YOUNG musicians from York will mark New Year's Day by taking part in a major parade through London. Members of the Centurion Show Band, based at Huntington, will join 10,000 performers from across Europe and America in the capital's New Year's Day Parade
RESCUED dogs will be putting their best paws forward at a sponsored walk event on New Year's Day. The seven-mile charity stroll on Monday will raise cash for the RSPCA centre, in Landing Lane, York, and people are being invited to take dogs at the home
A ONE-DAY minibus excursion taking in five amazing castles in the Loire Valley was one of the highlights of a three-night break in Tours, south-west of Paris. The excursion was among a number advertised in leaflets we picked up at the tourist office,
IT WAS different in my day. There were five of us, two adults and three children, in one green Mini van, which was filled with a tent, sleeping bags, Camping Gaz stoves and packets of cornflakes as it rattled off to France for five or six weeks. We travelled
"SEE Florence and then die" should be the phrase. The old Italian saying about the city of Naples, implying nothing more beautiful remains to be seen on earth, could just as easily be the Tuscan city's sales pitch. Florence has everything to offer: breathtaking
ARMED police swooped on a York street after a woman was allegedly stabbed near a former cinema. The drama began at about 9.45am yesterday when a local woman was allegedly assaulted in an alleyway off Blossom Street next to the boarded-up Odeon cinema
A shoplifter stole £775 worth of toys and children's clothing from Toys R Us in a thieving day trip to the city, magistrates heard. Tammy Chapman got a 12-month conditional discharge, despite having a car load of loot from her visit to the Clifton Moor
ROCKERS from York who recreate the sounds of the sixties have been invited to perform at two milestone MerseyBeat celebrations. York's Flashback band is playing at an invitation-only show marking the 50th anniversary of the opening of Liverpool's famous
SO, HOW was your Christmas? Come on, there's mileage in it yet; you can't officially take the tree down for another seven days so we might as well continue the festive theme. I bet you can see light at the back of the fridge again, which is a start, even
A GRIEVING mum who has lost a favourite photo of her dead baby girl has launched a desperate plea for its return. Fiona Chilton, 32, of Tang Hall, York, lost the precious snap while she was doing her Christmas food shopping in the Layerthorpe branch
ONE of the Selby district's oldest residents has died, aged 101. Blanche Betts, who lived at the Holly Garth residential home, in Thorpe Willoughby, died in her sleep on December 20. She was born in Leeds and lived in South Milford from 1939 until
A NORTH Yorkshire businessman has praised care workers who are giving up their new year holidays to look after others. Mike Padgham, who is chair of the Independent Care Group (York and North Yorkshire), said they were unsung heroes whose own self-sacrifice
A BOY aged 14 stabbed a man with a penknife in late-night drink-fuelled teenage violence in the city centre, a court heard. Only 14 days earlier, the Tang Hall teenager and his four friends, all too young to drink, had chased, and repeatedly punched
YORK City might have skipped Boxing Day this year but KitKat Crescent compensated by staging Fight Night three days later. The explosive end to last night's 1-0 home defeat against Woking will be remembered long after the memory of the preceding 90 minutes
A BOATING charity which gets young offenders "messing about on the river" has netted its director an MBE in the New Year Honours list today. Bob Watson joins the founder of the Hull York Medical School and the chief executive of a Ryedale training association
TEN pounds. That will be the cost of a ticket to ride on a new express bus from York to Leeds Bradford Airport. Bus operator First today revealed details of its hourly, non-stop coach service, which will be launched on Monday, February 26. Commercial
THE Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, was absolutely right to turn down the offers to appear on various "celebrity" and "panel" shows. He is above that. He is correct when he says "far too many people think that being a celebrity is important".
THERE is no mention of what is going to happen to the Selby War Memorial Hospital if the Tesco plan goes ahead, or even the Morrisons plans (Selby store wars, The Press, December 23). Tesco has admitted it would purchase the whole of the Selby District
I WOULD like to thank all your readers who have so generously supported Breast Cancer Care in 2006. Breast Cancer Care is the UK's leading breast cancer support charity. Tens of thousands of people receive direct, personal help through our emotional
LETTERS in The Press are a daily feature of many readers' lives. As an occasional correspondent, it affords me a safety valve in airing the odd prejudice and beef when it all becomes too much for the family. Winston Churchill once advised an irate
I read Mr Clarke's letter (York transport values, December 22) and mass of statistics with interest and was very tempted to quote Jeremy Clarkson, who once said: "75 per cent of statistics are made up on the spot, including that one." The only thing
I'D like to award Mike Usherwood the Sweeping Statement Of The Year award for his letter "Driving Skills" (December 19). I quote: "Mr Tessier claims that every few minutes a motor vehicle kills someone. This may be so, but in almost all cases this will
WE now have it in writing. The City of York Council do not know their left hand from their right. The article "£1.5m ftr bus row" (The Press, December 19) states the council ruled the ftr could straddle two lanes while performing a right-hand turn from
THE Archbishop of Canterbury tells us that Christians in the Middle East are under increasing threat from Muslims because of the war in Iraq. As a Christian in a Christian country, me and mine are under the same sort of threat, and would be wherever
I TAKE issue with Judge Hoffman's remarks about cannabis (Kick the drugs, The Press, December 22). Cannabis does not cause brain damage. There is significant research in fact to suggest the opposite. Any effect on short-term memory is small, transient
I HOPE the people who murdered WPC Beshenivsky had the worst Christmas ever, rotting in prison. One thing's for sure, the alleged murderer who escaped wearing his sister's niqab while clutching her passport must be laughing at the country that welcomed
TO paraphrase the late, great John Winston Lennon, another year almost over and a new one about to begin'. It is the strangest of times. Reflection and introspection meld with anticipation and trepidation. And for all of us engaged in, embroiled with
PRESS York City reporter Dave Flett appears to have been mystified by the award of a penalty to York City in the match against Halifax Town and refers to "an undetectable offence" and Santa Claus. While I can understand him not being able to see the
THROUGHOUT York City's decline into the Conference and latterly the sad demise of the Supporters' Trust the one consistent centre of excellence at the club has been its programme shop. This facility has been enjoyed by programme collectors throughout
AT the present time there is an inquiry into the scandal of "cash for honours". Unnoticed by most of us is the greater scandal of "cash and honours" For 16 years the England cricket team received large amounts of money and achieved nothing, in 2005 they
YOUNG James Atkins excelled for Eggborough Eagles against Eggborough Kestrels in Selby Fasprint Table Tennis League division one - but it proved in vain. Atkins won two sets for the Eagles, including a defeat of Phil Hall, who had previously lost only
Paul Hanagan, whose best-ever year was spoiled by a crashing fall this month, will be back in the saddle tomorrow when he returns to the scene of the accident. The top Malton jockey resumes riding at Wolverhampton, where, nearly three weeks ago, he was
CLAYTON Donaldson's agent Andy Sprott has responded to York City manager Billy McEwan's accusations that he has acted as an amateur in his handling of the club's 17-goal striker. The Minstermen boss was upset by statements from both Sprott and Donaldson
PETERBOROUGH United boss Barry Fry watched York City's tempestuous 1-0 home defeat to Woking last night with the intention of trying to negotiate a deal to take top scorer Clayton Donaldson to London Road. Posh director of football Fry is already believed
"PANIC" measures by health bosses looking to claw back millions of pounds within three months have been described as "tantamount to closing down the local health service". North Yorkshire Primary Care Trust (PCT) has announced cost-cutting changes for
GRAFFITI will meet its match in York next month, as the third phase of the city's Neighbourhood Pride campaign gets under way. If you live or work in Clifton, Fishergate or the city centre, you will see teams of council cleaners blitzing the walls and
TAKING part in one marathon would be a big enough challenge for most people, no matter how fit they are. But seven in seven days? And in the Sahara Desert? That's the incredible endurance test facing York man David Methley when he takes part in the Marathon
SELBY Abbey is set to launch the next phase in its multi-million pound restoration appeal next month. Work will start in mid-January on phase six of the £4.5 million project, with a 50-week scheme to revamp the church's scriptorium. The £800,000
VICTIMS of domestic violence in Ryedale will be given ground-breaking support in the law courts, it was revealed today. A pilot scheme will see a new domestic abuse court fast-track those cases, hearing them at the first available opportunity. The
