YORK City forward Matty Blair started for England ‘C’ in their 1-1 International Challenge Trophy draw with Italy at Fleetwood. Team-mate Ashley Chambers was among the substitutes and, after Italy took a 48th minute lead, he was thrown on with about
STRIKER Moses Ashikodi scored twice as York City beat Grangetown Old Boys 4-0 in the semi-finals of the North Riding Senior Cup at Bootham Crescent. Ashikodi was joined on the scoresheet by on-loan Sheffield United midfielder Erik Tonne and Grangetown's
THE leader of Selby District Council has spoken of the "incredible" damage caused by the devastating fire at the Abbey Leisure Centre. Speaking at a council meeting tonight, Councillor Mark Crane told his colleagues the damage to the facility
A LORRY driver has today been found guilty of stealing more than £7,000 of whisky from his employers. Mark Varley, 46, stashed 180 bottles of Hanky Bannister Scotch blended whisky behind a hedge in a lay-by on the A63 east of Hemingbrough,
NO sooner has Canadian contemporary artist Ian Kirkpatrick moved to York than he is already holding his first exhibition at Bar Lane Studios. Hurry, however, because Ornamentalism has only a short run that began on February 22 and ends on Friday
PROFESSOR Mike Savage, of the University of York sociology department, Matthew Rhodes, of the British Future think-tank, York theatre director Cecily Boys and The Press theatre critic Charles Hutchinson will take part in The Great British Debate at 9pm
“I wrote that song about 150 years ago when I was in England,” said Joan Baez early in her set on Sunday night at York Barbican. Baez must feel like she’s lived a life – she’s been singing in public for over 50 years, visited Vietnam during the
YORK City manager Gary Mills has insisted his side are relishing their two-legged FA Trophy semi-final clash against bitter rivals Luton. The Minstermen have been paired against their fellow Blue Square Bet Premier top-five contenders to contest
YORK City Knights are bracing themselves for bad news over Waine Pryce, amid fears he could be out for another two months. The experienced winger pulled a quad muscle when sprinting to score the first try of last Thursday’s 30-22 win over Swinton, bravely
A POP-UP cinema which last year packed out the Museum Gardens in York is to be held again this year in a mystery location. Orillo Productions, a graduate video production business set up by four former film students at the Phoenix Centre
Captain Andrew Gale is confident that his Yorkshire team will be better prepared for the forthcoming county season than they were last year. Gale and Martyn Moxon were left frustrated 12 months ago as a number of things hindered their winter programme
A 179-year-old family business is up for sale in Bridlington. Walkington Jewellers of Bridlington, which was established in 1833 and has been family-run ever since, is on the market freehold for offers in the region of £350,000. Chris Laws, of agents
INVESTORS who funded the development of a North Yorkshire hotel have received their returns. Following the completion of Raithwaite Hall Country Retreat, in Sandsend, near Whitby, by York developers The Skelwith Group, Grosvenor Financial Consultants
DAIRY ice cream maker Yorvale has turned over nearly £1 million in its best year in its 24-year history. Ian Buxton, director of the Acaster Malbis-based business, said: “We’re very proud to have grown the business when trading conditions are
AN East Yorkshire preserves producer has won two awards for its marmalades at the seventh World’s Original Marmalade Awards. Wolds Cottage Kitchen, based in Wetwang, won a Gold Award for its Pink Grapefruit Marmalade and a Bronze Award for its Satsuma
A VIDEO shop which is to close in Bishopthorpe Road will continue to serve loyal customers from Hull Road Service Station. Graham Kennedy, managing director of Inner Space Stations, which owns Hull Road Service Station and the Inner
Sporting Knavesmire maintained their unbeaten York Minster Engineering Football League division four title-clinching home record by beating KS Polonia 5-0. Connor Larne led the rout with a hat-trick to add to a goal each from Sam Sollitt and Danny
Yorkshire are set to continue with their policy of not bidding for the right to host Ashes Test matches. This time last year, club chairman Colin Graves said that the White Rose county would not bid for England v Australia Tests in 2013 and 2015 because
YORK Lokomotive ARLFC are to hold a ‘sporting lunch’ on Sunday, April 1 – with World Club Challenge-winning coach Brian McDermott the guest speaker. The event is at the Park Inn in North Street in York, at noon for a 12.30pm start, and will feature
YOUR article about cycling commissioners (The Press, February 25) reminded me why I came to York some 35 years ago. I was a student at Leeds University and came to York on day trips with my pals. Seeing a city with such a strong cycling culture was
MAY I draw your attention to a rare and exciting presentation being offered by Pocklington Arts Centre in June this year which may be of interest to ballet lovers and musicians. On Sunday, June 24, at 4pm, the arts centre is screening a live link-up
Would York Racecourse take a look at the verges along Bishopthorpe Road where all the rubbish from race meetings, car boots, concerts, etc, ends up? I appreciate that the wind blows it there, but it would be a neighbourly gesture to clean it
YORK Acorn ARLC have been handed a home draw against National Conference League giants Skirlaugh in round two of the Carnegie Challenge Cup. The second round ties will be played on March 10 and 11. Round 2 draw: East Hull v RAF, Siddal v West Hull
HOW can City of York Council justify giving planning permission for the proposed Monk’s Cross extension? It is obviously going to take trade away from existing shops. The net number of new jobs produced will be negligible, and look what happened
A MAN has been robbed by two thieves who claimed to have a knife, while walking near the River Ouse in York. The 21-year-old was robbed at the riverside entrance to Marygate car park, near Scarborough Bridge, by two men who approached him near the concrete
ENTRIES are now being taken for this year’s York Charity Cricket Cup competitions. During the past month numerous entry invitations have been despatched to clubs within the competitions’ catchment area, which is a 25-mile radius of York’s Lendal Post
I KNOW I am not the only one who thought that the picture of sledging on Acomb Green (The Press, February 18) was marvellous. I contacted photosales to buy a copy only to told that it was sent in by the photographer, Paul Lister, and therefore not
New Earswick All Blacks ARLC conceded a late try as they went down 42-38 at Dewsbury Moor in the Pennine League championship. Winger Dave Findlay scored four tries for the White Rose Avenue outfit but ended up on the losing side in West Yorkshire
IT WOULD be easy for me to blame the Government for the cuts in public services. I don’t. Whichever party is in government, our cards are dealt and we must respond accordingly by managing our budget. The previous administration, which spent
I BACK Philip Roe’s call (Letters, February 25) for a rational debate on energy. Unfortunately, his opening salvo that wind turbines are ‘unsightly’ takes us into the realm of opinion. ‘Inefficent’ is his next criticism. If well sited, wind turbines
IN YORK, one of the things we do well is preserve history, and the Castle Museum is one of the best examples of this. So, why now, after all this time, has someone decided we need ‘living characters’ in Kirkgate? Do we really have to suffer ‘faux
Better ways to cut So Social Market Foundation director Ian Mulheirn has come up with ways of saving the Government money (The Press, February 21). These include stopping pensioners’ free bus travel, winter fuel payments and free television licences
A DOUBLE dose of defeat stalled City of York Hockey Club men’s I’s push for survival in the North League premier division. York lost 4-2 at Brooklands MU II on Saturday and were then edged out 4-3 at Bowden 24 hours later as they slipped back
EVER since the announcement of the ‘possible’ increase in council tax, it was obvious this council was intent on implementation. There was the offer of a grant to give a respite to the finances of residents – and would they take it? Oh, no. The
MANY residents ask how cuts are being proposed while at the same time money is being committed to such schemes as new Park&Ride sites and a major street light replacement programme. Council spending consists of two types: revenue and capital. Revenue
THE Press of February 23 had two articles of particular interest: the closure of Burnholme Community College due to small numbers of students and the expansion plan for Knavesmire Primary School due to increasing numbers. Hence, in a few years time secondary
PROMOTION is still the target for City of York Hockey Club ladies I after a 3-0 victory at Preston I in North League division one. The win kept City in third place, just four points behind leaders Longbridge I with two games in hand. York won an
FAYE HAWKSBY checked out on 118 to help protect Cueball ‘A’s unbeaten record in division two of the York John Smith’s Ladies Darts League. Hawksby fired in treble 20, 18 and double top in her leg as leaders Cueball won 8-3 against Acomb ‘A’. Lisa Gatenby
Tony McCoy has not ridden at Catterick for more than five years but he pays a rare visit to the North Yorkshire course this afternoon. The most successful-ever jump jockey will be donning the colours of his boss, owner JP McManus, aboard Aland
A YORK photographer has started a prison sentence and has been banned from ever working with children again after he sexually abused a ten-year-old girl. Lee Smyth refuses to accept that he is a paedophile, despite a jury believing the girl’s account
A MAN has pleaded guilty to eight counts of criminal damage including smashing the windscreens of several cars in the city centre over the weekend. Gareth Jenkins, 21, of Markham Crescent, pleaded guilty to six charges of criminal damage in St Saviourgate
THE Chief is a cop with a difference. His beat is far from the haunts of The Sweeney or The Bill, but you won’t need subtitles to know who’s calling the shots when the heat is on in the streets of Riyadh. Today he’s had word there are men and women
THESE two “men of steel” joined other caped crusaders for a day of superhero fun at a York nursery. Rob Oliver, nursery nurse at Happy Jays on Clifton Moor, was just one of the members of staff who donned his colourful crimefighting gear on Friday.
FIREFIGHTERS rescued a dog from a flat fire in North Yorkshire. Three crews were sent to battle the blaze after a neighbour in the flats in Stockwell Avenue, Knaresborough, raised the alarm. The neighbour reported smoke coming from a
I CONFISCATED my daughter’s mobile phone at the weekend. I became sick of the sight of her tapping away at it for hours on end. When I took it away she reacted as though I’d cut off one of her legs. Imagine my horror when I discovered that
AS the search for missing York teenager Jordan Sullivan enters its third week, police have issued a fresh appeal for clues. Officers have been carrying out daily patrols in the hunt for the missing 19-year-old who was last seen heading towards the
THE Government looks set to give £750,000 to trading standards’ Scambuster Team in York to expand an e-crime investigation facility. City of York Council's Cabinet Member for Crime and Community Safety, Coun Sandy Fraser, will be asked to recommend
TONIGHT’S 6pm screening of Patience (After Sebald) at City Screen, York, will be followed by a question-and-answer session with the film’s creative consultant, the film critic and writer Chris Darke. Patience (12A) explores the work of writer W.G.
A FACTORY in East Yorkshire has been fined £100,000 over an accident in which 59-year-old worker was killed. Refrigerated trailer builder Montracon Limited, of Market Weighton, failed to prevent the collapse of a two-to-three-ton steel vacuum
ALLIGATORS, pythons and a 1400 mile rowing trip in the Atlantic are what a former York student will face as he embarks on a huge fundraising adventure. Lewis Colam, 24, has given up his job as a management consultant in London to embark on a trip up
CITY of York Council is holding a Loose Women-style question and answer session with key female members of the council to mark International Women’s Day. On March 8, members of the public are invited to put questions to the panel – which includes
POLICE are appealing for information after a York man was left with facial injuries following an attack in a city-centre bar. The 23-year-old victim suffered cuts and bruising to his eyes and ear after being involved in a disturbance on a stairway
THE campaign to raise £500,000 for lifesaving treatment for a young Selby boy desperately needs more cash, according to those behind the fundraising. Thousands of pounds have already flooded in to the Thomas Cammack appeal since The Press told how
GREEN councillors in York claim cuts in ward funding by City of York Council will undermine any real involvement by local residents in their communities. Andy D’Agorne said ward budgets were to be slashed by a third in the coming year as the authority
ELVIS tribute act Eddie Vee and Frank Sinatra tribute Clayton Brooks were chased down York’s Davygate to promote a charity event that will raise money for an Alzheimers charity. The event, at Debenhams in Daveygate, from 6pm until 8pm on March 6, has
LEADING councillors in York will be asked to give their views on proposals to make changes to council tax benefits next week. The plans to replace the current benefits with a new system called council tax support would see the subsidy York receives
HANNAH BRYAN meets the York mum who believes sexy photo-shoots can boost a woman’s self-esteem. HAVING hit rock bottom when her unhappy marriage of ten years ended, Andrea Denniss realised something in her life had to change. “I was at a really
A SURGE in the number of parents dropping off and picking up their children at a York primary school has turned the street into a “battlefield” according to nearby residents. Our Lady Queen of Martyrs RC School in Holgate opened last month following
THE couple set to have an all-expenses paid wedding after winning a competition run by The Press have been to pick out their wedding cake. Acomb couple Michelle Stannard and Adrian Elliott got more votes than 20 other entrants to win the all-inclusive
A HUGE fundraising effort by the family of a young North Yorkshire brain tumour victim will see £30,000 handed over for vital research into the condition. Ray and Paula Johnstone, of Boroughbridge, have raised £47,000 for the Samantha Dickson Brain
IT has been targeted by lead thieves three times in the past year, causing £50,000-worth of damage. Now members of an historic York church are helping to meet the cost of repairs by knitting an “imaginary roof” to protect their building from
TWO pupils have hailed the “excellent” education they are being given at Burnholme Community – and appealed for help in saving it from closure. Nicole Naismith, 12, and a Year 10 pupil separately wrote to The Press to protest at the City of York Council
THE mother of a three-year-old girl has appealed to visitors of a North Yorkshire attraction to help find a missing camera containing precious family photos. Lisa Butler, from Haxby, was at Flamingo Land, near Pickering, on Sunday at about
AN EAST Yorkshire school is set to be given permission to provide nursery places for children from September. Sutton upon Derwent Primary School currently operates a pre-school scheme on three mornings a week. But parents have to travel out of the
Folk performers in the Knaresborough area have helped raise thousands of pounds for visually impaired people while paying tribute to a local legend. Performers from Harrogate, Knaresborough and the surrounding area raised £2,000 from the sale of The
A LIFELINE charity that runs play activities for York children with special needs has been given a boost thanks to some young singing stars. Community Idol helped raise more than £3,000 for SNAPPY following the grand final at the Grand Opera House in
A NEW solar-powered bin which holds up to eight times more waste than traditional bins is being tested in York city centre. The trial of the Big Belly Bin started in King’s Square in August last year, and it has proved to be so efficient it
SCHOOLCHILDREN across York are set to be taught about the Mystery Plays after organisers received a major funding boost. Three separate organisations have donated a total of £18,000 to help York Theatre Royal, York Museums Trust and Riding Lights Theatre
CAMPAIGNERS say allowing people access to a set of ancient monuments in North Yorkshire whose importance is said to rival Stonehenge is crucial to safeguarding their future. Thornborough Heritage Trust has been set up to protect and raise awareness of
THE owners of an historic hotel in Ryedale have moved a step closer to carrying out changes to its grounds as part of a £4 million revamp. The Fitzwilliam Estate, which owns the Talbot Hotel and neighbouring York House in Yorkersgate, Malton, is looking
A SCHOOL in York that gave Scott of the Antarctic a dog, money and dog biscuits for his ill-fated polar expedition has delved into the archives to mark next month’s centenary of his death. Bootham School’s link to Capt Scott’s attempt to reach the
AN HGV driver has denied any responsibility after whisky worth more than £7,000 was stolen from the back of a lorry he parked in a Selby lay-by. Mark Varley, of St Mary’s Avenue, Hemingbrough, told York Crown Court that he had driven from Glasgow with
MENTAL illness and the way it is treated by health professionals is the subject of a public conference to be held in York this week. Carers, health workers and those being treated for mental health conditions are welcome to attend the seminar on Friday
The seven St Leonard’s Hospice charity shops in York, Selby and Pocklington are busy organising a fashion show. The show, on Wednesday, April 11, will feature a selection of their top fashion bargains and raise funds for the York-based charity
A FORMER York schoolboy and head of Marks & Spencer has defended the Government’s controversial work experience scheme and accused opponents of attempting to “sabotage” it. Sir Stuart Rose, who was a pupil at Bootham School from 1962 to 1968, said it
YORK police have renewed their appeal for the public to help them catch two shoplifters caught on camera in Debenhams’ Monks Cross store. A white woman, in her mid forties, about 5ft 5ins tall with a heavy build and brown hair and a white man
100 years ago The Corporation of Bridlington was nothing if not enterprising. Its latest line of enterprise took the form of a baby show, the Council, through its Parade manager, offering a five pound note to the prettiest baby or young
