YORK youngster Charlie Oxtoby has joined the black belt ranks at Shinko Karate Club. The 11-year-old, who started training with the club in 2011, passed his 1st Dan at a grading in Shobnall, Burton. The club train at St James the Deacon church
ThE GAUNTLET had been laid down...A couple of months ago, a Honda Civic Tourer featuring the fuel-sipping 1.6 i-DTEC engine underlined its impressive real-world fuel efficiency by powering to victory in the ‘MPG Marathon’.In the two-day test over 330
THERE are more and more reasons why you should take a look at Suzuki's brilliant hatchback, the Swift.With each update, the Swift has become that bit more attractive... and in its latest incarnation it gets the sort of extra features that drivers now
Few drivers look to sharpen their skills once passing the test, but it can make you a better driver and cut your insurance premiums. Driver error is far and away the biggest single cause of road accidents, which makes the driver's skills a vital
DETECTIVES investigating a robbery in Northallerton have released pictures of the victim’s injuries. The 43-year-old man was robbed between midnight and 1am on Tuesday, November 11, on Valley Road, near the junction with Central Drive. He had
HUGH Bayley MP highlights why it is important there is for a vote to endorse the European Arrest Warrant as soon as possible. THERE was a fearful row in Parliament on Monday. The Prime Minister had promised that MPs would get to vote on whether
After a gentle meander to discover the source of the Nidd this summer for The Press, BOB ADAMS decided to finish his hiking year on a high. Make that very high, with the Tour de Mont Blanc. CALLING the famous walk of Mont Blanc a ‘tour’, makes
POLICE were called to York railway station this afternoon following reports that a woman was on the tracks. British Transport Police said its officers attended shortly before 2pm, along with colleagues from North Yorkshire Police. A spokeswoman
YORKSHIRE Water is investigating after sewage flowed into several York gardens earlier today. A company spokesman said it was contacted by three customers in connection with sewage in their gardens in Carr Lane, just off the A59 Boroughbridge Road
Picture gallery: Children in Need events>> FUNDRAISERS in classrooms, offices and shops pulled on their favourite superhero outfit to support vulnerable children. Children in Need was celebrated with bake sales, eating challenges
MIDDLESBROUGH right-back Brad Halliday has signed a one-month loan deal with York City. Halliday, 19, will go straight into the squad for tomorrow's Sky Bet League Two home match with Oxford, but will not be eligible for Tuesday night's FA Cup
FACE-to-face business is the key to exporting - that was the message from three female entrepreneurs at a York event aimed at encouraging women to trade overseas. As part of Export Week, UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) and Forward Ladies joined
CITY Team York has welcomed a new member of its board with the appointment of the Coppergate Centre's new manager. Sue Anderson-Brown, pictured above, joins seven other board members from the public and private sector on the group, which was set
A TRAVEL agent has teamed up with his former employer to combine expertise and experience for a new venture in York. Kris Roberts is today launching Amigo Travel in a bid to fulfil a long-standing dream of running his own business, and utilise
STAFF at a York hotel are celebrating after picking up one of 24 titles in a regional wedding industry competition. The family-run Grays Court scooped the title of Best Regional Town/City Venue at The Wedding Industry North East Awards. The
A YORK renewable energy specialist has teamed up with a gas supplier to launch a new multi-fuel energy business. Tockwith-based Duncan Renewables has joined forces with LPG supplier AvantiGas in Derbyshire to create AvantiRenewables. Neil Murphy
MATT Richardson tops the Saturday Night Lounge bill this weekend in York, joined at the Hyena Lounge Comedy Club at The Duchess by Greg Burns, James Meehan and Ray Peacock. Headliner Richardson is the co-host of The Xtra Factor on ITV2 and has
MY HEART sank when I saw that Ched Evans will train at Sheffield United at the request of the footballers’ trade union. Do the club and the Professional Footballers Association not understand the implications of his continued pleas of innocence?
A TWO vehicle accident has caused traffic disruption on the A59 near Flaxby. Police were called to the scene - on the Knaresborough side of the A1 junction - at 12.15pm today. A black VW Golf had overturned after a collision with a silver Ford
URBAN HYMN, the apple of Malcolm Jefferson's eye, makes the journey from his trainer's Norton yard to Cheltenham today in a bid to chalk-up his first win over fences. A useful hurdler last season when he won a Grade 2 event at Doncaster in January
RICKY WALDEN has set his sights on major glory at the UK Snooker Championship in York. The Chester cueman is fresh from the biggest title of his career, a 10-7 victory over Mark Allen in the International Championship final in Shanghai earlier
THREE birdies in his opening trio of holes have left Simon Dyson in the hunt at the Turkish Airlines Open. The York-born ace briefly led the $7 million event, at the Montgomerie Maxx Royal in Antalya, Turkey, after a sensational start on the par
OXFORD United will welcome back League Two's leading marksman Danny Hylton for tomorrow's trip to York City. Hylton, 25, missed last weekend's 3-1 FA Cup first round win at Grimsby having served a one-match suspension for reaching five yellow cards
JAKE Hyde has admitted that working with Deon Burton was an education during the former Jamaican international and Premier League striker's brief stay at York City. The ex-Derby County and Portsmouth forward has returned to parent club Scunthorpe
WHO can stop Tadcaster Albion running away with the Northern Counties East League Premier division? The Brewers are in scintillating form, following up a 7-0 annihilation of Liversedge by going to Armthorpe Welfare on Tuesday night and sticking
THERE were no major surprises in round two of the York Sunday Morning Football League Challenge Trophy as all of the favourites progressed to the next round with relative ease. Britannia Tadcaster recorded the highest score of the day with an 11
GO and do it again. That's the message York RUFC head coach Sean Bass will give his players as they try to defeat Doncaster Phoenix for the second week in a row. The Clifton Parkers inflicted the first defeat on the runaway Yorkshire One leaders
YORK CITY boss Russ Wilcox is delighting in the "tough decisions" he has to make ahead of a "huge" home Sky Bet League Two clash with Oxford United tomorrow. The Minstermen chief, now in the Bootham Crescent hot-seat for a month, must choose between
PROP Brad Brennan has joined Jack Lee and Ryan Backhouse in making the post-season switch from York City Knights to arch-rivals Hunslet Hawks. Brennan finished 2014 at Huntington Stadium, playing 13 times for York in Championship One - including
I WAS uplifted to hear that Ted Griffiths died at the age of 95, the day after attending the Barbican Remembrance service. He and his family could not have wished for a better ending where he retained his physical mobility and mental capacity right
WITH the passing of Ted Griffiths, I think it would be a fitting mark of respect if for the road at the Memorial Garden were to be renamed Ted Griffiths Parade. This man has been part of the Poppy event for more than 60 years. I think York Council
I FELT I had to write after visiting the new market in York. It was half-empty and looked quite sad. The stallholders said they were trying to get used to it, but everything was bland and, I have to be honest, very boring. It is such a shame as
I WILL happily answer David Fish (Letters, November 12). City of York Council took the lead to bring the Old White Swan back in to use, but the property is in the portfolio of Thirteen Group. Due to 60 per cent cuts in the government’s affordable
I JUST read about the sale of our beautiful Groves Chapel. As a youngster I myself and many others sang, recited, played the piano, and then received certificates when we either won or came second or third. It was called the Eisteddfod. Such lovely
THERE are two sayings which we ought to think about, especially with it being Remembrance week. One I thought of is by Mother Teresa: “If we can bring the children of the world up to hate war and live for peace. then one day there shall be peace
FOLLOWING the headline Grand Debacle in The Press of November 12, and having spent the last two years in dispute with the city council over administrative and safety matters at the Rawcliffe Country Park, it comes as no surprise that we are faced with
LIKE all great parties, Le Grand Départ comes with a hangover (Grand Debacle, The Press, November 12). We all got swept up by the event, not least our council which seems to have fallen under the spell of a cash-strapped Welcome to Yorkshire, whose
DEVELOPMENT at a Selby area donkey sanctuary has been approved against planning officers' wishes, after it was claimed animals could be a danger to the public. An application was submitted to Selby District Council for the creation of a segregation
THIS dynamic duo will lead a fundraising charge for underprivileged young people as schools and companies across York take part in Children in Need. Clifton Green School's deputy headteacher, Simon White, and community outreach worker, John Hattam
A BBC botanist was given a guided tour of a renowned hotel's gardens hours after delivering a lecture to fans and students. Television presenter James Wong, a regular reporter on Countryfile, delivered a lecture to around 100 guests at Askham Bryan
A 21-gun salute was being fired in York today to mark the 66th birthday of the Prince of Wales and the retirement of a long-serving Army major. Major Chad Fowler, 64, has organised 50 Royal Salutes in the city and was the inspecting officer as
AN HISTORIC building attached to York's Bar Walls could be transformed into a hub for community activities after an ambitious group came up with plans to put it to use. Early proposals from The Incredible Movement in York (TIM) suggest the city's
THREE men have been summonsed to court over child sex offences at a children’s home near Market Weighton. James Carragher, Michael Curran and Anthony McCallen have been summonsed over a total of 91 historic child sexual offences. Carragher
A SCREENING of Gladiator will be held at the Yorkshire Museum in a special evening of entertainment. The film will be shown on Friday, November 21, in honour of the Roman skeleton found underneath the museum during building work in 2010. Curators
A BRAND new social club has been officially opened in York by its oldest member. At 93, Les Leaper has been a member at Burnholme Social Club for 44 years, joining just five years after it was established in 1935. On Wednesday night he was
THE councillor behind the highly controversial Lendal Bridge trial was last night facing fresh calls to resign over his handling of the project. Cllr Dave Merrett is at the centre of a new row over the closure, after opposition councillors forced
A SCHEME to improve a key bus route near York Hospital is set to be given the green light, following a consultation with residents and businesses. City of York Council says the £300,000 improvements will help three of York’s five most frequent
A NEW chairman has been elected to be a voice for young people in North Yorkshire. Steph Spaven, a 21-year-old care leaver and undergraduate, will head up the county's Young People’s Council (YPC). Steph, who is currently in the third year
YORK students are preparing to send a rubber duck into space to capture unique footage and scientific data. Members of the University of York’s Astronomy Society plan to elevate Astroduck into the upper atmosphere with a professional weather balloon
Unemployment in North Yorkshire has fallen for the tenth consecutive month as dole queues across the county continue to get smaller. And the number of people claiming Jobseekers Allowance in York has dropped for the eighth consecutive month to
A COUPLE have condemned a decision by prosecutors to drop a court case against a pensioner whose dog was accused of breaking their pet cat's jaw. Helen Mead and Andrew Nichols said their cat Arthur nearly died and needed £1,600-worth of veterinary
100 years ago Miss Judith W Gostling, 54, Bootham, wrote to the editor: “Will you kindly allow me, through your paper, to appeal on behalf of the wounded soldiers in the York County Hospital? I have arranged lately to have some of these men
THE Lord Mayor of York is drawing up plans for a charity gala featuring a specially created choir and civic orchestra. The concert, which takes place at York Barbican at 7pm on Saturday March 29, is part of Cllr Ian Gillies' drive to raise funds
ARMED police were called to the University of York this week, over an unusual student game. Officers were called to Constantine College at Heslington East at about 7.30pm on Monday, November 10, after a member of the public reporting seeing a man
A FOOTBALL team which frequently uses a pub's function room is backing The Press' campaign to give people a say on the future of their locals. Our Be Vocal For Your Local campaign is calling on City of York Council and the Government to adapt planning
