A HOARD of treasure found by two North Yorkshire girls 35 years ago could fetch £6,000 when it is auctioned. Vanessa Spiteri and Marie Palliser were only six-years-old when they discovered a jar containing 47 gold sovereigns as they played in Blakey
THE FAMILY of a liver transplant patient was today mourning his death but also giving thanks for the extra ten years he enjoyed thanks to the lifesaving operation. Michael Sadler, of Badger Hill, York, lived almost a decade longer than expected
A WELL-KNOWN Ryedale animal lover who has died aged 84 will be granted his wish to be pulled to his funeral by horse. The friends of Robert Taylor, who was known as Bob, have organised for the Pickering man’s request to be carried out. Elaine Bell
TRANSPORT officials have agreed to look into improving safety at an accident blackspot on the A64 in North Yorkshire. More than 1,200 people signed a petition calling for improvements at Hazelbush crossroads, between York and Malton, and the Highways
A COMPANY which was fined after a worker trapped a hand in an inking roller says it has learned lessons from the accident. Rigid Containers, of Selby, also says it has conducted a major training programme for all employees, and is helping the injured
SHE has already been crowned Miss Earth for her green credentials – but Caroline Duffy has now won the chance to be the next Miss England. Caroline, of Burnholme, York, and 40 other hopefuls will be strutting their stuff on the catwalk in a bid to secure
RED tape since 1998 has cumulatively cost businesses in Yorkshire £5.7 billion. That is the calculation according to the Chambers Burdens Barometer, which also warns that regulations introduced over the last year will add to the existing burdens. With
NIKI Garnett-White is celebrating her love of fast cars by offering her prized collection to the general public for hire. Classic car enthusiast Niki, of Fangfoss, has turned her hobby into her job with the launch of her new company, Classic Car Hire
A YORKSHIRE telecoms business has been sold in a deal worth £12.45 million. AT Communications, which owns Thorp Arch-based Rocom, has announced it has completed the sale of the company to UK telecommunications and data distributor Nimans Holdings
WELCOM Software Group, the Harrogate-based supplier of solutions in loan management software, has built and developed a new website for Smart Credit Ltd. Smart Credit is a broker of payday loans, offering funding solutions to those with temporary cash
The Regional Food Group for Yorkshire and Humber will present an interactive distribution workshop for producers and distributors in the food and drink sector, at its offices in Tadcaster on Wednesday. The Get Ahead In Distribution event will be guided
WASTE collection during the Great Yorkshire Show will have a different look this year as a result of a new contract between the Yorkshire Agricultural Society and Yorwaste, the North Yorkshire recycling and waste management specialist. Yorwaste has been
MOVIE classics Forrest Gump and Kill Bill have been refilmed and reduced to one-minute skits in a comedic tour-de-force by an amateur film group. The shorts, created by The University of York Filmmaking Society, have now received huge acclaim after being
Updated: THE outraged family of Claudia Lawrence have condemned the launch of a website appealing for cash to help find the missing chef. Police are investigating the website, claudialawrence.com, which is asking for payments by credit card
Updated: RYEDALE’S MP has teamed up with the Mayor of Malton to make a passionate plea for information about her disappearance. John Greenway MP made the appeal at The Spotted Cow pub, in Malton – a favourite haunt of the missing 35-year-old
A HUSBAND and wife team ran a drugs “shop” from their Selby home – unaware that their customers included a police officer. Richard and Mary Middlemass saw their trade in cannabis and amphetamine as a way to pay off their debts, said Alan Mitcheson, for
BABIES needing special care at York Hospital had to be transferred more than 65 miles because the Special Care Baby Unit was full. A Press investigation has revealed that one baby had to be taken to Manchester for treatment, and another to Chesterfield
A POLICE patrol car rammed another vehicle in a vain attempt to stop its teenage driver speeding into a housing estate. The car chase began after police on patrol at Clifton Moor in York saw a blue Volvo in the car park of Tesco. They went
Beauty contestants are supposed to list their interests as travel and world peace. They are not traditionally known for a willingness to get their hands…well…grubby. But we take our hats off to this year’s crop of entrants for the Miss York crown,
The loss of a husband and father is always a tragedy, and the family of York man Michael Sadler are clearly suffering deep grief over his death at the relatively young age of 65. Michael, of Badger Hill, was a Freeman of York, a keen sportsman and
THE search for missing York chef Claudia Lawrence is set to feature on BBC’s Crimewatch tonight. Millions of viewers across the UK will hear the very latest in the search for Claudia from detectives from North Yorkshire Police leading the investigation
YORK City manager Martin Foyle has challenged his strikers to keep suspended top scorer Richard Brodie on the sidelines. Brodie picked up his tenth booking of the season during Saturday’s 0-0 home draw with Kidderminster, meaning he will serve a two-match
APRIL 3, 1969, was a huge day for the people of Selby. It was Maundy Thursday of the year that marked Selby Abbey’s 900th anniversary. To mark the occasion, and to kick off a year of celebrations, the Queen herself had agreed to come to the abbey to
DIRECTOR of rugby James Ratcliffe was happy to take a “scrappy win” after York City Knights got off the mark in Championship One – but he confessed his side looked short on confidence. The Knights beat Blackpool 22-20 at Huntington Stadium but only after
WELCOME to the new ASBO. Parents who behave antisocially – or dangerously, come to that – by parking illegally outside school gates are being given lines or face a 30 quid fine. Pitching up outside the playground and perching on double yellows is a long-running
IT has to be said, gardening doesn’t come anywhere near the top of the list of Diary’s favourite pasttimes. While we can fully understand that pottering around in wellies brings hours of pleasure and solitude to many, we really wouldn’t know one end
THERE are two defining choral extremes in Bach’s St Matthew Passion. One is the shout of “Barabbas!”. The other is the reflection immediately after Christ’s death, possibly the most purely beautiful three bars in all of Bach: “Truly, this was the Son
A BAD day at the office was how club spokesman Andy Kay described York RUFC’s 25-3 defeat at Bridlington in Yorkshire One. The visitors were seldom in the game despite the laudable efforts of their forwards who were a genuine match for their east coast
MALTON & Norton RUFC’s improvement continued with a 12-0 Yorkshire One conquest of visiting Keighley. In poor conditions, Malton went ahead when Jon Newsome, Nathan Reid and Dave Gardner combined for Guy Dolan to power over. It was stoppage time before
AT 21.20 hours, on Thursday, March 26, an ear-splitting roar from a jet fighter rent the air as a Tornado (?) hurtled south at very low altitude to the west of the village, as it is perfectly entitled to do as there is a low-flying “corridor” there, just
I never thought the day would come when I would find myself totally agreeing with Paul Hepworth. However, when I read his letter (Ruining the grass, March 19) about roadside parking, I could only totally agree. It is a mystery to me why people
BOASTING the Blue Square Premier’s seventh-meanest defence, York City’s back-line are unlikely to carry the can should the club fail in its relegation battle. Saturday’s 0-0 draw against Kidderminster meant Martin Foyle’s men had conceded just
I HAVE been reading the responses for and against the Muslim demonstration in Luton and would like to make my comment. Surely the people who support the comments expressed against our Armed Forces are aware that it is our Government which decides policy
YORK Railway Institute turned in a good solid performance against a spirited Burley side at Leeds and took the Yorkshire Four points with a 21-11 victory. It looked as though RI’s indiscipline in the rucks was coming back to haunt them as they gave
SELBY Town’s surge towards the top of the Northern Counties East League came to a surprising stall at Nostell Miners Welfare. After a blank first half, Selby went ahead through Sean Gorman six minutes into the second half. But within ten minutes they
MUCH criticism has been directed at Leeds United’s defence this season. But there is growing evidence that manager Simon Grayson’s re-jigged back-line is getting to grips with the job. On Saturday they shut out the country’s top scorers, MK Dons,
JONATHAN Charles Bonner asks if readers of The Press have noticed the new “strangely bland” taste of Polo Mints recently (Losing their bite?, Letters, March 23). It’s the hole in the middle what’s bland, mate. Don’t bite it – suck it and see. Dale
ON HEARING the horrendous news about Stafford Hospital, I thought of the experience my husband (who very recently died) and I had with the NHS over the past two years. The doctors and nurses at York Hospital were wonderful, skilled and so very caring.The
A MARK of class restored Leeper Hare York & District Football League premier division leaders Hamilton Panthers to the winning trail. After a blank first half, a Colin Rayner free-kick put the visitors in front but their advantage lasted just two minutes
None of the top four sides in division two managed maximum points. Leaders Hemingbrough led at third-placed Rawcliffe through a Nick Brookes free-kick but Dan Coxon equalised in the 80th minute. It could have been worse but for a penalty save by Hemingbrough
I am very encouraged by your recent report about the flood prevention scheme in Ryedale. As well as protecting homes and businesses in Pickering, such schemes have great environmental, aesthetic, community and economic potential. The benefits of riverside
With horror, I saw the newly lopped state of the trees in Parliament Street, York’s main street, as I approached from Piccadilly. Yes, I know that these trees have a disease, which causes weakening of the branches, so they are going to need
HOLDERS Haxby United crashed out of the Reserve Cup quarter-finals, beaten 5-1 by Dunnington for whom Andy Rose (3), Dan Hall and Simon Castle scored. Bishopthorpe await after they toppled hosts Old Malton 3-1. Scott Preston hit the Ryedale
I have been following with great interest the complaints and replies from City of York Council on the state of the roads in York. As a taxi driver, I cover a lot of roads around York and the state of the roads are a disgrace. The council blame frost
LEEPER Hare division one leaders Riccall United need just two more wins from their remaining seven games to guarantee top-flight football next season. They rallied to counter from a goal down to defeat Rufforth 2-1 and extend their unbeaten home run
Heworth were in excellent form on the road. They mauled Milford Marlins 30-12 in division two to reinforce their hopes of an ascent as the season reaches its business end. The big bonus for Heworth in a display in which skipper Chris Smith and second
AN OUTSTANDING display by York Acorn ARLFC yielded a cargo of valuable points from an impressive conquest of National Conference premier division hosts Hull Dockers. The 22-14 triumph re-energised Acorn’s aspirations of pushing for a top three place
ONE of the biggest prejudices surrounding religion and the Royal Family could be moving towards reform. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has met The Queen to discuss “discrimination” against Roman Catholics and also the question of giving women
I write in response to Susan Wade Weeks, the Conservative Party candidate for York Central at the next General Election, who hails from Chichester (Rail “scandal”, Letters, March 19). I can only agree with her that “the price of rail travel in this
POLICE officers involved in a murder hunt were alerted after a large bag was found near the swing bridge in Selby. Officers are searching for clues into the murder of a south east Asian man whose body was pulled from the canal at Burn Bridge after a
YORK City Knights got up and running in Championship One – but not without a fright. Having thrown away a lead, they got back in front in the final quarter but saw Blackpool centre Dave Llewellyn crash over the whitewash in stoppage time to
Tajneed, a high earner for David Nicholls last season, makes his keenly awaited return to action at Southwell tomorrow. The six-year-old, bought cheaply out of Dermot Weld’s Irish yard, proved a major money-spinner for Nicholls, winning the
THE famous Moulin Rouge was the theme of a ball held in aid of the Guardian Angels children’s high dependency unit at York Hospital. The event was held on Saturday night at York Racecourse’s Voltigeur Suite and was organised by Peter Bebb and Maureen
A LAMPPOST had to be removed after this car crashed into it and rolled on to its roof. The accident happened in Fossway, Heworth, York, at 3pm on Friday, but both people travelling in the Nissan Almeira walked away from the wreckage without serious injuries
A SICK bucket was on hand but not needed when six Miss York hopefuls took on a real-life bush tucker challenge. The six girls are all in the running for the title of Miss York. But after learning about the battle against cystic fibrosis currently being
THIRTY new jobs are being created near York through the launch of a new children’s nursery and the expansion of an existing one. Planners have given the green light to Little Green Rascals at Elvington, which will offer 78 places for youngsters up to
A NEW website was launched today to help people and businesses in outer York get through the global credit crisis. The site, yorkrealhelpnow.info will bring together information and advice from a variety of organisations to assist local residents
