AMATEUR side York Acorn pushed Gateshead Thunder all the way before bowing out of the Carnegie Challenge Cup. The Blue and Golds lost 28-20 in round three at the Gateshead International Stadium. Former York City Knights players Brett Waller and
YORK City are three points off the Blue Square Bet Premier play-off zone after losing 2-1 at home to Southport. Andy Owens gave the visitors a 64th minute lead at Bootham Crescent and Tony Gray netted a second five minutes later. The Minstermen
NIGEL BURNHAM finds much to admire in the provinces of Holland. I’VE been to Holland many times over the last ten years - with and without the family - and have become very fond of this small, densely populated country brimful of amazing
YORK Acorn ARLC under-18s continued to hold top spot in Yorkshire Youth League division one after a comprehensive 54-10 win at Meltham All Blacks. The early exchanges were even but as soon as stand-off Matthew Brewer opened Acorn’s account the result
Player-of-the-match Ellena Powell shone with four tries for New Earswick U10s against new team Swillington. Oliver Douglas was the most improved player with a fine display of tackling, and Jacob Baynes received the ‘magic moment’ award for a solo drive
York RUFC Under-16s reached their third successive Yorkshire Cup final after a 48-7 victory over Wakefield side Sandal in the semi-finals at Clifton Park. In the final at West Park Leeds on Sunday, April 1, the York youngsters will take on arch-rivals
A STELLAR season just gets better and better for City of York Hockey Club’s all-conquering under-12s girls. Having already clinched the Yorkshire Youth League title, the York youngsters have now been won the Yorkshire finals of the National In2Hockey
CROSS purposes provided perfect competition for more than 400 primary school pupils in the Selby District Cross Country Final. The annual event – hosted by Tadcaster Grammar School and organised by the School Sports Partnership – was the largest ever
PROMISING striker Bethany England was a star guest at a special training session for Copmanthorpe Junior Football Club’s girls’ teams. The England Under-19s forward passed on the benefit of her experience at international level and in the Women
YORK College’s rugby league team stormed into the final of the Yorkshire section of the National Colleges Plate competition by seeing off Barlby College 54-14 in the last four. The final will be this Wednesday against Leeds City College, at Castleford
Pocklington students are through to the national finals of the British Schools Senior Students Mixed Doubles tennis championships. They played against Runshaw College, the Lancashire region winners, at the David Lloyd Club in Chorley. The match went
A FIRST defeat of the season dashed Poppleton Tigers’ bid to reach the final of the North Riding County Under-11s Junior Cup. The York youngsters were beaten 3-1 at Nunthorpe Athletic in the last four. The visitors opened the scoring with a goal
A STRONG performance helped York Schoolboys Under-11s notch a 5-0 away victory over league opponents Bradford. The away side dominated the game for long periods and Reece Botterill opened the scoring, firing home from close range. Botterill quickly
A QUESTION mark is hanging over one of York’s biggest developments, after the site’s owners put it up for sale. Grantside, the York-based developers of the former Terry’s chocolate factory, have revealed their bank has suggested they put 27
NEW backers have been unveiled for the annual Poppleton Juniors’ Festival of Football. The successful tournament, which will be held on Saturday, May 12 and Sunday May 13, will be sponsored by Poppleton-based Pavers Shoes. The event attracts more
THORPE United Under-13s booked their place in the final of the Garforth Junior League Supplementary Cup after a 2-1 win at Chapeltown. Thorpe took the lead when a ball into the box was handled on the line and Lewis Griffiths fired in from the penalty
POCKLINGTON Predators Under-14s beat Bishopthorpe White Rose 3-1 to go top of York Minor League division one. The Predators marksmen were Ben Potter, Nathan Smith, with a superb 25-yard strike, and Rob Cooney.
CHRIS THORMAN is likely to play a powerful pack in York City Knights’ banana skin tie against Hull Dockers tomorrow – as he doesn’t want to “make the same mistakes as against Gateshead”. The Knights host the National Conference League amateurs at Huntington
REMEMBER the exhausting wrangle over Land Securities’ attempts to develop the Castle-Piccadilly site? It led to the eventual abandonment of the scheme. This was despite all the developer’s persuasive publicity, which is now being emulated by Oakgate
FIRSTLY may I thank you for printing so many comments about “working in a pork pie heaven”. In addition to readers’ letters, I have had information about past staff members in Australia, America and Canada; information about bare-knuckle fighting
INSIDE the Beckfield Lane recycling facility there is a target board which records the amount of recyclable materials residents take there. Nearly 3,000 tons was recorded last year. If the facility is closed, that 3,000 tons will end up in landfill
THE council tells us there isn’t any money for a lot of the requirements of taxpayers and yet in a small item in Thursday’s edition of The Press we are told we are expected to pay for councillors’ childcare when they attend meetings in the evenings.
WITH an imminent ban on hosepipes for domestic reasons about to be introduced because of a water shortage, this is yet another way nature reminds us that water is a commodity we cannot afford to waste. The importance of water being readily available
AS part of my Mother’s Day treat, my two daughters and I went to see the last performance of The Sound Of Music at the Theatre Royal. What a lovely show it was. The whole show from start to finish was superb and well worthy of a spot in the West
I WOULD like to congratulate Bill Reader – a more worthy recipient of Maundy Money would be hard to find. We have known Bill since we moved here in 1988 and every village needs someone like him. He has the interests of Escrick at heart and
HOW silly of Tom Fitzpatrick and residents of Elvington and Sutton-upon-Derwent (The Press, Friday, March 16) to complain about the new sets of CCTV cameras placed near the historic East Yorkshire bridge. Yes, they are not very handsome,
FOR a fair counterbalanced spread of national rewards, which would stop the endless widening of the division between rich and poor, there is one way everybody would support wholeheartedly and be in the same boat together – except for the one per cent
I CANNOT understand all the hype over the London Olympics. I am dead against these “plastic” Brits running as if they are our folk. It is on a par with Jackie Charlton saying, “Anyone who drinks Guinness” can play for the Eire football team
I WISH to thank most sincerely the taxi driver (Ebor Taxis). On March 8, I had a diabetic collapse without any warning. When I became conscious in my home, two nurses and an ambulanceman were attending to the situation. Without his help and
IT IS no wonder women believe the Conservative-led coalition Government has failed them. Last week, unemployment rose again and women have been hardest hit, accounting for 80 per cent of the increase. Earlier this month, Conservative MEP Martin Callanan
YORK City manager Gary Mills wants to protect his team’s unbeaten record against the Blue Square Bet Premier’s top-five teams when Southport visit Bootham Crescent this afternoon (3pm). None of the teams currently above sixth-placed City in the standings
GEORGE WILKINSON wraps up well as he braves the chill at Embsay in the Dales. EMBSAY Reservoir radiated a chill, with hardly a bird about and the wind rattling the bare rigging of the sailing boats. We wrapped up well and luckily we’d fuelled
A lad from Pocklington who failed his cookery GCSE went on to become a TV chef, reports MAXINE GORDON. PETER SIDWELL has his hands full. Not only is he putting the finishing touches to a new cook book, he is opening a new restaurant and has
I COULD never be a wine consultant. For one thing, there are too many wine names I can’t pronounce. I blame this on the inflexibility of my Anglo-Saxon tongue. In reality, I didn’t pay enough attention during French lessons. Occasionally, though,
READERS with good memories will know I like a hearty walk between beers. It’s the perfect pre-pub work out if you ask me. Give me a map, some sandwiches and a nice rambling route, and I’ll be as happy as Larry when I pick up my pint a few hours
This week, our new columnist ANITA TASKER gives us her “speedy” chocolate cake recipe. THIS chocolate cake takes roughly 20 minutes to make, plus 50 minutes to bake. Please note that timings for cooking are for my fan oven and we all know our
The wheat beers of Germany come predominantly from the southern region of Bavaria, but a variation on the style exists in the North East too in the form of Berliner Weisse. It has a much lower strength than its Bavarian counterpart at only three
THE Anthem For A Child music project will culminate in two concerts in York on Tuesday. Run by the National Centre for Early Music, in Walmgate, and the University of York in tandem with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE), the project
There is so much to do at this time of year that it is best to have a list and stick to it, advises GINA PARKINSON. THERE is such a lot to do at this time of year and it is easy to spend every spare minute in the garden. Eyes roll at our
AMONG many success stories at York Theatre Royal, from Pilot and Belt Up’s residencies to the TakeOver Festival and last year’s theatre-in-the-round ensemble season, the rise of the Young Actors Company has been particularly pleasing. There was
Yorkshire captain Andrew Gale reckons his side can return to the UK with a “smile on their faces” after winning the Barbados Twenty20 cup. The Tykes secured an impressive victory in the tournament by overcoming Warwickshire in the final at the Kensington
New Yorkshire coach Paul Farbrace believes the county’s ten-year domestic trophy drought will soon be banished. Not since triumphing in the 2002 Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy have the Tykes lifted any major silverware in any form of the game. However
Coneysthorpe ‘A’ have retained their division one title in the Northern Powergrid York & District Table Tennis League after two emphatic wins. Ashley Hodgson helped them whitewash Bootham ‘A’, and Charles Allenby made his seasonal debut to help clinch
A HECTIC period for Special Olympics City of York kicks off this weekend. Today a squad of eight boccia athletes and six short mat bowlers will compete in their respective Yorkshire & Humberside Regional tournaments in Bradford. And on Sunday, April
Brian Toomey can further cement his growing link with Sheriff Hutton trainer Tim Walford by gaining a second successive victory on nap selection Zefooha at Hexham tomorrow. The North Yorkshire jockey is set to take the lion’s share of mounts from the
ONE of York’s most accomplished female players has been honoured by York Golf Club. Joy Hunter was granted honorary life membership of the Strensall-based club in recognition of her lifelong contribution to the sport. As a youngster Hunter starred at
CROFT Circuit’s bumper 2012 motor sport season roars into action this weekend with the opening rounds of the North East Motor Cycle Racing Club’s Championships. And we’ve got two pairs of tickets to give away for the region’s biggest motor
A HEARTENING start has been made to the Young Masters Golf initiative at Fulford Golf Club. Signed up to become a Young Masters Golf junior academy – one of only 300 English clubs accorded that status – Fulford hosted its first masters and cadet
JUST under a week ago there were fears that professional footballer Fabrice Muamba was going to die on the football pitch. That Muamba, recovering with phenomenal speed, did not perish while lying prone on the pitch at White Hart Lane where his team
WEMBLEY-BOUND former York City midfielder Jonathan Smith believes the world-famous stadium will inspire rather than interfere with his old club’s push for promotion. Smith is expected to run out under the arch for Swindon Town in tomorrow’s
BUS passengers in York are set to benefit from £4.5 million of improvements, including a smartcard ticketing system, after the city’s bid for Government cash succeeded. City of York Council has been awarded £2.9 million from the Department
TEN years ago this very day. March 24, 2002. It’s a pretty special date in York sporting history. It was the day that dawned the resurrection of York Rugby League Club in its guise as the Knights. It was the day, according to Knights supporters
CALLS have been made for proposed changes to a controversial York junction to be abandoned after it emerged that most of the residents who took part in a survey over its future wanted it to stay the same. City of York Council’s cabinet is
CITY of York Council is to consider plans to make all of York an alcohol exclusion zone to tackle drink-fuelled disorder in the city. As revealed in The Press, the Safer York Partnership has put forward plans to make the whole city an alcohol exclusion
RESIDENTS in East Yorkshire have been praised for saving millions of pounds by recycling more rubbish than they throw away. New figures have shown 54 per cent of household waste was recycled in the region last month, making East Riding of Yorkshire
To celebrate one of York’s sweetest festivals, Middlethorpe Hall and Spa has teamed up with The Press to offer a lucky reader two tickets to a special event at the The National Trust-owned country house. Sophie Jewett, owner of York Cocoa House and organiser
FOUR of the most famous names in music from the 1980s are to play at York Racecourse this summer during the annual Music Showcase Weekend. Tony Hadley, who first achieved international success with Spandau Ballet, Marc Almond, the Sheffield
AN IMPRESSIVE collection of rare souvenirs from the Second World War, including a Nazi bayonet, were to go under the hammer at a York auction house today, writes Grace Newton. The selection of memorabilia, personal diaries and scrapbooks was donated
TV viewers will be captivated tomorrow night by the story of how two schoolgirls discovered buried treasure in a York park. The Antiques Roadshow will feature Rachael Waite, who found the box of jewellery when she was larking around with a friend in
VULNERABLE people will be able to gain work experience on their road to employment when the first shop of its kind in the country opens in Micklegate, York. ‘We are your emporium,’ which opens on April 4, a day before the Queen arrives at Micklegate
FLY tippers in the Selby district have been targeted in a fresh crackdown. The move has seen new recycling bins issued to residents in areas of Carlton and Burn, following reports from concerned people to community officers from Access Selby. Investigations
YORKSHIRE should be given more power to make its own decisions through “Scottish-style devolution”, York’s council leader has said. Coun James Alexander and his fellow councillor Joe Riches will next week propose that City of York Council should
A NEW chairman has been appointed for York’s tourism organisation – and he has pledged to build on the city’s world-class reputation and take it to new markets across the globe. Nick Cust, who has about 25 years senior commercial business management
A SPECIAL event to attract supporters of local produce to Selby is to be held in the town. Selby’s first Food And Drink Showcase takes place at the town hall on Friday, from 6pm to 9pm, and will offer a variety of produce from local and national companies
THE number of empty shops in Selby has almost halved in the past two years and the town has been boosted by loyal local customers. Selby’s shop vacancy rates last month were 6.9 per cent, compared to the English average of just over 12 per cent, research
Treasures unearthed by archaeologists at the biggest dig in York’s history will be on display to the public from today. The excavations at the Hungate site were finished last year and items recovered by the York Archaeological Trust will now be exhibited
WOMEN are being urged to sign up for the Race For Life as plans take shape for the charity fixture. Staff at Tesco, the race sponsor, are throwing their weight behind the event by highlighting to customers the date for this year – June 27 in York.
TRIBUTES have been paid to a well-known former cricketer, umpire and York fishmonger who has died, aged 66. Brian Shirley was known throughout cricket circles for his successful career with Strensall-based Sheriff Hutton Bridge, York and Bradford sides
WASTE recycling centres in York will have longer opening hours from the start of April. The new times, which will run from April 1 to September 30, will see Hazel Court open from 8.30am to 7pm, Monday to Saturday, and 8.30am to 4pm on Sundays, while
PUPILS from a school near Selby have rocked the region with their performance of a West End musical. The students, from Sherburn High School, performed their version of the Queen-themed show We Will Rock You, with a massive effort going into bringing
THOUSANDS of single parents in North Yorkshire are being warned they will be stripped of their benefits for two weeks unless they look for work. Letters were today due to start arriving for lone parents whose children have reached the age of five,
Updated: A REDUCTION in VAT for the tourism industry is not off the table, Vince Cable, business secretary said at the Federation of Small Business (FSB) annual conference in Scarborough yesterday. Dr Cable said: “The problem with the VAT system is that
A YORK MP has welcomed a deal which will see a British company pay £29.5 million towards education in an African country. BAe Systems was convicted 13 months ago of a serious accounting offence connected to the sale of an overpriced air traffic control
A GALA concert at York Theatre Royal tomorrow night is set to raise thousands of pounds for the Lord Mayor’s charities, after coming close to selling out. Graham Bradbury, one of the organisers, said yesterday that only about 100 out of more than 800
A NEW author from York has earned rave reviews for his debut novel, which he says has been partly inspired by the city. Alex Willmott, 27, has been compared to CS Lewis by one critic, following the completion of his debut novel, Selah: A Rebellious
SCHOOLS across York, North and East Yorkshire got into the fundraising spirit for Sport Relief yesterday. Legendary cricket umpire Dickie Bird sounded the starter’s horn as more than 1,600 staff and students at Tadcaster Grammar School ran
PLANS for a supermarket on part of a Ryedale car park are set to be approved – providing the Government backs them. Ryedale District Council planners say proposals for the authority to sell part of Malton’s Wentworth Street site to Leeds firm
A YORK grandmother is marking her 100th birthday this weekend with a family celebration. Retired teacher Dorothy Doris, of Dringhouses, will be surrounded by her closest family this weekend, including her son, Ian, who has flown over from his
PUPILS and parents at a North Yorkshire pre-school are staging a fundraiser for a seriously-ill four-year-old. The parents of Thomas Cammack, from Selby, are desperately trying to raise the £500,000 needed for vital cancer treatment in the USA.
A MOTHER from a village near Selby has been given a 12-month community order and unpaid work for admitting child neglect. The 41-year-old woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty last month at Selby Magistrates’ Court to two child
A ROYAL British Legion club in Ryedale has started the process to sever ties with the Legion to help it survive. Kirkbymoorside Royal British Legion Club held a special general meeting at the club in Shaw Drive in the town to discuss its finances
POLICE have appealed for information after a car was damaged in an East Yorkshire town and a hole was cut in its roof. The vandalism to the silver MG convertible, which was parked in the driveway of a house in Ferndale Terrace, Bridlington, happened
