COULD It Be Love can gain the victory her consistency merits in the William Hill Summer Stakes at York.Aidan O'Brien's filly ran a fantastic race to finish best of the rest behind Alpha Centauri in the Irish 1,000 Guineas in May before placing
PICKERING will be alive to the sound of jazz from July 22 to 28 for the sixth annual Ryedale Trad Jazz Festival when entertainers from all over the country will descend on the North Yorkshire market town. Ryedale Jazz Society secretary Wilson Hepplestone
HARRY Christophers’ vocal group The Sixteen reached York Minster on Wednesday on their annual nationwide Choral Pilgrimage. This year, they are contrasting Tudor composer William Cornysh with Benjamin Britten. Cornysh possibly provided music for
GARETH Southgate's pride was as clear as his heartache after England's remarkable summer came to a halt agonisingly short of the World Cup final.The country came to a standstill during yesterday evening's semi-final as the Three Lions lined-up
TEENAGE pace ace Will Dagger is poised to return to the York City Knights fold for tomorrow's trip to London Skolars - and complete a quintet of Hull KR starlets who are eligible for the rest of the season. Under dual-registration rules, players
THE York councillor who fought a successful rearguard action against plans for a visitor centre below Clifford’s Tower has abandoned his High Court battle. The decision leaves Independent Johnny Hayes about £41,000 out of pocket over his legal
A GRASSROOTS football club is one step closer to realising its dream of having a new home after the council approved plans for eight pitches and a clubhouse on grazing land near Askham Bar.The City of York Council planning committee's decision means
A JUNIOR rowing crew from York took part in this year's Henley Royal Regatta.The junior team from York City Rowing Club took part in the event, the highlight of the rowing calendar, between July 4 and 8, on the Thames, and raced in the yellow, purple
POLICE and firefighters have warned parents in Harrogate after young people have targeted the town for arson attacks.North Yorkshire Police said there had been seven incidents since the beginning of May, with buildings, a bin, a car and grass cuttings
THE CAST of a new production of The Great Gatsby welcomed their four-legged namesake to Castle Howard this week.Crufts-winner Primus Great Gatsby visited the cast of the show during their dress rehearsal at the historic house.The Great Dane is a regular
PEOPLE with ducks on their heads, the Incredible Hulk, sinking boats and some breathtaking wigs. These are just some of the highlights from the York Rotary Dragon Boat Challenge from years gone by. As this year's event gets ready to start this
TENS of thousands of people will be heading to York Racecourse over the next two days for the John Smith’s meeting. On Saturday, the richest ever running of the famous John Smith’s Cup raceday will see £385,000 on offer for the 59th staging of
A POPULAR city centre pub has reopened after a £180,000 refurbishment. The Duke of York, on King’s Square, has been revamped with new seating installed,improved access to disabled facilities and a new exterior. There are also new signs, planter
HEALTH commissioners in the York area have welcomed an upgrade in their official performance rating - from 'inadequate' to 'requires improvement.'Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group's (CCG) rating has been published by NHS England.The
A PROMOTION by a popular toy store has descended into chaos today with some parents queuing for hours to buy a stuffed teddy bear.Build-A-Bear decided to run a 'Pay Your Age Day' event and asked parents to sign up online and head to a nearby branch
TENS of thousands of people will be heading to York Racecourse over the next two days for the John Smith’s meeting.On Saturday, the richest ever running of the famous John Smith’s Cup raceday will see £385,000 on offer for the 59th staging of a day that
THE dangers created by tinder dry grass verges catching fire have been captured on camera by a York minibus firm. A driver from Anytime Travel, Jason King, was crossing the Pennines on the M62 when he came across the fire close to the hard shoulder
COLD case detectives from North Yorkshire Police have taken to social media to try to identify a woman whose body was found in the Yorkshire Dales in 2004.Detectives have set up a Facebook to trace friends or relatives of a woman whose body was found
BUBBLE & Squeeze, the new cabaret show for grown-ups from "bubbleologist" Louis Pearl, will be bubbling up in The Tea Pot at the Great Yorkshire Fringe in York on July 27 en route to next month's Edinburgh Fringe.Louis, alias The Amazing
PUPILS from schools across North Yorkshire gathered to mark the end of a two-year healthy eating project.Food For Life was set up by the Soil Association as a national scheme to encourage pupils to make good food a central part of the school day, and
SHOPPERS were amazed after they witnessed a traffic warden dishing out a parking ticket to a rapid response vehicle - as paramedics left it unattended so they could take a patient to hospital.Members of the public looked on in disbelief as an overzealous
YORK is set to enjoy - or endure - one more hot and sunny weekend before rain arrives next week.Forecasters expect temperatures to soar to 26 or 27 C on Saturday and Sunday, with long sunny spells.But from Monday onwards, the long dry spell which has
COQUETTE Cabaret celebrate their tenth anniversary in York by inviting you to join them on a trip to the Moulin Ouse at the Great Yorkshire Fringe on July 28.York’s very own purveyors of cabaret and burlesque delights promise a scintillating new show
PICKERING Parish Church has been closed to the public for four months while vital restoration work is carried out.As part of the work at St Peter and St Paul’s Church, the old heating system, which was put in more than 140 years ago, will be removed and
IT was a busy day for North Yorkshire Police’s Force Control Room on Wednesday.It dealt with 749 non-emergency 101 calls throughout the day, which is above the average of between 500 and 650 a day.In addition, it received a total of 241 emergency 999
A YORK choir performs its summer concert tomorrow evening (Friday) at Holy Trinity Church, Cowper Lane, Acaster Malbis.The Occasion Choir's concert, 'In Tune With Summer,' which starts at 7.30 pm, features music and words with accompanist
THE 2018 Ryedale Festival opens tomorrow with the Royal Northern Sinfonia giving the first evening concert at Hovingham Hall, Hovingham. After the graceful charm of Lady Radnor’s Suite of dances by Parry, to mark the composer’s centenary, Tamsin
COUNCIL houses could be allocated in a different way under plans put forward by City of York Council.For the past two years residents hoping to secure council housing have been able to meet with officers to get a realistic idea of their chances of getting
PLANS for a new mental health community hub to be located in Selby have been given the green light.The board of directors at Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust approved the outline business case for a new community hub in Selby, which will
MONKS Cross Shopping Park will be York City's new back-of-the-shirt sponsors for the 2018/19 season.The name will be displayed on City's new Under Armour first-team strip, as the team complete their final season at Bootham Crescent before relocating
YORK is the worst city in England for parking accidents, according to an insurance company.Research by Admiral found that residents make the highest number of parking-related insurance claims.Only Edinburgh had a higher rate of motorists claiming on their
North Yorkshire Police has confirmed that Kelsey Cooper has been found safe. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLICE say they are concerned for a missing teenager from York. Kelsey Cooper, 14
ADAM FISHER has expressed his disappointment with Sheriff Hutton Bridge’s current poor run of form, but acknowledges it highlights the overall strength of the competition. Bridge have slipped to fourth in the Yorkshire Premier League North after
ORIGINALLY set up by Charles Macdonald, organist of St Olave’s, and Robin Gilbert, a local headmaster, their first concert of baroque music in 1978 raised funds to restore the church’s organ. In the intervening years, the Academy of St Olave’s
WE'VE been here many times before - but it doesn't get easier. Hundreds of England fans gathered in Spark:York on Wednesday night - daring to dream that our team of young lions might be heading for World Cup glory. But after an early goal and
A FUN-packed family fun day will take place at a York nursery on Saturday.Kaleidoscope Nursery, on the grounds of Westfield Community Primary School, in Askham lane, Acomb, is holding the event from 10am to 2pm, with a share of the proceeds to be given
A LONG serving and headline-grabbing police dog has retired through ill health. PD Thor has served with North Yorkshire Police for four years alongside his handler PC Martin Gayles. Thor, a six-year-old German Shepherd, worked as a general
FOR the first time in more than 20 years, NEMusicals York are to stage a musical away from their regular venue of the Joseph Rowntree Theatre. Instead, Funny Girl will be performed in the John Cooper Studio @41 Monkgate, York, from July 24 to 28
THE COMPANY behind Yorkshire’s famous Bettys tearooms and the county’s best selling tea brand has seen turnover reach almost £190 million amid “increasingly competitive” market conditions.Announcing its annual results for the year ending October 31, 2017
FIREFIGHTERS were called to two fires in the open in York on Wednesday evening that were both believed to have been started deliberately. North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service received a call at about 6.40pm about a fire in Acomb Wood. Crews
If anyone took a look through my wardrobe they would be puzzled to say the least. There are tops, trousers and skirts ranging from size ten to size 18. And they all fit.Today I am wearing a size 16 top and size 12 trousers. The top I plan to wear tomorrow
A YORK estate agent has partnered with a Spanish counterpart in a bid to cater for UK buyers investing in property in Costa Blanca.Hudson Moody has teamed up with Costa Blanca property specialist Garcia Villas in its latest venture.Through the partnership
WESTOW’S dreams of a league and cup double melted in the Sunday heat at Clifton Alliance.The unbeaten York Vale League division one leaders lost their HPH Cup semi-final at Shipton Road by seven wickets as Alliance reversed the league result of the previous
RUFFORTH are the new Fulford Ladies Invitational League division two leaders after Sarah Skidmore and Emma Whiting won 19 games in their comfortable 70-38 victory over Pocklington. Lisa Garland and Liz Taylor racked up 33 games for David Lloyd during
SUTTON on Derwent have one hand on the IT Sports Mixed League division seven trophy after seeing off one of their main challengers in Cliffe. A good all-round team performance was led by Billy Bartram and Sally Simpson, although none of Derwent’s pairs
WITH World Cup football taking centre stage several HPH York Vale Cricket League games were rescheduled with early starts and limited overs - but it did not disrupt Westow’s march towards the division one title.They and Melbourne elected to play a T20
A TOTAL of £225 was raised from the Fulford Ladies Invitational League’s Pink Weekend. Participating clubs wore something pink for their matches to raise awareness and show support for those affected by breast cancer. There were also pink cakes and pink
YORK Acorn ARLC head coach Leigh Paul-Rientoul has praised last week’s “champagne rugby” but warns his side may need to be more clinical against Oulton Raiders.The Blue and Golds thumped Ince Rose Bridge 74-12 to move up to seventh in the National Conference
TRAINER Roger Varian will bid to land a second John Smith’s Cup when Appeared runs in the £200,000 heritage handicap at York on Saturday.Farraaj gave Newmarket-based Varian victory in the 55th renewal of the famous race staged over an extended mile and
WINNING two major contracts for housebuilding projects in York has played its part in the accelerated growth of a North Yorkshire developer and the expansion of its team.Newby now has more than £40 million of construction projects secured and in turn
PAUL Grayson is targeting consistency from the Yorkshire Diamonds as they bid for Kia Super League glory this summer.The Diamonds coach feels a title shot is realistic having missed out on Finals Day in each of the competition’s first two seasons.But
YORK Teaching Hospital NHS Trust has been inundated with its highest number of A&E visits this decade - as its chief executive has said it is facing significant challenges. More than 18,000 visits were made to the trust’s A&E departments
A YORK student is celebrating completing university and starting a new job -10 years after undergoing lifesaving surgery that helped her beat cancer. Lilli Broadbent, 23, feared she would need to have her leg amputated as part of her treatment
PART of York’s historic bar walls could be closed to outbound traffic under a new plan.Micklegate Bar is the last of the city’s gateways which has no restrictions on vehicle access.But this week Labour councillor for Micklegate ward Jonny Crawshaw will
AN ESTRANGED husband slammed his car into his wife's vehicle and forced her off the road, a court heard. Roy Lias, 63, used his silver Audi to follow his wife’s car along Crichton Avenue and along Water Lane, in Clifton, York, before speeding up
THE latest masterplan for the huge York Central development can be exclusively revealed today by The Press. An illustrative map shows where just over 2,000 new homes and almost 90,000 square metres of commercial space may be located on the teardrop
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
