A DRAMATIC late goal from Matty Blair saw York City book their place in the FA Trophy final at Wembley. The Minstermen's semi-final clash with Luton Town was heading for extra time at Kenilworth Road after Robbie Wilmott had cancelled out City's first
POLICE are calling on all Clifton residents to help them catch the arsonists responsible for fire bombing an elderly couple out of their homes. They are urging anyone with CCTV at their home which covers a road, pavement or alleyway to check
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a moorland crash that left one man dead and three people injured. A yellow Peugeot 106 travelling towards Pickering on the A169 left the road at the bottom of Saltersgate Bank, near the old Saltersgate
YORK City are circulating a shocking slideshow of photographs to councillors and MPs illustrating the need for new sporting facilities to replace their decaying Bootham Crescent home. The pictures highlight the struggles currently endured by the football
GINA PARKINSON welcomes the first blossom of the season but warns against getting carried away with seed planting just yet. AS THE month progresses, the weather is getting warmer. Last weekend we enjoyed the sort of beautifully sunny days that draw
A new thriller by a former York journalist out later this month gives a fresh twist to the story of the sinking of the Titanic 100 years ago. STEPHEN LEWIS reports. THERE is a problem with choosing to write a thriller set on the Titanic. We
WITNESSING a band lock into a run of form live is always something to behold. With musicians of the calibre of the late Captain Beefheart’s Magic Band, it always threatened to be quite a show, and so it proved. This version of the Magic Band has been
AS THE row about faulty breast implants rumbles on, I am keen to learn whether people purchasing elective cosmetic surgery are required to take out insurance to cover them if the procedure goes wrong. On the internet all I can find are articles advising
THE campaign to keep the Beckfield Lane recycling depot open has been welcomed with tremendous enthusiasm, particularly across the urban west of York and outlying villages, all of whom feel that they are going to be terribly badly affected by the appalling
IN HIS letter of March 14, R Westmoreland accuses Israel of “genocide” against the Palestinians of the Gaza Strip. According the Palestinian Bureau of Statistics, the population of the Gaza Strip increased from just over a million in 1997 to just
THE second meeting of the York Haematology Support Group for blood cancer patients, their families, carers and friends, will be held at the Cancer Care Centre, York Hospital on Thursday, March 22, from 6pm to 7.30pm. I would like to thank all
THERE has been much made in The Press and on your website about the closure of the Beckfield Lane waste disposal site. Yet there are one or two things which seem to remain conspicuously beyond the Lib Dem activists who are trying to save an expensive
A FORMER North Yorkshire traffic officer who spearheaded the force’s annual drink-drive campaign was caught driving at more than three times the legal drink limit. Graham Carroll, who had a 28-year policing career with North Yorkshire Police, had stopped
I DON’T think politicians or the church have any right to decide on whether a person has the right to die or not. It should be left to the individual, the family and the doctor. To keep people alive and suffering when they don’t want to continue
I WAS intrigued to read the headline article in The Press on March 13, about increased NHS dental funding. NHS patients in Copmanthorpe and Bishopthorpe were told late last year that money had run out, and no more routine NHS treatment was available
HOW long does it take City of York Council to change a light bulb? No, this is not a joke and from my experience the answer is several weeks. Lindley Street in Holgate, at the Hill Street end, has been in darkness for a long time, regardless of
IN response to the stadium consultant being paid £3,300 by the Labour council in York (Letters, March 12), as a Conservative I disagree with this and support Conservative group leader Coun Ian Gillies on this matter. It is obscene that £145,000
COUN Sandy Fraser seems yet again to have difficulty in understanding my proposals for the Guildhall complex, but that seems understandable now he has admitted to being “a simple soul” (Letters, March 14). I have never denied my suggestion of borrowing
I WOULD like to thank City of York Council for the blisters on my feet and for being late for work once again. I have never known such chaos going into York from Acomb; the bus stopped in Acomb and then crawled the rest of the way. I decided to
A reshuffle could be on the cards for York City Knights as player-boss Chris Thorman looks to find a solution to his ongoing problems in the halves. Thorman is set to unleash a “monster of a man” on visitors Halifax tomorrow (3pm) in the shape of dual-registered
YORK City goalkeeping coach Paul Musselwhite is set to be named on the bench for today’s FA Trophy semi-final second leg clash as manager Gary Mills looks to avoid a repeat of his team’s last trip to Kenilworth Road. The Minstermen were
UNLUCKY York City under-18s went down 1-0 at Hartlepool despite hitting the woodwork twice, writes Charlie Binns. Either side of the only goal of the game, Tom Allan rattled a volley against the crossbar and Reece Kelly emulated him with a header just
JUST one point separates the top three in The Press Player of the Year standings with season-long leader Jason Walker finally caught by Scott Kerr. The pair now share top spot in the contest with Matty Blair a single point behind in third place. James
ENTRIES are now being taken for the first British Heart Foundation Golf Day at Allerthorpe Park Golf Club. The charity event, which will be held on June 28, is open to all amateur men with a playing handicap of 24 or less. Organiser Delia Smith,
YORK City in the Community will be running Football Fun Camps at six different venues during the Easter half-term holiday. Courses, for five to 14-year-old boys and girls, will be held at Clifton Moor’s PlayFootball venue, Copmanthorpe Primary School
York City’s annual youth team dinner provided another great night’s entertainment at the Park Inn Hotel on Thursday. Guest speaker Mickey Quinn entertained just under 200 diners with tales of his colourful career, including the dilemma he faced when
Shepherds ‘C’ have built up a significant lead at the top of division three of the Northern Powergrid York and District Table Tennis League after successive victories. Three wins from Jay Wong were not enough to prevent them overcoming third-placed
PIKE HILLS Golf Club duo Ian Wiseman and Steve Illing are flying high after striking sun-drenched treasure. The one-two wonders were crowned British Airways pairs champions after a tense play-off at the Sandals Emerald Bay Links in the Bahamas. They
Stormy Weather, denied a run in yesterday’s Vincent O’Brien County Handicap Hurdle at Cheltenham, bids for compensation at Newcastle this afternoon. The North Yorkshire gelding will have the assistance of Denis O’Regan, who has won on him before and
SYNCHRONISED won a superb Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup but legendary chaser Kauto Star was pulled up in National Hunt’s showpiece race. Given an exceptional ride by 16-time champion jockey Tony McCoy, the nine-year-old (8-1) beat The Giant Bolster
COUNTRYWIDE FLAME set the final day of the Cheltenham Festival alight in springing a 33-1 surprise in the JCB Triumph Hurdle for North Yorkshire trainer John Quinn. The tough four-year-old belied his small stature to beat Hisaabaat (20-1) by three
FORMER York City Knights favourite Ross Divorty was taking the next big step on the road back to first-grade rugby league this weekend following his freak – and potentially disastrous – gym accident. Divorty, York born and bred and still living in this
BOOS are as much a part of football’s modern-day fabric as multi-coloured boots, primped and preened players, web warriors with more axes to grind than a Viking raiding party, and the unlikely snack-mates of pies and prawn sandwiches. But
A WOMAN had a “very lucky escape” from a house fire in Selby after being rescued by firefighters. The fire, at a property in Coupland Road, was believed to have started after a griddle pan was left unattended on a cooker in the early hours of yesterday
A PROJECT aimed at saving the lives of drug users is being trialled in East Yorkshire. The pilot project, which runs until April, trains opiate users and their carers to administer the overdose-reversing drug Naloxone. Naloxone is a medication usually
AN OUTBREAK of a winter vomiting bug has led to the total closure of two wards and the partial closure of another at York Hospital. The outbreak, which was first reported more than a week ago on Ward 11, was now beginning to have an “impact
The UK’s biggest coal mining firm has admitted health and safety offences following the death of a miner at one of its pits in North Yorkshire. UK Coal admitted charges of failing to ensure the health, safety and welfare of workers and contractors at
LITTLE Alfie Oliver had to be the proudest boy in York as he witnessed his mother Tracey winning our Super Mum contest. The four-year-old from Clifton, who is awaiting a heart-lung transplant, clapped triumphantly as Tracey scooped the top prize in a
POLICE have revealed that 25 people from North Yorkshire have been missing for more than a year – as the family of York chef Claudia Lawrence marked the third anniversary of her disappearance. New posters are to be put up around the city making
THE A1 in North Yorkshire was closed for an hour after four vehicles collided on its northbound carriageway. The multiple pile-up between the A59 junction near Allerton and the A6055 Boroughbridge junction involved a black Seat Ibiza, a silver Vauxhall
A YOUNG woman who suffered serious head injuries when her car hit a tree on a North Yorkshire road has regained consciousness. Police said the 22-year-old woman was in a poorly but stable condition in Leeds General Infirmary, having previously been
THE farmer who died in an agricultural accident at Huby, near Easingwold, has been named locally as Terry Bailey. Mr Bailey, of Huby Grange Farm, died on Tuesday afternoon, sparking an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive. The family
A MAN has died after falling down a cliff in North Yorkshire. The man’s body was discovered at the foot of Saltwick Nab, at Whitby, yesterday afternoon. He had severe injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later. A lifeboat and
THE troubled restoration of the Flying Scotman has hit further problems, forcing the cancellation of plans to use the locomotive to pull the Olympic Flame from York to Thirsk. The National Railway Museum in York said the iconic loco would be replaced
THE Border Brewery was founded in Tweedmouth in 1777, amalgamating 120 years later with the Berwick Brewery of Berwick-upon- Tweed, and then with Johnson and Darling, also of Berwick, in 1924. The business finally closed in the mid 1940s. In 1992
AN MP has been invited to visit the former Tang Hall Lane Post Office in York, so that he ‘fully understands the issues’ when he next calls for it to reopen. York Central MP Hugh Bayley said on Thursday that he had written to Government Minister Norman
100 years ago The late Mary Abbott, whose remains had been interred on Saturday, was the oldest inhabitant in the parish of Norton. Born a fortnight before the Battle of Waterloo, the deceased was the eldest of a family of ten children
While most people were waking up to Christmas presents on December 25 last year, hundreds of servicemen and women in Afghanistan were thinking about three-year-old William Rhodes, thousands of miles away in Holgate, York. When Major Dave Prew, of Strensall
THREE members of the same family are starting suspended prison sentences for vicious attacks on members of another family. Police praised residents of the North Yorkshire town where both families live for helping to convict the Gregories. But the victims
A VERY special rose has been used to commemorate an important date in York’s history. Yesterday marked the anniversary of when York’s Jewish community perished in the pogrom of 1190 and it was remembered with a rose-planting ceremony at Tower Gardens
LEWIS YOUNG crossed four times and was top tackler in New Earswick All Blacks ARLC under-10s’ fast, end-toend game at Garforth Tigers. Man-of-the-match Lewis Stephen (2), Ryan Kendra, Joshua Kelly, Ellena Powell, Josh Walton and Taylor McDonough
ONE of York’s most famous historical figures will be remembered in a procession through the city next Saturday. In what has now became an annual event, a pilgrimage for Saint Margaret Clitherow will see Catholics take part in a Solemn Latin
GAVIN AITCHISON makes a happy return to the Deramore Arms in Heslington. WE’VE been here before, not too long ago in fact – but it certainly wasn’t like this. When Pints of View wandered down to the Deramore Arms in Heslington, in early
THE danger from cyclists to the elderly and partially sighted in York’s pedestrianised areas will be the subject of a debate hosted by York Older People’s Assembly. The open meeting takes place on Monday and will feature three speakers from
THIS spaghetti dish is one of my favourite stand-by suppers. Comprising primarily store-cupboard ingredients, it’s the perfect meal to whip up when you arrive home late, hungry and short on fresh supplies. Tinned artichokes and preserved
Fifteen staff from Yorkshire Bank’s North Yorkshire Financial Solutions Centre in York battled against mud and foul weather to complete the Lyke Wake Walk to raise funds for the city’s St Leonard’s Hospice and for Martin House Hospice at Boston Spa. The
YORK could be in line for a youth football boom if the city’s proposed community stadium goes ahead, according to sporting groups. Amended plans for a £90 million Monks Cross development, including a 6,000-seater stadium for York City FC and
THE bill for repairs and maintenace at York’s three traveller sites has broken the council’s budget every year on every site for three years, figures have revealed. City of York Council spent more than £300,000 between 2008 and 2011 at the sites in Osbaldwick
JUST because you are a mum, it doesn’t mean the only wine you like is pink fizz, cloying Californian rosé or Prosecco. Although you could be forgiven for thinking this is the case, if you take a look at the Mother’s Day section in the supermarket
A YORK city centre road will be closed at times next week to allow for essential carriageway resurfacing works by City of York Council. Part of Bootham Row will be affected by the scheme, with preparation works starting on Monday between 8am and 4pm.
BUSINESSES located in the Selby coalfield area can apply for funding to invest in their businesses. The Coalfields’ Fund is offering between £40,000 and £1 million of equity funding for small and medium-sized businesses to support start-ups
A RELAUNCHED York community youth club is marking its one year anniversary with a series of celebrations this month. The volunteer-run former Young Groves youth club in Lowther Street, now Door 84, will mark its anniversary with a week long calendar
HEARING a train announcement as your head hits a pristine Egyptian cotton pillowcase may not bode well for a great night’s sleep. But happily, the announcement was to say St Pancras station was about to close for the night. Our suite, in the refurbished
YORK Cubs booked their place in the final of the York FA Acaster Steel Junior (Under-12s) Cup with a 6-0 victory over Poppleton Tigers. Two well-taken goals from Tom Flatters put the Cubs in control in the opening 20 minutes of the semi-final,
A LYMPHOMA survivor and his son from York are set to join cricketing legend Sir Ian Botham for a charity walk in aid of other sufferers. Martin Greaves, who will be joined by his son Jonathan, will meet Sir Ian at Nostell Priory, near Wakefield, on Saturday
A Valued volunteer at the British Heart Foundation shop in Goodramgate was presented with a plaque and flowers after retiring from years of service at the Shop. Dorothy Stacey started volunteering in 1989 and has spent the last 23 years giving up four
STUDENTS of Scalby School in Scarborough have been given free rucksacks for a charity trip to North Africa. The 17 pupils, who will spend 14 days working on a sustainable community project in a Moroccan village this summer, were given the rucksacks by
FULFORD were the big movers in the York FA Under-19s Football League, where a 7-1 win at Strensall cemented third place. That was the highest tally of the three matches played due to the cup commitments of the other front-runners. Another away-day
MORE than 180 youngsters from 19 schools were in action at the 13th annual junior sports tournament at Queen Margaret’s School in Escrick, near York. Beeston Hall beat Cundall Manor to win the hockey tournament in a reversal of fortunes from
A FOUR-TRY haul from livewire hooker Joel Johnson, including a second-half hat-trick, helped York Acorn ARLC under-18s to continue their fine form with a 52-14 defeat of previous table-toppers Cottingham Tigers. Acorn started much brighter
CONFECTIONERS in York are appealing to the Queen’s sweet tooth with a special presentation box being made for her visit to the city next month. Three city chocolatiers are each contributing to a two-layered specially-commissioned wooden and
A DRAMATIC penalty shoot-out defeat ended York Schoolboys’ bid for English Schools’ FA Under-15s Inter Association Trophy glory. The Minster city boys drew 1-1 with hosts Newcastle in the quarter-final clash, but then missed out 4-2 on spot-kicks
THE Archbishop of York has been refreshing the parts of his diocese that – possibly – other church leaders cannot reach. Dr John Sentamu yesterday called in to the Heineken John Smith’s Brewery at Tadcaster, followed by a visit to the town’s swimming
HOLDERS York RUFC were forced to share the trophy with rivals Sandal after a 14-14 draw in the final of the Under-12s Yorkshire Cup at Clifton Park. Having missed out to their hosts last season, West Yorkshire visitors Sandal were intent on
POCKLINGTON RUFC under-15s and U16s are celebrating after booking their places in the final of the Yorkshire Plate. The two teams will travel to West Park Leeds for the showpiece games on Sunday, April 1. The U16s were 19-12 winners in their semi-final
ST Martin’s of Ampleforth won the Bowl at Terrington Hall School’s 14th annual under-13s rugby union sevens tournament. The Bowl, Shield, Cup and Plate were up for grabs at the Ryedale school, with St Martin’s toppling Giggleswick 17-5 in the
