YORKSHIRE need an unlikely 402 runs on the final day to win their County Championship division one clash with Durham at Headingley. The Tykes closed day three on 88-2 after Durham had declared their second innings on 311-6. After an opening stand
A THREE-HOUR rain delay stalled York golfer Simon Dyson's progress at the Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur. Dyson, who carded a magnificent 64 on Friday, could only complete nine holes of his third round before bad light stopped play on Saturday.
GARY MILLS tasted Bootham Crescent defeat for the first time as York City boss as they went down 2-1 to his old club Tamworth. Former Minstermen midfielder Ben Wilkinson put the visitors in front on 26 minutes and Kyle Perry made it 2-0
IT is always a delight to see Beth Orton out and about, but it is not clear why she is playing a cluster of low-key dates this spring. Now 40, she last released an album in 2006: Comfort Of Strangers, the one Orton CD available to buy on Wednesday
SPRING cannot pass by without a mention of daffodils, although it is strange this year that they will almost be over by the time Easter arrives. The daffodils in our garden started at the end of February with the emergence of miniature varieties such
WHAT is the price of putting on Arthur Miller plays? A worryingly small gathering was in attendance on the night we were in, and not for the first time the greatest American playwright of the 20th Century was not doing great business. Evidence would
IT was another sold out Stereo show, the audience this time mobilised for the hotly-tipped Brother, widely touted as Slough’s answer to Oasis or the Stone Roses. Their level of bravado didn’t disappoint. “I feel like we’re making history here tonight
WATCHING John Foxton at work is an education in itself. After he has pondered aloud whether or not ‘cloddy’ is a word, he will trample across the dug and planted earth, saying as he does so: “Now you need to Charlie Chaplin it…”. He also advises that
BAKING is so enjoyable, whatever your age. Youngsters love licking the bowl, but if you want to encourage your offspring to spread their culinary wings, some expert guidance is at hand in the shape of How To Cook. This 128-page book is aimed at young
Scotney Castle in Kent was built during the 1830s by Edward Hussey. Its spectacular landscaped gardens include the ruins of the moated 14th century Scotney Old Castle, and a sandstone quarry featuring a 100-million-year old dinosaur footprint.
CHANCE is a great thing sometimes.There I was, heading home from the Moors on the Coastliner, when I suddenly found a cracking pub that I’d heard of in passing but never before visited. Had I not been faced with a 45-minute wait at Malton Bus
I RECEIVED an email last week asking me to suggest a few bottles of fizz. It was from a woman who is getting hitched at the end of month. She wanted something suitable to give to guests on arrival at the reception. The woman, who signed
YOU can hear a pin drop as Neil Hounam points his finger in a count of three and cues his colleagues at their microphones. “You are listening to York’s Talking Newspaper, issue 415, April 2011,” enunciates Graeme Robertson in his sing-song Scottish tones
TEN years ago, motorists speeding up the M1 towards York were treated to a remarkable sight: a Japanese bullet train on the back of a huge truck trundling along in the slow lane. Attached to the side of the train was a banner with the words: ‘This
IN OUR area, there are lenders who charge 1,200 per cent APR and are allowed to get away with it. I think it is about time that we had proper legal controls to stop this, just as happens in most of Europe, the USA and Canada. It is a sad fact that
AN ARTICLE appeared in The Press on April 12 about the Fulford Methodist Church, in Main Street, Fulford. Contrary to the impression given, the planning application has been withdrawn because a bat survey has been requested by the planners
IN MY time I have come across a lot of the standard Monopoly games at McDonald’s, and never have I been so confused in my whole life. The whole idea of the “instant win” on the McDonald’s meals has always been a big hit with me and my family, and
IN THE past, council officials have placed notices at the end of streets asking people not to park so gully cleaning can take place. Should someone fail to remove their vehicle, the street cleaners would work around the obstruction. However, a
THIS country will be no longer able to afford to keep surplus people up to western standards. The cracks are beginning to show. To produce goods competitively priced, millions of workers will have to be on lower ages. Will they accept that?
As you may be aware, the Government’s plans to reorganise the National Health Service are causing controversy. The Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley, has announced a “pause” in the passage of the Health Bill through Parliament and the Government
I WISH to make a couple of observations about your election coverage (The Press, April 15). Firstly, the refurbished Melbourne Centre on Escrick Street is in the north of Fishergate Ward, not in Fulford. As a councillor for Fishergate, I thought
WE ARE weeks away from having the real possibility of changing our electoral system and at long last consigning the discredited, outdated first-past-the-post system to history. For far too long, many members of Parliament have been living in
PERHAPS the professor from the University of York researching happiness (The Press, April 13) ought to realise that the wellbeing of local people has suffered from all the stress caused by his establishment. A lot of people would be happy if the university
MARTIN SMITH (Letters, April 13) is quite right when he says that instead of an AV vote next month we should be having a meaningful referendum on our EU membership. Thankfully more and more people are realising that Westminster is now just no more
NO fewer than 21 medals and 23 personal best times were posted from 29 swims by Team Jorvik at the two-day Harrogate Hydro for ‘A’ and ‘B’ grade gala. The first event, 400 metres freestyle, saw brother and sister duo Alistair and Eleanor Cooper start
GOLD was struck in stirring measure by Pocklington Dolphins Swimming Club star Hannah Stanton. The Millington-based swimmer won a drama-drenched share of the county crown in the Yorkshire Swimming Association Swimming championships held at Sheffield
Tadcaster Grammar School has trialled an Inter-Form competition involving three sports. More than 250 Year 8 students competed in mixed hockey, girls’ football and boys’ rugby union. Said head of PE faculty Rob Solk: “This is the first of its kind on
JUNIOR rugby union teams in York and North Yorkshire are being invited to win the chance to train with Martin Johnson’s England players. The prize, being offered by AEG, is one of several training days that are up for grabs. Lucky winners
YORK High School will be gunning for unprecedented glory on Marston Moor Cup finals day after success aplenty in the heats. The Marston Moor Cup, which began with the inaugural York 9s festival in 2002, is a full contact rugby league competition for
TWO wins in two days ensured Stamford Bridge Scorpions kept the heat on rivals York RI in the under-12s division of the City of York Girls’ Football League. The twin victories put Scorpions top on goal difference having played a game more than their
A TOTAL of eight trophies will be up for grabs at the City of York Girls’ Football League cup finals day. Pocklington Town will host all eight cup finals at their ground at The Balk with games kicking off between 10am and 12.30pm. The under-10s final
HUNTINGTON Rovers moved three points clear at the top of the York FA Under-19s Football League with a 5-0 win at Hamilton Panthers, writes Bob Stuart. Rovers took advantage of a free week for nearest rivals Dringhouses, but the St Helens Road side
YORK Acorn ARLC Under-14s celebrated lifting the Yorkshire U14s League division four title with a remarkable 66-0 win at Wibsey. Having already secured the crown, Acorn completed their season in memorable fashion, despite travelling with only 11 players
YORK City in the Community are inviting teams to take part in their annual junior club football tournament in June. The Minstermen’s Wigginton Road training ground will host the competition on Saturday, June 18 and Sunday, June 19. The Saturday is
A HAT-TRICK of crucial games will define the double dreams of York Schoolboys Under-12s. The unbeaten Minster city youngsters thrashed Derby 6-0 in their latest league fixture and if they avoid defeat at Spen Valley on Wednesday, April 27 they will
JUST champion. That is how Riccall United Football Club’s under-11s are feeling after winning division two of the York Mitchell Sports Football League. The Riccall youngsters topped the table four points clear of nearest challengers Poppleton
YORK City manager Gary Mills has admitted he is in no rush to leave Bootham Crescent – the club’s spiritual home for 79 years. While club officials reiterated this week how important relocation is to the Minstermen’s future survival, Mills confessed
NATHAN FREER will not be banned for York City Knights’ clash with arch-foes Hunslet after all – and another big boost for the front row is afoot too. Freer has been suspended for one match for his part in the brawl during the loss at Widnes last time
SUPER-CHARGED Simon Dyson was today on the tail of US Masters leader for 63 holes Rory McIlroy. As the golf world crowded around McIlroy, whose response to collapsing over the second half of the last round at Augusta was to fire an eight-under-par 64
England bowler Graham Onions made a successful return from injury yesterday to put Yorkshire firmly behind the eight-ball in their LV= County Championship match against Durham at Headingley. The White Rose county lost their last eight wickets for 49
YORK City Supporters’ Trust’s bid to reinvigorate itself has led to two of their board members being nominated to become club directors. The Trust has not been represented in Bootham Crescent’s boardroom since the resignation of former chairman
YORKSHIRE’S oldest rugby seven-a-side tournament takes centre stage again when the 53rd Guinness Pock 7s are held on Good Friday, writes Steve Carroll. Held at Pocklington RUFC’s Percy Road ground, a full entry of 24 teams will compete in an
YORK Lokomotive ARLC are gearing up for their new season confident that the National Conference League’s forthcoming switch from winter to summer will not unduly affect them. The NCL, the amateur game’s flagship league, which includes York’
MORE than 20 people took in the first adult touch rugby league competition in York, held at Huntington School. The competition grew out of the social sessions which have been running at Energise and Huntington School. The players were split into three
IS the average age of York City Knights’ team something to worry about or boast about? It’s a question that has come to prominence in light of recent results and a few post-match comments from head coach Dave Woods. It’s also one which has now led
YORK Golf Club is at its prime for the arrival of the country’s senior women’s golfers. The Strensall-based course hosts the English senior women’s championship next week from April 19 to 22 and it is in tip-top condition. Head professional Mark Rogers
THE Grand National-winning partnership of trainer Donald McCain and jockey Jason Maguire can make their presence felt at Wetherby tomorrow when the ‘A1’ course stages a bumper eight-race card on a day when it also plays host to the National Festival
Coneysthorpe ‘A’ retained their title as champions of the York and District Table Tennis League after a narrow 6-4 win over challengers RI ‘A’. Ashley Hodgson was the hero, overcoming Rich Moss, who in turn beat Martin Lowe. The Ryedale side had earlier
IS it time to wake up and smell the café con leche and acknowledge that English football is no longer the guv’nor? Okay, a certain Senor Fernando Torres, now of a Russian money enclave in west London, is immersed in the turmoil of a toreador minus
THE model who won the title Miss York City is at the centre of an extraordinary beauty contest wrangle over allegations she posted nude photos of herself on Facebook. Charlotte Campbell, 23, who denies the claims, last year realised her
THIS motorist from York not only found his car wheel-clamped, but had to remove the dreaded device himself after vandals glued the lock shut. Clampers working on behalf of DVLA fixed the immobiliser on to the wheel of Andrew Simpson’s Ford
SILVER and gold was the currency of success for City of York Special Olympics athletes. The city’s Special Olympics Committee has supported 25 athletes at various tournaments this month, with six Boccia players and four short mat bowls players in
A “MANIPULATIVE and devious” paedophile who trawled a North Yorkshire seaside resort to prey on young girls has been jailed indefinitely. Kevin Gamble, described by one police officer as a “sexual predator”, used fake names and lied about his
A PETITION calling on the Government to keep Yorkshire’s children’s heart surgery unit open has passed 100,000 signatures, only a month after it was launched. Leeds General Infirmary’s child heart surgery unit is facing closure and parents across York
Staff at a North Yorkshire conference centre are to lose their jobs after it was hit by huge losses last year. Harrogate Borough Council has confirmed it will shed 15 vacant posts at the Harrogate International Conference (HIC) venue, with nine employees
HOUSING bosses in Selby are set to receive a cash boost of almost half a million pounds to build more homes. The New Homes Bonus scheme is part of a Government initiative which will see councils across the country given the equivalent of six
CONCERNS have been raised that staff at a nature reserve in North Yorkshire may lose their jobs due to Selby District Council cuts. Changes to Selby District Council’s service delivery which aim to save £1.5 million in the next year, and £3 million by
GROCERY store managers in Ryedale and Selby have been shortlisted for a national competition, with the winners pocketing £10,000. Brian Charlton, owner of the local Londis in Pickering, is a finalist in a countrywide competition to find the
CAMPAIGNERS aiming to win a ‘yes’ vote in next month’s referendum on electoral reform have received a special gift. An original copy of The Suffragette newsletter, which dates back to 1913, has been given to the York For Fairer Votes campaign by an anonymous
A FORMER North Yorkshire MP has returned to the political campaign trail a year after standing down. John Grogan, who represented Selby at Westminster for 13 years, joined Labour candidates battling to secure seats on City of York Council at next month
THE victim of a virus who was left near death with a damaged heart has told today how he believes the infection came from his shower. Andrew Hennessey, of Stamford Bridge, has told how he lay unconscious for days before being discovered by a friend,
THESE two Jack Russells have a new home – thanks to The Press. The dogs were left without a home following the death of their elderly owner. Staff at the RSPCA’s animal re-homing centre in Landing Lane took the rare step of putting the animals up for
AN East Yorkshire student is climbing Mount Everest in aid of children’s charity Childreach. Former Woldgate College pupil Sarah Bennet, 20, is part of a group of students at the University of Aberdeen embarking on an 18,000 feet climb to Everest’s
TWO burglars responsible for house raids across York have been jailed for a total of seven years. Alan Thomas McPherson and James Richard Toulson were arrested on March 5 when police saw them each laden with three bags at 9.45pm in a street near Knavesmire
TOM Hildreth helped national rock-it-ball champions Easingwold Raptors make a winning start to the new season during his farewell appearance for the team. New club Ripon have secured Hildreth’s services for the rest of the campaign but he signed off
CHILDREN and adults can test their local knowledge in a new quiz which follows a trail of 22 full-sized paintings sited around Beverley. The paintings show the town through the eyes of the artists Fred and Mary Elwell whose works were given to Beverley
ORIENTAL flavour filled the streets of York to promote the Japanese festival at the National Railway Museum. Drum and Ju Jitsu rolls by the Kaminari Taiko drummers and the York Town Ju-Jitsu Club entertained shoppers in preparation for the festival
A PROJECT aimed at helping residents in a York community battle the ravages of the recession is to be extended after extra cash was secured. Job Connect Clifton has been awarded almost £14,000 from Local Government Yorkshire and Humber, which will allow
AN electric guitar worth £3,000 has been stolen from a York music store. Gear 4 Music, at Nether Poppleton, reported the theft of the Gibson Les Paul Custom Ebony and Gold Hardware guitar, to the police as soon as they realised it had been
TICKETS for the concert by Morrissey at the new-look Barbican in York are being sold for more than three times their value on an internet auction site. The ex-Smiths frontman, now a solo artist, will be performing at the Paragon Street venue on June
TOURISM chiefs in York are gearing up for the royal wedding with a host of special events and exhibitions celebrating all things royal in the city. Having this month scooped the top spot in a national independent poll to find out the nation’s favourite
A REMARKABLE team of fundraisers called Charlie’s Angels who have raised £70,000 for charity are holding a spring fair. Great-grandmother Pat Hardy, 76, and her friends Dianne Fairclough, 70, Brenda Dobson, 72, and Judith Murgatroyd, 70, have worked
THE York-based Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust has strongly defended a donation of almost £1 million towards the Yes To Fairer Votes campaign. The Trust said it believed next month’s referendum on the use of the Alternative Vote (AV) for elections
PROPOSALS to restrict the growth of student lets and other houses of multiple occupation across York will be launched shortly – with landlords promising a campaign of “almighty resistance”. City of York Council’s executive voted unanimously
A NORTH Yorkshire man is preparing to run the London Marathon to raise money for a national charity. Mick Armitage, from Thornthwaite, near Harrogate, hopes to raise £2,000 for the National Autistic Society (NAS), to raise awareness of the condition.
A NEW charity shop is to open in Ripon next week. Councillor David Elsy, the Mayor of Ripon, will ensure the new British Heart Foundation (BHF) shop gets off to a grand start when it opens its doors in The Arcade on Thursday, at 10am. Martin Newton
A FULFORD School Student has won a design competition in association with Xing Smoothies, York. Year 8 pupil Tom Ames designed the winning poster, chosen by company staff. Manager Simon Long said: “The thing that made Tom’s entry stand out was the
A DECISION is expected to be made next week on whether an adventure rope course can be created on the edge of York. The owners of the Creepy Crawlies adventure playground, at Clifton Moor, are hoping to set up an outdoor “high ropes” attraction which
POLICE in Pocklington are trying to trace a driver who was taking photographs through his car window. Officers say they do not know why the man, who is described as a white man, aged in his early 40s with a bald head, was taking the pictures or what
YORK’S network of volunteers has been given a cash boost which will allow one of its centres to increase its opening times. City of York Council has rubber-stamped a decision to provide York Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) with £5,000 of extra grant
THE unsung heroes of North Yorkshire have a new champion as the voluntary and public sectors prepare to cope with the consequences of spending cuts. Alexandra Holford, of Crayke, near Easingwold, has been sworn in as this year’s High Sheriff of North
CONCERN over the pace and depth of the Government’s reforms of the NHS has prompted York councillors to call for a rethink on the issue. At its last full meeting, City of York Council voted to support a motion by Coun Madeleine Kirk to write to the city
A POCKLINGTON teenager is planning to set up a local branch of a charity which distributes free monthly books to children under five. George Jibson, 13, who attends Pocklington School, wants to bring the Imagination Library charity to the YO42 postcode
A CONSULTANT from York has been named as one of only 13 health professionals in the UK to be made a fellow of the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). The influential organisation, which is responsible for administering guidance
TWO hundred people gathered in Explore York Library to welcome a best-selling author. Joanna Trollope, 68, read from her new novel, Daughters-in-Law, and explained to the gathering of fans and budding York authors the thinking behind her storylines.
RESIDENTS in two North Yorkshire towns are being given the chance to see a string of options for the future of their transport systems. North Yorkshire County Council is developing a Service Centre Transportation Strategy (SCTS) which will
A ten-strong team of film-makers from York St John University are on location until today to make a short movie. The film, being shot in County Durham, is part of their BA (Hons) course in film and television production, but the second-year students
TRADERS in a York street have criticised decisions to allow more restaurants and takeaways to be set up in the area. More than a third of businesses in Bishopthorpe Road are now food outlets, with the Lal Quila curry house recently being given permission
A “great partner and dad” took his own life, an inquest has heard. Martin Young, of Garth Terrace, Clifton, was found hanged at his home on May 18, 2010, by his partner, an inquest at New Earswick Folk Hall heard. In a statement read to the inquest,
MOTORBIKE enthusiasts Vic and Lyn Jefford, of Destiny Cycles in York, have seen two of their creations take their place in a new exhibition. Their High Roller Trike and Miss Destiny bike are part of the new Customising, Culture & Harley Davidson
A SET of luxury holiday cottages in North Yorkshire has been recognised as the best self-catering accommodation in the country. The Dovecote Barns in Kelfield have won the award for best self-catering holiday of the year at the Enjoy England
NORTH Yorkshire is among the top counties for bringing those guilty of domestic violence to justice. Figures released by the Crown Prosecution Service show its North Yorkshire team of lawyers and legal workers gain convictions in more than 82 per cent
