A 12-YEAR-OLD boy suffered serious head injuries after being hit by a car in York as he walked home from school. The accident happened at the pedestrian crossing opposite the Black Bull pub, in Hull Road, at around 4pm today. Police said the boy, who
THE Canteloube Trio of Jennie-Lee Keetley, oboe, Peter Cigleris, clarinet, and Fiona Troon, bassoon, perform at tonight’s British Music Society of York concert at the Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York. Their 8pm programme comprises works
“IT'S like a fairytale to us.” That was the reaction of new dad Sean Gyte after he moved with his partner Beth and one-month-old baby Aiden into a new affordable home development near York. The York Housing Association's £2.2 million Poppleton
Prisoners at a jail in Lancashire were offering a day out as a raffle prize – until this tantalising glimpse of freedom was withdrawn after the governor found out about it. According to the BBC, inmates at HMP Kirkham, an open prison, were able to enter
Michael Gash would love to get on the scoresheet against his old club Cambridge United in the FA Cup tomorrow – but concedes he may have to do it from the bench. The five-goal York City striker, a £55,000 summer capture from Ebbsfleet, returned to first
CAMBRIDGE United have had the heart ripped out of their midfield ahead of tomorrow’s FA Cup second round meeting with York City. Former Minstermen trialist Jai Reason and Paul Carden, who have been ever-presents in the centre of Cambridge’s midfield
VICTORY over Cambridge United in tomorrow’s FA Cup second round clash could further aid York City’s bid for Blue Square Premier promotion, reckons manager Martin Foyle. Aside from the £27,000 prize money, and gate share from the clash
SHOOTING sensation Steve Lyon might be getting the lion’s share of Selby Town’s goals, but it’s the rounded nature of the Robins’ attack that is helping him to prosper, writes Tony Kelly. Lyon goes into tomorrow’s return to Northern Counties East League
Pocklington Minstermen’s next meeting will be on Wednesday when the guests will be York City defenders Djoumin Sangare and Ben Purkiss. Admission for the Pocklington Town Football Club event is free with doors opening at 7pm and questions starting half
MEMORIES of seasons past were relived at a reunion of Riccall United’s York & District Football League division one side of the 1960s and 70s. Players gathered at the club’s former headquarters – the Hare & Hounds pub – to share memories of their eight
A big weekend is afoot for the Thirsk and Sowerby Harriers with the holding of the Thirsk 10-mile Road Race. It starts from Newsham Road at 11am on Sunday, with more than 1,000 runners expected. The club’s cyclo-cross enthusiasts took part in an interesting
YOKR RUFC’S trip to the seaside must end with two points if they are to keep pace with the Yorkshire One promotion race. The Clifton Parkers travel to mid-table Scarborough only a point off second place in the table but knowing a loss would prove a real
Northern raider Killyglen can lower the colours of the mighty Denman in what promises to be a vintage renewal of tomorrow’s Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury, on a day when jumping fans will be in their element with Newcastle staging a fascinating Fighting
Nestlé Flag top the Ian’s Cars of Barlby Sunday Morning Football League first division after a thumping 10-0 win over visitors Ainsty Panthers. Flag, who scored through Ash Hill (2), Steve Fratson (2), Chris Johnson, Chris Dyson (2) and John Jones (3
Division three leaders York St John University lost their unbeaten Ian’s Cars of Barlby Sunday Morning Football League record after going down 7-2 to visitors Station FC. Top scoring for Station was Gary Collier with a treble, while Ian Beckram added
Tony Capaldi is the most likely of Leeds United’s new loan recruits to make his debut in Sunday’s televised FA Cup second round tie at Kettering. The 28-year-old Northern Ireland international has moved to Elland Road from Championship club Cardiff City
NOT many jockeys would associate the two phrases “Nottingham Racecourse” with “a day to remember”. It’s a pleasant enough track but it’s hardly where riding dreams come true. Unless, of course, you are Malton’s Paul Hanagan. Nottingham will always have
THE Bob-Co Winter League saw Mick Addinall return to winning ways at Carpvale. Fishing the in-form peg two, he used pole and corn fished tight into the corner for 14 carp to 6lb adding up to a winning bag of 45lb 4oz. John Haw (Acomb Tackle) also
Many matches fell foul of the weather last weekend with torrential rain and howling gales seeing many local rivers burst their banks and even still waters become largely unfishable in the conditions which that wreaked havoc across the north-east. Anglers
A MOTHER-OF-TWO has raised more than £4,000 for charity after successfully scaling Africa’s highest mountain. Ann Bell, of Stamford Bridge, camped in temperatures of minus 15°C and survived severe oxygen deprivation to reach the 5,896-metre summit of
THIRTY children from a York primary school joined a massed choir of thousands at a special concert at Sheffield Arena. Andy Acaster, teacher and music coordinator at Heworth CE Primary School, said the pupils, aged nine to eleven, joined schoolchildren
Better times are ahead for Jarvis despite it announcing a £3.6 million loss and a drop in turnover by nearly 50 per cent. That is the view of Steven Norris, chairman of the York-based rail maintenance and freight group as it reported half-year losses
TOBY Strauss, the chief operating officer of Aviva’s York-based UK Life, has been appointed its chief executive from January, in charge of a staff of about 3,000 in the city. It is part of a general re-organisation by the insurance giant’s top executives
THE detective leading the investigation into the disappearance of York chef Claudia Lawrence is to read a lesson at The Press’s Absent Friends carol service next month. Detective Superintendent Ray Galloway will be joining the missing 35-year-old
A surprise party was organised by the Brayton Scout group to mark the retirement of John Hodge as Group Scout Leader after 21 years. During the evening, which was attended by members and friends, a “This is Your Life” style presentation was given about
Vogue’S Anna Wintour of discontent calls the fashion shots today, as recorded in this autumn’s shallow but enjoyably bitchy documentary DVD, The September Issue. Once it was Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel who decided what’s in and out, and as with
The Dean Court Hotel, in Duncombe Place, has been given VisitEngland’s new Breakfast Award for its high quality and wide choice of breakfast. The award recognises “hotels that offer their guests a high quality and good choice of breakfast, plus service
YORK comedy promoter James Christopher is to close down his club nights to focus on his own burgeoning career. “These are exciting times for me at the moment, as I’ve just confirmed with the Free Fringe promoter Peter Buckley-Hill that I’ll be doing
EMPLOYEES across the York, North and East Yorkshire area are being offered free legal advice for work-related problems. The College of Law in York, based in Bishopthorpe, has set up a free employment rights telephone advice line aimed at people, who
SCIENTISTS at a North Yorkshire laboratory are buzzing after their online database for helping keep track of bees’ health won a national award. The honeymaking insects have been the centre of intense concern in recent years as their numbers tumbled because
ACTRESS and writer Gemma Head draws on personal experience for her new play, Dial, A Call Centre In Crisis. On tour in York tonight at the Theatre Royal, this one-woman show depicts the stressed-out life of company-proud Carol Dowd, recently promoted
STUDENT journalists at the University of York have won a national award. The student newspaper Nouse won the website of the year title at the Guardian Student Media Awards. The judges said: “What we liked about nouse.co.uk is that the site has
TANG Hall History Group is appealing to local residents who have connections to or family who migrated from Ireland during the 19th century. Anyone who can help researchers can send photographs and information to the secretary, 17 Oakland Avenue, Stockton
THE next Queen’s representative in North Yorkshire’s legal circles will come from a family with a tradition of royal service. Richard Compton, owner of Newby Hall, near Ripon, has been nominated to succeed magistrate Francesca Horsfield, of Ampleforth
UNEMPLOYED residents in York and North Yorkshire are being offered free training to help them back into work. Up to 20 places will be available on the Passport To Care Project – a package of courses, work experience and interviews with employers aimed
The Wildlife Habitat Protection Trust’s Community Allotment and Sensory Garden in the village has been announced as the people’s choice to win a People’s Millions grant, after a closely fought public vote. The good cause cash of £50,000 comes from the
A FESTIVE flower festival in the Lord Mayor of York’s historic home has opened in style. Dozens of guests gathered at York’s Mansion House last night to admire the floral displays and enjoy an evening of wine, canapés and guitar music with
SUNDAY night’s performance of The Grumpy Old Women Live 2: Chin Up Britain at the Grand Opera House, York, has sold out. Jenny “The Spleen Burster” Eclair, Wendi “Mad Dog” Peters and Susie “The Huffer” Blake will be Grumpier than ever in 90 minutes
STEWART Francis promises his head will not explode on Sunday night. The Canadian comedian is known for cracking out the best one-liners around, but in such rapid and brain-spinning succession that a whole show might be too much, so he does slow down a
In the year of Eighteen Hundred And Frozen To Ecky Thump, two worlds collide in The Chuckle Brothers’ new live show, A Christmas Chuckle, at the Grand Opera House, York. The oh-so-mean Ebenezer Sneezer (Paul Chuckle) and his kind-hearted sibling Bob Scratchit
NOW that Oasis have hung up their guitars, or smashed them in another bout of brotherly violence, it’s up to Stereophonics to hark back to the good old days of Britpop. And the Welsh rockers have no intention of letting us forget it. This is not
YOU are probably best advised not to use Colm O Ciosoig’s excuse when handing in work late. Explaining why eight years have passed since The Warm Inventions’ first album, he says, “Time is vibrations for us”. Hope springs eternal, however, and so
FOLK fiddler and singer Eliza Carthy leads her band on the first night of her six-date December tour at Pocklington on Thursday night. The Scarborough-born musician, the daughter of folk greats Martin Carthy and Norma Waterson, remains the figurehead
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards’ Wild Horses was hardly the most obvious repertoire choice to be expected from Susan Boyle, but she has done herself and The Rolling Stones proud with her impassioned take on the Sticky Fingers classic. Likewise, Boyle
THIS offering suggests straight from the off who was the leading light behind The Strokes’ best work. Phrazes begins with brilliant anguish – “somewhere along the way my hopefulness turned to sadness... turned to bitterness… turned to anger” etc – but
YOUR glittering older brother, Rufus, has already bagged Judy Garland in that attention-grabbing way he has, so which diva should you resurrect? For Martha Wainwright the answer is simple, thanks to a professed life-long fascination with Edith Piaf.
SUBSCRIBING to the theory that good albums often lurk behind bad titles – see ‘Attack Of The Grey Lantern’ by Mansun, ‘Golden Greats’ by Ian Brown, U2’s ‘Achtung Baby’ etc – The Big Pink’s chosen name for their debut album says everything about their
AT last Wednesday’s gig at the Black Swan, Peasholme Green, Yorkjazz had the tiny room up the wonky stairs rejoicing in the jazz violin. Cuban violinist Omar Puente enthralled a breathless audience, which overflowed down the stairs. A surprise second
Only One Question for…Askrigg oil painter and etcher Piers Browne. How did your free painting demonstration day go last Saturday in York in the grounds of the Museum Gardens, Piers? “I thoroughly, thoroughly enjoyed painting outdoors in
The Flare Contemporary Art and Craft markets for Christmas 2009 will continue on Sunday in The Chapel at York Cemetery, in Cemetery Road, and finish at Ripley Town Hall, near Harrogate, on December 6. Organisers Louise Gee, from Poppleton, Kathryn
York Artisans complete a busy and productive first year with their Autumn Art Collection 2009 show at Space 109, the community arts centre in Walmgate, York. “We’ll be firing on all cylinders in this creative extravaganza,” promises the Artisans’ project
York artists Ben Arnup, Romey Brough, Gill Douglas, Pamela Knight and Giuliana Lazzerini head up the Christmas Collection at Pyramid Gallery, Stonegate, York, from Thursday (Dec 3). Gallery owner Terry Brett is confident the mix of British artists
A MAN has appeared in court this morning charged with the murder of two young jockeys in a blaze which tore through a block of flats in a North Yorkshire town. Peter William Brown, 37, spoke only to confirm his name and address when he appeared
THREE concerts at the 2009 York Early Music Festival have sold out already, led off by the opening night’s Carnival Of Carols by The Carnival Band on Wednesday at the National Centre for Early Music. The ever-entertaining chaotic brilliance of the
A PENSIONER has died after an accident on one of the main roads into York, sparking fresh calls for safety improvements. The 83-year-old woman, named locally as Audrey Prince, died in York Hospital after a crash on the A1079 at Barmby Moor
ONCE he was Whispering Bob Harris, the voice of The Old Grey Whistle Test. Now Bob is an institution on BBC Radio 2, bringing nearly 40 years of experience to the endangered art of the knowledgeable rock music broadcaster. Tonight, he looks back on
A CHOIR which aims to offer a “modern, eclectic mix of style and vitality” has its first concert in York tomorrow night. The members of Millegro will be singing at St Olave’s Church, Marygate, York, at 8pm, performing music from Vivaldi to Duke Ellington
York City Knights have expressed their delight in the capture of former Wigan second-row Danny Hill. The 25-year-old, who made 12 appearances for the Warriors in 2006 and '07 after joining from home-town club Hull, also had a short loan spell
Shed Seven’s second reunion winter tour kicks off in the York band’s traditional starting point of Scotland, at the Inverness Boilerworks, on Monday, November 30. The itinerary now runs to 18 dates, after shows were added at the Manchester Academy
Alison Moyet’s 7.30pm concert at the Grand Opera House, York, on Wednesday has sold out. The Basildon torch singer is playing York as part of her 25 Years Revisited tour to mark her silver anniversary of turning solo after making her name as
ONE of the finest portraits by York’s most famous artist has come home to his city. Friends of York Art Gallery gave their biggest ever donation of £44,000 to help buy Preparing For A Fancy Dress Ball by William Etty. It is one
PUPILS and staff at Huntington School have raised thousands of pounds for two local charities. The whole school took part in a special fundraising day during the summer term, with activities including a six-mile sponsored walk. Now cheques for £1,239
A North Yorkshire man has launched an appeal against the UK’s first conviction for inciting racial hatred online. Simon Sheppard, 52, of Brook Street, Selby, was sentenced to four years and ten months, and Stephen Whittle, 42, of Avenham Lane, Preston
THE funeral of a Malton-born soldier who died in Afghanistan was taking place this afternoon. Hundreds were expected to turn out to pay their last respects to Serjeant Phillip Scott, who is understood to have lived near Pocklington as a child
The figures show the number of ten to 17-year-olds receiving their first reprimand, warning or conviction fell from 390 in 2007/08 to 292 in 2008/09. Nationally the number of first time young offenders dropped by 21 per cent. Liberal
YORK’S transport bosses are launching a public consultation on plans for £1.4 million junction improvements. People who live and travel in the Rawcliffe area will be asked for their views on plans to improve the A19/A1237 roundabout.
THE Coen Brothers have been making films together for 25 years and they are growing ever more productive. After the four-time Oscar-winning No Country For Old Men in 2007 and Burn After Reading last year, Joel and Ethan have drawn on their
FRIENDS and family of a courageous York mum who has terminal cancer came together for a glittering ball to raise money for the charities who continue to support her. Hannah Dyke, 35, who has two children aged six and two, was diagnosed with breast cancer
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THE recession is bringing out the best in Britain, the Archbishop of York has claimed. Dr John Sentamu said the hard times had created a “renewed sense of togetherness in communities” with more displays of selflessness. He hailed the example of Portakabin
A PAEDOPHILE was attacked by another prisoner seconds after being taken from the dock to start an indefinite sentence for abducting and abusing a schoolgirl. Convicted child rapist Richard Paul Graves had his cheek split open when he was punched in
AS A mother of four, with sons aged 22 and 27, I wish to thank Lance Corporal Joe Glenton for the courageous stand he is making against the Afghanistan War. I would not describe myself as a pacifist, but I have protested against both the illegal
A SPECTACULAR new light show has turned the National Railway Museum’s famous turn table into a stunning piece of modern art. Entitled Brief Encounters, the light installation has been inspired by the museum’s collection and is said to examine the relationship
THE number of people needing hospital treatment for swine flu is increasing in York and the wider county. The latest figures for York show that in the last fortnight the local NHS Foundation Trust admitted 25 people to hospital suffering from flu-like
Nativity!, Running time: 105ins, Certificate: U MARTIN Freeman used to perform in school plays, but not often because he “wasn’t really into that”. “And if I was into it, I was so embarrassed about being into it that I had to justify
FOLLOWING the latest episode in the soap opera that our continued membership of the European Union now represents, it is time for this disastrous period of EU integration to be brought to a close. After the debacle of the Lisbon Treaty, it is difficult
I FEEL compelled to write this letter with swimmers and fitness fanatics being given their first look at York’s newest pool and gym at Oaklands Leisure Centre, in Acomb. It all looks good in the pictures (The Press, November 16). Yet surely any
WHAT a depressing sign-of-our-times are the latest revelations about some of our elected Parliamentarians and their manipulation of the more-than-generous expenses-system they have. Especially when members of the House of Lords are involved. One
THE letter of November 23 about the hanging of the Union Flag misses the saddest aspect of the image displayed. Far from the trivial debate as to which way up it is supposed to hang, the real issue is that these five young men wish to enlist at all
PRAISE to City of York Council for taking the initiative to encourage safe cycling in our car-crammed city. More safe cycling means fewer cars on the road, enabling those car users that must yet from A to B to do so with less congestion. Praise
GUIDE Dogs is celebrating Christmas 2009 with the launch of a virtual gifts website and needs readers’ support. Readers can pick from a range of virtual “dog-e-gifts” for every budget. For £13, you can buy Christmas dinner for ten guide dog puppies
I READ with great sadness the article in The Press last week of the complaints about York Hospital – and everything is true where the elderly are concerned. I was in ward 25 and spent 15 days there. I was refused when I asked the sister and a staff nurse
FOUR years on from Shipton Theatre Company unzipping the amateur UK stage premiere of The Full Monty in York, Robert Readman revisits that triumph for an even hotter production at the Grand Opera House. It is bigger too in every way, from
Ha! Told you so! After years of ridicule and derision, us blokes have been vindicated. It’s official – we’re not useless around the house after all. According to new research out this week, the claim that men are incompetent when it comes to housework
MY car was waiting for me, just around the corner from where I live: a funky-looking Citroen C1 in silver grey, with a pink ‘City Car Club’ logo on each door. Getting into it was easy. I didn’t have to meet anyone to pick up the keys. I simply
THREE cheers for York firm BSC Filters who last night made history at The Press Business Awards at York Racecourse. The high-tech designers and makers of revolutionary microwave and radio frequency filters in Osbaldwick, scooped The John Guy
The Lifetime Achievement Award produced another “first” last night. Professor Dianne Willcocks, Vice-Chancellor of York St John University became the first woman ever to receive The Press’s special accolade. She stepped up to
