THE blueprint for the future of York’s community stadium project is to be put under the microscope by the city’s ruling councillors next week. A proposed business case for the 6,000-seater Monks Cross stadium which would house York City
YORK MPs have written to business secretary Vince Cable in a bid to save one of the city’s biggest employers. Julian Sturdy, MP for York Outer, and Hugh Bayley, MP for York Central, also wrote to card protection provider CPP’s lending banks
AFTER a two-year break to concentrate on other projects, opera impresario Ellen Kent is enjoying her return to the theatre circuit. “I’m producing and directing now, rather than promoting, which is being done by Derek Block & Blackburn International
In Dickens’ bicentenary year, STEPHEN LEWIS goes in search of the York character said to have inspired one of literature’s most memorable characters. IN a quiet spot at York Cemetery bordered by a tangle of brambles there is a plot. It is one of many
PEOPLE suffering from stress, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and other conditions are being sought by independent educational charity, the Northern College of Acupuncture, York, to support a major new research project. Ten people, each suffering from
PIONEERING cancer scientists at the University of York will host a thought-provoking production about cancer and genetic testing aimed at young people and their families. Professor Norman Maitland and his team at the YCR Cancer Research Unit hope to
ON Thursday, your reviewer went to Bed, then went to bed. I slept well, save for a strange dream about our hen losing all her feathers when jumping from a high wall, but certainly better than the seven restless occupants of the giant bed that takes
IF YOU’VE recently followed Andrew Marr’s three-part documentary on the Queen you’ll know that she’s an absolute diamond. Love her – and most people surely do – be ambivalent about her or refuse to give her telly or newspaper room, the Queen
The Press of February 21 reports on ‘the Social Market Foundation. This think-tank (another one!) suggests sweeping reductions to social spending. “Axe” free bus passes for OAPs, drastically reduce the amount of tax-free ISAs each individual
RECENTLY I was surprised to receive a parking summons for an apparent parking offence at Monks Cross. Two pictures of my car were included with times when taken on the same day. The times were more than four hours apart. I agreed I’d been there
AS LONG as I can remember, we lived on a see-saw of booms and busts. It started with the rich owning and controlling everything and gradually being forced to relinquish, bit by bit, as little as they could to the poor, who owned and controlled nothing
THE tourism industry must not be overlooked or belittled as a way to create jobs and revive the economy, Welcome to Yorkshire’s chief has warned business leaders in York. Gary Verity said funders and investors needed to realise tourism was one of the
I HAVE just read the letter headlined, “When I poured coffee for Jesus” (Letters, February 22). Two days earlier I read how Dame Judi Dench was having problems with her eyes. Never have I seen any allusion to our own “Christ”,
WARNING signs were there when the Labour administration in York decided to claw back remaining ward committee funding due to their inability to balance their own budget after overspending in their first year. Now, as the new council budget is
READING about the proposed closure of Burnholme Community College, this reminded me how many schools have disappeared from central areas of the city. Looking at both my schools in my lifetime, Shipton Street Infants School and Boys School St John
AS A landlord who prides himself on providing top-quality homes at reasonable cost, and who has over the years paid thousands of pounds of tax on the rental income received, I suggest your correspondent Liz Edge (Letters, February 15) does a bit of
THE International Olympic Committee claims that they do not allow any form of discrimination. For years, it banned South Africa from competing in any Olympic event until the apartheid laws were scrapped. Saudi Arabia forbids by state law
TIMES change and consumer habits change. That is the nature of business. The owner of video rental company Innerspace Stations should be congratulated in seeing a gap in the market in 1986 and trading successfully for a quarter of a century (The
I REALLY enjoyed the production at the York Theatre Royal of The Diary Of Anne Frank. It was very well produced and the acting was excellent. However, the children sitting directly in front of us were, in my opinion, a little young to appreciate
YORK IT company Trustmarque has been recognised by The Sunday Times in its Top 100 Best Small Companies to Work For 2012. The companies featuring in the list, which were published at the weekend, attended an awards event in London on Wednesday. Trustmarque
YORK City fear no team ahead of today’s FA Trophy semi-final draw, according to manager Gary Mills. The Minstermen joined play-off rivals Luton Town, relegation-threatened Newport and Isthmian League surprise package Wealdstone in the last four of
A NORTH Yorkshire business is planning to create more jobs this year after achieving impressive growth. The Economy Radiator Company, which supplies electric radiators, has doubled sales since it was founded in 2008. In the year ending March
YORK City will play Luton Town in the semi-finals of the FA Trophy. The sides will meet in the first leg at Bootham Crescent on Saturday, March 10, with the second leg at Kenilworth Road on Saturday, March 17. The other semi-final sees Wealdstone
P+L SYSTEMS has acquired pest control company SX Environmental Supplies from its founder Richard Lunn, for an undisclosed sum. The Knaresborough-based company, which provides services such as pest control and washroom hygiene services for the facilities
CHRIS THORMAN became the first York City Knights boss to win his first three games in charge at Huntington Stadium – but he was far from happy after seeing his much-changed side only just scrape past Championship One minnows Gateshead. The Knights
A COUPLE of weeks ago in Yesterday Once More, we delved into The Press’s photographic archive to bring you a selection of wedding photographs from times gone by. We did not know who any of the people pictured in the photographs were. But thanks to reader
YORK City will be without suspended captain Chris Smith for their next two matches. Smith’s 70th minute booking in the 1-0 FA Trophy quarter-final victory at Grimsby Town rules him out of home games against Hayes & Yeading and Tamworth on Saturday
FOOTBALL fans are prone to over-exaggeration. Many, for example, will have complained at some stage, after a particularly disappointing day in front of goal, that their team would not have scored if they had played all week. Well, if you
Division two leaders Aviva stretched their unbeaten away run to 15 matches after a goalless draw at Crayke in the York Minster Engineering Football League. That allowed White Horse to move to within five points, although Aviva have five games in hand
Tadcaster Magnets thrashed Civil Service 9-0 to leapfrog Fulford and go top of division three. Phil Smith hit four goals to take his tally for the season to 13, while Andy Kitchen claimed a treble and Adam Standridge and Billy Thompson completed the
THE York Minster Engineering Football League premier division title race is wide open after Huntington edged their top-of-the-table clash with Dunnington and Old Malton St Mary’s ran amok against struggling Haxby United. Leaders Huntington beat third-placed
NEW Leeds United manager Neil Warnock claimed Ross McCormack was denied an obvious goal as he started his reign with a 0-0 npower Championship draw at Portsmouth. McCormack went closest to breaking the deadlock at Fratton Park when his exquisite chip
TADCASTER Albion shook off their six-match winless run as they cruised to a 3-0 victory over Long Eaton United in the Northern Counties East League. The Brewers stayed sixth in the premier division after the Ings Lane victory, but they boast games
IT’S not often that any kind of club best is met with such frustration and exasperation. Yesterday’s 26-22 victory over Gateshead means York City Knights have won their opening three games in a season for the first time since the club re-formed a decade
YORK Acorn ARLC are in the hat for today’s Carnegie Challenge Cup second round draw after an 18-10 victory at Shaw Cross Sharks. The first round tie was always tight and the visitors were made to fight all the way to gain the spoils. All the
POCKLINGTON RUFC hit the front in Yorkshire One thanks to a 26-10 victory at Scarborough. A bonus point for scoring four tries edged Pock ahead of Bridlington on points difference, although their title rivals hold a game in hand. Despite missing a
The Popular Stand at Huntington Stadium will be named after former York Wasps chairman John Stabler for the remainder of the 2012 season after he won the draw for the naming rights. Knights fans could pay £50 to have their name entered into a hat, and
Suzanne France, whose riding career was brought to a dramatic halt by a dreadful fall at Redcar in the summer of 2007, recently sent out her first winner as a trainer from her North Yorkshire base when Stamp Duty prevailed at Wolverhampton. The gelding
INJURY-HIT York RI RUFC have issued an appeal for players in the wake of their 50-10 defeat by Bramley Phoenix in Yorkshire Three. RI could only muster 18 bodies for the New Lane clash and the visitors ran in five tries to lead 29-0 at the interval.
HISTORIC buildings in the centre of York could be left standing empty and their future threatened if new out-of-town shopping developments go ahead, a leading heritage watchdog has warned. York Civic Trust fears businesses in the heart of the city
THE Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust has revealed protracted legal and planning battles over its controversial Derwenthorpe development cost it at least £2 million. And the man in charge of the project to build a 540-home model village on York’s eastern
A CRACKDOWN on leaflets and promotional flyers being left strewn around the centre of York could be launched. Officers at City of York Council have been asked to look at ways of dealing with the issue after a leading councillor raised concerns
Swimathon, the world’s biggest fundraising swim, is about to make an even bigger splash. The event has joined forces with British Swimming and BBC’s Big Splash, Marie Curie Cancer Care and Sport Relief to promote what is hoped will be the biggest Swimathon
COUNCILLORS have backed a new project aimed at tackling rising homelessness in York. New figures have revealed the number of homeless people in the city rose by 40 per cent, from 130 to 183, last year. The Homelessness Prevention Service is to provide
MORE than 1,000 people have aired their views on plans to redevelop the former British Sugar and Manor School site in York. The land falls within the overall York Northwest development area and is earmarked for about 1,300 homes, with City
COCKTAIL creators at a York bar have come up with a range of drinks which really offer cold comfort. The nitro cocktails are now available at the Biltmore Bar and Grill in Swinegate, with liquid nitrogen – starting off at a eye-watering minus 193 degrees
THOUSANDS of pleas for help to trace a missing York teenager have been made as the appeal for information was taken to the city’s night-time streets. Friends of Jordan Sullivan’s family and a team of volunteers spent Saturday night handing
IT MAY only be February, but staff at the York Theatre Royal are already preparing for Christmas. Staff at the theatre dressed up as Robin Hood to promote the fact tickets will go on sale this week for this year’s pantomime by Berwick Kaler. Robin
THREE new homes are to be built on the site of a former restaurant and pub in Ryedale. The Blacksmith’s Arms in Main Street, Aislaby, near Pickering, closed seven years ago and the site was subsequently bought by Philip Lee, of the Cropton
THE Archbishop of York has slated the Government’s controversial ‘workfare’ scheme, suggesting it took advantage of vulnerable people by using them as free labour. Dr John Sentamu said his heart sank when he heard about the work experience
BUSINESSES could be given incentives to sponsor cycle lanes so more can be installed, according to one of York’s MPs. Julian Sturdy, who represents York Outer, has called on ministers to consider giving firms who agree to pay for extra lanes discounts
MEMBERS of a North Yorkshire council have voted to give themselves tablet computers in a move which the authority says will save £10,000 a year. Scarborough Borough Council said replacing paper agendas with the devices will allow them to cut printing
THE friend of a young York student who is fighting for his life almost four years after undergoing a lung transplant has appealed to more people to sign the organ donor register. Matthew Stein, 20, needed a transplant in March 2008 due to suffering
COUNCIL tax in Selby look set to be frozen for the second year in a row, despite fears the move could lead to higher increases in future. Selby District Council’s meeting tomorrow will be presented with a report which recommends the move to
DOZENS of birds have been shot in a York street in the last year, with police no closer to finding the culprit. Residents have been distressed as the corpses of pigeons, magpies and seagulls have been left on their doorsteps and roofs. David Woodall
A BLAZE which destroyed three sheds at a disused mushroom farm near Selby is believed to have been started by arsonists. Crews from Selby and York were called to the Gateforth Park site at Thorpe Willoughby at about 6.40am on Saturday, spending three
THIS year’s scenic Dalby Dash has been launched as its organisers presented thousands of pounds to charity. Five hundred people took part in the run last November, which started at the visitor centre in Low Dalby and looped round through 10km of
A WOMAN who posted abusive messages to someone on Facebook while sitting in a police custody suite has appeared in court. Katie Bedford threatened to “stab” and “kill” someone on the social networking site while she was visiting her brother at Fulford
A NEW all-weather pitch worth £250,000 is set to be given the go-ahead by Selby District Council. The scheme is part of an upgrade agreed for the Selby Abbey Leisure Centre last summer, after its operators said the declining state of the current
THE Rotary Club of York Ainsty collected a record total of more than £5,000 when they took Santa Claus and his helpers out to York’s suburbs in the run-up to Christmas. A spokesman thanked the public for its generosity, saying the money
A RAIL firm says first-class journeys on a route between York and London have soared since it made changes to its food and drink service. East Coast said the introduction of a complimentary service which replaced the old restaurant cars, as well as
PLANS have been drawn up to revamp the gateway to a school in an East Yorkshire town. The proposals would see a new main entrance being built at Pocklington Community Junior School, with agents acting on behalf of the school saying the intention is to
TWO sports fans have been chosen to carry the Olympic torch during its journey through North Yorkshire this summer. Fergus Roberts and Marc Scott, who attend Northallerton College, were selected for their “outstanding contribution to sport”, which has
AN MP has criticised highways officials after they claimed that putting up roadside signs to direct visitors to a North Yorkshire market town would cost almost £190,000. The Department for Transport agreed earlier this month to install the brown tourist
100 years ago The York City Surveyor had reported to the Public Health Committee on the bath, at Acomb Landing. The swimming pool was silted for the extent of about half its area to about 3 feet above the summer level of the river. The
