A MAN has been seriously injured following a collision with a coach carrying around 40 elderly people near Easingwold. The driver of the car suffered serious injuries in the collision on the A19 Easingwold bypass at around 5.30pm. The
THE jury in the trial of a North Yorkshire shopkeeper accused of murdering his wife will return on Tuesday for a third day of deliberations. Robin Garbutt, 45, formerly of York and Huby, denies hitting 40-year-old Diana three times on the head
A PUB chain is to open its 800th outlet, at a revamped North Yorkshire hotel. JD Wetherspoon has spent £2.1 million developing The Unicorn Hotel in Ripon in a move which will create 50 jobs. It will open on Tuesday. The company’s chairman, Tim Martin
A 14-YEAR-OLD boy who has been missing from his York home for nine days has sparked a police plea for help. Adrian Thomas Fayter was reported missing from his family home in the Hull Road area of city on Saturday April 9. Officers are
FOUR weeks ago, Trish Woodcock was chatting to a friend over the phone when she noticed she was finding it increasingly difficult to hear the conversation. The morning had begun like any other. Trish, 64, a former teacher, was at her home in Riccall,
HAY fever sufferers in North Yorkshire will be reaching for their medication now as the sneezing season gets under way. About 20 per cent of people in the UK suffer from this annual condition and the number has doubled over the over the last
THIS week we bring you a mixed bag of photographs of old York from the city council’s Imagine York archives. Between them, they show two sides of the city’s past – the genteel, and the poverty-stricken. The genteel first. William Hayes was a noted photographer
YORK City must not give up on their play-off aspirations following a 2-1 home defeat to Tamworth, insisted manager Gary Mills. Goals by former City midfielder Ben Wilkinson and Kyle Perry sealed the hosts’ fate in Saturday’s Blue Square Bet Premier encounter
Tom Wadsworth, 27, from Huby, near York, who lives and works in Japan, tells of the “carnage of monstrous proportions” he witnessed when he visited a city flattened by the Japanese tsunami. Today is a day that will forever remain in my heart
A FAULTLESS fourth round earned York golf ace Simon Dyson a top ten finish at the Maybank Malaysian Open. The 33-year-old fired four birdies in a closing 68 to finish seventh on ten-under par at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club, six shots behind
I’VE just been given 1,000 culinary kisses by top drawer chef Michel Roux. He actually, really, truly did. He wrote them in one of his cookery books, which he then gave to me in his two-Michelin starred restaurant, Le Gavroche in London. My thousandth
DAVID Cameron’s speech on immigration was clearly aimed at winning the Tories some increased votes in the elections on May 5, but it will not. The words were so feeble and will not deceive the many people in England who are unhappy about what
THE Divine Comedy’s Neil Hannon will play York Minster on May 7 in his first mainland British date of 2011. This solo show by the urbane Irish chamber pop musician is the first event to be mounted by Tribeca Events, a new production company
THE Dringhouses Bermuda Triangle strikes yet again! I refer to the First Bus and its annoying capacity of disappearing into the twilight zone. This time it happened on a Friday – the latest time-shift to another dimension for these buses. I waited
I SHOULD like to share my near-death experiences with sceptics. I have these frequently. I take it as self-evident that when we “cross over” there is something on the other side which, in our hearts, we all hope to reach. That’s the root of my
THE Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, is to introduce proposals to do away with the complicated state pension system and replace it with a single-tiered system to be worth about £155 a week by its introduction in 2015. This
ONLY a politician (of sorts) could claim that increased winter fuel allowances provided in three consecutive years during 2008 to 2010 were a “one-off” and then go on to accuse someone in opposition of making claims that are “somewhat misleading” (Mark
INVESTORS’ patience and faith in a brilliant high tech York company is on the verge of paying off. Revenues for Avacta, the company based on York Science Park, which has invented a machine to speed up the development of drugs, have hit the £1 million
EASTBOURNE Borough lost their battle against relegation at the weekend despite managing more league goals than York City this season. Fourth-bottom Southport seem sure to follow the Sussex side out of the Blue Square Bet Premier but they too
THREE wins from their last four games should secure Leeds United a Championship play-off slot – but don’t bet on it. Statistically, Simon Grayson’s men may be in the box seat but they have collected only five points from their last six matches and are
NEVER-SAY-DIE Tadcaster Albion gave Farsley a huge fright at Ings Lane before the visitors clinched the Northern Counties East League premier division title with a 4-3 win. Runaway table-toppers Farsley stormed into a 3-0 half-time advantage after
Division one champions Wigginton Grasshoppers saw their 21-match unbeaten run in the York Minster Engineering Football League come to an abrupt end at Hemingbrough. The village side won 2-0 on Saturday with a goal in each half from Adie Wood. Post Office
A DRAW at Copmanthorpe tonight will be enough to secure a first premier division title in five years for Dringhouses in the York Minster Engineering Football League. The leaders moved to the brink of the championship with a 5-2 home victory over Old
LEADERS Cliffe were held to a 1-1 draw at relegation-threatened Rufforth in division three of the York Minster Engineering Football League. Rufforth, without a win in seven matches, deservedly took the lead through Danny Whitcombe, but Kev Taylor salvaged
Yorkshire director of cricket Martyn Moxon paid tribute to his side’s character despite a 146-run defeat to Durham in the LV=County Championship. That was after a battling display on the final day at Headingley saw them fall only 11 overs short of grabbing
Hoof It, trained by Mick Easterby and part-owned by top golfer Lee Westwood, returns to action at Pontefract tomorrow and is fancied to show his rivals a clean pair of heels. The strapping sprinter improved out of all recognition last season, winning
THE phrase horses for courses could have been written with Border Reiver in mind. In 25 starts, Great Habton trainer Tim Easterby’s seven-year-old has never won anywhere but at Wetherby Racecourse and he notched up his third victory there with a game
A MOTORCYCLIST is fighting for his life after a collision with a car towing a caravan on a North Yorkshire road. The crash happened at about 2.30pm yesterday on the B1257 between Stokesley and Helmsley, with the 62-year-old motorbike rider, who is from
LONG-TIME leaders Malton & Norton RUFC sealed the Yorkshire One title with a 41-8 triumph at Ilkley. The Ryedale side produced an assured performance in their penultimate game of the season to secure promotion to North 1 East. Within three minutes of
Pocklington RUFC’s last home game of the season was a 13-try romp as the Yorkshire Two champions hammered winless Old Rishworthians 90-7. The hosts led 34-0 at the break en route to their 19th straight league victory and a league record score. Scrum-half
THE sending off of Sean Carmody prompted a second-half collapse as York City Knights reserves tumbled to a 54-16 defeat at Oldham. The sides were locked at 12-12 at half-time in Saturday’s match after Knights tries for Tom Bush and Matty Woods, plus
FOUR members of a York gang responsible for a car-crime wave across North and East Yorkshire have been brought to justice. The group ran their operation as a business, stealing vehicles or machinery to order and selling it on, sometimes within hours,
YORK’S bid to have its own TV channel has come a step closer to becoming a reality. A proposal has been submitted to the Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) for York to have a dedicated TV station. The bid has been put together
THE warm spring sunshine saw thousands of people turn up to the annual Battle of Towton re-enactment event near Tadcaster. This year marked the 550th anniversary of the bloody War of the Roses battle and the organisers of yesterday’s event laid on a
FOUR vehicles collided on the A64 during the rush hour. Firefighters were called to the stretch of road near the junction with Towthorpe at about 5pm on Friday. All of the people involved in the collision had got out of their vehicles by
A CAR was badly damaged by flames after if caught fire on the A64 near the Fulford interchange. Fire crews from York and Acomb were called to the incident shortly before 8pm on Friday, where they found the Peugeot car “well alight”. The cause of
A MAN was rushed to hospital suffering suspected chest injuries after the car he was travelling in hit a house in Hailgate, Howden. Humberside Fire & Rescue said the two male adults had got out of the vehicle before crews arrived.
THE hard work put in by student volunteers in communities across York is set to be rewarded at an awards ceremony in the city. Students will receive awards at the 2011 Higher York Student Volunteering Awards on May 9 at the National Centre for Early
THE Ancient Society of York Florists welcomed green-fingered competitors to Askham Bryan College for its first show of the year. John Galvin, society secretary, said the annual show had been a good one despite clashing with one of the biggest flower
A FIRE in a chip pan spread to an extractor fan and kitchen units before it was tackled by 999 crews in Bridlington. The incident happened at 6.20pm on Friday in a terraced house in Brett Street. Humberside Fire & Rescue teams used hose reels, thermal
THE elderly driver of a Robin Reliant was taken to hospital when his vehicle was in a collision with a Saab near Knaresborough. The incident happened on Saturday in Wetherby Road.
A HUSBAND who donated a kidney to his seriously ill wife, only for the transplant to fail, has launched a fundraising campaign to thank York Hospital staff. Mark Lee, of Acomb, gave one of his kidneys in 2008 to his wife Dot, who has suffered
A HUGE fire at a North Yorkshire beauty spot is believed to have been started deliberately, according to emergency services. Fire crews from Harrogate, Ripon and Summerbridge were called to Brimham Rocks shortly before 5pm on Saturday, where they were
THE British Heart Foundation will open its latest North Yorkshire store this week when it welcomes customers to its new Ripon branch. The Mayor of Ripon, Coun David Elsy, will be at the shop in The Arcade to cut the ribbon at 10am on Thursday
A LEVEL crossing in York is a potential safety risk, according to a leading York councillor who wants talks over improving it. Ian Gillies, who leads the Conservative group on City of York Council, has called for discussions to be held with track operator
PUBS, caravans, farm buildings and a living room will all take on a political role next month as they welcome North Yorkshire voters. They are among the more unusual venues chosen as polling stations for the local elections on May 5.
A NORTH Yorkshire landlady is in the running to win a national competition aimed at finding the friendliest bed and breakfast welcome in the UK. Ann Clough, who runs the 18th century farmhouse Spital Hill in Thirsk with her husband, Robin, is one
SAINT Leonard’s Hospice in York is reminding people to get their registration forms in soon to take part in the annual Challenge Walk on Saturday. The walk is one of the major fundraising events in the hospice’s calendar and involves a 20-mile circular
WITH the royal wedding fast approaching, romance is in the air. If you are planning to pop the question to your loved one or have already decided to tie the knot, The Press is offering one lucky couple the opportunity to have a wedding for free. The
IF at first you DO succeed, then it’s try, try and try again. That seemed to be the guiding force behind a York turf company transforming the Great Room at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel into a spectacular rugby stadium, complete with real turf and
A PARISH council has been asked by external auditors to explain a £900 payment to a local charity. Hemingbrough Parish Council has been asked to explain the payment to Hemingbrough United Charities, registered with the Charity Commission as being “
FREE tickets to the first TEDx conference in York are available to the public from today. TEDx York will be hosted as part of Pilot Theatre’s Shift Happens programme this summer, and will look at using digital technology in education and the
A PARADE OF 300 Scouts and Guides made its way through Selby to the town’s abbey for the annual St George’s Day event. Yesterday’s parade was accompanied by music from Selby Scout and Guide Band and the Huntington Scout Band from York. After reaching
FIFTH-generation farmers from Bridlington are celebrating after received a five-star rating for their latest business venture. John and Angela Foster, owners of the award-winning Field House Farm Holiday Cottages at Sewerby, gambled in the economic
THE CONSULTATION into controversial plans to build new travellers’ sites across the Selby District has ended. Selby District Council has received more than a thousand letters and emails from residents who wanted to voice their concern about
SAFETY at York-based Shepherd Construction is edged with silver. The construction firm took a silver award in the prestigious RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards 2011. Safety charity RoSPA launched its awards programme 55 years ago. The scheme
MINSTER Law’s employment law solicitor, David Scott, has been re-elected on to the Industrial Law Society’s executive committee. The society is a leading forum for debate and understanding of employment law and its application in the workplace, with
A THUG who put a father in intensive care and severely injured his brain with a single punch in a York street has been jailed for a year. Sean Anthony Brough, 27, crossed Micklegate and knocked Anthony Jordan to the ground after Mr Jordan reacted to
FANS of one of the world’s best-selling female authors queued for hours at a book-signing event in York. American novelist Jodi Picoult spent Saturday afternoon in the York branch of Waterstone’s, where she chatted with fans and signed copies of her
RESIDENTS in a village outside York said they were surprised after their village shop suddenly closed. The General Store in Rufforth has been for sale for several months, but the shop’s closure on Friday was unexpected. Roger Lee, a
A MOTHER has organised a baby, toddler and craft fair in her local village to raise money for a special needs nursery. Sharon Spink, who makes jewellery for children and breastfeeding mums, has arranged the event, which will take place in Sherburn-in-Elmet
A HUGE fundraising challenge to pass a rugby ball for 200 miles around Pocklington saw players young and old swing into action. The under-12s of Pocklington Rugby Club got the ball rolling on Saturday morning when they passed a ball up and down the line
A CYCLING enthusiast from York is planning to pedal from coast to coast in three days to raise money for a cancer charity. Gary Clark, 26, of Huntington, intends cycling about 150 miles from Whitehaven in Cumbria to Newcastle-on-Tyne, setting
THE University of York is the leading university in Yorkshire and the Humber, according to a new guide published today. The university is placed 12th in the UK in The Complete University Guide – but has slipped two places in the national table
BURTON Agnes Hall, near Driffield, is celebrating the Easter weekend by holding a big family event in its award winning gardens. Hall owner Simon Cunliffe-Lister said: “This Easter, we’re hiding thousands of little chocolate eggs for children to seek
A GROUP that campaigns for better education funding for the 30 poorest funded local authorities in England, including York, North and East Yorkshire, has welcomed fresh Government consultation. Leading members of f40 were responding to a Government
A VOLUNTARY service which helps the visually impaired keep up to date with local news will celebrate a milestone this week. The team of volunteers at Selby District Talking News create and distribute weekly audio recordings of news taken from The Press
York St John University Business School has raised more than £4,000 through its annual fun run around York Racecourse. About 80 people took part in the race sponsored by the business school’s partners to raise money for their Securing Potential And Releasing
TRAFFIC could be banned from the centre of Ripon in a bid to prevent its historic cathedral being damaged further. The governing body of Ripon Cathedral, the Chapter, says vibration and exhaust fumes from passing cars are harming the ancient church and
A FORMER York pub which has been at the centre of a planning row could soon become a church. City of York Council will decide this week whether the disused Fossway pub in Huntington Road can be turned into a base for the Living Word Church, which says
THINGS are looking up economically in Yorkshire, but inflation is casting its shadow. That is the conclusion of the Lloyds TSB Yorkshire & Humber Purchasing Manager Index (PMI) report. Its survey, from a representative panel of companies based in
