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  • RACING TIPS: Hope claims Crystal clear at Salisbury

    CRYSTAL Hope cannot be ignored in the British Stallion Studs EBF Upavon Fillies' Stakes at Salisbury. Sir Michael Stoute's three-year-old has been off the track since May, but she is the most interesting horse in this nine-runner field. The daughter

  • Bamford scores on full Leeds debut in win over Bolton

    PATRICK Bamford marked his full Leeds debut with a goal to ensure Marcelo Bielsa continued his perfect record as head coach with a 2-1 victory over Bolton in the Carabao Cup. Striker Bamford, a £7million summer signing from Middlesbrough, needed

  • Ashton United 0 York City 2

    YORK City ended a run of seven successive away defeats with a gritty 2-0 triumph at Ashton United. The Minstermen capitalised quickly on home winger Scott Sephton's second-half sending off with Macaulay Langstaff ending the Minstermen's eight-and-three-quarter

  • York-filmed David Tennant movie available to watch

    A FILM made in York and starring a former star of Doctor Who is now available to view. Mad To Be Normal filmed in Walmgate and locations around the city, with David Tennant and crowds of extras wearing vintage 1960s clothing. The film tells the

  • Diamonds hopes ended by Roses rivals

    LANCASHIRE Thunder completed the double over Yorkshire Diamonds to knock their arch-rivals out of contention as they defended a target of 155 to win by nine runs in an enthralling clash at Blackpool. Their first win in five games and their fourth

  • York shopkeeper defies knifepoint robber

    A YORK shopkeeper has refused to open his till for a robber after being threatened at knifepoint. North Yorkshire Police said the incident happened at the Goldmine Mini Mart in Haxby Road at 11.10am on Monday. “Aman entered the store and initially

  • York street sleep out to raise funds for Hoping Street Kitchen

    AN INSPIRATIONAL group of volunteers who give up their free time to provide food and clothing for those in need are fundraising to keep their street kitchen running through the winter months. Hoping Street Kitchen hands out food and essential supplies

  • York City loan out young pair

    YORK City centre-back Josh Rogerson and midfielder Harry Thompson have joined Pickering Town and Shildon AFC respectively in youth loan deals. The 18-year-old Rogerson is available to make his debut for Pickering against AFC Mansfield this weekend

  • Hare Krishna chariot paraded through York

    TOURISTS and shoppers smiled and stared in amazement as a chariot was paraded today through York city centre by about 50 singing, chanting and dancing members of the Hare Krishna movement. The colourful and noisy parade began and finished in Parliament

  • Rape suspect due in court

    A MAN is due in court over a rape in Scarborough. North Yorkshire Police said the 18-year-old was arrested on Sunday after a woman was raped in an alley between the Black Lion public house and the NCP car park on North Street. The suspect has

  • MP’s cancer screening win

    THE age at which bowel cancer screening starts in England is to be lowered from 60 to 50 following a campaign by a York MP. Ministers have accepted the proposals of independent experts that screening should be offered to people aged 50 to 74 years

  • York shop has best pie in county

    THE winner of the first ever Best of Yorkshire Pie Competition, held at a long-running agricultural themed event near York, has been presented with his trophy. The competition at the 73rd Tockwith Show saw pie-makers combine regional flavours in

  • Arts project unites community groups across North Yorkshire

    A DIVERSE cross section of youngsters from across North Yorkshire took part in a scheme to celebrate artistic talent. The 1Community Project was set up by Connecting Youth Culture (CYC), with North Yorkshire County Council’s North Yorkshire Education

  • Plans for a 24-hour animal hospital in York

    A VETERINARY group with practices across York has unveiled plans to open a 24-hour animal hospital. VetPartners, a national company based in Holgate, has applied for planning permission on behalf of Minster Vets to open the facility in an empty

  • I’m steering clear of ‘junk food’ for birds

    IN the letters pages (The Press, July 30) Wendy Blanchard spoke of attracting the birds by feeding them. I’ve always diligently fed the birds over winter until nature provides its wondrous bounty. This year with the long cold and wet spring I

  • Update on water pipe repair work

    IN the current edition of the Strensall Liberal Democrat newsletter Focus, we have informed residents of a water pipe repair which would have closed the bridge on Haxby Moor Road from August 13 for a week. On Friday, Yorkshire Water informed us

  • Don’t ignore effects of the Laffer Curve

    THE Press readers are used to Tim Murgatroyd’s selective use of facts to trot out his far-left message. This time Government policy is blamed for empty shops in York city centre as folks have less money to spend (“Retail therapy for High Street”

  • Freedom of speech is close to our hearts

    Boris Johnson is being leaned on, by all and sundry, to apologise for his remarks about women wearing the burqa. Personally I, and the many people who replied to a questionnaire in another newspaper, support him with what he said. Johnson’s remarks

  • Sparking debate on city centre

    ABOUT 30 years ago the then Labour council employed an outside agency called Touche Ross to point out the blatantly obvious: that York was an iconic destination and should be marketed on the basis of quality, not quantity. I shudder to think what

  • GOLF: Ryedale star helps Yorkshire take Northern title

    MALTON & Norton Golf Club's David Hague helped Yorkshire win the Northern Counties' Golf Union's Men’s County Qualifying Championship. England amateur star Hague was in the six-man White Rose team that topped the leaderboard at the Wynyard Golf

  • Whitby's Bark Endeavour replica opens to public

    WHITBY'S replica of Captain Cook's ship, HM Bark Endeavour, has now opened its doors to landlubbers. The Endeavour Experience, which is housed within the replica in Whitby harbour, opened last weekend, in time for the Whitby regatta. The opening

  • Ashton United aim for ninth game unbeaten against York City

    NEWLY-PROMOTED Ashton United will entertain York City tonight hoping to extend their unbeaten run to a ninth match. The Robins have won six games and drawn two since their last defeat - a 2-1 home loss to Stalybridge Celtic in April. That reverse

  • Fire beneath York bar

    FIREFIGHTERS were called to a fire beneath a bar in York city centre this morning (August 14). Shortly after 8.15am, North Yorkshire fire service received a report of smoke coming from a basement storage room at a commercial premises on Low Ousegate

  • Car ends up on roof in crash

    A CAR ended up on its roof in a crash in Ryedale last night (August 13). Fire crews from Goathland, Pickering and Whitby were called to the collision at Saltergate Bank, near Pickering, at 10.30pm. North Yorkshire fire service said it involved

  • COLUMN: Do you know your "wants" from your "needs"

    A MARKETING e-mail popped into the inbox. The subject read: 'The Hot List – the five must-haves to add to basket now'. Really? 'Must-haves?' Must I? I opened the email to see what I couldn’t do without now. It read: 'A trophy jacket you need now

  • Power cut hits properties in York

    A NUMBER of properties in York were affected by a power cut this morning (August 14). Northern Powergrid said 11 properties in the YO24 postcode area were affected by the outage. It originally predicted that as many as 100 properties could be without

  • Two arrested after car stolen in York

    TWO men were arrested after a car was stolen in York. North Yorkshire Police said it received reports of a silver Vauxhall Astra being stolen from Newborough Street, Clifton at 9.30pm on Sunday. York North Safer Neighbourhood Team tweeted that

  • Career burglar Martin Brown targeted Ryedale restaurants

    A CAREER burglar has been jailed for four years after his latest spree raiding restaurants in Ryedale. Martin Joseph Brown, 55, burgled four restaurants in Malton, Beadlam, Pickering and Kirbymoorside between June 30 and July 7, prosecutor, Rob

  • York MP angry at rail fare rise

    YORK MP Rachael Maskell says she is angry with the anticipated 3.5 per cent rise in commuters’ train fares next year. The annual cost of getting to work for many long-distance travellers is expected to rise by more than £150. The exact increase

  • Lucky Max in kebab skewer vets drama

    A LUCKY pet has made a full recovery after swallowing a whole wooden skewer. Max is an 11-year-old cross-breed and became unwell after he ate the kebab stick at his owner’s home in Tadcaster. His owner Katie Rushton - who rescued Max as a puppy

  • ON THIS DAY: August 14

    From our archives: 85 years ago In view of the number of private aeroplane owners in Yorkshire, the fact that there were four flying clubs in the county and no fewer than eight licensed aerodromes, a publication entitled “Air Sense,” had been

  • York’s average house price falls

    YORK may be the ‘best place to live in Britain’ but the average property price has fallen by 2.1 per cent in the past year, according to the UK House Price Index. It says the average cost of a York property in May was £241,318, compared with £246,559

  • The Press Camera Club: August 14

    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