as a changing local market.After working in
AN ABANDONED boat has been destroyed by a fire in York this morning (July 11), which is believed to have been started deliberately. A crew was called to the Broad Lane area of Nether Poppleton at around 8.40am where the boat was on fire. They used
What a strange summer it has been, both marvellous and depressing by turns. Weeks of continual sunshine and blue skies feel like the glorious, rose-tinted summers we recall from childhood. Then there has been the excitement of the England team not
Technology has achieved much to be admired.Not so it appears when it comes to a 90-year-old gentlemen living alone, very deaf, wanting to report a fault to BT on his telephone. Having spent nearly an hour getting nowhere he requested us as neighbours
EXPANSION is being undertaken across the board at a York wealth management firm with growth in office space and staff numbers.HGH Wealth Management Independent Financial Advisers has expanded by adding a new member to the team and moving into the renovated
ON behalf of all the wildlife orphans in our rescue, I would like to say a huge thank you to The Press and all the kindhearted readers, who dropped food off to help our patients. This is a small, home-based rescue which cares for hundreds of very young
IN recent weeks, a number of residents in Strensall have complained about a farmer extracting water from the River Foss, the flow of which is at an all time low.Enquiries with the Environment Agency revealed that the farmer concerned has a valid extraction
BRIGHTON folk-punk stalwarts Levellers play their rearranged Acoustic Tour date at York Barbican next Thursday. The original gig in March was postponed when drummer Charlie Heather’s 15-year-old son, Alfie Harbord, died after being hit by a bus
WHEN lightning set fire to York Minster in 1984 some said it was The Almighty exercising his displeasure.If that was true then we might expect another bolt from the heavens any day now. The shocking experience of bell ringers has been followed by equally
I’M writing to you as chair of the trustees of St Michael’s Spurriergate. You carried the news that we had to close the cafe in the Spurriergate Centre last week but the Centre remains open to serve partners who run the International cafe for students
HOW wonderful that the country’s spirits, morale and unity have been lifted by the England football players who have got us through to the semi-finals of the World Cup. It’s been so long - 28 years since our last World Cup semi-final, in fact - to have
Ensure your organisation has the correct cover in place for summer eventsWith the summer now upon us, there will be many events and exhibitions taking place and, while it can often just be an afterthought, insurance cover is essential for organisers.
A FIRE that broke out at a house in York yesterday (July 10) is believed to have started accidentally in a bedroom. North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service crews were called to the blaze at a detached house in York Road, Haxby, at about 3.45pm.
THE success in overseas trade at a North Yorkshire bus manufacturer was marked with Secretarial visit as the firm welcomes orders from New Zealand and Dubai.Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for International Trade), Graham Stuart visited
FIREFIGHTERS tackled a fire to an area of grassland near York last night (July 10). At around 10.15pm, a crew from Acomb was called to reports of grassland on fire at Skipbridge, on the A59. They put out the fire that had spread across 10 square
YORK City striker Jon Parkin has admitted the team must rectify the manner in which they “crumbled” during the 7-1 friendly defeat to Barnsley. Parkin helped City take the lead when he crossed for Jake Wright to open the scoring in last night’s
THERE is now a three-way tie at the top of the first division of the Pilmoor Evening Cricket League with less than a month of the season remaining.Clifton Alliance, previously two points ahead, were without a fixture in the last round of games, and both
Division oneOSBALDWICK maintained the pressure on Foss Evening League division one leaders Bubwith with an impressive win against Heworth.The Elm Park Way side lost Kewell Ford early on and tight bowling by Dan Ellwood and Andy Horner saw them scoring
CITY of York Athletic Club climbed to second place in North of England League division one after a strong showing on their home turf.York finished runners-up to leaders Wakefield Harriers in round three of the track and field league to overtake Wigan
JACK BROOKS is hoping for a decent run in Yorkshire’s Vitality Blast team in order to prove he shouldn't be pigeon-holed as a red ball specialist.The Vikings' 'Headband Warrior' is back in the fold after a little over three years away.Thursday
JORDAN Henderson is desperate to extend his record-breaking unbeaten run and help England reach the World Cup final.Gareth Southgate's men have ripped up the script over a remarkable a month that now sees them preparing for a semi-final clash against
AS the England team prepares for tonight’s semi-final in the FIFA World Cup they do so with mobile data provided by a York firm. Three of the four semi-final teams and their support staff have used York-based Cellhire’s products and services
ENGLAND manager Gareth Southgate is not surprised Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic has identified Raheem Sterling as one of the biggest threats to his country's World Cup hopes.Sterling has been criticised in some quarters during England's campaign
NEWMARKET-based trainer David Elsworth is all set to send progressive colt Dash Of Spice for the 59th renewal of the John Smith’s Cup at York on Saturday. Elsworth also plans to be represented in the £200,000 heritage handicap by Master The World.But
PLANS for a new public gym and sports centre at the old Burnholme College site in York could take a step forward at a City of York council meeting tomorrow. The council’s executive members will be asked to approve nearly £2.5 million of funding
A “COLOSSAL number” of 999 calls were received by North Yorkshire Police last weekend - with more expected as the World Cup and warm weather continue. In the 24 hours between 7am on Saturday and 7am on Sunday - before, during and after England’
THE Great Yorkshire Show is celebrating its milestone 160th anniversary this year and the event is already off to a memorable start.And for one couple, it was a particularly special day.Liz Bailey and Chris Moorhouse from Bentley Grange Feed in Emley,
YORK has been gripped by football fever ahead of England’s semi-final clash against Croatia. Official tailor to the England squad, M&S, has reported that waistcoat sales have doubled during the World Cup with online searches for waistcoats
THERE are plenty of places to catch England’s World Cup semi-final showdown with Croatia on a big screen around York tonight. Thousands of city residents will be looking for the perfect spot to watch England's 'history boys' bid to book a place
WOULD you like to see your photographs on this page?More than 1,000 readers have joined The Press Camera Club, which launched in June 2017 and brings together talented amateur photographers from across York and North and East Yorkshire to share their
A DAD who lost his vision because of negligent medical treatment has has been awarded a £1.4 million pay out from Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Wuttipong Sumsard, of Malton, contracted tuberculosis in September 2010 and was treated at Leeds
From our archives:80 years agoCouncillor A G Watson, chairman of the Park Committee at York City Council, had hinted at the possibility that York could be further beautified by the erection of more flower standards, except for St Helen’s Square, where
