CHILDREN across York are to benefit from new play facilities after parks officials revealed plans for more than £1 million of improvements. The city has been allocated £1.1 million from the Government’s Playbuilder scheme to upgrade play-parks
THE first locomotive to be built in Britain for 50 years is to return to the area as part of a unique steam event at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Tornado, which was officially named by the Prince of Wales in York earlier this year, is expected
POLICE support staff from force headquarters in Newby Wiske took a team building day trip with a difference to York. While some companies send their staff for a day of wine-tasting or a round of golf in an attempt to foster relations in the
MENTAL health patients in York are finding relief from their troubles by working on an allotment. The new scheme is run by NHS North Yorkshire and York to help patients cared for by its Older Adults Community and Health Mental Health team. It was set
A REFEREE’S whistle denied him a trip to Wembley in 1955. But now it is third time lucky for York City fan Peter Moat, who is finally heading to the home of English football, after more than six decades of watching the Minstermen. On May 9, he will
TOURISM chiefs in York have stepped up their quest to entice more visitors to the city with the launch of a new six-day pass. For the first time, anybody who buys a York Pass will be able to gain entry to more than 50 attractions – 20 more
A CITY centre store which brought a new slant on shopping to the streets of York could be turned into riverside restaurants. Architects have submitted a request to turn the Argos outlet in Bridge Street, which overlooks the River Ouse, into two new eateries
A well-known York trade union leader has died aged 91. George Westerman was born in Bubwith, in East Yorkshire, in 1917. After attending the local school, Mr Westerman moved to York, aged 18, to work as an apprentice bricklayer.
FROM the outside the York Sun & Sauna Centre, in the heart of historic York, would have drawn little more than a glance from the thousands of tourists and families passing by. But although it was run as a legitimate business, Barry Abrahams, 61, was
“I DON’T think my husband would be too amused if I replenished his underwear drawer with brightly coloured briefs,” I told a colleague. I’d just learned how British men are trying to lift their moods to beat the credit crunch blues by swapping blue
LIKE all good models, Helen Lawal comes prepared. Her hair and skin are shower-fresh and she has her own supply of accessories. There is a laundry-size holdall of shoes and a small plastic bag crammed with jewellery. She tips this bag on to the table
EVER wondered what happens to all that dirty water from your bath or… ahem… other places? No, neither have we. But that hasn’t stopped Naburn Waste Water Treatment Works from opening for guided tours. The site promises to take visitors “through the waste
CORPORAL Jones would have been in his element. “Don’t Panic!”, he’d have been shouting, while rushing around doing exactly that. That is always the danger of any don’t panic message: it instantly makes us all start to worry. But while the swine flu
THIS recession really is pants, and it’s got us with our knickers in a right old twist. For the latest economic indicators are not to be found in the figures for rising unemployment or falling output, but in the comparative sales of men’s underwear.
ELEVEN children’s play parks in York are to have £47,000 spent on each of them this year. Next year, 11 more will each receive £53,000. Children, families and community organisations will be consulted on exactly how the money should be spent. But
WE CELEBRATED St George’s Day with St George’s School on Saturday, and what a colourful, entertaining afternoon we all had. We listened to an old English song performed beautifully by a young girl in the middle of the playground, which brought tears
CAN the New Labour government of the past 12 years stoop any lower? I doubt it. What do the Gurkha veterans who served have to prove to the Government to have the right, if they choose, to live in the country they and their families have helped defend
I HAVE been reading lately in The Press about a German bomber flying over York in 1940. I wonder if this was the same German plane I once remember seeing crash at Crockey Hill in the little copse of trees opposite the turn-off to Headrace (this, I
WHEN York Planning Department sanctioned the felling of the six mature lime trees in St Cuthbert’s churchyard, Peasholme Green, they sided yet again with the slow erosion of the city’s character. Although the undated planning application displayed
YOU recently published Coun D’Agorne’s letter which blew raspberries at the positive contributions to debate made by both Mr Carter and myself about a possible shared council HQ and stadium development (Readers’ Letters, April 21). He included a total
I WOULD like to ask City of York Council why the new cycle lane alongside Clifton Green is so wide. I realise we should make suitable and safe arrangements for cyclists, but this plan seems to be at the expense of the motorist and dangerous. Additionally
PARTNERS at a York law firm have been fined £10,000 after a tribunal found they had broken the solicitors’ code of conduct. The ten partners of Harrowells, in St Saviourgate, York, were also ordered to pay £24,000 in costs. They were brought before
DAVID ROBINSON was not a “beggar” (Friends’ farewell to “loved” beggar, The Press, April 24). It was we, the passers-by, that received from David. No matter how cold or wet the weather you would always receive an acknowledgement from David, if you
HAVING recently been caught up in roadworks on the M1, I was impressed by the way people maintained a 50mph speed throughout the ten-mile stretch and allowed people to change lanes. I was left wondering if a similar scheme would work on the A64 where
I HAVE just read your article “Blitz on dog nuisance” (Friday, April 24). To say that I am annoyed is an understatement. As a dog walker for many years I always “picked up” after my lovely greyhound Poppy. I can honestly say that the people who
AS MANY as 55 students at York College have been hailed as Tomorrow’s Professionals Today. That was the theme of the York College Construction Awards ceremony in which the students were honoured for achieving excellence in their respective
THE sheer size of it is just remarkable. It almost feels like an optical illusion and even for a seasoned football fan, it’s impossible not to be impressed. Few other sporting arenas, if any, come close. Not Old Trafford, not the San Siro in
HEALTH chiefs today urged anyone in York or North Yorkshire who fears they have Mexican flu not to visit their doctor. Patients were advised instead to call their GP’s surgery from home by phone, to avoid coming into contact with the wider
YORK City’s board of directors are “determined” to achieve Blue Square Premier success. Expressing their relief at maintaining their league status, a statement from the KitKat Crescent club board declared the management team would be given the “best
BLUE Square Premier play-off hopefuls Stevenage have been installed as favourites to lift the FA Trophy, but the underdogs tag does not faze York City boss Martin Foyle. On the road to Wembley and the Trophy final on May 9, his Minstermen have knocked
HOVINGHAM openers Charlie Foster and Stuart Prest put on 135 and still ended up on the losing side in division three of the Hunters York & District Senior Cricket League. Foster made 53 and Stuart Prest hit 77 to set their side on the way to 198-9 at
Crayke Cricket Club have become the latest outfit to cease to function as a league club due to a dearth of players. Wilberfoss terminated their membership of the York & District Senior League in December when it was evident they would not
ONE of the longest-serving officials in the Selby area has been honoured by the West Riding County Football Association. Keith Allison, chairman of Leeper Hare York & District League side Selby RSSC, has been involved in administration
SALES of Norwich Union life and pensions policies in York for the first quarter of this year plummeted to £2.505 billion – 12 per cent lower than the same period last year. The gloomy quarterly figures were announced as another 571 posts – 15 per cent
Martyn Moxon is refusing to take Worcestershire lightly, despite the LV County Championship division one new boys having lost their first two four-day games of the season. Yorkshire host the Pears at Headingley in the Championship today on the back
MALTON and Norton Golf Club ace Emma Brown shared third place in the Helen Holm Scottish women’s open strokeplay championship at Troon. Brown, who won the title five years ago in her maiden name of Duggleby – was three shots behind Irish winner Leona
THE battle for honours in division two of the York John Smith’s Ladies Darts League is going down to the wire. Leaders Acomb are tied on points with Mitre, but a superior win ratio sees them holding pole position going into the final week of matches
Govind Baker and Faye Garland were the first winners of the new York tennis season at Fulford’s Spring Cup. A field of 16 couples battled it out in ideal conditions in the traditional season-opening tournament, which pits Fulford Tennis Club players
CITY of York Hockey Club’s veterans team booked their place in the Yorkshire Cup final with a 5-3 victory over Sheffield Bankers. City of York turned in a superb all-round team performance to beat their South Yorkshire foes in the semi-finals. Alex
RELEGATED Dunnington III opened their bid for a return to division six with an opening day win in the Tyke Petroleum Men’s Tennis League. Dunnington gave a solid team performance to beat a strong Bishopthorpe II side 64-44. Dave Carver and
NEW Earswick All Blacks lifted the York & District Amateur Rugby League Cup after an 18-6 victory over York Acorn. The two sides were evenly matched in the final at Heworth’s Elm Park Way ground, but the flow of the game was spoiled by a penalty count
DRINKERS at a North Yorkshire pub have been asked to contact police, after a man died in the street shortly after leaving the premises. Officers say the death is not being treated as suspicious, but they want to hear from witnesses who saw the man after
Trainer Ann Duffield, eager to put a disappointing 2008 campaign behind her, has good prospects of landing the feature race at Pontefract tomorrow. Based at Constable Burton, near Middleham, Duffield, wife of former top jockey George who now works as
The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, is supporting efforts to raise more than £60,000 for St Leonard’s Hospice at the next Sunflower Ball to be held at York Racecourse. Dr Sentamu, who is president of St Leonard’s, joined Graham Miller, the hospice
TWO thugs left a man with a battered face and a brain injury in an unprovoked attack in York. Police have now launched a manhunt for the attackers who inflicted the injuries on the 40-year-old victim. The assault happened shortly after 4am on Friday
