TEA UPDATE: Yorkshire have tightened their stranglehold on their LV= County Championship match against Nottinghamshire at Headingley. The hosts were bowled out just after lunch for 336, with Andrew Gale remaining unbeaten on 145 and Luke Fletcher finishing
A RESCUE was launched after a jet ski with an adult and child was reported missing off the North Yorkshire coast. Scarborough’s RNLI inshore lifeboat was launched at 12:27pm yesterday after a call from Humber Coastguard. A member of
TWO men have appeared in York Crown Court today charged with causing the death of 15-year-old Natalia Wiley in a car crash. Robert Turnbull, 18, from Pickering, who was driving the blue Vauxhall Corsa in which Natalia was a passenger, was released on
COUNCIL bosses have vowed to fight to redevelop a North Yorkshire car park after a brewery giant launched a legal challenge to their plans. Selby District Council granted permission for an upgrade of the central area car park in Tadcaster earlier this
LUNCH UPDATE: Andrew Gale is in the midst of the innings of his life as Yorkshire continue to ram home the advantage against Nottinghamshire at Headingley. The Yorkshire skipper has gone into lunch on the second day on 143 not out with his side on
Here’s a thing… I have always been a huge fan of the smart collection of period homes set around the only genuine Victorian square in York (think about it – this is a city built on terraces rather than squares). St Paul’s Square is a great spot, with
So, what do you think of when you think of Easter? Obviously this is one of the most important weekends of the year for the Christian faith and churches throughout the country will be celebrating the life of Jesus Christ. For others it is a time for
YORK City Knights are waiting to hear back from Widnes Vikings after making an offer for Anthony Thackeray and James Ford – with an outside chance the pair could be signed in time to make debuts in tomorrow’s big Huntington Stadium clash with arch-foes
HEMINGBROUGH will begin the defence of their HPH York Vale League title on Saturday without one of last season’s leading performers. Teenage starlet Tom Collins, together with his brother Dan, has joined Selby where he is expected to play York Senior
RYAN ESDERS says he will not cut out the aggressive streak in his game – but he will endeavour to stay within rugby league’s rules. The former Super League back-rower makes a welcome return from a four-match suspension – and virtually eight weeks without
YORK City Knights have hit out at York City after the text row between the two clubs’ respective chiefs became public. The Press yesterday revealed a text-message exchange between Knights supremo John Guildford and City counterpart Jason McGill over
RYAN SIDEBOTTOM paid tribute to Rich Pyrah after the all-rounder continued his fine form to help Yorkshire take the initiative during the opening day against champions Nottinghamshire at Headingley. Pyrah claimed a maiden five wicket haul to help
Poppleton Tennis Club held an opening tournament in aid of York Samaritans. A round-robin format, with the winners and runners-up in the two sections playing against each other, produced an exciting final and saw junior Ben King and veteran Julian Crabb
A SERIES of women’s Back To Netball sessions are being staged in East Yorkshire in partnership with England Netball. Beverley Leisure Complex will host the coach-led sessions on Mondays from May 9 on an outside hard court between 7.30pm and 8.30pm.
York Indoor Bowls Club’s league play-off finals produced a thriller in the veterans’ pairs. Tony Moore’s team looked to have the game sewn up rallying from 7-3 down to lead 15-8. But in a roller-coaster tussle Ray Calpin’s team won all three final
Peter Littlewood, Noel Cammidge and Barry Walker won the Eric Hopwood triples bowls competition for the sixth time in the last ten years when they beat Tony Moore, Bob Elliot and Dave Kermode. Having lost to Littlewood’s team in the group stage, Moore
YORK City Knights are hoping superstar Willie Mason will still be at Hull KR when the Robins come to town next month – as speculation mounts over the Aussie’s future. The notorious Mason, who famously decked Stuart Fielden in a tempestuous Ashes clash
New Earswick All Blacks ARLC are seeking a return to winning ways in the championship division of the Pennine League. All Blacks, having lost three league outings on the bounce, hope to be refreshed after a blank weekend for their trip to Kings Cross
YORK Acorn ARLC are hoping they can end their awful relegation campaign on a high note when they go to Bradford Dudley Hill on Saturday. The penultimate game of the Blue and Golds’ season of turmoil saw them lose 40-8 at mid-table Skirlaugh in midweek
THREE of the best. A trio of York-based rugby league aces have been selected for the Yorkshire open age women’s squad to play Roses rivals Lancashire in a representative match next month. They are York Ladies duo Bev Langan, 28, and Chelsea Moore,
A STUNNING joint seventh place in the Malaysian Open yielded a hike in the world rankings for York golf ace Simon Dyson. After his best tournament placing of the year and a healthy cheque of more than 50,000 euros for finishing as the leading English
THE stage is set for the “biggest and best” Middleham Stables Open Day in its history, according to organisers. The popular event, which is being held tomorrow, is featuring a series of attractive afternoon events as well as the traditional Open Stables
YORK creative agency The Beautiful Meme’s new riff of ArtWork events for 2011 in its city-centre offices is expanding its portfolio. Run in collaboration with Tower Street art gallery According to McGee, ArtWork will be throwing its net wider
SELBY District Council has hit back at a national union’s criticism of a major shake-up of its services. The council’s Service Delivery Vehicle (SDV) sees a core of 14 staff contract out services to third parties, with the aim of saving about £1.5 million
THE number of parents and carers of primary school-age children in North Yorkshire who have secured their first school preference has risen. More than 95 per cent of families were allocated their preferred primary school in the region, an improvement
A FORMER car showroom in Harrogate has been sold to a local community church group. Mayfield Community Church has bought the former showroom in Westmoreland Street and has received planning permission to develop it into a place of worship. The
As the local elections draw near, I believe that our sitting councillors and prospective candidates should stand back and take a long hard look at how the good citizens of York perceive them. If they are honest they will admit that thousands
POLICE in East Yorkshire are urging people with hearing loss or difficulty with speech to register for a revolutionary new 999 service which aims to provide better access to emergency services. The new service allows SMS texts to be used in emergencies
I WAS out campaigning in Hull Road, enjoying the sun and the people’s friendlessness, several of whom remarked that they don’t see many politicians. I found a Labour leaflet lying in the gutter. I was fascinated to learn from this that a Labour
I READ with interest the recent article surrounding some parish council taxes increasing by a third (The Press, April 19). What I found most interesting was the comment from Liberal Democrat councillor Richard Moore. He is in charge of council finances
A LETTER from the Green Party election candidate said the Greens were showing “opposition to cuts” (Letters, April 19). However, Green Party plans for the recent council budget would have seen millions of pounds worth of cuts to this city, a “shrinking
IT IS hardly a surprise to hear Andrew Collingwood writing in support of the Labour candidate in Heslington (Letters, April 15). After all, Mr Collingwood is himself also a Labour candidate (even if he doesn’t seem too keen to promote that fact)
IT IS now clear that in the dying days of New Labour they were getting the country in as much debt as possible. Alastair Darling, the Chancellor, signed an agreement whereby British taxpayers would have to help to bail out other EU countries until
WHY can’t the Tories put our money where their mouths are? As they seem very confident that the private sector will “take up the slack” from the public sector cuts. If this is the case, public sector redundancies should not be required as the Government
I AM appalled by the regular and concerted attacks on Terry Smith of Classic Cutz via the Letters Page. The latest “Tory Boy” smear attack (Letters, April 20) is just a pathetic rant and implies that he is not entitled to air his thoughts. I too disagree
In response to your report on the Save Our Surgery campaign by the Children’s Heart Surgery Fund (The Press, April 16), there is no doubting that there is considerable local support for the unit at Leeds General Infirmary and ‘people power’ is clearly
WITH reference to reports that the Church of England’s biggest investment fund had grown to £500 million, might I suggest that the financial advisers in charge of the church’s remit take over the running of the country’s economy, namely the Bank of
I WRITE in reply to Margaret James’s thoughts on Clifford’s Tower mound (Letters, April 19). Some months ago I wrote to English Heritage and the reply I received was based along the lines of there’s not a lot we can do about it as the council won’
I WOULD like to thank two kind people. I dropped some personal documents while cycling through Coppergate in York city centre last Wednesday at approx 5.45pm. A kind woman passed the documents to a policeman, who then managed to track me down
THE guidance we are offered on the referendum on voting reform, including the leaflet issued by the Electoral Commission, ignores one crucial fact, namely that in elections we are invited to vote for candidates, not political parties. Not many
PLANS to demolish a garden centre near Selby and create a housing development have been turned down. Selby District Council has rejected proposals which could have seen 23 new homes built on the site occupied by Selby Garden and Pet Centre, at Osgodby
THE MAYOR of Pocklington, who was badly injured in an industrial accident, will stay in hospital for another week. Coun Martin Cooper, of Barmby Road in Pocklington, had hoped to be released following a skin graft at Leeds General Infirmary on Monday
THE mouth-watering prospect of Shappi Khorsandi and Jon Richardson as a double bill had abundant energy and boisterous belly-laughs, but what it needed was more structure. Shappi’s vivacious approach was certainly evident, literally skipping on
TWO weeks and counting – that’s when we change democracy as we know it. Or leave everything in the unsatisfactory mess we have now. Please do not suppose from anything contained in the previous paragraph that I have strong feelings about whether or not
THE Good Friday three-band special at the Howden Shire Hall features Copasetic, Vinnie & The Stars and I Swim With Sharks at 7.30pm tomorrow. Copasetic formed in early 2009, initially intending to put together a couple of sets of reworked Sixties’
FOUR sole traders in Helmsley have clubbed together to put on a window display of their wares, inspired by the Royal Wedding. Lisa Halmshaw, of Milton House Interiors; Rhian Crusher, of Celebrate Cakes; photographer Emma Dodsworth and “Kiwi” a metal
PLANS to shape a five-year programme to bring jobs to more than 12,000 people in north-east Yorkshire and the Humber have begun in earnest in York. The first meeting of the organisations that will deliver the Government’s new Work Programme
YORKSHIRE Building Society has confirmed plans to merge with smaller rival Norwich & Peterborough (N&P) in a move that will create a mutual with three million members and 224 branches. Yorkshire, the UK’s second-biggest building society, has branches
AN award-winning York hotel is “growing for gold” as it aims to win the Green Tourism Business Scheme’s ultimate accolade. The Best Western Monkbar Hotel – which was the first city centre hotel to be presented with the Silver award – is undertaking a
AN EAST Yorkshire electronics business has won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for trebling its international trade. The company, which makes electronic control equipment for generators, has grown its markets over the past six years and is now exporting
SELBY District Council has hit back at a national union’s criticism of a major shake-up of its services. The council’s Service Delivery Vehicle (SDV) sees a core of 14 staff contract out services to third parties, with the aim of saving about £1.5 million
A POPULAR mum died after doctors at York Hospital failed to diagnose her brain haemorrhage and sent her home. Dawn Liddell, 42, of Wenham Lane in Foxwood, was sent home from the hospital and told to contact her GP if her painful headaches continued.
HOW about this weather then? Not a cloud in sight, temperatures normally reserved for July and not a drop of rain to spoil the day. Even better, the sunshine is forecast to be with us over the Easter period. That’s not always the case, though
A SERIOUSLY ill boy from York will have one of his dreams come true after a charity agreed to pay for him to meet his hero Thomas The Tank Engine. Alfie Oliver, who is on the waiting list for a double heart and lung transplant, is looking forward to
CRIME has plummeted in North Yorkshire for the seventh year running with thousands fewer offences reported. The annual British Crime Survey (BCS) showed that overall crime fell by 7.3 percent in 2010 – representing a drop of 3,255 crimes – with a total
A FRAUDSTER who falsely claimed tens of thousands of pounds in benefits from City of Council has been successfully prosecuted following a two-year investigation. The case of 33-year-old Sarah Beattie was described by the council as one of the
TWO burglars have been told to expect a jail sentence after admitting raiding the home of the Dean of York. David Michael Oliver, 39, and Andrew Robert Winspear, 40, broke into the Deanery in Minster Court near the Treasurer’s House earlier this month
THE man killed in a crash between a car and a coach on a North Yorkshire road was 50-year-old father-of-three Martyn Tattersall, from York. Mr Tattersall was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision on the A19, at the Easingwold bypass, at about
LEADERS of two parish councils in the York area have strongly defended increases in their parish precepts. The Press revealed earlier this week that Strensall with Towthorpe Parish Council was raising its precept by 33 per cent, with another sizeable
RESIDENTS in York are being urged to sign a petition opposing planned health reforms by one of the city’s election candidates. Tracey Simpson-Laing, who is standing for Labour in the Acomb ward for City of York Council at the May 5 poll, claims Government
AN £85,000 scheme aimed at cutting speeds on a stretch of York road has been criticised for leaving the route looking like “a patchwork”. City of York Council last month agreed to introduce a 20mph limit on a section of Fishergate which passes two primary
A YORK couple’s dream trip to Japan has turned into a nightmare after their insurance company said it would not pay out for cancellations caused by the recent earthquake. Lee and Linda Maloney were due to set off to Japan on March 31, 20 days after
LICENSING chiefs have cut the proposed opening hours of a new off-licence in Copmanthorpe following protests by villagers. A new convenience store in Church Street will only be able to sell alcohol until 7pm, instead of 11pm as had been requested. A
AN AIR stewardess from York who knifed her long-suffering husband in the back has walked free from court. Mother of two and grandmother Karen Horrocks, 48, formerly of Clitheroe but now of Newlands Drive, Acomb, left Michael, her husband of
TWENTY-SEVEN Christians will be baptised by total immersion in a large tank of water outside York Minster on Saturday. Open-air baptisms by the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, have now become an Easter tradition at the cathedral. Christians from
TINDERBOX conditions in the North York Moors National Park have led to officials putting up warning notices. Staff say the recent hot weather has left the area at risk from barbecues and discarded cigarettes and a fire alert for the park has now been
YORK St John students’ union has reluctantly supported the university’s plans to raise yearly tuition fees to £8,500, writes Kate Liptrot. Leigh Hankinson, the president of York St John Students’ Union, said plans to cut arts funding by 95 per cent
A TOURISM chief has claimed one of the finest views in a North Yorkshire seaside town has been ruined because of work on a new bridge. Sheets of metal about four feet high have been fixed to railings on a Whitby bridge which have blocked the outlook
DETECTIVES investigating a £70,000 raid on a York sports store have released CCTV stills of three suspected burglars. The offenders are seen inside Rat Race, an outdoor sports equipment store at Clifton Moor, where they stole five Felt Q220 mountain
THE FIRST Mini-May Food Festival has been announced for next month. The festival, which will take place over the weekend of May 28 and 29, will encompass all of Yorkshire-made delicacies, including meat, beer and cheese and organisers say it is sure
YORK nurse Sara Danesin Medio is still in with a chance of victory in BBC’s Masterchef competition. The 40-year-old, who works at York Hospital, continued her quest for glory last night, and made it through unscathed as the final four were whittled
A MOTORCYCLIST is still fighting for his life in hospital after a crash on a North Yorkshire road. The 62-year-old victim was riding a silver Honda CBR when he was involved in a collision with a blue Kia Sorento on the B1257 between Stokesley and Helmsley
THE saga surrounding controversial plans for a retirement village in North Yorkshire looks to have ended after inspectors upheld a decision to refuse planning permission. Nigel and Judy Bell, who own Shepherd’s Purse Cheeses, near Thirsk, wanted to build
A LEADING York developer has called on the main political parties to explain how they intend to tackle the city’s housebuilding crisis. John Reeves, chairman of the Helmsley group, claimed in an open letter to party group leaders that there
THE winner of this year’s Miss York contest will not only be presented with a crown – she will also be handed a diamond solitaire pendant worth at least £1,000. And unlike the crown, which must be passed on at the end of her year as Miss York, the winner
THE YORK Beer And Cider Festival makes its return to Knavesmire for the third consecutive year this September, writes Emily Farrow. The York Branch of CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) has announced the event will return to the site it has occupied for the
SOME of York’s biggest museums have attracted record numbers of visitors in the past year, new figures have revealed. Attractions run by York Museums Trust – the Castle Museum, York Art Gallery, York St Mary’s and the Yorkshire Museum – received 100,000
