YORK City's first-round Capital One Cup tie against Burnley will be played at Bootham Crescent on Tuesday, August 6, kick off 7.45pm. Tickets will cost £15 for adults and £8 for concessions.
CULTURE Minister Ed Vaizey has given a further massive boost to hopes of saving the National Railway Museum from possible closure. The Minister said the NRM’s parent organisation, the Science Museum Group, had previously asserted that if Government
ONLINE retailer, the Hut Group, has been confirmed as the business which has acquired the assets of York fashion retailer Coggles Limited. The deal included stock and all intellectual property such as the brand and the company’s domain names, but
NIGEL WORTHINGTON is already focusing on other transfer targets after York City missed out on signing former Sunderland midfielder Adam Reed. The Minstermen boss wasted no time in making inquiries about alternative players after 22-year-old Reed
YORK City manager Nigel Worthington is relishing a first round Capital One Cup home match with Championship club Burnley. The Bootham Crescent clash, which will take place in the midweek following the Minstermen’s first League Two contest on Saturday
A couple of months ago my 15-year-old step-daughter, Milly, asked me whether I’d enter the Cancer UK Race For Life 5K in York so she and her friend, Louisa, could take part – under 16s have to register with an adult. I was really chuffed that she
GARY THORNTON has told the players not currently in York City Knights’ first team to be patient and stay focused – as every man in the squad is likely to be called upon during the all-important run-in. Two consecutive home wins, over Doncaster
Ollie Latus looks at the marathon through history. Today the definition of a marathon is a running event which covers a distance of 26 miles and 385 yards, but the story goes back thousands of years. The first “marathon”, so the story goes,
THE Yorkshire Marathon is made possible by the huge amount of generous volunteers who give their time and effort to help make sure everything runs smoothly. About 6,100 runners are taking part this year, and getting such a large number of people
AN East Yorkshire priest is preparing to run two marathons in eight days to raise funds for a Catholic overseas development agency. Father Paul Dowling, of St Mary’s Church in Market Weighton, will take part in the Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon in
THE draft Local Plan has caused alarm over the thousands of homes planned, but another side seems to have gone largely unnoticed, namely the wind farms. I urge readers in the villages outside York to find out what is in store for them by visiting
THE Big York Survey of residents was not a “great success” (The Press, June 15) but an exercise in propaganda. The repeated survey this year will be more of the same. The council doesn’t need to dangle £100 of shopping vouchers to get people to
I HAVE just run my first fun run, the “R U taking the P” male-only run, raising money for prostate cancer research. May I say a tremendous thank-you to the organisers, the marshals and the public who cheered us all the way round, and of course my fellow
THROUGH The Press, we would like to thank to all our colleagues and customers at the Sainsbury’s store at Monks Cross who sponsored us to walk around as many churches as we could in a couple of hours, starting off at the Minster. We both did this
MISS York and District (“No missing our winner”, The Press, June 14) is plucky negotiating the bar walls in high heels while pulling along her luggage en route for Torquay. It’s a long walk, especially with such handicaps, so I hope she’s being
IN-FORM York Cricket Club booked a semi-final place, away to Yorkshire Academy, in the Solly Sports Yorkshire ECB County Premier League Cup courtesy of a 50-runs victory against Cleethorpes. But the Clifton Park side were made to work hard for
FORMER York City loan star Adam Reed today joined npower League Two rivals Burton Albion. The 22-year-old midfielder had held talks with Minstermen boss Nigel Worthington about a possible return to Bootham Crescent. However, the former Sunderland
ECHOES of 2005 are spurring on Sheriff Hutton Bridge in cricket’s Yorkshire Tea National Village Cup. The Strensall-based club beat Hunters York & District Senior League premier division rivals Studley Royal in a thrilling finish to book a
Yorkshire have to be wary of the wounded animal this week when they take on Surrey in the LV= County Championship at Headingley. The Oval club may have sacked team director Chris Adams and first-team coach Ian Salisbury yesterday, but they will
WE are three brothers who are members of the Lord Mayor’s Scout Group. We wondered if any readers attended this group when they were young. The reason for this is that it our 90th anniversary party on September 14 and we would like as many people
WHY is it that any obstacle invented for road safety to slow down motorists is like a red flag to a bull (Speed cushions not the answer, Letters, June 12). Most motorist complain about 20mph zones, humps and the condition of the roads services,
EASI-ROCKIT HellDivers are the new VX Yorkshire and Humber Regional League second division champions. Maintaining their 100 per cent record this season with a 159-97 win over Ripon VorteX and a 257-166 triumph over stable-mates HellFighters, HellDivers
IN REPLY to Paul Hepworth’s letter of June 1, he need not worry, because the statute of limitations for his misdemeanour is well passed. The incident happened when we both worked for British Rail, myself in West Offices and Mr Hepworth, I think
MICHELLE BRITTON was in top form as Five Lions beat Tramways 9-2 in division one of the York John Smith’s Ladies Darts League. Britton fired a superb 20-dart leg in the singles and then teamed up with Anne Bass for a 21-darter. Tramways’ only
Thirty years ago, as a very young teacher working in a York secondary school, I took the class of a domestic science teacher who was ill. Her lesson notes said: “Hand out the information brochures from British Sugar.” I declined to and later told
HERE’S an interesting one. If you hired someone to provide care for an elderly parent, would you expect them to charge/invoice the deceased to attend their own funeral when that person passed away? Well, that was my experience. I look forward to
On Friday, June 14 my wife and I visited the Judge’s Lodging for the first time for lunch, and it will definitely not be the last visit as it was probably one of the best lunches we have enjoyed in a long time. The cellars are a treat in themselves
CAN I add to the tributes to the historian Hugh Murray whose death was recorded in The Press of June 15? The recent interest in the site of the Rowntree grocery shop on Pavement (today Pizza Hut) can be attributed in part to Mr Murray, with whom
SHERBURN-IN-ELMET’S Terry Copley narrowly missed out on claiming a place at the YDP Pro-am Grand Finals in October. Copley was beaten 2-1 by Colin Hendry in the final of the second knockout qualifier at The Greyhound, Riccall. Ferrybridge-based
TO THE residents of Westminster Road and The Avenue worrying about rat-runs (The Press, June 15), you ain’t seen nothing yet. Wait till they close Lendal Bridge. David Partridge, Welland Rise, Acomb, York.
Division one leaders King William were 5-2 winners at home to Ebor in the York White Rose Ladies Darts League. Carol Atkinson fired two tons, while Ebor’s Yvonne Ryder scored 140 and 100 in the four hand. Second-placed Crescent ‘B’ lost 4-3
100 years ago The annual “demonstration” which had for years been a yearly event in the lives of members of the Lancashire and Cheshire Miners’ Federation and their wives – and incidentally of whatever place was chosen for the day’s proceedings
POLITICAL activist and comic Mark Thomas will preview his 2013 Edinburgh Fringe show at Selby Town Hall tomorrow, full of trouble-making brio as he continues his prankster progress through 100 Acts Of Minor Dissent in a year. In a town once synonymous
HERE’S an idea for you: ideas alone won’t change the world. Original concepts are vitally important, to be sure, but we are altogether too wedded to the convenient fantasy that all we need is someone to have a “eureka” moment for all our problems to
I WISH someone would start telling us the truth. It’s bad enough hearing the million and one theories the so-called experts are coming up with for the cold weather continuing into spring. I’ve heard explanations ranging from the shifting of the
DIVISION one leaders Poppleton recorded a 12-0 clean sweep over 2009 champions Dunnington in the Tyke Petroleum Men’s Tennis League. Captain Nick Turnbull and dad Paul each scored 29 games with respective partners Pat Evans and John Anderson as
AN ONLINE video advertising business which is looking to recruit up to 100 self-employed sales people is entering the Press Business Awards 2013. UK Business Television, set up in April, aims to provide UK based businesses with an independent platform
A SELBY-based engraving and gifts retailer is hoping to be recognised in The Press Business Awards. LRB Trophies, which started online and opened a showroom in Market Lane in August 2011, has customers worldwide, particularly in the United States
A STUDENT who has set up her own business while sitting her A-Levels is in the running for recognition of her entrepreneurial achievements. Earlier this year Sophie Kingsley, who attends All Saints RC School, set up a vintage clothes business which
A YORK print and marketing business has launched a new line as it plans to expand. The £33 million turnover Mosaic Group, which employs 112 people at its offices in Wetherby Road, Long Marston, near York, has opened Mosaic POP, which develops point-of-purchase
YORK developer S Harrison has recorded positive results for 2012. The business, which was behind the development of City of York Council’s West Offices, recorded a turnover of £7.22 million in 2012, up on £2.67 million in 2011. The company
Appleton Roebuck are the new leaders of division four of the IT Sports Mixed Tennis League. Chris Howat and Paul Dadvar were Appleton’s match-winners with a 12-0 final rubber win in an otherwise close match against promotion rivals Cliffe. Cliffe
YORK needs to create its own fund to develop and nurture the city’s knowledge-based economy, according to a leading business adviser. David Dickson, senior partner with York-based accountants Garbutt & Elliott, was speaking in the wake of a
Pocklington 2 maintained their unbeaten run in division three of the Fulford Ladies Invitation Tennis League – the only club to have played and won all six matches this season. Andrea Bland and Rosanne Dane racked up 24 games and they were assisted
FORMER York City winger John Linaker has died after a long illness, aged 86. Linaker, who was also an outstanding amateur golfer, played 98 League games and five FA Cup ties in his five seasons with City, scoring 20 goals. Born in Southport
GRIDLOCK could cost York more than £80 million a year by 2031 if building thousands of homes is not matched by sweeping transport improvements, experts have warned. The cost to the city will soar over the next 18 years and motorists have been told
NEW figures on accident rates prove a city-wide 20mph rule will not make York safer, opponents have claimed. City of York Council plans to roll out the lower speed limits on all residential streets by the end of next year, with areas in the west
YORK hotel The Groves, in St Peter’s Grove, Clifton, is up for sale. The hotel, opposite St Peter’s School, is believed to be the only William Pentey designed building remaining in private hands in the city. Agents Colliers International is
STARS from television soap Emmerdale took to the stage at York’s Grand Opera House to perform at the York Rocks Against Cancer fundraising concert. The cast members past and present formed the folk-rock group Edna’s Hat, which features vocalists
POTASH which is to be mined from the York Potash Project near Whitby has been approved by Organic Farmers & Growers (OF&G), a Defra-accredited body which assesses the suitability of organic materials. The OF&G has confirmed the suitability
COUNCIL leader James Alexander last night defended York’s draft Local Plan in the face of hostility from more than 100 residents at a packed public meeting. Villagers attending the meeting at Heslington Parish Church raised deep concerns about
JAZZ chanteuse Tina May read French at university, her studies taking her to Paris for a year in 1982. “I remember that Piaf’s music seemed to be coming out of everywhere, wherever you went,” she recalls of the birth of her passion for the Little
York Cantores opened their 20th-anniversary concert with a fine performance of W H Harris’ Faire is the heaven, a choral work which radiated joy. Conductor Peter Collis directed proceedings with real engagement, as indeed he did throughout the whole
VANDALS damaged wing mirrors and windscreen wipers on seven vehicles in Pocklington. The vehicles were all parked in Union Street when the damage was done, overnight on Friday, June 14. Humberside Police are checking CCTV to identify the offenders
THREE alleged failed asylum seekers have been arrested after immigration officials raided a Chinese takeaway in York. The Home Office immigration enforcement operation targeted Hotwinds in Huntington. Staff were checked and three men from China
A YOUNG man who could have blinded a four-week-old baby when he shook him is today in jail awaiting sentence. The child was rushed to hospital with serious head and other injuries after Clifford Roy Bradshaw looked after him for a short period
A STRIKING new entrance to the South Door of York Minster has been completed. A pedestrian and cyclist-friendly piazza has been created in Deangate between Minster Gates and the cathedral. The project is part of the wider lottery-backed York Minster
CHILDREN have dressed as superheroes and paraded round a York square after their nursery school was hailed as “outstanding” by Ofsted. The education watchdog said St Paul’s Nursery in St Paul’s Square, Holgate, was a “highly valued part of the
A SEX attacker who accosted a woman as she walked towards the University of York is still being hunted by police. Officers believe the assault, which happened on Heslington Road at about 1.45am last Thursday, may have been recorded on the attacker
PUPILS and staff from a school near York are taking part in a charity Race For Life tomorrow. Girls from Queen Margaret’s School in Escrick will be running in the event at Town Fields, in Doncaster. They are hoping to top the £7,000 they raised
THIEVES stole a black Citroen Saxo from a house in Steincroft Road, South Milford, between 11pm and 11.30pm on Friday. The vehicle was later found burned out at South Milford railway station. Anyone with information should phone North Yorkshire
SCOTLAND’S top health scientist will give a public lecture in York on how statistics could provide a formulae for tackling diabetes. Professor Andrew Morris, chief scientist at the Scottish Government Health Department, director of the Scottish
There’s nothing like a musical knees-up. On Saturday, which happened to be Her Majesty’s official birthday, we enjoyed plenty of choral praise – a Te Deum, a Gloria, and a Coronation Mass – plus a jovial symphony, with Psalm 23 injecting a sense of
BIKERS will be raising money for cancer charities next week at a special fundraising night. Dean’s Garden Centre in Stockton on the Forest is hosting its sixth bikers’ charity night at 7pm next Wednesday, to raise funds for York against Cancer
A VETERAN from North Yorkshire has been presented with the Arctic Star to recognise his service on a Royal Navy cruiser escorting convoys to Russia during the Second World War. Ron Herrington, 86, from Kirkby Malzeard, received his medal from Anthony
SITES in York including a medieval graveyard, the city’s walls, the National Railway Museum and the York Wheel have been included in a new guide to urban picnic locations. Tourism organisation Visit York has issued the online guide to illustrate
AN inspirational primary school teacher has been nominated for a Community Pride Award. Year 3 teacher Andy Daniel, 39, has taught at Ralph Butterfield Primary School in Haxby since 1999. He had previously spent a year teaching at Hob Moor
BUSINESSES and taxi drivers have called for tougher action on street drinkers after a fight in York. Shoppers and passers-by were shocked as a drunk man struck a woman, then fought with a taxi driver who tried to intervene. According to witnesses
A YORK pub will host a special beer-tasting night tomorrow. All five of Moorhouse’s Brewery’s award-winning core ales will be on the bar at Ye Olde Starre Inne, in Stonegate. There will be free tastings of each and Simon Oates of Moorhouse’
YORK is to host the Liberal Democrats’ Spring Conference next year. The three-day conference, to be held at York Barbican Centre in March, is expected to attract more than 1,000 delegates. The Novotel Hotel will also be the party conference
THREE men were released on bail following a large fight in Selby market place. The fight, between 15 to 20 people, took place at about 3.30am on Friday, June 14. Five people were injured, and three were taken to hospital with facial injuries
A SENIOR executive at a North Yorkshire power station has become a Commander of the British Empire in the Queen’s birthday honours list. Dorothy Thompson, who is chief executive of Drax Group, is responsible for overseeing the transformation of
The Press is sponsoring two tickets for York-based entrepreneurs aged under 26 to attend this year’s annual digital technology conference Shift Happens at York Theatre Royal, on Monday, July 8. To be in with a chance of winning, entrants should
THE annual village fete in aid of St Helen’s Church at Skipwith will again be held in the gardens of Skipwith Hall, home of the Forbes Adam family, on Saturday, at 2.30pm. It will be opened by BBC gardening expert Nigel Harrison, who will also
THE proposed high-speed HS2 rail line – which is set to run through the outskirts of a North Yorkshire village – has come under fire from a think tank. A report by the New Economics Foundation claims the HS2 high-speed rail project did not offer
WORK on a main road linking York and East Yorkshire will start next month after being delayed because of bad weather. The improvements will be carried out along an eight-mile stretch of the B1228, which connects the A1079 with Howden, at two separate
A YORK psychologist has become the new president of the British Psychological Society. Dr Richard Mallows has worked at York St John University for the last 40 years. He was head of the psychology department he founded and remains an honorary research
AN epic 2,000-mile bike ride awaits 22-year-old former University of York student Louis Lunts. The history graduate and cycling enthusiast plans to raise £2,000 or more by cycling the distance from London to Istanbul for York-based charity Survive
MAJOR repairs to the Selby swing bridge, which were due to take place this summer, have been put back to next year. The 19th century bridge was expected to close on July 29 for up to six weeks, causing disruption to thousands of train passengers
ACTOR Ricky Tomlinson will be in York next week to speak trade unionism and his 1970s conviction over strike action. Mr Tomlinson, star of The Royle Family, took part in the first national builders’ strike in 1972 and was jailed for two years on
YORKSHIRE WATER is consulting residents on what services they want to see over the next five years, and how much they are prepared to pay. Residents in York are urged to give their views to help shape the business plan for 2015-20. The plan
