PROUD York City boss Russ Wilcox hailed an “immense” display from his ten-man side during a 0-0 home draw with Plymouth. Stephane Zubar’s 20th-minute sending off saw the Minstermen contend with a numerical disadvantage for more than three-quarters
YORK City battled brilliantly to draw 0-0 against Plymouth despite playing 70 minutes with ten men. Stephane Zubar was sent off on 20 minutes for the Minstermen but Russ Wilcox’s side showed great spirit and had the best chances to win the game
GINA PARKINSON takes a guilty turn round her seasonally neglected garden, pausing to admire the frost and to begin planning the year ahead. FOR the past three weeks, the garden has lain silent and deserted, coldly frosted and sparkling in pale
SIERRA Nevada have been widely available for a while. Often enough you'll see a row of the brewery's pale ale, the signature sap green label almost turned venomous by the supernatural light of a supermarket aisle. Or perhaps you found a neglected
GAVIN AITCHISON raises a glass to the launch of a new cask ale with a history going back 200 years. WITH the New Year comes a new beer – but one that maintains a tradition dating back two centuries. Black Sheep Brewery, one of the most ubiquitous
TV wine pundit Olly Smith will be sharing some secrets from the wine cellar at a special event in York. Olly, who regularly appears as a drinks expert on BBC1's Saturday Kitchen and ITV's This Morning, will be hosting a wine and dine evening at
ELLY McCAUSLAND concocts a wonderful winter warmerI love rich stews that you can put in the oven for hours. It means you can head off for a lovely winter walk and return to the incredible smell of baking meat and gravy, a warming aroma that promises the
RACER Taylor Macvean has launched his own team. The Osgodby teenager, along with father Robert, have put together RTM Racing after a successful 2014 campaign racing their Caterham Tiger. Their latest car is a Van Dieman RS93 - a single seater
CHILDREN in York Hospital were treated to some comedy relief when a pop-up pantomime visited their ward. Starlight Children’s Foundation visited the children's ward to perform Robinson Crusoe - an interactive adaptation of the classic children’
THERE were 110 incidents of staff who work for York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust being assaulted last year. Figures for 2013/14 show there were 110 recorded assaults. Of these, 59 of the assaults occurred when the perpetrator did not
A 29-year-old man remains in hospital following a four-vehicle crash in North Yorkshire on New Years Eve. The man, from Guisborough, is in a serious but stable condition following the crash, which happened on the A171 Whitby to Guisborough road
GEOFF ATKINSON, an outstanding York tennis player in the late 1950s and early 1960s, has died in Essex, aged 78. Atkinson, who suffered from Parkinson’s Disease for many years, was York men’s singles champion in 1959 and won the men’s doubles with
WESTBOUND traffic on the A64 will be diverted during 15 nights of closures. Repairs to the dual carriageway between Bilborough and Tadcaster will take place from Monday, closing the road between 8pm and 6am. Pavement patching work will be carried
NOMINATIONS are open to highlight mental health heroes in North Yorkshire. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is leading a campaign to highlight the unsung heroes around the country, who help one in four people in the UK who suffer mental health
STREET advertising A-boards could be banned from the city centre if a council report is backed by community leaders. A review into the use of the signage was carried out by City of York Council, and concluded they could remove them from main streets
THE Press’ sister paper, the Gazette & Herald, is appealing for help in locating a man who bought a record-player turntable from a 50-year-old woman who lives in Norton. The man, who is from York, responded to a classified advertisement that
A CONVICTED paedophile who kept his catalogue of crimes secret from a family he befriended has been warned not to develop relationships with children after being caught with a 14-year-old boy in his car. Northallerton Magistrates Court heard North
THE ANGEL of the North, York Minster and Durham Cathedral are just some of the region's iconic landmarks to have been immortalised through stamps in years gone by. Images showcasing some of the North-East and North Yorkshire's best known attractions
A MAN punched a dog twice in front of shocked shoppers in a busy York city-centre street. Christopher Paul Hewison, 39, attacked the animal in Spurriergate, but has been spared a ban on keeping animals. Prosecutors had decided at an earlier
A NEW campaign is being launched in North Yorkshire to encourage foster carers to come forward. North Yorkshire County Council’s fostering service is encouraging more people to consider offering their care and support to a vulnerable teenager.
A REBRAND could be in order for a York secondary school in the New Year, according to a city education chief. Cllr Janet Looker, cabinet member for education on City of York Council, has suggested that Canon Lee School in Clifton might even think
A HORSE died after being struck by a car in York on Friday night. North Yorkshire Police said the animal was hit by a silver Vauxhall Corsa in Murton Way, Osbaldwick, at about 7.40pm, and died at the scene. Police closed the road to allow for
YORK Minster will next week host the funeral of an eccentric peer who has died, aged 82. Lord Bicester, who spent many years of his life in psychiatric hospitals, was known by many people in York for approaching them in pubs and trying to sell
MOTORISTS filling their cars up with fuel before returning to work next week will receive a belated Christmas present at the pumps. Three of the UK's major supermarkets cut the price of fuel on New Year's Day to take the price of petrol to a five-year
HERE’S one to divide opinion. City of York Council is considering a complete ban on advertising A-boards from the city centre. A review into the use of the signage has concluded they could be removed from main streets, with a strict approach adopted
HERE’S one to divide opinion. City of York Council is considering a complete ban on advertising A-boards from the city centre. A review into the use of the signage has concluded they could be removed from main streets, with a strict approach adopted
CONGRATULATIONS to all the Yorkshire recipients of awards in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours, as well as Esther Rantzen and Joan Collins, who are made Dames. Surely though, there is one name missing from the honours list who is already a Dame…..the
IN a recent report by Arup, it states that York’s population will rise by 29,000 between 2019 and 2037 – with around two-thirds of this increase caused by net international migration. As some councillors have said, brown-field sites would be sufficient
THANKS to The Press of December 27 for the Shining Stars supplement showing children taking part in school plays around the region. This brought back memories of my generation appearing in school plays during the festive season. Mine began
After taking a tumble outside Bootham Bar on Christmas Eve, I adapted Rev Moore’s tale to offer thanks to my rescuers... T’was the day before Christmas When all through the town There was last minute shopping So much rushing around When
BEFORE the knockers and critics get going, can I just say that the TV programmes dished up over Christmas on ITV and especially the dear old BBC were splendid. Let me explain why. On Christmas Eve we had Toy Story 3 and lots of drama emerging in
A CAT rescued from a war zone has been found safe and well after three weeks AWOL. The Press carried stories over Christmas about Howie the cat who was brought by soldier Captain Alan Barker home to Green Hammerton in February when his tour of
IN 2015, I am hoping for world peace and a month free of letters to The Press from Messrs. Laverack and Hepworth. I suspect the latter is no more likely than the former. Roger King, Briergate, Haxby, York.
I BOUGHT a small magazine, The Dalesman, at my local Sainsbury last week. Looking through it when I got home, I found that page 80 had been ripped out. I discovered later that this page had a free entry token to win a pair of boots in a competition
ONE lucky bus passenger in Yorkshire has the chance to travel for free in 2015. Arriva, which operates across Yorkshire, is rewarding people who visit its website to take advantage of the discounted online prices that are being offered on its weekly
THIS wintery scene of frozen fields and crisp air is expected to return to North Yorkshire as temperatures drop below freezing this weekend. Recent days have seen wind and rain replace the biting frost and snow seen here in Goathland as a light
POLICE in North Yorkshire arrested more than 100 people during the New Year's period. Throughout December 31, officers were out in force to try and ensure a safe environment for New Year's revellers, and had to arrest 45 people around the region
WOMEN pay the heaviest price for the clocks going back in winter, with females up to 50 per cent more likely to suffer from the winter blues than men, a new study has revealed. Women struggle the most with the reduction in daylight, citing a range
IF MEMBERS of the public are worried about the plans of North Yorkshire County Council for the stripping out of almost all regular library staff from their libraries, would they please ask their town council to arrange a public meeting with North Yorkshire
IN THE Press of December 29, the council said that a number of buses are having to be axed or scaled down because of a shortage of money and not many passengers. This will affect the out-of-town villages. Maybe they should look at the number 44
MR D Fillingham (Letters, December 29) tells us that foxes don’t eat humans (not a lot of people know that); he also compares foxes with criminal activities and statistics. If Mr Fillingham was a true animal lover, he would be telling us that foxes
ON BEHALF of Selby Wildlife Rescue, I would like to thank all readers who responded to my recent appeal for help. Caring for poorly creatures through the long winter months is extremely costly. With an influx of tiny underweight baby hedgehogs
PEOPLE with a connection to York are being invited to apply to join a key council committee which oversees the workings of the authority. City of York Council is asking residents and individuals with links to the city to apply to be an independent
A CARE home for elderly people in North Yorkshire is not safe and urgently needs to improve, inspectors have said. Lake and Orchard Care Centre in Kelfield near York has been told by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) it must make improvements or
Six million Britons are at risk of falling behind with their finances this month as expense hangovers from Christmas take their toll, research from the Money Advice Trust suggests.One in eight (12.2%) people surveyed for the charity said they are likely
A HEART doctor who is an award winning photographer in his spare time is in the running for another accolade. In his day-to-day life, Dr Sanjay Gupta, 42, is a consultant cardiologist at York Hospital, but in his own time is a keen photographer
AN Eco-Active Day is being held at St Nicks Environment Centre in Rawdon Avenue, York, on Saturday, January 10. Volunteers are being invited to help with conservation tasks at St Nick’s nature reserve, helping to clear beck side vegetation, scraping
VOLUNTEERS and paid staff are needed to help run a National Trust property in the shadow of York Minster. Next Friday and Saturday, the Treasurer’s House will be holding open days to try and recruit voluntary and paid workers. Lisa Holden,
The headstone of a suspected paedophile, and good friend of shamed TV star Jimmy Savile, has mysteriously been removed. Peter Jaconelli, the disgraced former mayor of Scarborough, North Yorkshire, is buried just yards away from Savile whose own
YORKSHIRE Water has launched a £1 million project to protect a pumping station near York from flooding. A spokesman said the water pumping station alongside the River Ouse at Moor Monkton was the company's biggest and helped ensure more than half
100 years ago A dispatch from the front described the hilarity of Russian soldiers at proclamations dropped from German aeroplanes. One of the latest informed the Russians that God had lowered their colours, that their cause was lost, and that
YORK City skipper Russell Penn is happy to keep doing the "dirty work" if his team-mates continue hitting the back of the net. With Penn holding the fort at Carlisle on Sunday, all three of his fellow midfielders Josh Carson, Luke Summerfield and
VIOLENT incidents in York have risen in the last year, a new report has shown. However, the number of violent incidents in the city at night appear to be falling, with falls also recorded in alcohol-related criminal damage and antisocial behaviour
WHILE York MP Hugh Bayley was being knighted in the New Year’s honours list, the city’s football club’s achievements in 2014 were also recognised. Perhaps, surprisingly, for a club that have spent most of the current campaign hovering just above
AURORE D’ESTRUVAL, the rising star of John Quinn’s jumping team, makes the long journey to Sandown from her North Yorkshire base today to be teamed up once again with Tony McCoy, who won a Listed hurdle on her at Wetherby in early-November. Since
NEW club captain Pat Smith reckons York City Knights’ troubled pre-season is creating a backs-to-the-wall attitude that will stand the team in good stead - and he insists their pride in representing the city remains unbowed. The 24-year-old from
YORK City Baths Club prospect Jason Robson underlined his potential by winning eight medals at ASA North East Regional Age Group Short Course Championships. The 11-year-old was among 22 York City swimmers that competed in the competition at the
THE York squadron of the air cadets is holding a recruitment evening on Wednesday, January 14. The charity provides opportunities including flying, gliding, shooting, adventure training and the Duke of Edinburgh’s award. Sgt Adam Waudby, from
A LORRY driver has appeared in court charged with causing the death of a retired teacher in an accident in the car-park of her doctor's surgery. Darren Stephen Wilby, 43, had made a delivery to Clifton Health Centre in Water Lane, York, and was
