CLOSE OF PLAY UPDATE: Yorkshire closed on 111-3 in their second innings after day three of the Roses clash with Lancashire at Old Trafford. The Tykes will head into the final day of the County Championship division one game with a lead of 200 after
SCHEMES in Scarborough and York are to be affected by £40 million of cuts that regional development agency Yorkshire Forward has had to cut from its 2010/11 budget. York Central has had £40,000 cut from £140,000 the agency had allocated it
MORE Jarvis workers could be re-employed as Network Rail is about to renegotiate two further Jarvis Rail contracts. York Central MP Hugh Bayley was told that Network Rail would soon finalise the negotiations in a meeting with Business Secretary Vince
TEA UPDATE: Lancashire avoided the follow-on this afternoon thanks to a ninth-wicket partnership of 121 between Kyle Hogg and Luke Sutton. Yorkshire will be kicking themselves that they could not take the final four Red Rose wickets for less than 111
THE man at the helm of dealing with the effects of UK climate change has seen first-hand how York is looking to go green. Chris Huhne, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, took a tour around North Yorkshire’s first Energy Centre, at Solarwall
A PUB in York is hosting a fundraising day to help send a three-year-old boy with terminal cancer to Disneyland in Florida. Blaise Etheridge-Clark, of Rawcliffe, in York, is receiving 12 months of chemotherapy in the hope it will prolong his life by
TAKE-UP of school meals has reached 90 per cent at Haxby Road Primary School in York. The school offers fresh meals cooked from scratch by the York-based caterer, Dolce, with a system that allows children to pre-order meals so they are guaranteed to
GIANT chocolate eggs and a furry duck have helped raise nearly £10,000 for the work of York’s St Leonard’s Hospice. The hospice asked more than 150 business and organisations to run an Easter competition, with customers paying £1 for a numbered square
A dozen cyclists from nine countries over three continents stopped in York for this week’s Towards Carfree Cities Conference. The Ecotopia Biketour, a moving caravan of activists, has crossed Europe annually since 1990, travelling country to country,
MACMILLAN Cancer Support is looking for runners to join its team for the Jane Tomlinson York 10k this summer. The charity still has places available for fundraisers wanting to take part in the race on August 1. To register, log on to macmillan.org.uk
STORYTELLING, cycling, dressing up, planting, bubblers and parachute games – these were just a few of the things children could get involved in at the Clifton and Burton Early Years Fun Day. The event, held in York’s Homestead Park, also had a toy
A CHARITY dance is to be held at Bishopthorpe Village Hall on Saturday, July 24. There will be ballroom, Latin, sequence and jive dancing, and dancers of all abilities are welcome. Tickets cost £4.50 and guests are invited to bring their own food
York’s unsung heroes were recognised at an awards ceremony. MATT CLARK went along to meet some of the winners. WHEN Emily Gee and her pals at St Peter’s School held a tea dance in April, they pulled out the stops to make sure their guests had a great
PUPILS at a York school have been flying the flag for the armed forces as residents and visitors in the city are urged to show their support for a celebration of bravery. Major John Kyle was presented with a globe by youngsters at St Lawrence
AN UNUSUAL lobster is settling into his new home at Scarborough Sea Life Centre. The red and black crustacean was plucked from the seabed by a reel fisherman off the Bridlington coast. Marine expert Todd German said: “There have been unusual coloured
Delicious dishes from around the world were on the menu when York school children hosted a dinner party with a difference. The “Come Dine With Me”-style event was cooked up by students at the University of York, who spent four weeks working with Year
MORE than 100 pupils from 24 schools across York, North Yorkshire and the north-east took part in The Third Physics Olympics at St Peter’s School. The event was designed to promote the fun and practical nature of physics. Each school brought a team
BY thinking inside the box, Colleen and Tony Hunt, of Barmston Organics, are making a success of their venture. Their “box scheme” is proving a huge success. Participants buy boxes of their latest organic food, farmed and sold on their 168 acres at Elm
LAUGH out loud! Terry Anne Scholes plans to chortle her way to victory in The Press Business Awards 2010. Terry Anne – also the name of her business based in Stillingfleet – is a hypnotherapist and self-styled “laughter practitioner”. Her “laughter
LUNCH UPDATE: Lancashire’s middle to lower order have fought back well during the third morning at Old Trafford. The Red Rose county are 15 runs away from avoiding the follow on with two wickets still remaining. Replying to Yorkshire’s 447 all out
NEW Business Of The Year has a new champion. York Science Park Ltd has joined the line up of illustrious sponsors of The Press Business Awards 2010 to back the category. The company, based on the University of York campus, offers a home on its 21 acres
THE YORK Central development has become a victim of regional development agency Yorkshire Forward’s £40.27 million cuts. Yorkshire Forward will save £40,000 in the year 2010 to 2011 from cutting the funding it had pledged for consultancy work
Updated: York City’s newest addition Peter Till turned down overtures from Port Vale and Burton Albion to sign for the Minstermen. The winger told The Press he had been made to feel wanted by York manager Martin Foyle as he spurned the League
Peter Till has never played non-League football. York City’s new signing tells STEVE CARROLL why he has decided to try the Blue Square Bet Premier with the Minstermen. THERE are those that will tell you that League football is everything. The be all
A FAMOUS victory over 15-time world champion Phil Taylor has propelled York darts ace Chris Thompson to the brink of a coveted place in the StanJames.com World Matchplay. Thompson produced a gritty display to beat Taylor 6-5 in the quarter-finals
Woodhouse Grange claimed a ten-run victory in a fluctuating game at Dunnington to take top spot in Foss Evening Cricket League division one. Woodhouse got off to a flyer thanks to Tom Quinn (21), but Sam Tattersall (3-29) had his fielders to
EASINGWOLD and Newburgh tied their Pilmoor Evening Cricket League clash after a dramatic 20-over contest. Easingwold batted first and Paul Skilbeck made more than half his side’s score, contributing 58 as they were all out for 109. Dave Taylor (4-26
THE York Schoolboy Under-15s football squad for next season has been chosen. Following recent trials, the squad will meet for training at York College on Monday, July 12 at 6.30pm. Text Paul on 07718 186562 if unavailable. Squad: Josh Archer, Tom
Adil Rashid says he is enjoying the hectic nature of the county season, and has declared “I am improving day by day.” The emerging leg-spinner led Yorkshire’s attack superbly on the second day of the Roses match at Old Trafford yesterday with three wickets
IT was three and out for Pickering potter Paul Davison as he was trumped at the first Players Tour Championship. The snooker professional reached the third round of the new event, held at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, before falling 4-2 to
Simple Jim loves going to the seaside, and to Redcar in particular. Tomorrow evening, the North Yorkshire gelding can chalk up a hat-trick of wins at the course to take his track tally to four successes. Owned by Roger Fell, who has a yard at Nawton
THIS coalition Government may well break the record for the shortest honeymoon period in history. With the recent budget, VAT increase, job losses, lack of inward investment, reduction in manufacturing, increased unemployment, pension and retirement
Updated: POLICE today appealed for witnesses as they investigated a crash in which a York motorist was critically injured. The accident happened early yesterday on a bend on the B1224 York to Wetherby Road near Bilton in Ainsty. The
ROADS across Yorkshire are among the worst in Britain, a national road safety charity claimed today. The Road Safety Foundation figures also branded the A645 Camblesforth to Rawcliffe road, south of Selby, as one of the top ten highest risk roads in
Does anyone know Helen? I damaged her car in York Hospital two months ago. I promised to pay a settlement fee and I have lost her surname and telephone number. I would like her to contact me on my mobile (07870407560). John Miller, Moor Lane,
HAS the cycle lane at Clifton Green been a success and was it worth it financially? That’s the question many, including councillors are asking themselves, so here is the chance for you to decide based on the exact figures. Firstly the actual cost was
ON JUNE 21, R Barker responded to my letter in support of the Gaza freedom convoy. R Barker states that “women in Palestine aren’t allowed to voice their opinions or even leave their house alone”. That would mean that the 50 per cent of women
FOUR knifepoint robberies which have taken place in York over the last six months remain unsolved. Detectives have issued an appeal to residents to cast their minds back to the times of the robberies, in the hope they may remember some details
I WOULD like to invite City of York Council to put into place bollards across the A1036 at the junction of Malton Road and New Lane, with a rising bollard for the bus lane and residents’ only. This will then close our road to the rats using it. I
THE England team has failed again, and the media and “experts” are in overdrive about what went so wrong. I think the following reasons were the main cause of the very poor results: 1. Having a foreigner as manager (he cannot have the motivation and
THIS one is especially for readers who regularly have to write reports or who do creative work. It’s also brilliant for CV writing. The tip is based on the “wood for trees” principle. Sometimes you get far too close to apiece of work to see it
A husband and wife caught in a raid by a York-based anti-counterfeiting team face a joint court bill of nearly £90,000. Bus driver Paramjit Singh, 46, and part-time worker Surinder Kaur, 45, set up a commercial operation selling clothes with
BILLOWING cornfields line the little road from Hessay to Long Marston in a scene of tranquillity. Only birdsong breaks the silence. It’s hardly changed in centuries – except once, that is, on a momentous July day more than 350 years ago.
THREE people have been arrested following the robbery and assault of a taxi driver in York. A 23-year-old woman, a 55-year-old man and a 17-year-old youth, all from the York area were taken into custody before being released on bail. Detectives
Sunflowers coloured and decorated by schoolchildren have gone on display at the National Railway Museum in York to mark the 25th anniversary of the opening of the city’s St Leonard’s Hospice. Children from 14 schools in York and the surrounding area
A GROUP of taxi drivers has broken ranks with fellow cabbies in a landmark dispute that could cost dozens of people tens of thousands of pounds in investments. A bitter row has erupted among cabbies in York over the ownership and renting of hackney plates
VILLAGES and communities could gain the right to protect their pubs and other local services from property developers under a North Yorkshire MP’s proposed new law. Nigel Adams, MP for Selby and Ainsty, will today put a private members’ bill before the
ONE of the leading figures in a previous battle to save Selby Magistrates’ Court has joined The Press’s campaign to keep it open. John Grogan, Selby’s MP until April 12, says he was staggered to hear of Ministry of Justice plans to close the courthouse
THE handling of the recent HIV scare at York Hospital has been described as “disgraceful” by one of the city’s leading academics. Professor David Maughan Brown, deputy vice-chancellor of York St John University, has accused NHS bosses of not caring
A THUG who kicked an off-duty police officer in the head in an unprovoked attack has been jailed. Policeman Paul Woodmason was enjoying a night out in York with his wife and fellow officer Katy, when Lee Codona came up behind them and punched Mr Woodmason
JOHNSON Service Group, the parent company of Johnsons Dry Cleaning, has bought eight contracts from Jarvis’ facilities management division for about £3 million. The company’s facilities management division SGP has completed the acquisition
TRANSPORT chiefs did not predict the traffic problems caused by a controversial York cycling scheme when it was designed, a report revealed today. A City of York Council task group has analysed snags surrounding the Water End cycle initiative, which
COUNCIL chiefs have confirmed a massive incinerator is set to be built on the site of a North Yorkshire quarry as they aim to cut their waste bills by more than £300 million. As suggested in The Press yesterday, Allerton quarry and landfill site, between
MOST people in North Yorkshire feel safe while walking alone – and confidence in the police is on the rise, according to a new survey. The study of attitudes towards the way communities are protected by North Yorkshire Police has revealed the streets
COUNCILLORS have reacted with anger to a decision by First York to shorten the route of one of its bus services. From August, the company’s Number 13 service between Copmanthorpe and Monks Cross will end at Elmfield Avenue, Heworth, ruling out trips
COUNCIL chiefs are set to borrow £1 million to push York’s new swimming pool project forward. The extra cash will go towards creating an £8.9 million, 25-metre facility at the University of York’s mammoth Heslington East campus extension and is expected
