Police have urged people not to travel on the roads of York and North Yorkshire, as the wintry weather continues. Inspector Rob Balls of North Yorkshire Police issued an urgent warning this evening, as the region was hit by more snow. He said: "The
Staff at York Hospital have urged people not to go out unless necessary, after the Accident and Emergency department was hit by a surge in demand. The bed manager at the hospital said A&E had been "extremely busy" all day. She said
There has been a fire in a house in Acomb, York. Firefighters were called to Gale Lane just before 3pm today. The fire started in the bedroom and was caused by faulty Christmas lights, a brigade spokesman said. The householder
YORK City have almost sold their first allocation of 3,000 tickets for the FA Cup third round clash at Premier League Stoke City. The Minstermen are now due to request a second batch with the visitors being offered a maximum of 4,700 seats in total for
Richard Moss crashed to his first defeat of the season as his Sessions ‘A’ side lost 6-4 to leaders Coneysthorpe ‘A’ in the NEDL York and District Table Tennis League division one. Moss was beaten in straight games, 6-11, 7-11, 6-11, by Martin Lowe,
DARREN CALLAGHAN is relishing the chance to turn back the clock and play again in front of the Huntington Stadium faithful. Callaghan and fellow former York City Knights favourite Mark Cain are in charge of the York Select XIII that will represent the
Heworth ‘A’ crept through 4-3 in a close match against Bootham ‘B’ to move four points clear at the top of the York Conservative Clubs Carlsberg UK Snooker League. They decided the match in the first four games as a Kristian Strangeway (pink ball success
Hughes, who skippered the Wasps, as they were then nicknamed, when they came close to beating Wigan in the challenge Cup semi-final at Elland Road in 1984, had been suffering Alzhiemers disease. A tough prop, Hughes had to be substituted in that semi-final
IT might be the season to be jolly but York City manager Martin Foyle expects his players to stay sensible over the Christmas period. With a Boxing Day home clash against play-off contenders Mansfield Town followed by an away trip to Altrincham two days
York City Baths Club swimmers impressed with an overall third place out of 23 clubs competing in the Doncaster Dartes Christmas Gala in Beverley. Two York swimmers claimed the top positions in their age group. Alex Perry was top boy in the 11 to 13
Clifton took advantage in the Spectacular Driveways John Smith’s Sunday Pool League to return to the top of the table after the Dringhouses ‘A’ game was postponed against the Dringhouses ‘B’ team. Clifton had a 7-2 victory over Crystal Palace ‘A’ thanks
NO MEAN TRICK, who left his supporters with burned fingers after failing to justify favouritism on his debut at Wolverhampton last month, can recover losses at Kempton tomorrow. While the weather continues to play havoc with racing, tomorrow’s all-weather
YORK City Knights assistant-coach Mick Ramsden hailed the squad’s Army day a resounding success. As you can see from our pictures, the Knights were put through their paces by soldiers at Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Strensall, on a day set up by Ramsden
Yorkshire County Cricket Club have announced that Anthony McGrath will no longer be their captain in 2010. The club have called a press conference for Tuesday afternoon to announce their new skipper. Left-handed batsman Andrew Gale, who has just spent
MIDDLE Eastern promise has reinforced Charlotte Austwick’s ambition to hit the heights in the world of professional golf. The 18-year-old ‘A’-level student at Tadcaster Grammar School sampled the intense heat – literally – of foreign competition when
WINTER is set to tighten its grip on the region today and tomorrow following a day of disruption caused by snow and sub-zero temperatures. Scores of schools across North Yorkshire were closed yesterday and the snow brought long delays for rush-hour
TIS the season to be giving but – flipping yuletide – Christmas presents were in astounding abundance this past week. Generosity knew no bounds, especially falling upon Manchester United with a mind-boggling munificence. First off, Ryan Giggs. Almost
PLANS to display a giant picture of missing York chef Claudia Lawrence at Kings Cross station in London hit a snag when the electronic screen involved suffered technical problems. But the picture of 35-year-old Claudia will become part of the rolling
A FORMER East Yorkshire policeman who tried to rape a woman while in uniform has been jailed for five years. Lee Rackham, then a serving police officer, met the woman when he and another officer dealt with a domestic incident involving her and her husband
THE councillors who represent the ward covering the site of the former Terry’s factory say they are still worried about the scale of its proposed redevelopment and the traffic implications. Developers Grantside last week unveiled a scale model of the
THE police and York’s MP Hugh Bayley were out in the city centre last night, handing out condoms and water to revellers. The initiative was part of the ALTN8 scheme which aims to educate people into alternating alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and
POLITICAL heavyweights will join education and children’s services professionals at the NEEC2010 conference in York next month. Vernon Coaker, Minister of State for Schools and Learners; Michael Gove, Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools
SEWAGE has leaked into the River Foss in York. The Environment Agency said some sewage that had leaked from an overland sewage pipe in the Mill Hill area of Huntington had got into the river. Peter Stevenson, Environment Agency team leader, said: “
A FATHER and respected local footballer from York has lost his battle with cancer at the age of 43. Friends and team-mates have flooded the home of sports-loving Andrew Green, in Dringhouses, with cards of condolence. He was only diagnosed
NEW figures have revealed the number of mums aged 18 or under who gave birth at York Hospital rose by 45 per cent between 2003 and 2008. Last year, 96 babies were born at York Hospital to women aged 18 or under, compared to 66 in 2003 and 83 in 2007.
PATIENTS at a psychiatric hospital near York attacked staff when violence broke out following a review of a patient’s case, a court heard. Kelvin John, 33, Richard Cascarino, 24, and Ricky Williamson, 29, all residents at Stockton Hall Hospital, in
PANTO lovers failed see Berwick Kaler’s latest blockbuster were ruined after their bus into York failed to turn up. And when Myles Goodwill and Kayley Murray tried to complete the journey by car, they ran into further problems. The two, who had spent
WHEN I left school in Sydney in the 1950s I joined, for a few short years, that most respectable of institutions, a bank. Such a career offered the chance to travel, was safe and secure and had its own pension and medical schemes; but the pay was
I have recently returned from Copenhagen; I felt I simply had to find out what it was all about. As I suspected, it was more about T-shirts than science. Thousands of people were enjoying the friendly welcome of the city, but objective scientific
York Minster’s bid for £10 million lottery funding to restore the Great East Window is nearly a year behind schedule after officials admitted the first application for cash had not been robust enough (York Minster in £10m lottery bid, The Press, December
Ryedale Live! has produced a compilation CD of acoustic songs, designed for the Christmas present market while simultaneously raising money for Ryedale Special Families. The CD features 35 tracks, each one donated free of charge by performers who have
KIND-HEARTED North Yorkshire people are helping Operation Christmas Child send more than 20,800 shoeboxes full of presents to children facing difficult lives in around the world. The shoeboxes have been donated for children aged two to 14 by members
VISITORS to York Dungeon this Christmas will be transported back more than 360 years – to a time when the celebration was outlawed. The attraction in Clifford Street is winding the clock back to 1647, when puritan Oliver Cromwell banned Christmas.
The loss of the proposed HSBC data centre, a £250 million, 325,000 square foot development at Monks Cross, is a major setback for York. HSBC was certainly less affected by the turmoil brought upon us all by Americans selling dodgy mortgage finance
I was very interested and surprised to read Susan Wade Weeks’s recent letter championing Zac Goldsmith’s work on the environment. This has to beg the question of Mr Goldsmith, at a time when politicians are under greater scrutiny than ever, whether
IT was with great sadness that I read in The Press that the Isobel Dunn School of Dancing was to close its doors for the very last time. There was an open day for past and present dancers to have a chance to reminisce, which I happily went to
Recently I was in the waiting area for orthopaedics at York Hospital and picked up from a pile of magazines on the table a copy of Country Life, a fine arts issue, to read. Leafing through the first pages of property ads, I saw a request for a
Following your excellent articles on Hospital Heroes ending on Ward 26, and on reading the letter about the experience of Mr Smith while in Ward 26 as a patient (Making it a place to be proud of, December 16), it was heartening reading. I too received
“Ten years from now, why not New York to York and not New York to Leeds Bradford?” asks one of The Press’s readers (York deserves its own airport, Letters, December 14). Why not neither? I go from New York to York quite often. Getting a few miles from
WILDLIFE will be on the agenda at the next meeting of the Bridlington Renaissance Partnership town team. Keith Clarkson, area manager for the Royal Society For The Protection Of Birds (RSPB) will talk about proposals for the National Seabird Centre at
COUNCILLORS have told the Audit Commission to go away and check its figures after it published a major report into how City of York Council was performing. Members of the council’s executive welcomed the commission’s decision that its children’s services
ALCOHOL-fuelled troublemaker problems in a North Yorkshire market town have been cut due to a police crackdown. Thirsk Police are tackling the issue which has raised complaints from locals regularly over the last few years. Now they are working with
A PROPOSED massive housing development in York is free of a potential stumbling block, after councillors rejected plans to turn the site into a nature reserve. City of York Council’s planning committee threw out Mark Warters’s application to change
A WEBSITE enabling diners to check out the cleanliness of York’s restaurants, pubs, bars and takeaways has been hailed a success after delivering a boost to hygiene standards. Under the scheme, star ratings from food hygiene inspections carried out
How perfect, walking up to the Minster through the first snow flurry of Christmas on Thursday, arriving early and staying wrapped in coat and scarf to watch the preparations. The candle-lighting is so much a ceremony in itself that Alvan White
PLANS for a raft of housing developments in Ryedale will be considered by councillors next week. Among the proposals is one for 15 houses to the north of Askham Bryan College in Swainsea Lane, Pickering. Officials have advised the district council’s
TWO teenagers were so fed up of having nothing to do in Tadcaster that they took matters into their own hands. Billy Wharton, 15, and Matthew Towse, 16, are organising an ultra violet party at the town’s Riley Smith Hall between 7pm and 11pm on Monday
WEST Burton is a ‘show village’ of the Dales, wrote Marie Hartley and Joan Ingilby in 1956. It is set in the mouth of Waldendale, otherwise named Walden, which is a Wensleydale side valley of significance. They wrote that “to make a circuit of
CHRISTMAS is all about traditions. In recent years, I’ve taken to making my own Christmas crackers, which includes trying to think up some suitable jokes. I’ve failed miserably in my attempts so far and have resorted to a Google search for suitably groanworthy
WE jump out of our seats as Scrooge comes tumbling out of the cinema screen, almost falling on to our laps. No, we haven’t been on the sherry – we are at Vue cinema in York, watching the 3D version of Disney’s latest movie, A Christmas Carol. The dark
YORK City juniors signed off for Christmas with a 3-1 victory over Lincoln. Jamie Hopcutt’s brace and a Dom Brown goal saw the Minstermites overturn a 1-0 deficit at the break following a host of spurned chances. The home side’s best chance of the
York City Baths Club’s 14-strong squad performed excellently to reel in 15 medals and no fewer than 24 top-ten finishes in the North East Region Swimming Association Short course BAGCAT Championships at the Aquatics Centre in Sunderland. Heading the
Osbaldwick were far too strong for Rawcliffe ‘B’ when they ran out 8-2 winners in the York FA Junior Minor Cup. Freddy Robinson led the way with four goals with two apiece for Connor O’Dea and Ryan Shepherd. Thorpe United turned up the heat after half-time
York Schoolboy Under-11s slumped to their heaviest defeat for many a year when succumbing 5-1 to a physical Sheffield. Second best in most areas, York could have no complaints, though they started the brighter. Angus Richardson caused problems for
A 4-2 win over visiting Grimsby ensured York Schoolboys Under-15s finished the year on a high. York started with a high tempo and pace and Joe Parnell, Dan Wilson and Mike Atkinson all went close early on. But for all that Grimsby took the lead in
EIGHT out of eight was the festive sign-off for York schoolboys U12s after a deserved 3-1 win at Leeds. York started the stronger and opened the scoring after five minutes when Liam Neale headed home a Joey McCormick corner. After Matty Parker was
Rob Cooney scored five out of the six of the best show from Pocklington Town to confirm a 6-1 victory over Easingwold Town in their York Mitchell League Under-12s first division duel. The win put the Pocklington crew level on points with Selby Town
YORK Acorn ARLC under-18s reached the Yorkshire League Cup quarter-finals after beating an under-strength Drighlington 34-14. Matt Woods (2), Joel Johnson (2), Eddie Clapham, Gareth Smith and Joe Porter all crossed the whitewash as gaps in the ten-man
IF YOU are looking for a link with James Cameron’s career-defining Titanic, it would be human folly in the face of nature’s greater power. This is the message behind his follow-up epic journey, weaving this eternal notion into a heavy-handed futuristic
A two-day course for hockey players aged ten to 17, who wish to develop their skills and techniques, will be held at Pocklington School from December 21 and 22 from 10am to 6pm. The course costs £70 and places are limited. For further information phone
THESE teenage short mat bowlers from North Duffield Bowls Club have scooped the County Fours Championship. Competing against 17 rival teams in the open age event, the youngsters defeated a team of club-mates, who won the previous year’s tournament, in
Dunnington Magpies lost 4-2 in the Hull Boys Sunday League first division to St Andrews. Dunnington started the better but went behind on 17 minutes. A long ball over the top caught out a static Magpies defence for the St Andrews centre forward to
ALL-CONQUERING Rawcliffe Tigers FC Under-13s have netted a two-year sponsorship deal. The youngsters have lost only one game all season, their run encompassing the York Minor League, the York FA Cup, the League Cup and the North Riding County Cup. That
City of York Hockey Club Under-12 girls ‘A’ team came agonisingly close to a full nap hand of impressive victories in the year’s final Yorkshire Youth League programme. The team lived up to their ‘A’-rank billing at Pocklington with four wins and one
YORK Schoolboys Under-14s continued their fine form with a 2-0 win over Grimsby. The youngsters started the game well with Alex Horsman and Chris Banks keeping a lively Grimsby forward line under control for most of the match. Oliver Adamson, Sam Ripley
Terrington Hall’s first XV celebrated an outstanding rugby season with four of their players selected for the Under-13 Northern Barbarians prep schools’ squad. Captain Nick Foxley, Sam Nordli, Jake Stephenson and Matthew Wilson will represent the region
HAIRDRESSERS can be a useful source of information and it is from one that we heard about this venue. It is at the furthest end of Goodramgate adjacent to Monkbar and was established about three months ago. Level access through the deli leads to a remarkably
A 300-year-old pub just 12 miles from York has re-opened after lying empty for months. The Blacksmiths Arms in Westow closed in February. New owners Mark and Jane Scholefield believe the pub offers a good opportunity to serve reasonably-priced, home-cooked
