ENOUGH power to fuel 6,000 homes will be produced at a waste dump near York thanks to a huge cash investment in three new generators. Fuelled by gasses produced by decomposing waste, the generators at Yorwaste’s Harewood Whin landfill site, west of York
THIS little piece of Venice has been on the edge of Brayton Barff for years. However, its days as a water treatment works are now far behind it, with builders converting it into a lavish four-bedroom home. The Old Waterworks, formerly
A HAIR cut has helped a Harrogate couple to find their dream home in North Yorkshire. Maggie Maltby, sales negotiator for Barratt’s Yorkshire East division, began chatting about the company’s Hay-a-park development while having her hair cut at Emma
FEW properties are as steeped in history as the new apartments in Allerton Castle. Legend suggests that Allerton Castle, which nestles in 200 acres of parkland and formal gardens between Harrogate and York, was the inspiration for the nursery rhyme The
DOWNSIZING has become a hot topic on York’s property market. Since City of York Council suggested that owners of larger under-occupied houses could consider downsizing to ease shortages of family homes, there has been mixed reactions all round. However
CRUNCHING grubs, nestling with spiders and bathing with reptiles might sound like a daunting bush-tucker trial fit for a TV game show. But it will be a crowd of brave beauty queens taking on the tasks to raise money to fight a disease which threatens
SHE planned to travel across the world to help others – but now a teenager’s gap year dreams have been left in tatters by a travel firm’s collapse. Melissa Bartlett was just days away from jetting off on a three-month South America adventure to do voluntary
HUMOUR All of these are legitimate companies that didn't spend quite enough time to consider how their online name might appear! These are not made up. Check them out yourself! 1. 'Who Represents' is where you can find the name
A HANDYMAN whose community spirit and hard work has improved the quality of life on a York estate is in line for a top award. John Nicholson, a City of York Council worker in the Walmgate and Navigation Road area, has been nominated in the
THE woman who spearheaded the transformation of a York educational giant has announced she is to step down. Professor Dianne Willcocks will leave her job as Vice-Chancellor of York St John University at the end of April next year, when she plans to focus
SIX civilian search and rescue teams from across the region have been drafted in by North Yorkshire Police, as the hunt for missing Claudia Lawrence steps up a gear. Specialist search and rescue dogs will also be used in today’s searches, which
OUR poster to help trace Claudia is available to download from our website for anyone who wants to display it. One company already using the poster is bus company First which from today will be displaying the appeal for information on its fleet
THOUSANDS of York students are being urged to help in the hunt for missing Claudia Lawrence. Posters printed by The Press are now being displayed by Students’ Union officers across the campus at the University of York, where Claudia works as
Grandparents are great. They are there to offer advice to new parents, to spoil the children rotten – and increasingly, they are there to provide childcare to hard-pressed mums and dads. It’s a rare family that does not depend to a greater or lesser
John Nicholson knows a thing or two about doing things for love. He is such a mainstay of life for people in his little corner of York that they have nominated him for the second time for one of our Community Pride awards. John is a City of York Council
MORE than 3,700 people have joined a Facebook group offering their thoughts and prayers for Claudia’s safe return. Alex Dixon wrote: “Claudia, I hope you are found safe and unharmed. Your route to work goes past my house. “Although we don’t know what
DRAMA and dance groups are among a host of local groups being asked to turn out at an events day at Manor CE School. The multi-million pound new school in west York is hosting an events day on Friday from 10am till 2pm. The school is preparing to move
Updated: POLICE have admitted that they fear Claudia Lawrence has come to harm – and that someone she knows may be involved in her disappearance. Speaking as more than 100 officers joined the search for the missing York chef, Detective Superintendent
POLICE divers say their underwater finger-tip search on the bed of a North Yorkshire canal where an Oriental man’s body was found with serious facial injuries could last for days to come. A six-man team from West Yorkshire Police Underwater
Children from Archbishop Holgate’s School, in York, will join the Pop Goes The 80s cast on the Grand Opera House stage on Saturday to perform Belinda Carlisle’s 1987 chart topper Heaven Is A Place On Earth. “Having the children with us is very special
Lee “Memphis” King is often asked why he became an Elvis Presley tribute artist. His reply is always the same: “It was a very strong desire from childhood to be one,” he says. “I saw one of Elvis’ films, Roustabout, when I was only a few years old
The Occasion Choir presents Glory To God, Music and Words from George Frideric Handel’s Messiah, at St Edward the Confessor Church, Tadcaster Road, Dringhouses, on Saturday evening. The choir will be conducted by Yvonne Robert and accompanied by organist
A NEW bid to bring more group tourism business and vital income into the city has been launched by Visit York, the city’s official tourism organisation. Visit York’s all new Guide For Groups will be unveiled today at the Best of Britain and Ireland
SOPHIE Hicks wants 20,000 York City fans to help cheer the Minstermen to victory at Wembley. That’s the magic number the KitKat Crescent board hope will travel to London to watch manager Martin Foyle’s men take on Stevenage in the FA Trophy final on
YORK-based supermarket chain Costcutter has clinched an important deal to continue to supply Murco, the UK forecourt division of US-based Murphy Oil, which now operates 212 Costcutter sites on its petrol forecourts. Murco has been supplied by Costcutter
COR Meibion De Cymru, the South Wales Male Choir, will perform in aid of Polio Plus at the Sounds Of Wales concert at York Minster on April 25. Under the musical direction of Elaine Robins, the 7.30pm programme will feature two soloists, soprano Bethany
A REVOLUTIONARY style of bus advertising has been unveiled by First UK Bus and CBS Outdoor in York. In a trial, believed to be the first on the UK mainland, two single-deck First buses have been kitted out with the new ‘Superside’ double-deck
A BID to block development on the former Gascoigne Wood Mine site launched by the Samuel Smith brewery has been thrown out by the court of appeal. Sam Smith’s – which styled itself as a champion of the environment in the Selby area – has again failed
IMAGINE that I am about to move to a fancy new house. The first expense lies in getting an architect to draw up plans for my home. Bang goes a few thousand at a guess. It’s modern, expensive and ecological, but that’s the thing these days. Blame Grand
How safe is your house? Fair to middling, according to the latest reaearch. A home insurance company has rated major towns and cities in England and Wales for risks including criminal damage, burglary and flooding – and York has emerged 23rd safest out
LAST orders for Victoria Wood’s dinnerladies were served ten years ago, since when the genteel canteen sitcom has enjoyed gainful repeats in the TV hinterland of satellite channel nostalgia. Director David Graham has “previous” with national
Whatever the reasons for York Theatre Royal’s decision not to find space for NMTC over the next two years, the company’s morale clearly remains sky-high. Its fizzing new Bev Jones production of Summer Holiday fits very snugly into the Joseph
WITH reference to the article “pilot cheats death” (The Press, March 13), I feel a few comments are necessary in order to put some kind of perspective on the same. Firstly, while sympathising with the injured pilot, we here in Ryedale are only too aware
SIMON Dyson was hoping to spoil Colin Montgomerie’s party when he teed off today in the European Tour’s Open de Andalucia de Golf in Spain. The 31-year-old North Yorkshire swing king was returning to action for the first time in more than three weeks
The suggestion that people living in houses considered too large for them (Bid to ease homes crisis, The Press, March 18) raises a number of points and questions, among the being: 1 Why did City of York Council, when granting planning pemission
PHILLIP Makin, back firing on all cylinders after spending the second half of last year on the sidelines, is aiming to get back in the winning groove at Southwell tomorrow on the eve of the Flat turf season. The North Yorkshire jockey suffered a serious
YORK ‘A’ made it to the Yorkshire over-55s Challenge Cup semi-finals to be played at Scarborough IBC after they were awarded 12 points when Redcar failed to turn up at Thanet Road. Bowls were played at the away leg, however, and proved to be successful
YORK edged past Featherstone in a close finish to the Yorkshire knockout fours final at Thanet Road. Mick Parker’s York team took a 10-0 lead after only six ends against a strong Featherstone team skipped by John Whiteley but a single then a four gave
I also cross Hob Moor every day to run or cycle to and from work and have never seen anyone attacked by a dog (Moor dog dangers, Letters, March 20. The greatest threat I have ever come across is ambling sixth-form students, who seem incapable of walking
ALFIE Hall reckons a top three finish is still well within York Acorn ARLC’s grasp. The Blue and Golds travel to Hull Dockers in National Conference League premier division with coach Hill reckoning a victory could secure at least a sixth place finish
JOE Sayers smashed a superb century to secure Yorkshire third place in the Pro ARCH Trophy yesterday as they comprehensively downed Lancashire at Sharjah. The 25 year-old cracked 132 off 142 balls to help boost the Tykes to an imposing 310-5, while Anthony
SELBY Football Club strolled into the semi-finals of the League Cup with a commanding display of football in a 4-1 win over Hallam. Sean Gorman, Tom Matthews and Steven Lyon all scored in the first half at Flaxley Road to effectively make the tie
In response to WF Galley (Church anger, Letters, March 19), St Michael le Belfrey Church has had responsibility for St Cuthbert’s Church on Peasholme Green since the amalgamation of the parishes of St Cuthbert and St Michael le Belfrey in the early
WE are approaching the grab-it-while-you-can season, pick your own so much, and ever so much, for two licks and a gulp of ice cream. It’s a disgrace that gran and grandad giving the kids a day out, have to dig so deep to give the kids a treat. If
A JUDGE has called for prosecutors to draw up plans to restrain a paedophile who has been convicted for the second time of abusing children. Recorder Ben Nolan QC heard how Peter Noble, 39, targeted a seven-year-old Selby girl after her mother visited
YORK’S Ladies face their big challenge on Sunday in the Yetton Plate, a competition in which they have never lost a game. They take on Wye Valley from Surrey in the final at Nottingham IBC, starting at 2pm. If anyone is interested in going to the game
I am intrigued (Deal “delusions”, Letters, March 21) to know how Labour councillor Sandy Fraser expects readers to believe that he knows more than myself about a “behind-the-scenes private deal between the Greens and the ruling Lib-Dem administration
I’M criticised by J Metcalfe (Punish protesters, Letters, March 18) for a comment on Muslim protests at the Anglian Regiment’s parade in Luton (The Wrong Target, The Press, March 12). I said: “It is not surprising that some Muslims, and some people
THEY have always been there for generations, on babysitting call-up duty whenever new parents needed a break. But with the rise of the recession and the demands on working parents, granny and granddad are in many cases no longer the Saturday night standbys
THE crisis facing York and North Yorkshire pubs has been brought before the Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling. The Press recently revealed how the credit crunch, smoking ban and cheap alcohol in supermarkets were driving pubs around
POLICE are asking for help to identify a man in connection with an assault that took place in York on Thursday, January 22, at 11.15pm. During the incident at the Vodka Revolution Bar, in Coney Street, a man was seriously injured with a glass. He was
THE 30-year dream of a community sports and leisure centre for southern Ryedale has taken a big step forward – and could become a reality by next May. A detailed formal planning application for the centre to be built in the grounds of Malton
