A NUMBER of drivers have been taken to hospital after a pile up on the A1 in North Yorkshire, police have said. Emergency services say eight vehicles are involved in the accident, which has occurred between Boroughbridge and Dishforth. Some of the
THE 12-year-old boy seriously injured in a road accident between York and Selby is on the mend police say, five weeks after being admitted to hospital. The youngster was cycling in Kelfield Lane on September 22 when he was involved in a collision with
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Winner: Alan ‘Spen’ Allison Runners Up: Ben Weaver, Kate Lock The judging panel said the standard of this year’s entries was “tremendously high”, featuring a number of individuals who had made outstanding contributions to promoting pride
The exceptional achievements of York residents whose bravery, commitment and selflessness have helped improve their communities deserve to be celebrated, and once again The Press Community Pride Awards ceremony has done just that. Each year
Winner: Poppleton Ousebank School (Bradley’s Place) New Earswick Primary School’s Class Pets project, Hob Moor Oaks Primary School’s recipe book The winning project at this year’s Community Pride Awards was a poignant memorial to a tragic
Winner: Gareth Davies Runners Up: Sarah Watts, Fiona Bennett As always, this category was open to classroom stars who, through their enthusiasm and commitment, truly inspire their pupils. All the nominated teachers were considered inspirational
Winner: Sallyanne Gatus Runners Up: Maggie Potter, June Whittaker Our panel found this one of the most difficult categories to judge, because there were so many excellent nominations. All three finalists have showed great community spirit
Winner: Brian Hughes Runners Up: Dave Sykes, Andrew Fair This year’s fundraisers included such an incredible range of strong contenders, the judging panel had a very difficult time choosing between them, but ultimately it was the innovation
Winners: Owen Targett, Freddie Hyde, Hannah Jayne Martin, Margaux Barker, Rosalia Daly- Maxwell Once again, the Child of the Year Awards proved impossible for our judging panel to pick a single winner, as all five nominees have shown such
YORK City manager Gary Mills is “quite hopeful” that top scorer Jason Walker will be fit enough for Saturday’s FA Cup clash at Wrexham. Walker limped out of the action with a foot injury during the first half of Saturday’s 4-2 win at Hayes & Yeading
Winner: Doreen Foster Runners Up: Steven Marr, Jaynie Pateraki Every day, an army of unsung heroes quietly go about their duties looking after the nation’s health, and the Community Pride Health Service Hero Award seeks to celebrate
Winner: York People First Runners Up: Poppleton Junior Football Club, Weigh Together Judges called the nominees in this category “three more wonderful projects, in a category which truly encourages pride in the community”, and praised
Winner: Jeff Wall Runners Up: John Targett, Simon and Lesley Hyde, Maxine Daly Once again, our judges had a tough time compiling a shortlist for this category, because all nominees had shown such incredible dedication to their families
Winner: John Nicholson Runners Up: Trevor Palmer, Kathrine Armstrong-Bisson The judging panel once again found it very difficult to create a shortlist for this category, let alone name a winner, and said each entrant was “exceptional
Winner: York and District Schoolboys under-13s This year saw a new addition to the regular Community Pride Awards lineup, as a number of nominations were received for a York-based football team who made history by bringing some very special
Winner: Frank Stones Runners Up: Sarah Watts, Poppie Jaram More than half a century of dedication to a local cricket league meant Frank Stones was named 2011’s Sporting Hero, as the award celebrates outstanding contributions to amateur
YORK-BORN Danny Allan has signed for York City Knights’ Co-operative Championship rivals Hunslet Hawks. The former Leeds Rhinos junior, a product of Heworth ARLC, who generally plays at loose-forward or stand-off, has penned a one-year deal at the John
Winner: Paisley Laws Runners Up: Hayden Davies, Joel Lishman and John Docherty Judges said all four of the Spirit of Youth nominees were stories of inspiration from “shining examples to their peers”, who had shown strength in the face
Winner: Heworth Post Office Runners Up: Little Green Rascals, Access Travel There was a flood of nominations for a variety of businesses and services which have displayed outstanding customer care in the last year, but the judges had
BEST Western Hotel group is set to boost its York headquarters by expanding its purchasing consortium, Beacon. Beacon, which provides products and services to the hospitality sector, from pot plants and balloons to helping hotels upgrade their green
REGIONAL airports will be disproportionately affected by the Government’s approach to Air Passenger Duty (APD), Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) and airline Jet2.com have told Chancellor George Osborne. John Parkin, chief executive of LBA, and Ian Doubtfire
BARCLAYS bank is holding a series of business lending clinics to get small businesses to think about borrowing to invest for growth. It is hoped one of the events in York, which will take place on Thursday at Barclays branch at 1-3 Parliament Street,
LA Maison Du Café has won Best Mobile Catering Experience at the Piper-Heidsieck Racecourse Catering Awards. The coffee house and outdoor caterers, based at York Racecourse, was set up in 2005 by Tom Hawkins, who supplies mobile units and kiosks to some
EXHIBITION and conference service company Joe Manby has won the contract to provide services at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Annual Conference. The family-run business, established in 1974 in Harrogate, will provide all the services
A YORK hotel has raised £30,000 for Martin House Children’s Hospice. The Best Western Monkbar Hotel has reached the milestone in three years, thanks to the efforts of staff, guests and boxfuls of cuddly bears. Most of the money has been raised by the
YORK City legend Alf Patrick and ex-Football League linesman Graham Bradbury have led the tributes to former top-flight referee Peter Rhodes, who passed away at the weekend aged 90. Rhodes famously sent off the likes of Denis Law and Ian St John
THE status quo was maintained at the top of York Minster Engineering Football League reserve ‘A’ as the leading three sides all recorded victories. Leaders Old Malton had little difficulty in extending their unbeaten run to six games as they won
YORK’S first professional mixed martial arts encounter failed to chart a home success. Tom Woodfin of the York MMA was unable to successfully combat the raw core strength of Qasim Shafiq, of the Cage Steel club in Dewsbury. For almost all of the three
A WRIGHT tornado blasted through Cage Confrontation Four to storm to a York title triumph. Adam Wright, of the Multi Masters Academy, was a whirlwind of power to seize the WRSA semi-pro Mixed Martial Arts title up for grabs in a mere 42 seconds
NEW Earswick All Blacks ARLC suffered their second defeat in two weeks when they went down 46-18 at unbeaten Dewsbury Moor in the Pennine League championship. Coach Simon Baynes made a number of changes to the side, but the All Blacks were lacking in
WHITWELL-ON-THE-HILL’S Terry Temple claimed the scalp of former Premier League runner-up Mervyn King on his way to a last-16 appearance at the PDC German Darts Classic Players Championship. Having earlier disposed of top-50 player Steve Maish 6-4,
DUNNINGTON pounded Pontefract 5-0 and eased past last season’s champions Abbeydale 3-2 to take their winning run to four straight victories in the Yorkshire Squash League premier division. Highlight of the Pontey whitewash was Gareth Lumsden’s 3-0
REIGNING champion Charlie Payne will defend his title at the MEM Malton Forest Rally next month. Ripon-based Payne has entered his Just Ferries-sponsored WRC Ford Focus in the rally, which will be held on November 6. Other WRC cars entered include
YELLOW peril struck City of York Hockey Club men’s I as a last-gasp goal handed Sheffield University Bankers a 3-2 win in the North League premier division. City of York were pegged back twice after taking the lead in each half at Energise
Acomb Hockey Club men’s second team edged visiting Airedale II out of the second round of the League ‘E’ cup in a penalty shoot-out. The home side started strongly and opened the scoring in the tenth minute when Andy Smith swept home with the ’keeper
A DISALLOWED strike ripped City of York HC ladies first team’s hopes of maximum North League division one points at Pendle Forest. York started well, applying pressure. Opportunities fell their way, but they were unable to convert a series of passes
Lexington Bay, winner of his last two starts, heads to Musselburgh from North Yorkshire tomorrow in a bid to complete a notable hat-trick. The Richard Fahey-trained stayer won at Ayr’s Western Meeting last month and has since followed up in a valuable
Comment: Early release right for Fernie>> THE York student jailed for violence during the London protest against spending cuts is today back home after being released early on curfew. Frank Fernie was released from jail in Cambridgeshire
I am shocked that the French Rugby Team was was fined £10,000 because they chose to walk in a V formation towards the New Zealand Team as they performed their war dance “The Haka”. The New Zealand Team were unconcerned about the actions of
CLIMATE change denial is now dead and buried. When ‘Climategate’ was fabricated in 2009 by contrarians and vested interests, as a way of undermining the many international reports on man-made climate change, these same vested interests also set up their
WHATEVER contortions the Conservative Party has performed in the past 50 years, at least it has been magnificently consistent in one respect: it has never been straight with the public about Europe. This shabby tradition continued yesterday when
I WAS saddened to read the letter from Gary Craig regarding the planning refusal for the rebuild of York mosque (Letters, October 21) and his rather patronising comments suggesting a basis of racial prejudice for the various objections. This is so
IT WAS laughable to read Tony Kelly’s diatribe against tug-of-war (The Press, October 22). After all it is a hundred times more of a sport than “the sport of kings”, of which The Press is such an advocate. It is a million times more sporting than
AS THE wheel saga revolves yet again, I am prompted to ask just how many visitors come to York to go on the wheel and how many come to our city for its fabulous heritage. I suspect folk will take a spin on it because it is there but cannot see how
THE jury in a York murder trial was sent home early yesterday after a witness felt poorly and the case had to be adjourned for the afternoon. Kerry Munton was being cross-examined at Leeds Crown Court about an incident in Stuart Road, Acomb, in which
TWO evening bus services between York and Selby will run until December after being scheduled for the axe at the end of this month. Arriva Yorkshire is to continue operating the number 42 evening route, for which funding from local parish councils
NO ONE can put a price on good health, or on treating the sick; nor should they. So it was good to see (The Press, October 22) that the £18 million debt of the local primary care trust has been written off. This was money spent on treating the illnesses
HAVING had some recent contacts and objections to planning applications, I have come to the conclusion that City of York Council planning department and its committees are a waste of taxpayers’ money. An approval this week to convert a residential
I WOULD like to add my voice to those who have experienced really good service from York Hospital, not least because, nationally, nurses seem to have had quite a bad press recently. In a recent overnight stay I had for a minor operation, there
THE name of our city has changed several times since those terrifying legless legionaries first arrived here. I think it’s about time the name was changed again to reflect York’s present visionary status. We have planning officers who willingly represent
TYRANTS have been toppled, the euro is in trouble and MPs are revolting, but the big news is that Yorkshire folk are facing a threat to their long-held liberties. Or possibly not. The story, in brief, which has made not only our national newspapers but
AN appeal for witnesses has been issued by police following a robbery in an East Yorkshire town. A 21-year-old man was approached from behind by an attacker who is alleged to have pushed him to the ground in Holyrood Avenue, Bridlington, between
VISITORS to a North Yorkshire zoo are likely to catch a glimpse of a special bunch of animal enthusiasts this week as part of a new initiative. The Zoo Academy at Flamingo Land was started during the summer holidays, to allow seven to ten-year-olds
Start your Christmas shopping in style at our exclusive evening event at Browns York. Christmas cakes are being baked across Yorkshire this week – so signalling the start of the festive countdown. Now is the time to sit down with a pen
LEAD thieves have targeted schools in the Selby area. The first incident occurred at Riccall Primary School, but staff said they were unsure when the theft had taken place, and it was unclear how much lead had been stolen. The second
THOUSANDS of residents living within a five-mile radius of a top private school near York are being invited to have the flu jab for free. More than 2,500 people living in and around Queen Ethelburga’s College at Thorpe Underwood are being offered
CYCLISTS who go out on York’s roads without lights have been warned they face fines as darker evenings approach. North Yorkshire Police and the Safer York Partnership will launch their Operation Image initiative at the start of November, which will see
X-FACTOR 2010 winner Matt Cardle is to perform at York Barbican next spring. He will appear on Thursday, March 1 – the only tour date to have been announced in Yorkshire so far. Tickets costing £26.50 go on sale at 9am on Friday. After winning the
The challenge is to make it even more gruesome than the last time. That is why I’m thinking of cutting off my own arm. Well, if that bloke in 127 Hours did it, so can I. Only you could argue that, being wedged in a remote canyon, he had a better reason
COUNCIL leaders in York say a predicted gap in their budget has been narrowed by £800,000 – but they still face a tough battle to balance the books this year. Figures going before City of York Council’s cabinet next week show the authority is currently
Researchers at the University of York are examining a remarkably preserved 6,000-year-old cooking pot and wooden spoon which were recovered from the Åmose bog in Zealand, Denmark, to discover our dietry development. The research, led by Oliver Craig
BOSSES at a national park in North Yorkshire have warned protecting its landscape will be the priority despite an increase in renewable energy schemes to allow rural residents to power their homes. A dairy farmer on the North York Moors saw an application
PETER Lawrence, the father of missing York chef Claudia Lawrence, was today due to be speaking at a seminar in the city. The event at the York Hilton hotel will be attended by members of the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, named after the estate agent who went
More than 20,000 spectators are expected for the eighth Roger Albert Clark Rally, which this year will start at Duncombe Park in Helmsley for the Yorkshire section of the four-day spectacular. Starting on December 2, competitors will be faced with
Homeowners and businesses were told to brace themselves for flooding as heavy rain and strong winds swept across the country. The Environment Agency has issued a flood warning for Scarborough, saying that on-shore winds were expected to cause problems
A MAN has been charged with assaulting York street performer, Purpleman. A 36-year-old from Pontefract will appear in court next month, charged with four offences: assault by beating, being concerned in the possession of a class B drug, possession
A NEW police station in Helmsley will be officially opened by North Yorkshire Police’s temporary deputy chief constable, Tim Madgwick on Thursday. The office, which will be based at the headquarters of the North York Moors National Park Authority
COUNCILLORS look set to bring in new powers to tackle the growth of student lets in parts of York. Cabinet members at City of York Council will next week be asked to confirm an “Article 4 Direction”, which would mean planning permission from the authority
BATS may have put a spoke in any plans to brightly illuminate York’s big wheel after darkness falls. A major bat survey has been conducted in the gardens of the Royal York Hotel where Great City Attractions intend to site the 53m observation wheel.
“YORK we have come here to give you rock and roll! Are you ready?” So screeched the lead singer to a venue packed to the rafters with black-clad rockers and the crowd were only too happy to give in to the request. The Northern Irish rockers were
RESIDENTS have been advised to report any sightings of a dark-coloured Daihatsu after its occupants of the vehicle were seen acting suspiciously near a Land Rover at Seaton Ross. North Yorkshire Police said that when challenged, the men fled in the
York Hospital is now home to a stunning piece of sculptural art work thanks to renowned artist Sally Arnup. To coincide with Sally’s current exhibition, which is housed within the Blake Gallery, the artist has lent a scuplture of a turkey to the hospital
A GROUP of bartenders from York will be throwing caution – and their clothes – to the wind when they go naked for a charity calendar to raise awareness of The Press’s river safety campaign. The idea of the calendar followed the death of 21-year-old bartender
A TEENAGER from York will be getting a special birthday present this weekend after his father won a competition run by The Press. Robert Acomb, from Clifton, scooped the prize of a new moped worth £1,000, courtesy of York-based Pedpit Ltd, which will
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a man’s jaw was fractured during an assault in a North Yorkshire takeaway. The victim, a 25-year-old man from Whitby, was injured when he was attacked in Express Fast Food on St Thomas Street, Scarborough, just
POLICE in East Yorkshire are appealing for help after a man was found dead in a street. Michael Gregson, 64, was discovered by a friend in Blanket Row in Hull city centre. Humberside Police are now appealing for help to trace relatives or friends
POLICE have appealed for a vital witness to come forward after a motorcyclist was injured in a crash near Ripon. The incident occurred at just after 2pm on Saturday at the crossroads on Stark Bank Road near Ellingstring, when two motorcyclists collided
RESIDENTS of Selby have been urged to donate blood at a pair of special sessions this week. Platelets, which are the vital blood clotting component of blood, only have a five-day shelf life, so NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), has set up the sessions
PINK footballers, fairies and cowboys put in an appearance at a York nursery as children and staff threw themselves into raising funds for Breast Cancer Research. Everyone at Daisy Chain Day Nursery, Cinder Lane, donned their best pink attire for the
THE oldest retired RAF officer, who was one of the top 100 shots in the country, has celebrated his 105th birthday at his Yorkshire home. Frank Bagshaw joined the RAF when he was 19, in 1925, a few years after the formation of the force, as a rigger
ST FRANCIS Junior Players in Thorpe Willoughby are performing Bugsy Malone this week. The two-day show opens on Thursday, and runs at 7.30pm each evening, with doors opening at 7pm. Tickets cost £5 with £4 for concessions and children
