The Labour - Conservative tug of war, for the exclusive power and personal gain which first past the post brought them for over 40 years, starts as they leave their corners for a May election. We cover the cost and big money adds its weight behind
THIEVES have stolen thousands of pounds of cigarettes from a newsagent’s shop in York. They struck while a delivery was being made, outside London’s at the junction of East Parade and Mill Lane, Heworth. The driver of a P & H Retail Distributions wagon
A postwoman was thrown to the ground and her van stolen in a mail robbery in Selby District. The 31-year old was delivering in Eggborough when a man pushed her and stole the keys to her van. She tried to pull the keys from the ignition as the man drove
This is the latest list of school closures for today, according to local councils: York – Manor CE Secondary; Osbaldwick Primary; Scarcroft Primary; and Dringhouses Primary; and St Mary's Primary. All Saints’ RC Secondary will close at 2.15pm
Arctic conditions also affected one of the city’s largest shopping centres. York Designer Outlet kept its doors closed this morning. Centre manager Louise Wilcock, centre manager at York Designer Outlet said: “Due to extreme weather conditions
A FORMER soldier put himself through the pain of having his body hair waxed to raise money for treatment that could save the life of a York boy. John Hastie got his chest and armpits waxed at Dannie Lea Hair & Beauty, in Micklegate, York, raising almost
WHISPER it, but as we enter 2010 there are signs that the worst recession in living memory might just be easing. It’s not over by any means, but in the Yorkshire property market, a possible upturn should be taken seriously. That is the view of David
WHAT to do with broken eggs from hens, or working out whether a sixth cow is affordable, are not the usual kinds of problems faced by York management consultant John Hattam. John’s firm, Scintillate, is used to advising massive organisations like the
MARTIN Ibbetson, managing partner of Yorkshire Bank’s York-based North Yorkshire Financial Solutions Centre has been promoted to another top regional job. He has been appointed as a new assistant regional director to help develop the bank’s integrated
YORK City have rearranged their Blue Square Premier trip to Histon for Tuesday, February 2 (7.45pm). City have also agreed to travel to Grays Athletic on Tuesday, March 2 (7.45pm). The Minstermen have yet to rearrange their game away to
Could I just say a big thank-you to a section of industry that at the best gets overlooked or, even worse, badly abused. I am referring to the often maligned white van man. Over the past two weeks of extraordinary weather and driving conditions
Who can use salt? Reading the letter regarding salt bins and restrictions for the use of, can someone clarify the situation on this? I was aware bins are to be used by the public; well, that’s what it says on the bins in our area. Our bins are supported
York City manager Martin Foyle has hit back against national tabloid criticism of the club. The City chief has objected to reports in yesterday’s Sun, Mirror and Daily Mail questioning City’s decision not to have an overnight stay ahead
I saw a gritter vehicle on the footpath last week. Oh yes I did, it was behind me! If we take a leaf out of the pantomime and shout abracadabra will it appear again? On a similar note, if statistics were available from the NHS I am sure the figures
I JUST have to respond to Terry Smith’s “Europe for sale” (Letters, December 23). I can say with almost certainty that the people of York do not feel the same about the European Market. The comments I’ve heard about it vindicate this view. You
IF you cast your vote for the Tory Party in the next election, you will be supporting the return of hounds chasing and killing sentient beings, ie the fox. As the law stands now, the hunts can go out riding with hounds, but this isn’t enough for
IT WAS typical of the BBC, with most of the world’s top entertainers at their disposal, to present us on New Year’s Eve with a convict on licence from prison, wearing an electronic tag round his ankles and sporting a stupid green, oversized trilby on
YORK City manager Martin Foyle fears the big freeze might have handed Stevenage Borough an advantage in the fight for promotion from the Blue Square Premier. The Hertfordshire outfit were the only top-four side able to avoid postponements and play
York City Knights have named a strong squad for Sunday’s friendly against arch-rivals Hunslet Hawks – with player/assistant-coach Chris Thorman set to make his bow. Championship One foes Hunslet, now bossed by former Knights player-coach Paul March
TO the outside world, the young woman had the perfect life; a dream job in the media and about to marry the man of her dreams. But it was all a mask. Behind the super-confident façade was uncertainty and self-loathing that led the young woman to drink
I VISIT York regularly and tend to use the Park&Ride facilities. But unfortunately on Boxing Day it was closed, and I parked my car in a major car park, close to the city centre by the side of the River Ouse. To my disappointment I realised that I
CLIFTON boxer Lee Stewart has been tipped as one of York’s brightest prospects. The backing for Stewart, who has lifted the Yorkshire and Humberside novices regional title for the past two years, won the support of the city’s oldest current professional
Leeds United boss Simon Grayson has told any club casting admiring glances in his direction to forget it. With the managerial merry-go-round about to start spinning as Bolton wait to speak with Owen Coyle, minds are already beginning to turn to who
OFFICIALS are already fearing the worst ahead of this weekend’s RJF Beckett Homes Football League programme. Snow and frost have combined to thwart the Ryedale league’s clubs since before Christmas and secretary Keith Sales believes Saturday’s fixtures
AMATEUR golfers are being urged to sign up for the new Yorkshire Matchplay Golf Championship. The knockout competition will be played in a matchplay format, initially on a regional basis with the winners of each section progressing to the Grand
Martyn Moxon has backed Yorkshire pair Azeem Rafiq and Joe Root to have a major future in the game as they prepare to shine with England at the forthcoming Under-19s World Cup in New Zealand. Off-spinner and national captain Rafiq and opening batsman
A LIFETIME of sporting memories have been placed in print by an Appleton Roebuck resident. When Parkinson’s disease forced John Waterhouse to end his competitive days the 70-year-old spent nine months writing a book charting his love of local
ONE thing I forgot for 2010 was making New Year resolutions. It’s probably a good job, because if I’d made one about being more relaxed and not getting angry I would have broken it already, big time. So let me get my angst out in the open right now
I hate all the soul-searching that comes with New Year. At no other time do we spend hours dwelling on such questions as ‘Where did I go wrong?’ and ‘What can I do to change my life?’ No-one spends hours analysing their existence in May, August, or
THEY are certainly high achievers at Canon Lee Specialist Arts College – as this Press photograph demonstrates. Five girls from Years 7 and 8 were chosen from the Trampolining Club to represent the school at the Yorkshire Schools’ Trampolining competition
Mick Easterby may be a veteran of the training ranks, but he retains plenty of enthusiasm for the whole racing game and, with his horses in such good form, the Sheriff Hutton handler remains a man for punters to keep on the right side of. Tomorrow
WETHERBY Racecourse chief executive Jonjo Sanderson is keeping his fingers crossed the wintry weather will soon turn. The West Yorkshire track had to abandon yesterday’s fixture because of a frozen track – as reported in The Press yesterday – in addition
Updated: A POLICE investigation was under way today after a man’s body was recovered from the River Ouse. The alarm was raised at around 3pm yesterday when passers-by saw the body floating face-down in the water near the toll bridge in Selby
AN INVESTIGATION is being launched into City of York Council’s gritting of roads and pavements, as the Arctic blast tightens its grip on the region. With further snow expected tonight and tomorrow, York MP Hugh Bayley says he is concerned about
THE Met Office’s severe weather warnings for this week have prompted Ryedale Live! promoter Rob Davies to call off Friday’s concert in Hovingham. “In view of the rural location of Hovingham Village Hall, the difficulty travelling there, plus the limited
AN AIR passenger from York was among thousands of travellers stranded at an American airport following a security alert on Sunday. Alison Day was due to fly from Newark Airport in New York State to Manchester, when dozens of flights were grounded after
MORE than 20,000 people have signed a petition calling for the popular Christmas ice rink to return to the Eye Of York next year, with more signatures still coming in. Organisers of the Ice Factor, which closed on Sunday after attracting almost
A GIRL of 13 has been arrested along with two 16-year-old boys in connection with a fire which destroyed a 400-year-old house in Bishopthorpe village. Firefighters from Acomb and York were called to Ferry Cottage in Ferry Lane, Bishopthorpe, at 9.45pm
INVESTIGATIONS have revealed that York Minster’s priceless Great East Window has escaped unharmed from last week’s dramatic fire scare. A dozen staff have been working round the clock to move the medieval glass to St Stephen’s Chapel in the Minster,
PLANNERS have provided a York community with an answer to the grave question of where its residents can bury their dead – by allowing a new cemetery to be created. Villagers in Dunnington have won permission to build a burial ground which will
HIDDEN pieces of York’s past have been unearthed, during work on the £2 million refurbishment of the Yorkshire Museum. Concealed doors, unseen windows and even the former living quarters of a previous curator have been uncovered following the removal
POLICE are appealing for information to help trace a missing North Yorkshire man. Ian Simpkin, aged 36, of South View, Wath, near Ripon, left home on foot at 10am last Sunday. His concerned parents raised the alarm at 6.15pm on Sunday after he failed
A CAR has been hit by a train on a North Yorkshire railway line this morning as some of the heaviest snow of the winter fell on the region. The collision, involving a TransPennine Express service, happened at around 8.15am today at Hagg Lane
A PENSIONER is lucky to be alive after going missing in snow during his daily walk in North Yorkshire. The 77-year-old turned up after a major search by police and mountain rescue teams, after spending more than eight hours overnight in freezing conditions
A PRIZE-WINNING locally-born novelist is set to return to York for the city’s annual literature festival. York-born author Kate Atkinson is to take part in an event at York St John University on March 25 as part of the fourth York Literature Festival
