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  • Woman in hospital after crash with tractor

    A WOMAN has been taken to hospital with suspected head and neck injuries following a collision with a tractor in North Yorkshire today. Emergency services were called to the B1263 near Scorton this morning. Firefighters removed the roof of

  • Latest on York Hospital ward closures

    FIVE wards remain closed at York Hospital following an outbreak of the Norovirus infection, and hospital officials are still advising visitors to stay away. On Friday, ten wards were affected by the vomiting bug, four of which were closed to try

  • Daughter of missing Ryedale woman thanks search party

    THE daughter of missing Barbara Colling has thanked the hundreds of people involved in the search for their “overwhelming support”, two weeks on from her disappearance. Teams of volunteers have carried out daily searches for the missing 68-year-old

  • Appeal after man assaulted in nightclub toilets

    THIS picture has been released by police investigating an assault in the toilets of a York nightclub. Officers would like to speak with this man in connection with an attack on a 41-year-old man in the men’s toilets in Reflex which left him unconscious

  • Sentamu: Pope will be missed

    THE Archbishop of York said Pope Benedict XVI is a great theologian who will be missed. Pope Benedict became Pontiff in 2005 at the age of 78, and announced his resignation this morning, claiming he was too old and infirm to carry on in the role

  • Teenage boy punched in attack

    A SELBY teenager was punched in the face by a man in his forties. The 13-year-old victim and his friends were throwing snowballs against a wall in the alleyway between Abbey Walk and Finkle Street at about 5.30pm on Monday, January 21. A North

  • Home start a boost for Knights boss Thornton

    BOSS Gary Thornton believes the performance of his York City Knights pack yesterday suggests the club will not miss Luke Hardbottle after all – despite the former favourite’s U-turn. Loose-forward Hardbottle, an influential member of the Knights

  • More readers recall happy times at camp

    OUR piece a few weeks ago about the Fishergate School summer camp at Robin Hood's Bay in the 1920s and 1930s has prompted a number of memories. The article, headlined “Memories of Fishergate Campers”, focused on a camp logbook kept by Mr Francis

  • How Jim rose above the confines of polio

    Jim Porteous was one of the last generations of Britons to have been struck down by polio. He spoke to STEPHEN LEWIS in the wake of Bill Gates’ pledge to eradicate the disease for ever. ONE of Jim Porteous’s most vivid memories is of being loaded

  • Airline’s ‘treats’ leave sour taste

    HAVE you ever tried to eat soup without using a cup or bowl? Or a meatball sandwich (not that I fancy one - it sounds soggily foul) without a napkin to catch the drips? Or a portion of chips without anything to eat them from? Like a plate, box or newspaper

  • Time to focus on your loved one

    WITH the most romantic day of the year coming up on Thursday, many couples in York will be snuggling up with partners for a romantic evening. Whether in a restaurant or at home, February 14, is supposed to be the one day (and certainly evening)

  • Fishing plan a step in right direction

    I AM pleased that the European Parliament has approved new plans to try to protect fish stocks in European waters. Contrary to popular myth, the Common Fisheries policy was never designed to oblige fishermen to throw fish into the sea or to irritate

  • Enforcement needed over poor kitchen hygiene

    So, YORK is “incredibly lucky” not to have suffered an outbreak of food poisoning due to a city-centre restaurant’s poor kitchen hygiene, a court has heard (The Press, February 7). With no thanks given to City of York Council food hygiene inspectors

  • Health over speed

    WHAT a cockeyed no-brainer. Who needs 20 minutes or so lopped off a train journey going to or from wherever? Especially at the mind-boggling price it’s going to cost. If given the choice of a streamline railway service or a streamline NHS, I know

  • Galtres misinformation

    AS A Rawcliffe resident and previous visitor to Galtres Festival, I am delighted to think it could reappear on my own doorstep this year. However, I am dismayed to have come across a campaign of poorly informed scaremongering against the possibility

  • ‘Unwanted visitor turned up THREE times!’

    HAVING read the letter from Dale Edwards (“My postal woes”, February 6), I felt compelled to write. A Christmas card clearly addressed to someone in Leyburn came through my letter box three times. On the first occasion, in December, I marked

  • Nuclear costs

    IT IS hard to see how the UK’s projected future electricity demand and energy security can be met without an element of new nuclear power to replace some of the existing nuclear stations as they come to the end of their lives. In considering the

  • Is the pound doomed?

    WHATEVER is happening to the value of our pound? I don’t know if anybody else has noticed, but it is sinking daily against the so-unpopular euro, the currency that needed rescue packages like no other currency before and the currency that was predicted

  • Much to consider

    MANY letters have bemoaned the lack of affordable housing in our area, from builders and ex-builders, architects and those desiring new homes. No small architect-designed development will ever solve the problem, even if they fill a desirable niche

  • Building questions

    GLYN SUNMAN’S ironic letter of February 7 about the latest high-rise building to appear on the old tech college site at Dringhouses, which will hopefully provide affordable homes, reminds me that another similar building was originally planned to be

  • Take the grant

    SO YORK’S council tax is to rise by 1.9 per cent (The Press, February 5). In response, I truly believe it is wrong that the Labour council is proposing to increase council tax when a £1.8 million grant is on offer by Conservative local secretary

  • City’s Richard III claim backed

    IN YOUR editorial of February 5 regarding where King Richard III should be buried, you have stated that Richard was Duke of York. This is incorrect; he was Duke of Gloucester. It was his father Richard who was Duke of York. He was, as stated

  • Callous attitude

    WHILE the majority vote by MPs in favour of gay marriage was an important and civilised step towards combating prejudice, there are far more important issues to be addressed. For example, there is the disgraceful, derisory and callous attitude

  • February 11

    100 years ago Captain Robert Falcon Scott, RN, the gallant commander of the South Polar expedition, and the four selected men who accompanied him in the last stage of his heroic march to the South Pole had perished. The bare facts of this catastrophe

  • Review: Orpheus Britannicus, National Centre for Early Music

    Peter Seymour gave a banquet of Britten at the NCEM on Saturday. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the composer’s birth, the day was filled with talks, and performances of vocal music by Britten and his contemporaries. The backbone of the day

  • Wycombe 4, York City 0

    YORK City have conceded four goals in consecutive league matches for the first time since October 1981. Not since the stewardship of Barry Lyons, more than 31 years ago, have the Minstermen allowed the opposition to be so prolific during back-to-back

  • Knights 34, Swinton Lions 12

    THE Huntington Stadium faithful have had to wait a while but they finally got what they paid for yesterday as York City Knights kicked off their home campaign with a splendid all-round performance and a first Championship win since June. Swinton

  • Selby Town win at last

    SELBY Town’s run of 14 games without a win in the Northern Counties East League ended in style with a 4-1 thumping of Yorkshire Amateur. The Robins, whose last win came at Bottesford on September 26, are now 11 points adrift of second from bottom

  • St Mary’s hit top form to thrash Wigginton Grasshoppers

    DEFENDING premier division champions Old Malton St Mary’s rediscovered their best form to trounce title-chasing Wigginton Grasshoppers 8-0 in the York Minster Engineering Football League. The Ryedale side recorded their biggest away win since April

  • Powell pivotal in York RI Senior Cup win

    YORK RI twice came from behind to beat Huntington Rovers 6-2 and book their place in the semi-finals of the York FA Saturday Senior Cup. RI, drawn away to York St John University in the last four, trailed to an early Dave Hartas goal, but Ryan

  • Fulford FC go top as Osbaldwick come unstuck

    FORMER division two leaders Osbaldwick suffered their first home defeat in six York Minster Engineering League matches as they lost 2-1 to revitalised Bishopthorpe. Rob Wright gave Bish an early advantage before Ben Jones, the division’s leading

  • York RUFC’s unbeaten run comes to an end

    YORK RUFC’s ten-match unbeaten run finally came to an end with a 57-30 home defeat by Yorkshire One leaders Driffield. A large Clifton Park crowd saw the table-topping visitors show off all their pace and skills, displaying an ability to turn half

  • Perfect ten try show as Malton & Norton thrash Durham

    TEN-TRY Malton & Norton RUFC put basement side Durham City to the sword in a 62-26 victory in North One East. Back to full strength, Malt switched Ian Cooke from full-back to partner Ryan Lonsdale in the centres and Tom Newitt from wing to

  • In-form Selby RUFC clinch a late bonus boost

    PROMOTION-CHASING Selby RUFC left it late to secure a bonus point as they beat hosts Skipton 32-11 in Yorkshire Two. The Swans’ all-important fourth try came in the 11th minute of injury time to keep the second-placed club within range of leaders

  • York Economic Partnership move for entrepreneur

    A TECHNOLOGY entrepreneur has taken over as chairman of York Economic Partnership. Stirling Kimkeran, chief executive of Omnicom Engineering Ltd, takes over the position from Peter Kay, senior partner at Ware & Kay LLP Solicitors, who has held

  • Market Weighton solicitors in expansion

    A MARKET Weighton solicitors’ firm has moved to new premises as the practice embarks on a period of expansion. Wise Solicitors has operated from offices in Becklands Park since 2011, specialising in personal injury work, but has relocated to the

  • Lunchtime business briefings

    HAMBLETON District Council is working with the York, North Yorkshire, East Riding Enterprise Partnership to stage “lunch and learn” seminars over the next three months. They will feature bite- size business briefings and give like-minded business

  • Nestlé backs food engineering degree

    Nestlé has supported the UK’s first accredited engineering degree dedicated entirely to food and drink manufacturing. The MEng Food Engineering, which will be offered exclusively by Sheffield Hallam University, has been launched by the Minister

  • Harrogate Family Law relocates

    HARROGATE Family Law has relocated to larger premises to accommodate recent expansion and pave the way for future development. Richard Flanagan of Flanagan James Property Consultants in York, who advised Harrogate Family Law on its relocation to

  • Mentor award for Matt Long

    A MENTOR with the Big Deal enterprise competition for young people has won Industry Mentor Of The Year at an awards event organised by Brightside Charitable Trust. Matt Long was nominated for the award by the University of York’s Widening Participation

  • Man arrested after sudden death of woman in central York

    A MAN was arrested following the sudden death of a woman at a house in York. Paramedics raised the alarm and called police to a house in Bishophill Junior where they were trying to help a woman in her 40s. However, the woman did not respond and

  • Murder victim died from a head injury

    DETECTIVES investigating the murder of a man whose body was discovered at a rural bungalow say he died from a head injury. Concerns had been raised about the resident’s safety prompting officers to enter Whisker Cottage in Full Sutton near Stamford

  • Dressed to impress at the Lord Mayor’s Ball

    THE dresses of two fashion students were the centre of attention at the annual Lord Mayor’s Ball in York. Stephanie Pack, 16, and Jacey Lamerton, 42, of York College, designed the gowns worn by Lady Mayoress Karen Hyman and the Sheriff’s Lady,

  • Opposition to pig farm wind turbines plan

    FOUR wind turbines could get the go-ahead at a Ryedale planning committee meeting tomorrow. But anti-wind farm campaigner David Hinde, formerly of Scagglethorpe near Malton and now of Bempton on the East Yorkshire coast, plans to oppose plans for

  • Coalshed fire at Carlton

    FIREFIGHTERS attended a fire in a coalshed in Low Street, Carlton, yesterday. The shed contained an LPG cylinder, which was vented fully and declared safe before the Selby crews left the scene.

  • Firm’s pipes ‘not to blame’ for landslip

    YORKSHIRE Water has denied its pipes are the cause of landslips in North Yorkshire. A recent report ordered by residents of Knipe Point in Scarborough, suggested the company’s pipes could be at fault, but Yorkshire Water has refuted this following

  • Ambulance service chiefs scrap union talks

    AMBULANCE bosses in Yorkshire have been accused of “gagging and bullying” tactics after they decided to stop recognising the Unite union. Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) said it made the decision because of the “disappointing” working relationship

  • Broken down lorry on A64 sliproad

    A LORRY has broken down at the top of a slip road off the A64 in the rush hour, causing heavy tailbacks. The lorry broke down at the top of the eastbound A64 slip road onto the A1079 at about 8am this morning. Traffic is queuing right down

  • Tributes paid to popular man, 21

    HUNDREDS of mourners packed a church for the funeral of a popular Tadcaster man who has died, aged 21. Ryan Cumberland’s funeral took place at St Mary’s Parish Church in Tadcaster, about a fortnight after his death at a house in the town. A

  • Norovirus crisis at York Hospital easing

    YORK Hospital expects its crisis over Norovirus infection to ease during this week but is still urging people to stay away if they can. Six wards were closed yesterday and a further three were partially closed as staff acted to contain the outbreak

  • M62 chemical spill

    The M62 between junctions 34 and 35 in Humberside was shut at the weekend after a tanker carrying a toxic and flammable chemical overturned and started leaking on Friday evening. The tanker overturned on the eastbound carriageway between junction

  • 100 people join in Holgate Windmill Pancake Day

    FAMILIES were smiling in the rain at the Holgate Windmill Pancake Day. About 100 people joined in the fun at the restored windmill in west York. Members of the windmill’s preservation society slaved non-stop for one-and-a-half hours over five

  • Review starts into children’s heart surgery unit

    THE mother of a young York boy whose life was saved by emergency heart surgery at Leeds General Infirmary (LGI) has called on the High Court to save the threatened unit. Cameron Scott, six, from Heworth, was born at York Hospital with his aortic

  • Students raise thousands of pounds for charity

    Animals and large birds invaded the centre of York as the city’s student community staged the annual University of York Rag Parade. Shoppers and tourists watched bemused as two-legged pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens and other farm and wild animals

  • Minster service for University of York's 50th anniversary

    FIVE decades of the University of York are being celebrated with a service at the Minster tomorrow. More than 1,200 people are expected at the official launch of the university’s 50th anniversary year, kick-starting a year-long calendar of commemorative

  • Bobble Day raises money for Age UK

    NORTH Yorkshire churchgoers donned their Sunday best with a difference this weekend. Worshippers at St Wilfrid’s Church in Brayton, Selby, donned bobble hats of various designs as they took part in Age UK’s Bobble Day. They wanted to raise

  • Yorkshire firms leading the way

    Business activity improved in all but one of the nine English regions last month amid an upturn in new orders, a survey revealed today. Yorkshire & Humber recorded the fastest growth in the Lloyds TSB Regional Purchasing Managers’ Index, while

  • Review: Little Mix, York Barbican

    Little Mix bounced on to the Barbican stage in crop tops and jeans to be greeted by a mass of screaming fans awaiting their arrival. With slick dance moves and fabulous voices, the group were an instant hit! They opened with We Are Who We Are and

  • Concerns raised over lack of council repair inspections

    ACTION has been called for after it was revealed repair work on Selby District Council homes was not being inspected. The lack of follow-up inspections on council properties once work has been done has been criticised in a report presented to the

  • Fraudster used ex-girlfriend’s ID to get cash

    A FRAUDSTER used a series of fake and stolen identities including a former girlfriend’s details to cheat his way to more than £17,000, York Crown Court heard. Barry Dockerty’s ex-partner had to pay £780 to preserve her good credit record after

  • Richard III petition continues to grow

    THE petition to have Richard III buried at York Minster was “trending” several times over the weekend as the most popular petition on the Government’s electronic petition webpage. This morning, it was approaching 19,000 signatures. A similar

  • Sweet and sour choc tactics

    SUPERHEROES raised a smile among chocoholics as they gave away samples of new KitKat Chunkys in York. Nestlé held the event in Parliament Street offering samples of four new flavours and asking people to vote for their favourite taste from a choice

  • Linton-on-Ouse school pupils take tour of RAF base

    PUPILS from Linton-on-Ouse Primary School paid a visit to a nearby RAF base to learn about how the air force uses electricity in its daily operations. The pupils, aged between nine and 11, also spent time in the station’s safety equipment section

  • Flood-hit York Dungeon to reopen after revamp

    YORK Dungeon is set to reopen next month after a £2 million revamp – with a brand new look. The major tourist attraction in Clifford Street has been closed since it was badly flooded last September, when the River Ouse rose to its highest levels

  • Cycle lane plan branded as “ridiculous”

    SAFETY checks are to be carried out on a one-way street where cyclists could be allowed to ride towards oncoming traffic. Transport chiefs at City of York Council agreed in December to consult over a contra-flow cycle lane in Tanner Row, between

  • Tributes to Ampleforth Abbey monk, 86

    A MONK and former prior of a York monastery who found his vocation while training for war has died at Ampleforth Abbey, aged 86. Fr Geoffrey Lynch was secretary to Abbot Basil Hume and three other abbots of the abbey as well as parish priest of

  • Advertising plan for York taxi cabs

    YORK’S taxi drivers could be allowed to fit screens showing advertising in their cars at the same time as being blocked from showing stickers in their rear windows. Advertising issues surrounding hackney carriage and private hire vehicles will

  • York primary school moves up the Ofsted rankings

    PUPILS and staff at a York primary school are celebrating moving up the Ofsted rankings. Badger Hill primary was rated satisfactory three years ago, but a recent inspection gave the school an overall rating of good, taking it closer to the top

  • Patient in court over attacks on Stockton Hall Hospital staff

    A PATIENT attacked a dozen hospital staff as they tried to stop her harming herself and undoing her bandages, York magistrates heard. Marie Claire Johnson, 22, is detained at Stockton Hall Hospital under the Mental Health Act and is given anti-psychotic

  • Backing sought for Ryedale arts project

    A MULTI-million pound refurbishment of an historic Ryedale building could move forward as council bosses consider whether to spend thousands of pounds on the project. Proposals are being developed to transform Malton’s Milton Rooms into a major