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  • The Libertines confirmed as Leeds Festival headliners

    THE Libertines, Peter Doherty and Carl Barat's cult English rock band, are the third and final headliners to be confirmed for the Leeds Festival main stage at Bramham Park this summer. They join Mumford & Sons and Metallica as the headline

  • Police speed camera locations announced

     NORTH Yorkshire Police have published the locations of their speed cameras for the coming week.  From Wednesday, cameras  will be at the following sites at various times: Church Lane, Wheldrake                                                                    

  • New crackdown on antisocial behaviour in York

    NEW enforcement officers are being trained up in York to crack down on antisocial behaviour, but statistics linked to community safety and graffiti show declines in standards. By April, new staff will be working with six police officers already

  • Profits soar to £475 million at York house builder

    YORK housebuilder Persimmon has reported soaring profits from revenues of £2.6 billion following what bosses have described as an "improved supply of higher loan to value mortgages at compelling interest rates". The Fulford-headquartered firm has

  • Lilia loses her locks in aid of Little Princess Trust

    KIND hearted seven-year-old Lilia Day has had her hair cut short to support children going through cancer treatment. The Rufforth Primary School pupil, who has been growing her hair for three years, has donated her locks to the Little Princess

  • Community room in Bishopthorpe given a temporary reprieve

    A MUCH-loved community room has been given a temporary reprieve after it emerged the venue could be bulldozed to make way for new council houses. Vernon House in Bishopthorpe will be reopened after vital repairs and community groups will soon be

  • Trip down memory lane at Selebians’ annual dinner

    YE FRATERNITIE of olde Selebians held its annual dinner at Selby railway club, hosted by the president Peter Palmer. For the first time in its 90-year history a father and three sons, all members, attended the event. Long-serving member Tony

  • Green Party in budget appeal to save pool and youth centre

    MONEY should be taken out of the winter roads budget to save the under threat Yearsley Pool and Castlegate youth centre, Green party councillors have said. Cllrs Andy D'Agorne and Dave Taylor - who both represent Fishergate - have put forward their

  • Join in free Tour de Yorkshire drive for glory

    BUSINESSES in Selby can take part in a free event to find out how to get involved in the first Tour de Yorkshire. The event will be held on Tuesday, March 17, and has been organised by Selby District Council to help local businesses make the most

  • Former colleagues of asbestos victims urged to come forward

    FORMER colleagues of two men stricken by the deadly asbestos timebomb are being urged to come forward by solicitors seeking damages. Malcolm Norman Black, of Harrogate, died from the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma in November 2012, aged 71

  • Walkers hot-foot it to raise money for sight charity

    FUNDRAISERS braved temperatures above 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit to show their support of York Blind & Partially Sighted Society. More than £3,500 was raised when 27 people put their best feet forward to walk over fire to raise funds for the

  • New support role for Scarcroft Primary School head teacher

    THE head teacher and staff at Scarcroft Primary School have been selected for a top role supporting schools in challenging circumstances. Anna Cornhill is one of 137 head teachers from across the country to be appointed to the role of National

  • York pipped to best UK city break title by Edinburgh

    YORK has been narrowly pipped in a contest to find the best big city in the UK to visit for a city break. The city came in joint second place with Liverpool - just behind Edinburgh -in a survey organised by the consumer organisation Which?

  • Look North’s Harry Gration scoops top television award

    BBC Look North’s Harry Gration has been named best regional presenter at the Royal Television Society’s Journalism Awards. Judges described Harry who has presented Look North for more than 30 years as a “Yorkshire institution” They said his

  • Elderly deserve to see council action

    IT is almost four years since City of York Council announced it was going to scrap its outdated care homes and replace them with modern, purpose-built super-homes. It was an ambitious proposal: but one which seemed to offer the best for York’s

  • Northern lights

    APPARENTLY it’s grim up north. So grim that it has the country’s three best big cities to visit for a city break – and naturally York is one of them. In the survey for Which? Edinburgh may have pipped us to the post by the smallest of margins,

  • Let Ian turn factory into a museum

    THE Yorkshire Air Museum at Elvington, is the best evidence available of what its director, Ian Reed, is capable of doing with the former Airspeed Factory in Piccadilly. His vision, knowledge and expertise would introduce into the very heart of

  • City eyesore has been here too long

    THE Reynard’s Garage site in Piccadilly has been an eyesore for as long as I can remember. Matthew Laverack in his letter of February 12 refers to the fact that some time ago, James Alexander our former council leader stated that the site had been

  • Don’t lose our industrial heritage

    I WON’T comment on the Piccadilly former Reynard’s site future, but I hope the connection with the novelist Nevil Shute will be commemorated in any future use. As described in his excellent autobiography Slide Rule, Shute was manager when it was

  • Sex offender jailed for four years

    A NORTH Yorkshire man has been jailed for four years for sexual offences against a teenage girl. Gareth Hudson, 36, of Stepney Road, Scarborough, targeted the 14-year-old over the internet, and encouraged her to send him indecent images of herself

  • Collection by cadets a great success

    FURTHER to my letter February 9, I am pleased to report more fundraising success and to be yet again thank the citizens of York for their generosity. On February 1, a group of cadets from Acomb and Fulford descended on Clifton Moor Retail park,

  • SASH sleepout to highlight youth homelessness

    A YOUTH homelessness charity is preparing to stage its fourth annual sleep-out next month in a bid to raise thousands of pounds. Volunteers will spend a night outdoors with just a cardboard box and sleeping bag for protection from the elements

  • We were right about these faulty lights

    WHOEVER would have predicted that all the residents, letter writers and daily users of the southern entrance to our city had been right all along would have been met with an incredulous shake of the head. All those comments and complains about

  • Care companies face recruitment crisis

    I WISH to point out the shortage of care staff in York and the resulting backlog with residents in hospitals unable to return home. We have been operating in York since 2009 and we are now experiencing the worst time in recruiting staff. People

  • How will we cope with all the houses?

    WITH so many new houses to be built in York, are there also plans for new doctors’ surgeries to be built? How is the present hospital going to cope with an increase in the population? Roads in/out of York are so busy at present. What plans

  • Election treats come out of hibernation

    I BELIEVE that The Times still records through its letters page the first cuckoo of the year as reported by its readers. I wish to report a much rarer sighting. I heard a cuckoo last year and every year for as long as I can recall, but this was

  • Talks planned for York Outer Ring Road upgrade

    TRANSPORT officials are about to start talks with landowners about plans for major improvements on the York Outer Ring Road. A consultation with landowners could start as soon as this summer, to get the ball rolling on ambitious plans to upgrade

  • Facilities are within walking distance

    I READ THAT the university registrar believes students struggle to cross the road to buy a loaf of bread (The Press, February 12) and our MP supports the proposals to build additional facilities. I’m surprised. There is an active parade of shops

  • Ed’s paternity leave plan won’t work

    ED Miliband proudly proclaims the British economy will improve when the next Labour government doubles the current paternity allowance. Which economic planet does he live on? Has he consulted small businesses? Of course not. This has been concocted

  • Blanket 20mph zones unnecessary

    IN REPLY to George Smith (Letters, February 11), the blanket 20mph zones across York are unenforceable and unnecessary. The Labour-led City of York Council has spent more than £600,000 of residents’ money on making all residential areas 20mph following

  • There’s too much sex in our TV soaps

    I WATCH some soaps and Casualty on TV, but more recently I have been disgusted with some of the scenes portraying sexual gratification. Yes I know the stories are fictional but for youngsters to see doctors and nurses stripping and having sex in

  • Astounded by price of boxer’s shorts

    ON BBC Look North the other evening, one of the items was about the boxer Imran Khan and it said that the shorts he will wear for his next boxing match will cost £30,000. Is there anybody out there who can explain why? I can think of lots of other

  • Cycling City fans are a great example

    I WANTED to put a few words together to say that I was delighted to witness the arrival of the 12 York City supporters who had cycled to Northampton on Saturday (City cyclists raise cash in supporter’s memory, The Press, February 23). Although

  • Shed Seven to mount their now customary tour in December

    YORK band Shed Seven are to mount their now customary tour in December, taking in two Yorkshire shows, but their home city is not on the list. Instead, the Sheds will play Sheffield O2 Academy on December 10 and Leeds O2 Academy on the closing

  • New political party says it puts Yorkshire First

    A NEW regional political party which says it puts Yorkshire First is launching a manifesto with calls for new funds for the region, a code of conduct and an extra bank holiday. The party Yorkshire First was launched just before the European elections

  • February 24

    100 years ago COLONEL Muller, of the Swiss Army, who was acting as war correspondent in Alsace, had just paid a visit to the training ground for German skiers in the Vosges. With her splendid corps of Alpine Chasseurs, who had been trained

  • I choose not to have all this choice

    OH HOW I long for the old days, when everything was simple. When the TV had three channels, shops closed on a Sunday and cat food was simply cat food. I’m not a child of the 21st century, and I never will be. I’ve tried, I really have, but I can

  • Theatre Royal is a special place for me

    York Theatre Royal has launched a campaign to raise £500,000 to help pay for its biggest upgrade in 50 years. Today, The Press publishes the latest in an occasional series of columns by writers explaining what the theatre means to them. I FIRST

  • Friendship leads to new care firm

    A NEW care business has been launched after an entrepreneur befriended a care worker who looked after her mother. Care worker Andrea Brooksby had been working at an East Yorkshire care home when she met Liz Gericke, the daughter of one of her patients

  • Start-up support for Carlton nail business

    SELBY MP Nigel Adams has visited a beautician to find out how a start-up grant enabled her to turn a one bedroom flat into a salon. Leeann Stobbs founded her beauty salon, Beauty Worx, with the help of a loan from the Government-backed Start Up

  • Turbine specialist wins national accolade

    A WIND turbine specialist has been awarded a national industry accolade in recognition of a year which saw the firm install 66 farm-scale turbines across the country. Wetherby-based Earthmill scooped the Endurance Wind Power ‘UK dealer of the year

  • Furniture maker Treske transorm reception area at school

    A KITCHEN and furniture manufacturer has completed a contract to create a new oak reception desk for a local North Yorkshire school. Thirsk-based Treske, which specialises in handmade projects, won the order to transform the entrance at Cundall

  • Record half term for Jet2holidays at Leeds Bradford airport

    NATIONAL travel operator Jet2holidays has reported its biggest ever rise in passenger numbers at York’s nearest airport. The firm announced its record rise in holidaymakers travelling from Leeds Bradford airport over this year’s February half term

  • William Anelay on awards shortlist

    A YORK-based building restoration specialist is anticipating awards success after seeing several of its projects shortlisted in this year’s RICS Pro Yorkshire Awards. As reported in The Press last week, the 2015 awards, which are organised annually

  • Visit York promotes city at overseas tourism event

    PLANS to bolster York’s tourism industry by increasing its international appeal will take a major step forward when the city is presented to 260 world-wide travel buyers from 40 countries. Tourism agency Visit York will be representing York at

  • York Professionals board appointments strengthen its team

    AN organisation set up to support and promote the professional service sector in York has expanded its board with three new appointments. The trio of new directors joining the York Professionals board have been welcomed in a bid to ensure greater

  • New arrival at SuperBreak

    A YORK-based holiday specialist is celebrating three national award wins alongside investment in its customer service team. SuperBreak, based in Eboracum Way, has also announced the appointed of Sue Jarvis as financial director among its successes

  • Seminar gives advice on handling staffing problems

    “HOW To Tackle Tricky Staffing Issues” is the latest topic on the menu at Northallerton’s lunch break seminar next month. The session on March 5, at the Evolution Business Centre in Northallerton, will be led by Jane Coope, owner of HR Dept Vale

  • Wedding couple's 'really big day' smashes two world records

    THE wedding of Amy and Alex Simmons was a really big day - with 136 bridesmaids and 97 ushers. The couple smashed two world records with their attendants yesterday after winning a Facebook competition for the ultimate free ceremony at Rudding Park

  • Teenager with 'combat knife' tried to rob student, court told

    A TEENAGER allegedly pulled out a “combat” knife when he confronted a group of students before trying to rob one of them at night, York Crown Court heard. Nathan Barrie Kelly, 19, told Oliver Ewin he would smash a wine bottle over his head unless

  • York man faces three counts of indecent assault on a girl

    A MAN who admitted indecent assault on a young girl has appeared in court. Leigh Henry Smith, 25, of Water Lane York, appeared before York Magistrates’ Court on Friday to face three counts of indecent assault on a girl under the age of 14.

  • Lap-dancing club’s expansion plans rejected

    A LAP-DANCING club has been refused permission to expand when race days are held in the city. Upstairs VIP Limited, which already operates above Mansion nightclub, in Micklegate, will not be able to extend their business in the premises after councillors

  • New Earswick All Blacks captain Ray Boyes clips Falcon wings

    SHERBURN Bears ARLC were 22-6 winners at Farnley Falcons in Pennine League division four. Farnley’s pitch was out of action so West Leeds Eagles staged the game and Sherburn made light of a heavy surface to put the home side under pressure.

  • Pyrah’s mania still to excel with Tykes

    BENEFIT years were made for players like Rich Pyrah - cricketers who have hardly got near international cricket yet give their heart and soul to their county. There have been many beneficiaries at Yorkshire down the years, yet Pyrah must be right

  • Racing tips: Richie’s Time right for double success

    RICHIE McLERNON, understudy to Tony McCoy at Jonjo O’Neill’s Jackdaws Castle yard, heads north to Catterick today with good prospects of riding a double. Less Time and Saint Lucy, both trained by O’Neill, provide McLernon with sound prospects of

  • EXCLUSIVE: York City owners launch bid for York City Knights

    THE owners of York City are launching a bid to take over York City Knights. JM Packaging Ltd, which has a 75 per cent shareholding in the football club and is owned by City chairman Jason McGill, is contacting Knights supremo John Guildford to

  • Hockey: York close in on title with Cockram double

    UNBEATEN City of York Hockey Club men’s I maintained their march to the North League division one title with a ninth successive win. York emerged as 3-2 winners after a tight clash with fourth-placed City of Manchester I at Huntington School.

  • Pinder Healthcare Design Awards 2015 finalist revealed

    Pinder Healthcare Design Awards 2015: The prestigious awards, now in their 15th year, acknowledge the contribution made by designers, architects and owners of care homes to the well-being and quality of life for those in their care. Completed