SCARBOROUGH’S famous Royal Hotel has been bought out of administration by subsidiaries of the Britannia Hotels Group. The town’s Clifton Hotel has also been bought, after ERH (Scarborough) Limited, which owned both hotels, went into administration in
FAMILY and friends of a young man who drowned in York gathered at his favourite pub today to mark what would have been his 21st birthday. Jonathan Havron’s body was found in the River Foss in March 2010, a fortnight after the 18-year-old disappeared
A WELL-KNOWN York pub is due to undergo a £350,000 relaunch, expected to create 20 new jobs. The management of the Windmill Inn in Blossom Street, which is currently run by independent licensee Paul Gardner, will be taken over by owners Spirit
THE parents of an East Yorkshire student who went missing two years ago believe their son may have travelled to North Yorkshire the day he disappeared after discovering his trainers at their holiday home. Russell Bohling, a student at Bishop
THE Archbishop of York met pupils of a York school to make sure they got the message behind his own Youth Trust and Young leaders programme. Manor CE Academy welcomed Dr John Sentamu today for the opening of it's new Archbishop's Suite in The
IT is almost 70 years since Mr Hitler's bombs fell on York, in what has become known as the Baedeker raid. During that awful night of April 28/29, 1942, more than 70 civilian residents of the city were killed – 14 of them children – and hundreds more
SUPERMARKETS in York are preparing for the latest piece of anti-smoking legislation which will come into effect in less than two weeks. From April 6, large stores will no-longer be able to display cigarettes, in what is an attempt by the Government
YORK City manager Gary Mills admitted there was nothing to match the feeling of reaching Wembley after seeing his side book their place in the final of the FA Trophy. Matty Blair’s 90th-minute goal secured a May 12 meeting with Newport County
From luggage porter at a York hotel to the best restaurant manager in the world, MAXINE GORDON books a lunch date with Simon Girling, of The Ritz. SIMON GIRLING has a folder the size of a pillow detailing his meteoric career. This means the man described
CHRIS THORMAN was delighted with York City Knights’ improvement but could not hide his disappointment after seeing a share of the spoils stolen from them at the death. The Knights lost 24-18 to 2010 champions Halifax yesterday after visiting hooker
GOAL hero Matty Blair revealed the thought of going to Wembley for the FA Trophy final has left him pleased as punch. The 22-year-old’s 90th minute header sent York City to the arch to face Newport on May 12 – only four years after the forward
THE developers of Northminster Business Park at Poppleton in York are investing in new space for businesses on the site. Northminster Developments, which has steadily expanded the park since the late 1990s, has bought back one of its original buildings
CITY of York Council’s new headquarters and customer centre at West Offices has boosted the local construction industry, York Property Forum has said. Eamonn Keogh, chairman of the forum, led a delegation of members on a visit to the former railway
THE eighth Yorkshire Business market will take place in Harrogate on April 30. The event, organised by Harrogate Chamber of Trade and Commerce to show what local businesses have to offer, will be held at the Pavilions od Harrogate at the Great Yorkshire
A FORMER Olympic Silver Medallist will speak at the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) National Conference, which takes place in Scarborough later this month. Runner Roger Black will help to motivate small firms to grow and innovate with an speech
HARROGATE Borough Council has pledged to open up procurement opportunities for local businesses. In a statement of procurement, the council said that all invitations to tender for the council’s contracts valued between £10,000 and £50,000 must have
ESTATE agent Your Move has moved into part of the former National House Building Council’s regional offices at Clifton Moor. Your Move has taken about 3,000 sq ft in the two-storey office property for its 30 employees, which will provide central
AS A big fan of The Beatles, I went to see The Bootleg Beatles for the first time around ten years ago. At the time I didn’t think a ‘tribute’ Beatles band would be any good. How wrong I was. The atmosphere was so nostalgic that I could have been
WHETHER by chance or design, coincidence or fate, two plays written by Helen Edmundson are running simultaneously at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. Helen’s adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s children’s adventure Swallows And Amazons opens tomorrow in
WHAT’S your favourite food of yesteryear? Someone was on the internet the other day waxing lyrical about eating cow’s udder served warm with brown bread and butter. Not my cup of milk, it has to be said. But it got me thinking about stuff we used
HAS CAPITALISM failed us? We hope not, it’s the best system based on the human nature of greed and ambition. But looking at the Euro zone it seems the system has become very sick – even the US is in trouble. The crash of Lehman Brothers Bank was
YET again, the council is filling the holes in the road outside my house. Who decides what roads get resurfaced? Fifth Avenue is without doubt the worst road in York. Last year, Stockton Lane and other roads in that area were resurfaced when, in
DAVID Cameron and the Conservative Party have suddenly brought the subject of legal marriage for lesbian and homosexual couples on to the political stage – why? No mention of this idea appeared in the manifestos of any of the parties before the
I NOTE with dismay Government proposals to localise council tax benefit. This is a deceitful act by the Tory-Lib Dem Government, which is handing over responsibility for the provision of council tax benefit with a sting in the tail. These
DOES Coun Tracey Simpson-Laing think we are all fools? Her excuse for closing the Beckfield Lane tip is that £2 million must be spent on the facility. This is not true. It may have shortcomings and would no doubt benefit from a thorough
DAVID Cameron is not waiting for his reform Bill for the NHS to go through Parliament – Devon children’s services and others are up for sale to the lowest bidders and Richard Branson is favourite to get it. He is very good at making profits
MUCH is made in the modern era of the money shelled out by football clubs on their players. But, at Luton Town on Saturday, the tables were turned when York City winger Matty Blair earned his employers £175,000 with one header. It might
AN injury to key midfielder Scott Kerr provided the only blemish as York City booked their Wembley place in the FA Trophy final at Luton. Kerr limped off with a knee problem midway through the first half after being clattered by Luton’s Keith Keane
GARY MILLS paid tribute to the player he first spotted playing for Midlands minnows Stratford Town after Matty Blair got the goal that sent York City to Wembley. Blair’s 90th-minute header secured a 2-1 FA Trophy semi-final aggregate victory
LUTON TOWN boss Gary Brabin said York City’s late goal at Kenilworth Road was “hard to take”. “When you are so close to Wembley, you want to reach out and touch it and I thought it was a really positive first half performance,” he said. “It was a
IT’S win or bust for Leeds United against Nottingham Forest at Elland Road tomorrow. Anything less than victory will probably end the Whites’ diminishing play-off dreams after a 1-1 home draw with Championship title contenders West Ham. But Leeds boss
York City Knights probably deserved two points from their Championship clash with Halifax. On another day, they may have eked three. In the end, they had to settle for one, after Fax hooker Sean Penkywicz’s sucker punch with the last play of
DUNNINGTON gained revenge over holders Dringhouses as they won 2-0 to clinch a place in the final of the York FA Saturday Senior Cup. Last year’s beaten finalists will meet Old Malton St Mary’s – 2-1 extra time conquerors of York RI in the other semi-final
A THIRD successive 4-0 thumping leaves Selby Town on the precipice of plunging into division one of the Northern Counties East League. The Robins are ten points from safety with only five games remaining after Saturday’s 4-0 defeat at Nostell Miners
TITLE-CHASING Huntington Rovers kept up the pressure on their rivals with a 3-0 win at Rowntrees in the York Minster Engineering Football League premier division. The deadlock was broken on the hour when Gary Mitchinson was fouled in the box and Gary
YORK Acorn ARLC were made to work hard for their second National Conference League division one victory of the season against a strong Wigan St Jude’s side. The Blue and Golds played the last 30 minutes with 12 men after prop Martin McTigue was sent
The versatile John Quinn, fresh from his first Grade 1 jumping win at Cheltenham last week with Countrywide Flame, can make his mark on the Flat at Kempton today and Southwell tomorrow. The Norton trainer sends Indian Arrow winging his way to Kempton
A RUN of six wins in seven games has thrust in-form Selby RUFC into the top five in Yorkshire Two. The Swans’ left it late on Saturday as they needed a penalty from fly-half Josh Cruise nine minutes into injury time to snatch a 22-20 triumph
NEIGHBOURS have spoken of their shock after two elderly grandparents were firebombed out of their York home. The couple, who are aged 78 and 81 and have lived in Lucas Avenue, Clifton, for nearly 50 years, were going about their normal evening routine
YORK City chairman Jason McGill has hailed the football club’s £200,000 financial reward for reaching the final of the FA Trophy at Wembley. Matty Blair’s 90th-minute header secured a 2-1 semi-final aggregate victory for City at Luton Town on Saturday
SOLDIERS remembered the 100th anniversary of their regimental colleague’s heroic death when they marched through York on Saturday. The Royal Dragoon Guards were applauded as they paid tribute to polar explorer Captain Lawrence Oates.
CITY of York Council chief executive Kersten England is to be a keynote speaker at an international heritage conference in Zhouzhuang, China, next month. The British Council funded trip will be an opportunity for York to raise its international profile
A YORK schoolboy who has made speeches in Number 10 Downing Street and a wheelchair athlete from North Yorkshire will be among the Olympic Torch bearers, the Press can reveal. Jamie Green, 17, a pupil at Bootham School, will take time out from
POLICE have called for help in catching the people who severely injured a rare bird of prey near Pickering. A dog walker rescued a red kite after it was poisoned in woodland at Cawthorn Roman Camps. It is now being cared for at Ryedale Wildlife
A WOMAN who was repeatedly raped by her father has told of her disgust that his licence will expire in May – three years before he completes a 12 year jail sentence. Lisa Metcalfe, who is from Selby but currently lives abroad, said she fears
THE father of missing York chef has marked the third anniversary of her disappearance by joining a sponsored run for Missing People at Regent’s Park in London, amid further media speculation about her whereabouts. Peter Lawrence spoke at the 10km charity
The unexpected promotion of David Pipe as conductor of YMS a few days earlier threw a new light on Saturday’s concert, which was built around Brahms’s Requiem. Formerly assistant conductor, Pipe had long been announced as deputy for this occasion,
THIS panorama depicting the opening of Knavesmire in 1731 is just one of a number which will be on display at a forthcoming exhibition of York landscapes. The picture, by artist John Haynes, will be displayed at Fairfax House in Castlegate
I once turned down the chance to see rock legends Led Zeppelin play at a packed indoor stadium in Seattle during their last, crazy, sell-out tour of the United States in 1977. D’oh! Thirty-five years on, I wasn’t going to miss out on possibly the
FRENZIED media speculation has broken out about the Archbishop of York’s prospects of becoming the next Archbishop of Canterbury. Dr John Sentamu has become the bookies’ favourite to take over when Dr Rowan Williams steps down at the end of the year
AN East Yorkshire couple are celebrating after shedding more than 13st 8lb between them – and getting nominated for slimming couple of the year. Steve and Angela Adkin have reached the national finals of Slimming World’s Couple Of The Year 2012 competition
A YOUNG girl has had the second in a series of life-changing operations to help her walk unaided. Willow Emmison-Neal, from Skipwith, near Selby, was born six weeks early, and has a form of cerebral palsy called spastic diplegia, which affects
A TASTE of the West End and Broadway will be heading to Pocklington this week. Tony Peers Productions of Scarborough is bringing its “West End Meets Broadway” show to Burnby Hall at 2pm on Friday. Organisers promise the show will delight
100 years ago A verdict of "Suicide whilst temporarily insane" was returned at the inquest, held at Muston, near Filey, on the body of William Welburn, 48, an agricultural labourer, who had cut his throat on Sunday morning, informed his sister, with
A CHORISTER who has been singing in the same church since the days of George V will today celebrate his 90th birthday. Henry Rennison, of Askham Lane, York, was only eight when his voice first soared above the congregation in St Clement’s Church in
A PSYCHIATRIC hospital patient whose attack left a nurse off work for weeks has been ordered to pay her compensation. Steve Ovenden, prosecuting, told York magistrates that Heather Louise Briddon punched nurse Irene Matereke in the face and
A RESTAURANT which closed after being hit by floods could return to Bishopthorpe as part of a plan to rejuvenate the area. York Marine, which operates a campsite and boat hire business from the site on Ferry Lane, is seeking an occupier for the 180-seater
THE loss of Scarborough Town Hall could rip the heart out of the seaside town, traders have warned. The town’s Chamber Of Trade said proposals that would see more than 340 staff relocated from the town hall in St Nicholas Street to an out-of-town
POLICE are appealing for information after a 46-year-old man walking to work in Bridlington was knocked out after something struck his head. The man was walking along Blenheim Road when he felt something strike the back of his head. The man fell to
