DETECTIVES investigating the suspected murder of York chef Claudia Lawrence have dismissed rumours that more women have gone missing in the area. Police stressed that they were not looking into the disappearance of any other women after being
YORK’S new cycling champion should be chosen by the city’s cyclists rather than politicians, it has been claimed. Coun Andy D’Agorne, leader of York Green Party, said a change of policy was needed following the resignation of Conservative Joe
A POSTCARD sent by a North Yorkshire soldier during the First World War has turned up in Carlisle. The postcard was sent by a Private J J Turton, to a Miss Dolly Moore, at Ness House, Langton Road, Malton. But it was bought in a local shop by the wife
MORE shop windows throughout the city are being decorated in a huge show of support for the Minstermen ahead of their big day at Wembley next month. The Press wants to see as many shop fronts as possible adorned in York City’s red, white and blue, in
PLANS have been announced for York’s fifth festival for the over-50s, with organisers promising a “smorgasbord” of events and activities for people to sample. Co-ordinator Sue Lister said that last year’s festival, organised by the York Older People’
SLUM houses are to be built just yards from York Minster – but it’s all in the name of charity. Dozens of students will install temporary shelters and sleep rough on the courtyard of St Michael le Belfrey Church in Minster Yard on the night of Friday
Decades of memories will be transported into the present at a York school in an inventive and ambitious oral history project, as Arj Singh discovered. Burnholme Community College, which began life in September 1948 as Tang Hall County Secondary School
PUPILS from primary schools in York headed to a school in the city to take part in a celebration of St George’s Day. Children from all the Catholic primary schools in York visited St George’s RC Primary School, in Fishergate, where pupils took part
A FORMER pub landlord with a passion for sport has died at the age of 77. Geoff Pears was president of Bolton Percy Cricket Club and landlord of The Crown pub for 25 years. Mr Pears was born in Tadcaster on June 18, 1931, and was heavily involved in
GARDENERS and allotment keepers are being asked to consider the danger to hedgehogs when using rat traps. The plea comes after an animal had to be put down last week when its leg became badly infected after being caught in one of the traps,
DETECTIVES investigating the murder of an oriental man whose body was found in a canal near Burn in the Selby area have now confirmed his identity. Police who say they have made “significant progress” with the enquiry have also moved their
YORK’S Festival of Remembrance may be cancelled this year due to a lack of venue, its organiser has warned. Ted Griffiths lamented ongoing delays to the refurbishment of the Barbican Centre, which meant the festival would again be forced to look elsewhere
THE end is in sight for long-suffering residents at a housing development in York, say city leaders. People living in Sovereign Park, Acomb, have complained for years about what they see as inadequate council services. They say their
Key sporting events must continue to be broadcast on free-to-air television because it makes Britain stronger as a nation, North Yorkshire MP John Grogan said. Mr Grogan, Labour MP for Selby, told MPs being able to watch the likes of the football
NOW is the time for York’s “business champions” to stand up and be counted, but with the deadline looming they had better be quick. Learning City York has secured funding from the Learning and Skills Council to recruit three Diploma Business Champions
A LITTLE welding company near Malton has been given a massive boost as a result of advice from the Manufacturing Advisory Service Yorkshire & Humber (MAS Y&H). Technical Welding Services Ltd, of Leavening, has seen its sales soar by £100,000 since an
A “mock trial” will be staged by Langleys Solicitors of York aimed at advising local businesses on commercial disputes. Hazlewood Castle, near Tadcaster, will become the “court” on Tuesday, May 19, when business people can see for themselves the process
TAXI fares in York are to be reduced. Cabbies and city officials have agreed to scrap a “fuel surcharge” introduced last summer when petrol and diesel prices were at their peak. Coupled with a freeze on standard fares, it means fares will now be 20p
EVERY school pupil in York is being offered an unforgettable football experience, after education bosses agreed to subsidise trips to Wembley for York City FC’s biggest game in years. City of York Council has pledged £10,000 to help schools
MORE than 500 mining jobs are being safeguarded in the Selby area with a £50 million investment in new reserves at Kellingley mine and a major new contract for pit owners UK Coal. And the company says it believes that coal is now set to play a key role
EDEN Camp near Malton welcomed 200 wartime veterans from around the world who gathered to remember their lost comrades. The veterans, all members of the Escape Line Memorial Society (ELMS), met at the museum on Saturday to lay wreaths in memory of the
I was at a conference last Friday and there were lots of very inspiring speakers. The two that stick in my mind both had messages to give about being okay with exactly who you are and where you’re at, no matter what other people might think. The
HOW does Batman’s mother let him know his tea’s ready? She just shouts “Dinner dinner dinner dinner dinner dinner dinner dinner, Batman!” As that unpromising start suggests, we’re on bat-related topics today. The reason is that the nocturnal creatures
YORK City will take more supporters to Wembley for the FA Trophy final than attended the famous 1993 play-off victory under the old Twin Towers. The Minstermen have now sold around 12,000 tickets for the May 9 showpiece against Stevenage Borough –
I TOOK my life in my hands today. Not by scaling the Mallory Step on Everest, or even just by crossing Hull Road, but by going to the doctor’s surgery. Strangely, nobody appeared to be wearing biological warfare suits, and there wasn’t a surgical mask
THE Princess Royal visited an East Yorkshire village to officially open a new training centre for the Hearing Dogs For Deaf People organisation. Princess Anne, who has been the charity’s patron since 1992, visited the Bielby centre to unveil
LORD of the swing Simon Dyson is to seek top medical aid to try to cure a problem threatening a searing start to the European Golf Tour. The 31-year-old ace has been in a groove of top form since his double title-winning endeavours of 2005. Throughout
ROSEDALE beat RJF Homes Beckett Football League division one champions Kirkbymoorside Reserves 1-0 after extra time to win the Ryedale Hospital Cup. They scored two minutes from time through Stuart Dowson after the Moorsiders had been reduced to ten
YORK City Knights star man David March is a doubt for the Championship One revenge match against Keighley on Monday – regardless of whether he has a broken bone in his hand. The loose-forward’s right hand and wrist are still swollen after he picked up
Yorkshire completed their first century opening partnership in the County Championship for almost two years, but in the end rain left them frustrated after day one of their opening home division one fixture against Worcestershire at Headingley. Not since
A HAT-TRICK from Dave Heron earned Cliffe FC a 5-0 win at Shiptonthorpe in the East Riding County League division three. Substitute Aaron Lees added a fourth from the penalty spot and Tom Hogg rounded off the scoring. Andy Moughan smashed a second
FOOTBALL fever is gripping York – and some might say it’s about time. York City’s Wembley trip is giving fans just the boost they need after a weary and sometimes nail-biting season during which relegation at times seemed a gloomy possibility.
GOOD news on the jobs front too – and, heaven knows, we could do with that nowadays. More than 500 mining jobs are being safeguarded in the Selby area with a £50 million investment in new reserves at Kellingley mine and an important new contract for
WITH so many malaises and a ridiculous amount of debt, our nation has just got pitiable. Things would be better by far if foreign aid (currently £9 billion a year) were brought to an end. We can’t afford to give to charity when we are struggling
ANOTHER letters page in our great local Press and another load of anti-royalist claptrap from the out-of-touch Adam McCartney (Readers’ Letters, April 21). What a narrow person he must be to pour out such spite about our great royal family. Our
THE only solution to the traffic problems on the A1237 is to dual the entire road and separate the junctions. This would greatly reduce pollution because traffic produces less when it is moving than when standing still. It would also reduce traffic
WHILE driving down the A64 towards Scarborough a few days ago, I became aware of dozens of little yellow signs in the grass verge marked: “Danger, overhead wires”. I noticed there were at least four signs near every single wire across the road from
SELBY Warriors ARLC were beaten 44-6 in a friendly clash away to Lincoln City Knights. The Warriors fielded six of their Under-16s side played and coach Paul Helstripp made a host of changes to ensure all 26 travelling players figured in the fixture
THERE are SNP plans in Scotland to introduce a minimum price of 40p for each unit of alcohol a drink contains. Similar plans have recently been proposed by the chief medical officer for England for a minimum price of 50p. Such proposals could
WITH jobs in Yorkshire and the Humber being lost faster than anywhere else outside London, the recent Budget looks like yet another wasted opportunity to kick start a new low-carbon economy. A target of a 34 per cent cut in carbon emissions
Bubwith Tennis Club started their season with wins for the men’s 1 and men’s 2 teams. The first team beat visitors Strensall 59-49, with Mark Harris and Fran Milivojevic top scoring. The seconds beat Wigginton 59-49.
ONE thing that life has taught me is you are never too old to learn. Thinking the other day that I couldn’t define the difference between elderly and old, I decided to take a peep at my pocket Oxford dictionary – elderly is described as somewhat
THERE is a great new opportunity for everyone to improve their local community by using a new law – The Sustainable Communities Act. This law came into being in October 2007 and sets up a process where councils ask people for their ideas on
IT IS not the first time we have panicked over a potential global flu pandemic. A few years ago, the alarm concerned the risks of catching a strain of bird flu circulating in south-east Asia. This time, experts are warning there might be grounds for
A WOMAN was taken to hospital after being injured in a major late-night brawl in York city centre. Police said up to 15 men and women were involved in a fight early yesterday, and one woman ended up laid out in the street after being punched
MALTON & Norton’s premier division place is hanging by a thread in the Leeper Hare York & District Football League. Victory for Selby side Tate & Lyle against Old Malton St Mary’s tonight (6.30pm) would mean relegation for the Malton
BLINK and you’ll miss it. The feature race over five furlongs at Redcar tomorrow will be run in around 58 seconds and Jaconet, a real speed-merchant, is fancied to show her rivals the way home. A five-times winner, including at York last July, when she
Tom Hill has won the trip of a lifetime touring the South Pacific with the BARLA Great Britain squad. The highly-rated forward tells SHAUN WATHEY that he owes it all to his beloved club, York Acorn. TOM HILL grew up watching York Acorn’s stars go
THE mother of missing York chef Claudia Lawrence has spoken of her torment as the wait to discover what has happened to her daughter goes on – describing it as “every parent’s worst nightmare”. Joan Lawrence today made an emotional appeal for help
“PLEASE cast your mind back for clues” – that was the message that father of missing Claudia Lawrence has sent to thousands of university students following their return to York after the Easter break. Peter Lawrence said he hoped the return
MOTORISTS were greeted with this unusual sight after a car ended up mounting a York traffic island and war memorial. The maroon Ford Focus got stuck on the Boer War memorial traffic island, which is between Skeldergate Bridge and Castle Mills Bridge,
VETERANS of one of the Second World War’s most hard-fought and important victories gathered at York Minster for a service and wreath laying ceremony. Nearly 30 ex-servicemen, all now in their 80s and 90s, came from across the country, proudly
POLICE have named a pensioner who died in a crash on a North Yorkshire road as they continue to hunt for witnesses to the tragedy. The 87-year-old man who was killed when the grey Vauxhall Corsa he was driving collided with a red Rover 400
