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  • York City book semi-final spot in FA Trophy

    MIDFIELDER Scott Kerr's first York City goal fired the club into the semi-finals of the FA Trophy. Kerr's goal seven minutes from time earned the Minstermen a 1-0 victory over Grimsby Town at Blundell Park. * Vote for your York City

  • York Acorn U18s beat Oulton Raiders to reach trophy final

    TROPHY glory awaits York Acorn Under-18s after a dramatic and daring Yorkshire League Cup semi-final victory over Oulton Raiders. Acorn, division one high-fliers in the Yorkshire Youth League, reached the final by coming from behind, despite injuries

  • It’s sevens up as Terrington Hall stage rugby tournament

    THE largest junior sevens rugby tournament in the country is set to get under way at Terrington Hall. The Ryedale school hosts its under-11s tournament next Wednesday, while the U13s will take to the pitch the following week on Wednesday, March 7.

  • Junior rugby team in player appeal

    HEWORTH ARLC are looking for new players to join their junior ranks. The Villagers need fresh blood for their under-8s, U9s, U10s and U12s squads ahead of the new season, which kicks off next month. Anyone interested in joining the Elmpark Way outfit

  • New store another ‘nail in the coffin’

    WHAT unwelcome news greeted me in The Press of February 24. I cannot believe the council has agreed to yet another Tesco store, this time right in the middle of the town. Yet another nail in the coffin of the city centre. I hope it is not too

  • Littlefield double seals win for Thorpe United

    A closely fought top of the table Garforth Junior Football League clash between Thorpe United and Horsforth Earthquakes saw Thorpe run out as 2-1 winners. The deadlock was broken when Lewis Griffiths was set free for Thorpe and he crossed for Corey Littlefield

  • York Schoolboys U13s dominant in Trans-Pennine League

    DOMINANT York Schoolboys U13s’ 8-3 victory at Leeds propelled them to top spot in the Carnegie Trans-Pennine League, writes Samuel Burton. The opening five minutes brought two goals as York opened the scoring through an assured finish from George Brown

  • Water’s all around us

    I READ with interest the letter from Kenneth Bowker on February 23. Does he really want to ruin even more of our valuable country side by building more reservoirs? There should be no such thing as a water shortage in this country. We live on an

  • Memories of working in a ‘pork pie heaven’

    YOUR edition of February 8 featured a letter from Mr J Smith explaining how he was beaten for eating a Wrights pork pie (which he described as “the nearest thing to heaven I could recall”). I have many recollections of events surrounding our family's

  • Where’s the push?

    SELBY District Council is financially emasculated, but this does not mean it needs to be moribund in delivering to its motto of “To Serve Others”. Where is the push to promote that Selby is open to business; to deliver Olympia Park, including the

  • York City directors hit back over Trust outburst

    YORK City’s owners Malton-based JM Packaging have hit back in a row with the club’s Supporters’ Trust over finances at Bootham Crescent. The riposte has come in response to a Supporters’ Trust statement that suggested any amount of tax relief received

  • Israel’s nuclear arsenal

    D MARTIN’S letter of February 22 talks in obscure terms about people “indoctrinated from infancy to hate”. In case we miss the point we are offered a list of eight countries with substantial Muslim populations which, according to Martin, fit

  • An issue overlooked

    A WALK around Badger Hill recently revealed many recycling boxes/bins littering paths and verges the day after these receptacles had been emptied. This is commonplace. When this system was introduced the council threatened action against householders

  • Energy debate

    From reports it would appear Prime Minister David Cameron agrees people should have a say as to whether they want to have unsightly, inefficient wind-turbines foisted on them. Wind-powered generators are an anachronism, as they generate no electricity

  • A Paper proposal

    JOHN Bibby obviously does not know the difference between a White Paper and an Act of Parliament (Letters, February 23). The plan he refers to was a proposal to be discussed. The Jews accepted it but the Arabs rejected it out of hand. The outcome

  • A healthy diet of prune...

    GINA PARKINSON gives the buddleia its spring chop – a trim that will give this tough shrub a boost. DAYLIGHT is increasing and soon it will be possible to get some gardening done before work. It takes planning to make sure everything gets done

  • Haynes battling Bush for Knights full-back role

    JAMES HAYNES is ready to make his seasonal bow for York City Knights tomorrow – but player-boss Chris Thorman says it would be difficult to displace Tom Bush from the full-back spot. The fight for the number one shirt took another twist on Thursday

  • Review: David Copperfield, Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York

    ROBERT Readman always has his eye on bringing new shows to York, be it Spring Awakening, the youth theatre version of Billy Elliot The Musical, or now the Yorkshire premiere of Deborah McAndrew’s stage adaptation of David Copperfield. Timed to coincide

  • A crafty solution

    Dreams do come true, discovers MAXINE GORDON at a café and crafts outpost in York. IS there anything more welcoming than the smell of freshly baked scones? This is the aroma that greets me at Me & Mrs Fisher, a quirky café-cum-crafts store

  • Chinese sticky ribs recipe

    MAXINE GORDON can’t get enough of slow-cooked pork ribs – Chinese style. FELLOW Too Many Cooks columnist Dave Stanford loves his slow cooker. Wondering what I was missing out on, I bought one and began experimenting. After trying some of Dave’

  • Filling up at Majestic

    In this week’s Tipping’s Tipples, MIKE TIPPING fills up at Majestic. I REMEMBER once filling up at Majestic Wine, with five gallons of four star. I was driving a Renault 5. York’s branch of Majestic was then a petrol station and I got change from a

  • Foss Falls country walk

    GEORGE WILKINSON and Merlot, the dog, make a splash at Falling Foss. Falling Foss was audible from the car park, noisy somewhere down in the valley, the falling water mixed with the sounds of half-term children. We had the neighbour’

  • Birdsong of early spring

    Jono Leadley of the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust continues his monthly column with a report on the birdsong of early spring. Apologies to the superstitious among you! As soon as you read my words last month about the exceptionally mild January weather

  • Rat’s the way to do it

    GAVIN AITCHISON finds it best not to judge a pub by its name. IN one of the oldest streets of one of England's oldest cities, stands one of the most wonderful pubs – with one of the ugliest of names. It's a pub with marvellous beer and a captivating

  • Brugse Zot - abv 6%; £2.40/33cl

    In 1856 Leon Maes became the owner of the Half Moon Brewery, which had been operating in the centre of Bruges since 1564. In 2005, the sixth generation of the family, Leon’s great-great-great-grandson Xavier Vanneste, took charge and introduced

  • Ex-Knights have nothing to prove - Thorman

    YORK City Knights player-boss Chris Thorman reckons the ex-Knights brigade in Gateshead’s ranks do not have anything to prove on their return to Huntington Stadium tomorrow – not least because he had wanted them to stay. Props Brett Waller and Matty

  • Sublime Reed is York City’s chairman of the bench

    YORK City manager Gary Mills is refusing to label Jamie Reed his “super-sub” despite the striker’s continued heroics from the bench. Reed has become the most prolific replacement in the Minstermen’s history after netting in both of the club’s last two

  • Football: Pack of Hounds rally for Skelton conquest

    DEFIANT Hounds went top of division one of the Ian’s Cars of Barlby Sunday Morning Football League after a narrow 3-2 win over Skelton. Hounds founds themselves 2-0 down after Tom Metcalfe had netted for Skelton. But they hit back with Jon Page, Alan

  • Cricket league’s 100 year celebration

    CENTENARY celebrations started in style for the York & District Senior Cricket League with a special invitation dinner hosted by president Bernard Stevens. The event at Stamford Bridge Cricket Club featured speeches from MCC president Philip Hodson

  • Table Tennis: Suzie Ferguson steps up to the plate

    Suzie Ferguson, normally a division four player, turned in a terrific display to win all her games for University ‘B’ in the whitewash of Aviva ‘A’ in division three of the Northern Powergrid York and District Table Tennis League. Andy Coupe and Martin

  • No three cheers yet from record man Thor

    CHRIS THORMAN has already equalled one minor York City Knights club record and indeed could well set a new club best tomorrow – but it’s fair to say he reacted with indifference when told the news. Stats fans in the Huntington Stadium faithful

  • Knockout blow for Cliffe FC

    CLIFFE crashed out of the East Riding County FA Qualifying Cup after a 3-2 defeat at Hull-based Waterloo in round three. Kev Taylor put Cliffe in front in the first minute, but Waterloo levelled with a free-kick early in the second half. Waterloo

  • Brian Ellison's Stormy Weather to run at Newcastle

    North Yorkshire trainer Brian Ellison, will saddle Stormy Weather at Newcastle today, with one eye firmly on next month’s Cheltenham Festival. Winner of his last two races, on this course and at Musselburgh, the gelding holds an entry in the County

  • Hailing union dues: Twickenham showdown to inspire

    RUGBY union seldom gets my blood stirring – must be those days in a comprehensive school with pretensions to be a grammar school forcing us to indulge in the 15-a-side code. All that did however was give free licence to the yobs from the three neighbouring

  • Hull of a showdown

    A REHEARSAL for a day-long clash of sports tomorrow featured for University of York in this week’s British Universities and Colleges Sports (BUCS) action, writes Dan Holland. The headline act was the rugby union clash with rivals Hull, taking place

  • University of York reach BUCS semi-finals

    UNIVERSITY of York men’s football firsts (in yellow shirts) toppled hosts Leeds Metropolitan 5-2 to reach the BUCS semi-finals. The victory continued a superb cup run in stark contrast to poor league form.

  • Neighbours fined for playing Rihanna songs too loudly

    SHE topped the charts with her hit single Don’t Stop The Music. But now two Rihanna fans from York have been hauled before the courts — and told to do just that. Lyndsey Valerie Smith and Sean Anthony Brough, of Tang Hall, had been repeatedly told

  • Golf: Sandburn Hall Am-Am tournaments popular

    AM-AM competitions have drawn a glowing response from members and visiting clubs at Sandburn Hall Golf Club. The club’s clubhouse manager Emma Brown said that during the winter a brace of Am-Am tournaments attracted maximum fields. “We had numbers of

  • Golf: Selby ladies revel in century score

    A LONG illustrious history was marked this week as Selby Golf Club ladies’ section celebrated their centenary with a dinner held at the clubhouse, writes Samuel Burton. Many members of the ladies section, including current captain Margaret Binks were

  • Water bill rise is above inflation

    THOUSANDS of households in York and North Yorkshire are facing an inflation-busting 8.3 per cent hike in their water and sewerage charges. Yorkshire Water has revealed that it will be imposing the increase – equivalent to about £31 a year on

  • Field hospital exercise at Elvington airfield

    A HUGE tented field hospital complete with resuscitation bays, an operating theatre and isolation ward has sprung up in Elvington near York. Army medics put up the hospital with nearly 100 soldiers from 34 Field Hospital taking part in the exercise

  • Vomiting bug hits Scarborough hospital visits

    AN outbreak of a diarrhoea and vomiting bug at Scarborough hospital has resulted in the closure of two wards to visitors. The Oak and Chestnut wards are currently off-limits to visitors. Two other bays which were closed were expected to reopen today.

  • Call to place Selby on the tourist trail

    MORE must be done to promote Selby to prevent it being overshadowed by York, the leader of the town council has said. Although the Selby District Council website has a section dedicated to tourist information for the district, anyone who clicks

  • Saint street name appeal

    CHRISTIANS are renewing their bid to have a street named in honour of the martyr St Margaret Clitherow in her own city. They are urging worshippers at Catholic and Anglican churches to sign a petition. They hope to present the list of signatures to

  • Victorian street to get big facelift

    KIRKGATE, the Castle Museum’s world-famous Victorian street, will give an authentic insight into the lives of York’s Victorian inhabitants following a £300,000 refurbishment. An alleyway, called Rowntree Snicket, will portray the poverty stricken areas

  • Garages raided in Thirsk

    RESIDENTS in Thirsk are being urged to step up their security following a series of garage burglaries in the town. Six garages and a car were broken into between last Friday night and last Saturday morning. Police said four of the garages and the vehicle

  • Staff reassured as threat to CPP eases

    THE immediate threat to one of York’s largest employers has been resolved after CPP reached an agreement with the Financial Services Authority. The business, which employs about 1,000 people in York, said the agreement on how to address certain

  • Bon Marche to remain open

    BON Marche has no plans to leave Goodramgate, the store has said, following an article in The Press about Tesco Express moving into the York street. Tesco Express will move into Christian Marcus Direct (CMD) and developers Town Centre Securities

  • Selby town clerk in farewell

    A TOWN clerk who has been instrumental in numerous changes in Selby over the past decade is preparing to stand down. Tributes have been paid to Tina Mason, who has been described as incredibly supportive and possesses a “yes we can” attitude. Ms Mason

  • Photographer Matt to talk at York gallery

    PHOTOGRAPHER Matt Writtle will be in conversation at the New School House Gallery, Peasholme Green, York, this afternoon at 2pm. Matt is the London-based photographer behind the Portraits For Posterity series of 30 images of Holocaust survivors which

  • Police search for man after charity box theft

    POLICE have released this CCTV picture of a man they are trying to trace following the theft of a charity box from an East Yorkshire industrial estate. A man entered the Abyss Caravan Supplies store on the Bessingby Industrial Estate in Bridlington

  • Pub grub’s smokin’

    THE Crown Inn at Great Ouseburn has invested in a new food smoker to smoke its own fish, meat and cheese. Paul Jackson, head chef and co-owner with his wife, Liz, is also experimenting with smoked vegetables. He said: “We found it increasingly

  • Beer today and gone tomorrow

    IT’S a case of beer today, gone tomorrow for North Yorkshire brewer Rob Franklin — who is selling his entire collection of ale memorabilia. Mr Franklin, who runs the Storyteller Brewery, is selling hundreds of old beer bottles, pump clips, mats, trays

  • Spate of sports centre thefts

    EAST Yorkshire residents are being urged not to leave valuable items in their vehicles after a spate of thefts at sports centres. The break-ins have seen a sat-nav system and a black iPhone stolen from cars parked in Church Road, Stamford Bridge, and

  • York MP in rail salaries appeal

    ONE of York’s MPs has called on the Government to publish the top salaries paid by rail companies. Hugh Bayley, who represents York Central, asked Transport Secretary Justine Greening to look into the matter during an exchange in the House of Commons

  • Dr Sentamu’s anger at anti-homosexual law

    THE Archbishop of York has renewed his opposition to a proposed law to prosecute homosexual people in his native country. Dr John Sentamu, who was born in Uganda, spoke out after MP David Bahati introduced a private members’ bill to the Ugandan Parliament

  • Award nomination for nail And beauty team

    A TEAM of nail technicians and beauticians from York have been nominated for a prestigious industry award. Simone Potter and her team at Capricorn Nails, in Tang Hall Lane, were put forward for Nail And Beauty Salon Of The Year at the Scratch Nail

  • City of York Council rejects bike champion plea

    YORK council chiefs have dismissed a Government minister’s call for a “cycling commissioner” to be appointed to make the city’s roads safer. Transport Minister Norman Baker said every city should have such a cycling chief, even those without an elected

  • Only 30 new pupils in September could save threatened school

    PARENT power could save a York secondary school which is threatened with closure, according to its deputy headteacher. Graham Reagan said time is running out to prevent the closure of Burnholme Community College, which, with a proposed intake of

  • Plans to improve Scarborough’s seafront

    PLANS to regenerate Scarborough’s seafront and town centre will go before the borough council next week. A meeting of the authority’s planning and development committee will take place on Thursday, March 1, and will look at ways to bring commercial

  • It’s bloom time for Win A Wedding couple

    A BRIDE preparing for her big day after winning her wedding courtesy of The Press has been to pick out her flowers. Acomb couple Michelle Stannard and Adrian Elliott beat 20 other entrants in a phone vote to win the all-inclusive Win A Wedding competition

  • ‘Education can help build peace’

    RESEARCH by the University of York into how violent conflict can be tackled through education has been launched in America. The work, entitled Education in Conflict and Emergencies, looks at how education can help against violence, assist post-conflict

  • Motorist trapped after Stamford Bridge crash

    POLICE and fire crews were called after a two-vehicle crash near York. Firefighters used cutting equipment to release a woman trapped in one of the cars in the incident in Stamford Bridge. A male passenger was unhurt in the incident shortly before

  • Police plea for return of veteran’s medals

    WAR medals belonging to a military veteran have been stolen from a caravan in North Yorkshire. Thieves stole the treasured heirlooms, as well as jewellery and a collection of valuable notes and coins, from a static caravan at a holiday lodge park,

  • Minster artist brings inspiration for Easter

    ART to accompany and inspire the contemplation of the Easter message is on show in York Minster. Ghislaine Howard’s acclaimed series of paintings, The Stations Of The Cross: The Captive Figure, is being shown as devotional work during Lent and

  • Enterprise pledge for smaller firms

    THE Government has announced a further £1 billion of investment is to be made available to create jobs in a third round of the Regional Growth Fund. Leeds City Region Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) said it would help small and medium-sized businesses

  • Review: Port Isaac Fisherman’s Friends, York Barbican

    Take nine Cornishmen and a Yorkshireman, all dwellers in Port Isaac on the Cornish coast and all with a past or present connection with fishing, and you have Britain’s only dyed-in-the-wool shanty group. By their own admission producing a “wall

  • Pupils under starter’s orders on Olympic project

    AS London prepares to host the 2012 Olympics, two ancient Greeks have been helping York schoolchildren study the origins of the Games. Theodotus and Helena, alias Keith and Rachel Matthews, paid a visit to St Lawrence’s Primary School on Thursday. The

  • Hopes are high for brave Olivia

    THE end of a gruelling year of treatment is only weeks away for a brave little girl from Selby. Olivia Howard, from Sherburn-in-Elmet, was rushed to hospital last January with suspected viral meningitis, then underwent two 13-hour operations

  • New scheme to tackle rising homeless rates

    HOMELESSNESS in York is set to be tackled under a new project after figures revealed the problem had shot up by more than 40 per cent in the city last year. The Homelessness Prevention Service will provide practical help to people in danger of losing

  • Blossom Street junction work to start in March

    THE second phase of a major revamp of a key gateway into York will start next month. City of York Council says Blossom Street will be better and safer for both road users and pedestrians thanks to the scheme. The project, due to start

  • Stevie ZeSuicide to film single's video

    YORK punk rock stalwart Stevie ZeSuicide has headed to Brighton this weekend to film the promotional video for his new single, Wild Trash. He arrived on the south coast last night to begin work today with bass player Trevor Bolder and film director

  • Search is on for allotment land in Elvington

    A YORK village is on the look-out for land to transform into allotments. After a four-year search, Elvington Community Allotment Association is appealing to Press readers for help. With more than 30 families signed up for the proposed allotments

  • Riding centre's open day to help Sadie

    A NORTH Yorkshire riding centre is holding an open day in aid of Sadie Rose Clifford, the Knaresborough toddler who is receiving pioneering cancer treatment in America. Follifoot Riding Centre in Pannal Road, Harrogate is holding the open day from

  • Baby locked in car

    FIREFIGHTERS rescued a seven-month-year-old baby girl from a car in East Yorkshire. A spokesperson for Humberside Fire & Rescue Service said the baby girl was locked inside a vehicle in Kissing Gate, Burton Pidsea. Fire crews released her from the

  • Cinema worker to tackle 300 miles on bike and foot for charity

    JOE Richardson will cover more than 300 miles when he takes on a series of road races and an epic bike ride to raise vital funds for charity. The 28-year-old will run in the Manchester and York 10km races, the Great North Run, and ride from London to

  • Free insulation offered to Ryedale families

    Free loft and cavity wall insulation is being offered free for householders with children under the age of 16 in the Ryedale area. Ryedale District Council is working with Yorkshire Energy Partnership to make the offer to parents. The scheme

  • Pub bosses call for Budget duty freeze

    BEER and pubs sustain more than 92,000 jobs in Yorkshire, according to a new report by Oxford Economics for the British Beer & Pub Association. The research showed the region, which is home to 105 breweries, had 92,077 jobs dependent on the sector

  • Students back safe water campaign

    STUDENTS from York St John and York Universities are collecting signatures to support the Thirst For Change campaign being promoted by the Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD). The charity hopes to collect thousands of signatures to convince

  • February 25

    100 years ago At the York City Police Court Thomas Herbert Haddock was summoned for unlawfully driving a motorcycle, DA490, at a speed dangerous to the public on the Mount on February 1st. PS Williams said that at five minutes past three on February