STRIKER Jason Walker fired in a last-minute free-kick to earn York City a 2-2 draw with Cambridge United in the Blue Square Bet Premier. The Minstermen trailed twice to their Bootham Crescent visitors, but twice responded to stay third in the table
ARMAND Vergne and Jean Caillet were just 20-years-old when they came to Elvington to play their part in the fight against Nazi Germany. They were among 3,500 Frenchmen who lived in York and fought alongside the RAF and who paid a heavy price
POLICE in Surrey have been given more time to question a man arrested in connection with the murder of a police woman believed to be from York. Detectives have been granted a further 36 hours to question ex-detective constable Peter Foster,
IN the opening voiceover to Gill Adams’s account of “the biggest political sex scandal to rock the British nation in the 20th century”, Alice Coulthard’s Christine Keeler says you will probably only know her as “that naked bird on a chair”. By
RICHARD BUCK’S dreams of competing at next summer’s Olympic Games in London have suffered a huge blow after he lost his funding from UK Athletics. The 24-year-old, who has won four medals for Great Britain at World and European Indoor Championships
YORK City manager Gary Mills wants the 3,000 fans who watched Saturday’s 2-1 victory over Grimsby to keep coming to Bootham Crescent until the end of the season. The 3,872 gate against the Mariners was City’s biggest since the 2010 play-off semi-final
YORK’S council leader is to be commended for supporting the Federation of Small Businesses, but he needs to back up his words with positive action. He can do nothing about access to finance, export markets or National Insurance contributions;
THE world’s leading climate scientist, James Hansen, predicts that we may see sea-level rises of up to five metres this century. If he is correct, Grimsby, Hull and parts of Selby will be lost to the sea. He predicts most of the rise to be in the
WITHOUT a shadow of doubt, I can advise that Dr Shikha Chandak’s proposal to ban heavy traffic from the roads for a three-hour period is completely unworkable. Where, firstly, are they to go from the road – on to thousands of yet-to-be-constructed
SO A silly mistake has cost Liam Fox his job has Defence Secretary. You would think educated people such as him would not fall into the trap that he made for himself. Once the media got hold of this story, he had no chance of surviving; then the Shadow
AT long last we are going to see the White Swan Hotel in its glory – but please don’t make too much change because this building still looks fantastic after all the neglect over the years. So come on, you Yorkies – let’s have some good thought
OVER the years, I have seen many letters and comments suggesting the use of the River Ouse as a transport route. Anyone looking at a map of York would see that the Ouse makes a junction with the circular ring road to the north and south (approximately
I GREATLY enjoyed Mike Usherwood’s erudite words (Letters, October 12) about fining cyclists £500 for cycling on the pavement. In fact, I’d go much further than that. If I had control of the city, I would authorise a group of fit young men to stand
FOLLOWING the Yesterday Once More feature of September 12, the photo of Lowther Street peace party 1919 contained family members. This picture was supplied to The Press by Reg Butler and The Press does not have further information. I would be
THERE are many arguments for and against the idea of making York a City of Sanctuary. I would ask City of York Council to consider this: York has no industry other than tourism, so if we invite refugees in numbers to the city we may well deter the
IN response to Ken Holmes’s letter (The Press, October 12), I believe that the recent introduction of the British Horse Authority’s new rule on the use of the whip in horseracing is appropriate for the welfare of race horses and the sport. It may
I SEE York outer MP Julian Sturdy is among a gang of Tory MPs urging the Government to abolish free bus travel for pensioners. Are they also starting a campaign to cut out free rail travel, subsidised canteens at Westminster, bottomless expense accounts
I WISH to tell you of a sad experience I had in Malton on October 12. My friend and I were in the MIND charity shop and I made a purchase, then foolishly left my purse on the counter. I realised within ten minutes and rushed back. The woman behind
I WANT to object to the proposed new site for the ‘Wheel’ in York. It looks too much like a bicycle wheel to me and I suspect its erection will start a sublime reaction in all your “I hate cyclists” correspondents. Frankly, I just couldn’t stand
IN REPLY to Coun Steward (Letters, October 14), I care very much about the NHS, as do the majority of people. However there is clear evidence that the Conservative Party does not care about the NHS. Coun Steward has no understanding of the difference
A FEW years ago, a good friend of playwright Blake Morrison made a suggestion after seeing one of his stage adaptations for Northern Broadsides. “Why not do a version of Chekhov’s The Three Sisters featuring Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte instead of
THE other evening I was walking along a dark York street when I spotted a group of about half a dozen teenagers, boys and girls, in a bus shelter. As I approached one of the girls shrieked: “No, stop!” while raising her arms, apparently in self-defence
FORGET putting cafetieres on the hob, there is nothing more homely and welcoming than the aroma of freshly baked cakes. That’s what I used to come home to as a child. Coming off the school bus, I could almost smell the fruits of my mum’s labours
VISITING Leeds on Saturday, I noticed they have their lights up ready to be switched on. City of York Council will not want to be behind Leeds with their plans and I expect they will be ready with ‘our lights’ soon. Yes, I am sure York council
A FARM supplies business closed its doors while owners Chris Jeffery and Kate Williamson tied the knot earlier this month. The co-founders of Green’s Farm Supplies met while working for a company that supplied animal health products to farmers in the
HERITAGE and tourism professionals from across the UK and overseas will visit York this week for the Association For Heritage Interpretation conference. Malton-based heritage design company PLB will deliver the keynote address at the conference, which
Raw food, yogic chanting and visualisation rituals – MAXINE GORDON takes a step into the unknown at a new well-being retreat in North Yorkshire. THUMPING the yoga mat violently with my hands, gorilla-style, I thrust out the word: “hurrrrrrrrrrr
IT’S a good life for a microcosm of small businesses which has grown up within a small community in a village near York. A little cluster of farm buildings, at Skipbridge Farm, Green Hammerton, hosts a variety of traditional rural businesses, as well
IN-FORM Cambridge United will travel to York City tonight boasting the Blue Square Bet Premier’s joint-meanest defence. Only table-topping Wrexham can match the U’s record of eight goals conceded in the highest echelon of non-League football
Updated: YORK City manager Gary Mills has insisted his team will not be “daunted” by an FA Cup fourth qualifying round trip to table-topping Wrexham. The October 29 tie is, on paper, the hardest draw City could have been handed in the competition but
NEW Earswick All Blacks ARLC stayed fourth in the Pennine League championship despite a 42-18 defeat at Ackworth Jaguars. The White Rose Avenue side suffered only their second defeat of the campaign despite starting well in both halves. The visitors
CRACKSHOT Copmanthorpe ended a run of five York Minster Engineering Football League reserve ‘A’ home games without a win in spectacular style. They hammered double figures past visitors Haxby, whose Dan Hilton had given them the lead. James Duck (
TADCASTER Albion may be unbeaten in seven Northern Counties East League matches, but manager Paul Marshall is adamant his side need to raise their game at top-flight leaders Bridlington tonight (7.45pm). Albion extended their impressive stretch of results
SUPER-SUB Danny Middleton scored the only goal of the game as York City’s youth team racked up a fifth successive win by beating Doncaster, writes Tom Platt. Goalkeeper Ben White had earlier kept the Minstermites level with an excellent penalty save.
BUOYANT Leeds United are keeping their fingers crossed goalkeeper Andy Lonergan will be fit for tonight’s visit of Coventry City. The shot-stopper came off with an injured finger before the end of the 3-0 Yorkshire derby triumph at Doncaster Rovers
TRAMWAYS secured the division one title in the York John Smith’s Ladies Darts League with a resounding win at Walnut Tree. Jo Hodges closed out on 112 and captain Sue Lowery checked out on 95 as they sealed victory within the singles. Five Lions look
NEWLY-PROMOTED City of York Hockey Club Men’s I are finding their feet in the North League premier division after a 0-0 draw at Formby I. After losing their opening two matches, fourth-from-bottom York beat Leeds University before taking a point from
UNLUCKY City of York Hockey Club Ladies I were toppled 1-0 at home by Wakefield in division one of the North League. Despite York having the majority of the possession, Wakefield took an early lead. York worked tirelessly in an attempt to get back
TABLE-TOPPING Acomb Hockey Club Men’s I beat Chapeltown III 2-1 to move clear of the chasing pack in Yorkshire League division four. The visitors took the lead when they caught Acomb on the hop with an overlap. Pete Hilton levelled from inside the
THREE York Boxing Club fighters are through to the Yorkshire finals of the Amateur Boxing Association championships next month. Thomas Mulvenna, Yorkshire cruiser-weight champion last year, was followed by club-mate Paul Gordon and Brady Coombs into
TEENAGER Aaron Richardson has been discharged from hospital a month after the attack which left him in a coma. The 15-year-old York High School pupil was attacked at the entrance to the funfair on Knavesmire on September 17 and suffered serious head
Nestlé were twice pegged back as they drew 2-2 at Malton in the Purple Mountain Ladies Hockey League. Nestlé scored just before the break through Clare Souter, but Malton levelled after the break. Julie Moore scored from the top of the ‘D’ to restore
Needs must. With no racing north of the border tomorrow, championship-hungry jockey Paul Hanagan heads to Newmarket, followed by an evening shift at Kempton. With less than three weeks of the season to run, the trailblazing Malton rider is clearly intent
INJURIES, illness and unavailability hampered Easingwold HellCats’ hopes of success at the Rock-It-Ball UK Club Championships in Scotland. A skeleton squad of four made the trip north of the border with Sara Cooper captaining a team also consisting
THE York & District Amalgamation of Anglers have announced the draw and fishing times for their additional midweek veterans matches. The draw at Laybourne Lakes’ Marley pool tomorrow and on Wednesday, October 26 will be held at 10.30am, with fishing
A TEENAGER from York and his family are hoping he will be one of the first in the UK to undergo a pioneering procedure to help him walk independently for the first time. Tom Arnett, 14, of Strensall was born with cerebral palsy, leaving him
THE parents of a murdered police officer believed to be from York have travelled to Surrey to identify her body. Though not yet formally identified, it is understood the dead woman is 33-year-old Heather Cooper, an officer from Surrey Police
Bob Davies the nationally acclaimed and award-winning catering manager at Easingwold school has been shortlisted for yet another accolade. Having been proclaimed public caterer of the year by BBC Radio 4’s Food and Farming Awards, Bob has now been shortlisted
AN Italian restaurant worker hit out with a wooden rod and dumb-bells when he found his flatmate in his bed with a woman, York magistrates heard. Paolo Floris wept in court as Sandra White described how he had attacked Mariano Pinna with a stair spindle
SHE has struggled since she was 11 against the debilitating and painful condition ME, which left her so weak that twice she could not leave her home for nine months. But now Natalie Jackson, 22, of Holgate, has just returned from eight weeks
A MAN was taken to hospital after losing consciousness while driving. A spokesman for North Yorkshire Police said they were called by paramedics to Barlby Road, Selby, at about 8.15am yesterday, after a man, aged 45, drove off the road.
RESIDENTS in East Yorkshire have been urged to become the eyes and ears of the police in a bid to combat thieves targeting churches. A spate of crimes in the Market Weighton area has seen places of worship targeted with lead and copper stolen from their
THIEVES have stolen bikes worth £3,500 from a property in Headwell Lane, Saxton, near Tadcaster. The theft took place between 9pm and 11pm on Thursday, October 13. A black Felt B16 racing bike, worth £1,800, and a red Felt F5 road bike, worth £1,700
A CYCLIST who suffered severe head injuries in a collision with a bus in Wetherby Road, Acomb, was still in a “critical but stable” condition last night, police said. The man, who is 26 and believed to be from the Acomb area, was being treated in
THE head of York Hospital has criticised the area’s PCT and other major health organisations and said more should have been done to ensure services worked together. Alan Rose, chairman of York Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, said managers at NHS North
THE majority of employees of caravan retailer Discover Leisure have been made redundant. The business, which is headquartered in Newbald, East Yorkshire, has kept 20 employees to work with the administrators on getting to grips with outstanding
DOZENS of volunteers have spent a day clearing footpaths and carrying out other tasks at York’s St Nicholas Fields Nature Reserve. Employees of the Lend Lease Group – one of the partners in the joint venture developing the Hungate Urban Neighbourhood
THE budgeting problems of a York school that converted to academy status have been raised in the House of Commons. York Outer MP Julian Sturdy urged Education Secretary Michael Gove to allocate budgets to academy schools earlier to avoid the kind of
AN academic from the University of York is to create a mummified body in the same way as the pharaohs of 3,000 years ago. Dr Stephen Buckley, a chemist and research fellow at York University, has spent 19 years trying to uncover the preservation techniques
FUNERAL etiquette is dying out in York as people increasingly fail to pay their respects to a passing procession, a funeral director has warned. Philip Taylor, manager of three funeral homes in the York area for The Co-operative Funeralcare, says more
A BRIDE has told how her wedding breakfast at a York hotel was halted and guests had to be evacuated when a fire started in the building. Susan Sayer, neé Dove, said that – still in her wedding dress – she had to leave the Best Western Pavilion Hotel
STORIES from former employees of York’s chocolate dynasties have been pouring in to the creators of York’s new chocolate attraction. The Sweet History Of York has attracted tales of mischief, romance and gluttony, some of which will form part of the
A BREWERY near Selby has created a special ale to celebrate the 250th anniversary of one of Selby’s most accomplished sons. Smithson Tennant was born in the town on November 30, 1761. He was a professor of chemistry at Cambridge University
RESIDENTS in the Fishergate area of York are being offered free fruit trees. At a meeting at 7pm on November 18 at St George’s School, residents will be able to get a voucher which can be exchanged for a free fruit tree. There will also be a chance
The 37th York National Book Fair held at York Racecourse last month was a record success, making it the world’s second largest book fair this year. A record number of more than 200 dealers from the UK and overseas, all members of the Provincial
POLICE are hunting a driver involved in a hit-and-run incident in which three cars were damaged in York city centre. North Yorkshire Police want witnesses to come forward after a number of cars were damaged in the Micklegate area of the city
WHEN Joseph French joined the British Army before the First World War he was given a Bible by a Christian society in line with a tradition going back to the Civil War. Having joined the Leicestershire Regiment, he received the DCM (Distinguished
ORGANISERS of next year’s York Mystery Plays are celebrating after a parish charity and two York businesses pledged thousands of pounds in sponsorship. The Feoffees of Spurriergate, a charity which supports churches and other charitable purposes
A POCKLINGTON widower who has dedicated his life to raising funds for research into a devastating illness which killed his wife has organised a support meeting at the Burnby Rooms, The Balk, at 10am on Friday. Michael Shepherd, 75, who lost his
COUNCIL officers are warning York councillors against using a proposed new law to make it easier for rioters to be evicted from their council homes. Currently council tenants can only be evicted for antisocial behaviour if they carry it out in or
MEMBERS of Rotary Club of York Ainsty swapped their usual two-course dinner for a more frugal affair to help feed needy children around the globe. On Porridge Day, the Rotarians, who meet weekly at the Mecure Fairfield Manor Hotel, enjoyed
Families at RAF Linton-On-Ouse have celebrated the opening of new state-of-the-art play areas for young people living on or around the base. The Airplay Parks are part of the RAF Benevolent Fund’s national £24million Airplay programme for children
SOME of the York’s most influential figures and famous historical sights can now be viewed all over the world at the touch of a button. Iconic moments of York’s history have been captured on canvas and can usually only be viewed on the walls of the
GARDEN waste is to be collected less frequently over coming months by City of York Council as part of the drive to reduce spending and increase efficiency. The authority said the changes will reflect the lower levels of green waste produced during
A CAMPAIGNER says he is baffled by planners’ justification for allowing a York affordable housing scheme to be transformed into private housing. Local resident Nick Parker said he cannot see how the re-development of a former dairy off Haxby
YORKSHIRE Water is launching a new campaign to advise customers how to “Wrap Up” their homes in preparation for winter. Last year, York experienced the coldest winter on record, with temperatures reaching -11.4 degrees celsius and causing thousands
THIEVES stole a wallet and a power tool from a vehicle at a house between 11pm on Monday, October 10, and 4.30am on Tuesday, October 11. The offenders entered the property in Orchard Close through an unlocked back door, and stole the car keys and
YORK Lions Club raised £473 for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance at their annual appeal launch on Saturday. York people were treated to a performance from The Shepherd Group Concert Band, of which York Lions Club member Peter Jesse is also a member.
A MAJOR East Yorkshire route has been repaired a week earlier than expected because the Highways Agency used a new more environmentally friendly way of resurfacing damaged carriageways. The A63 near Brough is now fully open and proposed closures for
THREE generations of head girls have been recognised at York’s Joseph Rowntree School. Laura Eden, who was head girl at the school from 2010-11 and has now just started in the Sixth Form, revealed to staff that her mother and grandmother had also been
POLICE in East Yorkshire are warning Hallowe’en revellers that mischief can bring misery. The Pocklington and Wolds Weighton Neighbourhood Policing Team will unveil a campaign later this month focusing on how antisocial behaviour problems can surround
