A MAN has been killed in a road traffic collision in North Yorkshire today. The incident occurred on the A168 near the junction for Marton cum Grafton, after the Renault being driven by the 61-year-old Leeds man was in collision with a Citroen C4. North
IF you have a family member who loves local history, you needn’t be stuck for ideas when it comes to Christmas gifts this year. A succession of superb local history books has come out in the past few weeks, in perfect time for the Christmas market.
ANOTHER venue that has changed hands since our last visit. And another offering only Italian food. The menu displayed in the window indicated that the prices were outside our budget. However, an additional notice showed that an express lunch of pasta
SOME people will tell you they don’t like beer. Those people are wrong. Sure, that’s a bit arrogant, but it’s true. You see, although it’s not always obvious in your typical British local, the beer spectrum is unbelievably wide. So wide, in
IT IS frustrating not to be able to get out into the garden; it feels like weeks since I’ve been out for any length of time. Indeed the only jobs done over the past couple of weeks have been trips to the compost heap and a few shakes of the evergreens
Question: What is the most popular wine at Christmas? Answer: “Do I have to eat my Brussels sprouts?” Yes, it’s that time of year again and, as is traditional, I’ve started it with a lame joke! Also keeping with tradition, here are my 12 wines of
My overriding memory of Shakespeare’s birthplace was one of brilliant white buildings – even McDonalds was stripped of its signature red and yellow – and a somewhat sleepy atmosphere. And, The Bard’s own Juliet was somewhat bustier and more curvaceous
IF you’ve been to Mount Grace Priory, at Saddle Bridge on the edge of the North York Moors, you’ll probably remember it for the peace and beauty of its setting, and the flavour it gives of the lives of Carthusian monks who lived here in the 14th and
WHILE I would never condone such scenes of regrettable violence on the streets of our capital city, I feel we must recognise the far more aggressive action which took place inside the House of Commons on Thursday. When Members of Parliament voted in
A TOP UK triathlete returned to his old school in York to help reward pupils’ achievements. Former Huntington School pupil Philip Graves, 21, is now a professional Ironman triathlete and joined hundreds of parents, staff, governors and pupils at the
Lib Dem Chris Wiggin would do well to remember that it is Vince Cable spearheading the massive tuition fees hike, and it is his party that are making this change possible and preventing “a full and proper debate” (The Press, December 7). Indeed, as
I FIND a mixture of irony and bare-faced cheek in Labour Coun Fraser’s finger-pointing on the issue of Lib Dem MPs and tuition fees. He accuses them of hypocrisy – well let’s not forget it was his party who introduced those fees, and increased them
GRADUATES will repay their fees with ever cheaper money over many years as inflation devalues it, and their pay increases to meet the ever rising costs of living. The extra tax they eventually pay from high earnings will be no higher than that paid
I JUST wanted to write and tell everyone what a wonderful husband I have. During the cold, treacherous weather he has continued to supply his customers with coal (some of whom rely on it as their only source of heat). Over the past few weeks, he
I WOULD be grateful if someone could explain to me how City of York Council can spend in excess of £6 million on deciding where they are to have their nice new offices but – as last year – cannot resource snow/ice clearing from roads and footpaths.
I TOO have suffered frozen water pipes, despite having the heating on for 24 hours. Having wooden floors, the air bricks which ventilate the area under the floorboards were letting in freezing cold air such that the pipes under the floor boards adjacent
SANDY FRASER accuses the Liberal Democrats of hypocrisy over tuition fees (Letters, December 8). That claim might carry more weight had it not come from a representative of the party that reneged twice on the issue of tuition fees, introducing them
I AM mum to a five-month-old baby and, since the snow arrived a couple of weeks ago, I have been more or less housebound. The pavements surrounding my house are a hazardous mulch of snow and ice through which it is nearly impossible to move a buggy
COULD you please help me to thank the woman and young man who helped me last Saturday outside Asda when I fell. There are a lot of kind people in the world. Thank you. Mrs D Lynch, Calverts Garth, Sheriff Hutton, York.
YOUNGSTERS from Thirsk Falcons Juniors Football Club Under-8s are pictured sporting a new kit thanks to sponsorship from Northallerton-based Chatsworth Windows. Coach Geoff Nash said: “The new kit should last us for a couple of seasons and will help
York-based building services company, SES, extended its relationship with All Saints RC School by sponsoring a brand new kit for the senior boys’ football team. The donation forms part of a long-standing partnership between SES and neighbouring All
A GROUP of young Ryedale runners have retained a trophy for the best small school in a ten-kilometre charity challenge. Nine pupils aged between seven and 11 from West Heslerton Primary School, took part in the McCain Yorkshire Coast run alongside parents
POCKLINGTON School pupil Abbie Brant has retained her place in the England Under-18s hockey squad after trials ahead of the 2010/11 season. Georgia Byas, a former pupil, was also selected for the U18 team. Fixtures both home and abroad will start
NATIONAL glory – that’s the no-quarter given motivational force providing a renaissance in the city’s amateur boxing status. York Boxing Club is standing in the corner gazing at the possibility of one of its best seasons for many a year with 2011 earmarked
Pocklington School and Lyndhurst School trampoline teams have qualified from the Yorkshire Schools championships to advance to the regional championships to be be held in Belfast. The two teams travelled to Hull for the latest competition at the Bonus
FRUSTRATION continues to mount at York City Knights over the perceived deadlock concerning the new community stadium. The Knights have issued an official statement bemoaning the stalemate, saying talks between project partners had broken down with no
YORK City supporter Shaun Pearson is hoping to dump his boyhood heroes out of the FA Trophy today. The Boston United centre back landed his dream draw when the Pilgrims were handed an away tie at Bootham Crescent in the first round and is relishing
FORMER York City striker Chris Jones is backing Gary Mills’ class of 2010/11 to equal a long-standing club record. Jones was a member of the 1973/4 side that enjoyed seven consecutive clean sheets on the way to clinching promotion to the
A REBEL York councillor has been suspended from his party following his scathing attack on its leadership. The action was taken against Coun Christian Vassie after he accused Liberal Democrat chiefs who control City of York Council of “a lack
YORK City boss Gary Mills turned the first sod at a ceremony to mark the start of work to build Poppleton Tigers’ new clubhouse. When the Millfield Lane site is finished, it will boast a new four-changing room clubhouse, with meeting and training facilities
AN era will come to an end in the Wakefield Workshops Bowling League when York-born Phil Wray steps down as secretary – after 32 years in the role. Wray, who was born in 1947 and educated at Archbishop Holgate Grammar School before joining the West Riding
TWO defeats in the only brace of fixtures to beat the freeze ensured a bleak week at York University. The netball seconds lost their first match of the season 48-26 to crash out the BUCS Northern Conference Cup to a dominant Newcastle University thirds
NEXT year’s Bramham International Horse Trials have landed a major boost. The event, which will run at the world-famous Bramham course in North Yorkshire from June 2 to 5, is to be sponsored by tourism agency Welcome to Yorkshire. Welcome to Yorkshire
York Knavesmire Harriers collected a number of medals in the final cross-country race in Wakefield. The course was re-routed due to the wintry weather which brought freezing temperatures but it remained ideal for cross-country running. Caroline
Newcomers York RI ‘E’, who only gained entry to division two by a solitary vote, have gone to the top of the table in the CE Electric York and District Table Tennis League. Their ascent to peak spot was confirmed after they thumped Holgate ‘D’ 9-1.
RACING’S campaign to aid Tony McCoy in his bid to become the first ever jockey to win the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year award, takes on extra impetus at Cheltenham today when the feature race has been renamed the Vote A.P. McCoy Gold Cup. It would
TOP of the world down under – for now anyway. England’s glorious triumph at Adelaide over the Australians cheered us up no end in Blighty. Beating the Aussies is always a beaut, even at anything – tiddly-winks, shopping, queueing, shovelling snow
Updated: A LABOURER has been locked up indefinitely for killing teenage jockeys Jan Wilson and Jamie Kyne in North Yorkshire, but police say questions remain unanswered for their families. Peter William Brown, 38, was sentenced at Leeds Crown
Yorkshire’s best bleaters have appeared on YouTube in the hope of becoming Christmas number one. Gladys, Gertrude and Greta from goat dairy company St Helen’s Farm, at Seaton Ross, in East Yorkshire, appear singing carols for the public’s votes.
TWO rare wartime mementoes of a famous British submarine will go under the hammer next week after being discovered gathering dust in a Selby council depot. HMS Sturgeon, a long-range patrol submarine which was responsible for the Second World War’s first
SCORES of households in York will spend Christmas in temporary accommodation in the wake of soaring homelessness, housing charity Shelter has claimed. The charity said statistics from the Department for Communities and Local Government had revealed 58
MOTORISTS in North Yorkshire have been warned by police that although temperatures have risen across the region, driving conditions are still hazardous. The recent snow has started to melt in many places across the county, but low overnight temperatures
THE Press has received a prestigious award for “crystal clear reporting” from the Plain English Campaign. The newspaper received the national award for best regional newspaper at a ceremony held yesterday at Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester.
THE York City FA Trophy match against Boston United will go ahead today, after the pitch passed an early morning inspection. The game, against Boston United, kicks off at 3pm.
POLICE chiefs in North Yorkshire have teamed up with neighbouring forces to draw up a masterplan they hope will save hundreds of thousands of pounds. The region’s most senior officers have launched talks with their counterparts from South Yorkshire,
THE cause of a fire which killed a 74-year-old man remains a mystery, an inquest heard. John Thompson, of Albion Avenue, Acomb,York, a retired electronics engineer, died on August 5, 2009 after being dragged out of the house by firefighter. They were
STUDENT leaders in York have given their reaction to the Government’s education bill. MPs voted in favour of the basic university fee cap rise from £3,290 to £6,000 and for universities in England to be able to charge £9,000 in “exceptional” circumstances
YORK confectionery giant Nestlé is planning to close its Castleford factory with the loss of 210 jobs - although the company plans to offer staff alternative work elsewhere. A spokesman said seasonal manufacturing currently takes place at Halifax
A NIGHT of action was staged across railway stations in North Yorkshire as the British Transport Police tackle anti-social behaviour over the festive season. Operation Garland, a region-wide campaign, will run throughout December and into January
