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CITY of York Athletic Club star Richard Buck today qualified for the final of the 400 metres at the British Athletics European Trials and UK Indoor Championships in Sheffield. The 26-year-old finished third in the first semi-final, clocking 47.28

YORK City conceded four goals for the second game in succession as they were beaten 4-0 at Wycombe Wanderers. Home striker Dean Morgan netted two first-half penalties at Adams Park, the first on three minutes after a foul by City's Scott Kerr,

GINA PARKINSON finally gets outside for a proper spell in the garden. IT HAS been hard to spend much time in the garden since last November and it was bliss last weekend to finally get out for a couple of decent sessions. It is that time when there

PAINTING: Light Of The North opens today at According To McGee, in Tower Street, York, where Rosemary Abrahams, Janine Baldwin, Michael Bilton and Jo Brown are showing work of “slow-burning beauty”, in the words of gallery co-director Greg McGee.

In Tipping’s Tipples this week, MIKE TIPPING picks three bottles of bubbly perfect for sharing with a loved one on St Valentine’s Day. Love is not available in bottles but fortunately wine is. I’ve picked four examples this week that I reckon have

YORK City Knights boss Gary Thornton reckons the controversial new dual-registration system needs revisiting to prevent it being abused – but says he would “be wrong” not to pick a player of Super League calibre if it bolstered his team. Thornton

MAXINE GORDON suggests an easy fish pie for supper. FISH pie can be a faff, but this is so easy and so tasty and nutritious, you have no excuses not to make it for a family supper. The method comes from Mary Berry, but I have played around

Henry Jenkins of Ellerton-on-Swale lived to be 169 years old… according to Henry Jenkins. The date of his burial at Bolton-on-Swale is recorded as December 9, 1670. The date of his birth is less certain, but he claimed to have been born in 1501

Claire Richards, formerly of Steps and most recently of the Big Brother house, is curvy and proud. She shares her fashion secrets with MAXINE GORDON and reveals how she has at last come to terms with her shape. CLAIRE RICHARDS was an athletic teenager

The latest novel by mother-and-daughter crime writing combo PJ Quinn is launched in York later this month, reports STEPHEN LEWIS. ONE thing you learn when you decide to form a crime-writing duo with your own daughter is that it is possible to sulk

GAVIN AITCHISON visits a pub which is really on the ball. IT’S Saturday morning, the sun is shining, and I’ve been up for only half an hour. And here I am, banging on the door of the local pub, pleading to be let in. I’m not the only one. A

George Wilkinson ventures to Grewelthorpe but stays away from the route to Hackfall Woods. THE ducks of Grewelthorpe have a lovely big pond, but most were huddled from the chill on the green. A local, assuming we were heading for the delights of

THE mayor of Leicester is reported as saying that “King Richard III’s remains would be interred in Leicester Cathedral, in whose shadow his remains have lain for 500 years”. There is some exaggeration there. Leicester Cathedral dates only from

I AM researching a family member who in 1859 was a curate in a place called Coppsow. Despite my best efforts, I cannot find this place. It was in Yorkshire but with such a big county, I don’t know where to start. I am writing in the hope that

I READ with sadness of the death of Charles Longbottom, the former Conservative MP for York (The Press, February 7). He did a great deal of good in his time in York, working tirelessly to help people, attending meetings and events. He held surgeries

GEORGE Osborne repeats over and over again, “We must get the national debt down”. I agree. We want to hear him say: “I have got back all the unpaid tax from our top earners, bankers and international business corporations, who go to any lengths

IT HAS been reported that supermarkets have withdrawn beef lasagne and some ready meals since one such meal proved to contain 80 per cent horse meat. One store has stated it has removed the meals from the shelves in order to have its own investigation

I READ with interest your article on the budget proposals (“Council unveils cuts to save £20 million”, The Press, February 5). By not taking a grant, the council is continuing to burden family finances stretched to the limit. Leaving parks open

JUST how often are we expected to put up with the likes of Lib-Dem councillors Ayres, Reid and Orrell and other members of the rump group on City of York Council pretending that the cuts in which the Lib-Dems are complicit in Government are nothing

ALTHOUGH the voting age may have dropped in the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey (Letters, Monday, February 4), I would like to inform Coun Keith Aspden that these islands are not part of the UK. John Rogers, Northfield, Barlby, Selby.

I AM not opposed, in principle, to increases in car parking charges, some payment for garden waste collection, even hiving off the library service as a way of saving money. I believe we really are all in this together (except for certain extremely

YORK Acorn and New Earswick All Blacks demonstrated the rugby league ability in the city’s youth ranks when playing out a thrilling Yorkshire League Under-16s division one clash – which was decided at the death. Reece Rushworth’s hat-trick try

YORK Schoolboys under-13s upset the odds by defeating holders Sheffield in the quarter-finals of the West Yorkshire Cup, writes Dale Harris. Playing away from home, the York side had to come from behind to beat the current cup kings, setting up

YOUNGSTERS aged under five are about to come under the wing of York-based City Football Development. The organisation, run by Neil Sanderson, are setting up new Minis sessions for under-5s and U6s (reception and Year 1) in the sports hall at Manor

STAMFORD Bridge booked their place in round two of the City of York Girls’ Football League Under-13s Cup with a 1-0 win at Fulford. Bridge, the U13s Championship leaders, came through a thrilling cup tie away to in-form Premiership side Fulford

TEN-MAN Pocklington Predators bowed out of the York Minor League Under-15s Cup after a 1-0 home defeat by Wheldrake. Division two side Wheldrake prevented the Predators, chasing the division one title, playing their normal game and booked a place

LESSONS must be learned by York City if they are to turnaround their stuttering form at Wycombe Wanderers today. The Minstermen have won only one of their last eight games and, in the wake of last weekend’s 4-1 home defeat by Morecambe, assistant

York’s Jonny Bairstow has been tipped to shine when he returns to England colours by Yorkshire team-mate Ryan Sidebottom, but he has been warned that he may have to be patient with regards to regaining his place in all forms. It seems that the

FORMER York City captain Darren Edmondson returned to Bootham Crescent for the first time in eight-and-a-half years this week. Edmondson, now 41, found himself in the unusual position of being the visiting manager in a Blue Square Bet North clash

YORK City Knights kick off their home campaign in the Kingstone Press Championship tomorrow with their need to beat Swinton three-fold. Boss Gary Thornton is eager to turn Huntington Stadium into a fortress – aided by noisy support – and he wants

AT the age of 31, Adam Endersby thought his chance at playing international rugby league again was over, writes Dale Harris. So he was very surprised to get a call telling him he had been called up to the 36-man England Lions training squad.

LONG Marston Cricket Club are appealing for new players to join their Wetherby League side. The club are offering three free net sessions with an ECB level two-qualified coach over the next ten weeks, starting from Monday, February 11. Sessions

A SIX-RACE card has been put together for tomorrow’s Sinnington point-to-point meeting at Duncombe Park. The event, organised by the Sinnington Hunt, gets under way with the hunt members’ race at 12.30pm. Border Reiver, a dual chase winner with

THERE was a seeding upset in one of the semi-finals of the York & District Ladies Open Squash Championship at Dunnington. While reigning title-holder and number one seed Natalie Cain saw off Claire Pethullis, the other showdown proved a tense

RIGHT, we’re going to kick off the new season of York City Knights diary pages with long overdue news – a York Rugby League Hall of Fame is to be created imminently. What’s more, readers of The Press are being asked to play their part in getting

BIG wins for the first teams in men’s lacrosse, women’s hockey, men’s rugby and women’s football all bolstered the University of York’s British Universities and Colleges Sport top-40 quest. The men’s lacrosse firsts progressed to the semi-finals

Teenager Lewis McCarthy produced the shock singles result of the season as he inflicted Jeff Cohen’s fifth defeat of the campaign in division two of the Northern Powergrid York & District Table Tennis League. It was the sole point for his RI

WHAT ominous irony that just as England’s former great hope Paul Gascoigne was in America undergoing a new bout of rehabilitation for his alcoholism, another fledgling national talent was being hailed to high heaven. Jack Wilshere was England’s

A MURDER investigation has been launched following the discovery of a man’s body at a rural bungalow. Officers entered Whisker Cottage, in Full Sutton, near Stamford Bridge, after concerns were raised about the resident’s safety, and discovered

“HE was happy, full of life, cheeky, funny, and smiled throughout his whole life.” That was the tribute paid to brave Jamie Inglis by his godfather, Tom Hardy, at a moving funeral service. Hundreds of people, many wearing bright clothes, yesterday

YORK-BORN Business Secretary Vince Cable relived his childhood trainspotting interest in the city while backing a bid for funding to kickstart a stalled development. Speaking in the Commons, York Central MP Hugh Bayley asked Dr Cable who grew up

Silviniaco Conti, winner of both his races this season including Wetherby’s Charlie Hall Chase, can further showcase his Cheltenham Gold Cup chances by completing a hat-trick at Newbury this afternoon. One of several horses travelling to the Berkshire

FOUR Clifton men will appear before York Crown Court next month following a fight between a large number of men and women, some of whom had weapons. Callum Ross Chadwick, 22, of Burtonstone Lane, Carl Anthony Noble, 37, of Kingsway North, Stephen

COMPETITION to get Valentine’s Day treats for the other half is definitely hotting up at a North Yorkshire zoo. These lemurs were battling to get their paws on a present inside a heart-shaped box at Flamingo Land, near Pickering, with their amorous

VISIT York has launched its 2013 Tourism Awards and has started the search for the best in tourism across York. Businesses will be awarded in 13 categories, with three new awards this year, Restaurant of the Year, Café/Tearoom of the Year and Visitor

RAIL passengers were “dicing with death” after a six-inch gap was found in a railway line, it has been claimed. The damaged rail, on the East Coast Mainline near Selby, meant railway bosses were “risking another major rail tragedy”, according to

PATIENTS in York must expect a shift away from local NHS care towards a more centralised service, according to regional NHS chiefs. The message came from the latest meeting of the Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), which will take

CASH-STRAPPED health bosses in York say they will not buy any more of the advanced and costly health systems which monitor patients in their own homes. Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) announced yesterday it would also consult with

AN OUT-of school club in York has become the first to officially show how well it caters for children of varying ages and abilities. The Acomb Out Of School Club (AOOSC) is the first in the city to complete an Inclusion Standards Framework set

THIS silk Japanese kimono was one of a collection of unusual items stolen from an outbuilding at Skipwith Hall. The break-in happened overnight on Wednesday, January 30. The thieves also took an African rug, a pair of children’s Apache Indian

BOBBLE hats will be the headwear of choice in church this weekend as a congregation is urged to get behind an awareness campaign. Visitors to St Wilfrid’s Church in Brayton have been asked to wear the novelty headwear at tomorrow’s service to raise

COUNCIL tax bills for next year have been frozen after East Yorkshire councillors set their annual budget. East Riding of Yorkshire Council has agreed plans to save £24 million in 2013/14, saying it will not be closing any of its facilities and

COUNCIL teams which check on noise and light problems have given the all-clear to plans to keep York’s big wheel operating until autumn. The owners of the 53-metre observation wheel in the Royal York Hotel grounds were due to dismantle it at the

POLICE are appealing for information following an arson attack on a barn near York which caused £100,000 damage. It started in the early hours of Wednesday, January 23, at a farm on, Sutton Road, Wigginton, and is being investigated jointly with

SONGS from around the world can be heard at St Clement’s Church in York tonight in a choral concert. The event, organised by the Come And Sing choir, will feature singers from around the region in performance in aid of the Snappy charity. Choir

STUDENTS who have formed a new choir are to perform Handel’s most famous composition next Saturday. The choir, Spectrum, which is made up of selected students from the University of York, will be accompanied by a chamber orchestra from the university

THE war of words over where Richard III’s final resting place should be has now seen descendants of the dead king call for him to be buried in York. Stephen Nicolay, who claims the controversial monarch as his 15th great uncle, said Richard’s final

A FORMER York schoolgirl has scooped a role in top television drama Call the Midwife. Charlotte Kitchman, who goes by the stage name Charlotte Victoria, is a former Bootham School pupil and is set to feature in the BBC’s hit drama next Sunday.

RESIDENTS have been urged to remain vigilant after a woman disturbed burglars at her home outside York this week. Detectives investigating burglaries in the Bilton-in-Ainsty area have appealed for information, after two neighbouring homes in Rudgate

A UK rail company which was stripped of the East Coast Mainline is to serve millions of German commuters. National Express beat current incumbent Deutsche Bahn to win the pair of 15-year regional rail contracts, which cover the cities of Cologne

EAST will meet West in York next week with a spectacular celebration to mark the Chinese New Year, writes Helena Horton. The University of York is linking up with students from York St John University and across the country to commemorate the Year

A TEAM of workmates is about to scale the highest mountain in Africa in memory of a colleague who died last year. The workers had planned to scale Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania, with experienced York mountaineer John Taylor. But tragically, Mr Taylor

IT was a red letter day for a customers of a York store when a new Post Office Local service was launched. The new service has been established in The Co-Operative Food store in Tang Hall Lane, offering a wide range of services, including mail

THE son of a cancer victim who has used his performing skills to raise thousands of pounds for charity will say “Adieu” to his school as he heads for London. James Shipley will take the leading role of Jean Valjean in Joseph Rowntree School’s sold-out

A YORK head teacher at the forefront of a national forum aimed at revolutionising school education has welcomed the Government’s U-turn on plans to abolish GCSEs. Reacting to Education Secretary Michael Gove’s scrapping of plans to replace GCSEs

Wembley is on the horizon for Fulford School after they booked their place in the last eight of the npower Football League Girls’ Cup. The York school’s girls team won the area finals at Barnsley, where they were representing York City. Fulford

IT’S a case of new look, same results for in-form Poppleton Tigers under-13s in the City of York Girls’ Football League. The Millfield Lane-based youngsters are enjoying a successful follow-up campaign after finishing last season as the League

TITLE rivals Rawcliffe and Wigginton Grasshoppers both picked up big wins in the York FA Under-19s Football League. Rawcliffe, six points behind in second with two games in hand, were 6-1 winners at Haxby. Callum Ward and Reg Miah both netted

CLOCK-WATCHING York City Baths Club swimmers impressed with a host of National Qualifying Times at the prestigious ASA Zonal Meet in Sheffield. Some of the leading swimmers from across the North of England competed at the gala at Ponds Forge –

THORPE United under-14s were 4-1 winners at Horsforth in the Garforth Junior Football League. Horsforth opened the scoring when a free-kick was headed beyond the reach of ’keeper Alex Ward. Sean Hymers levelled and Lewis Griffiths put Thorpe

ACOMB’S Poppie Jaram was part of the Yorkshire under- 13s girls squash team that qualified for the Inter-County Finals in Surrey in April. The Tykes team came through a qualifying contest against Lincolnshire, Derbyshire and Cumbria. Jaram,

TALENTED showjumper Catheryne Kelly has been riding high by winning several equestrian competitions. The 12-year-old, a pupil at Queen Ethelburga’s Collegiate near York, won showjumping contests at Sykehouse Arena and Epworth Equestrian Centre,

CITY of York Hockey Club under-18 girls are through to the quarter-finals of England Hockey’s National Cup after a battling 3-2 win over Doncaster. Rocked by a Doncaster goal after only three minutes, some good approach work by Molly Willerton