THE ninety recommendations made to stop a repeat of the Boxing Day floods in York are challenging, but achievable, councillors have been told. The city’s independent flood inquiry was presented to councillors on Thursday evening. Lawyer
A YORK housing trust has beened ordered to pay £78,000 over a health and safety breach discovered during the investigation into the death of a resident at one of its homes. It has also emerged that Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust (JRHT) had been warned
ALEX Lees smashed 175 as Yorkshire ended their pre-season tour of Dubai in style by racking up 409-5 in a thumping one-day win over the United Arab Emirates Blues.Lees led the way against the UAE's equivalent of the England Lions team, while Gary
SCOTT Loach will keep his place in York City’s goal despite Kyle Letheren’s return to fitness.The on-loan Notts County keeper has impressed in the Minstermen’s last two matches, which Letheren has missed due to a back spasms.Letheren is due back in training
MORE than 2,000 properties in York and the surrounding area were left without electricity today after a major power cut. About 2,400 properties in the YO10, YO18,YO19,YO23,YO24,YO32,YO60 areas were affected. Northern Powergrid was alerted to the
YORK Medics stormed into the Fastpack Ltd York Sunday Morning League Division Two Cup final with a 3-0 victory over Selby Olympia.The semi-final was scoreless at half-time, but Elliot Jones-Williams and Greg Chambers bagged second-half goals to take the
A TAXI driver who was illegally working in York has been fined. City of York Council, responding to complaints by local taxi drivers, investigated Mohammed Nawaz, 25, of Cark Road Keighley. Nawaz, who was driving for Uber, was illegally plying for
THE Grimthorpe Gold Cup – the highlight of the Yorkshire 'pointing' calendar – takes place on Sunday when the Middleton Hunt point-to-point gallops into view at Sheriff Hutton. A total of 135 entries have been received across seven races at the
PART of Scarcroft Green will NOT be fenced off to create a children’s play area. Instead, council bosses say £1 million will be allocated for a full-sized games and play area on the site of Millthorpe School, for use by schools belonging to the South
IT is impossible to imagine York without its Minster. The soaring stone monument to man’s yearning for something higher is the beating heart and soul of the city. It comes as a shock, therefore, to realise that 50 years ago, the great cathedral was
NORTH Yorkshire was the second highest place in England and Wales for animal cruelty convictions last year, according to new figures. There were 50 people convicted for cruelty to animals in North Yorkshire in 2016, compared to 27 the year before
Until last week I had not heard of ‘Clarkson parking’. But now I know that the term is used to describe motorists - usually those with larger vehicles - who selfishly take up two bays on purpose, to protect their cars from possible damage. The
YORK Minster in peril, screamed the headline in the Yorkshire Evening Press on April 7, 1967, adding: “Central tower could fall after 15 years”. The story that followed was truly shocking. “York Minster, the largest Gothic building in England
CCTV images have been released of suspects in a knifepoint robbery. North Yorkshire Police released the images today, of three people who entered the One Stop Shop on North Leas Avenue, Scarborough, brandished knives and made off with a quantity of
UPDATE 10.45am: The lorry has now been moved, and the road is reopen in both directions. A BROKEN down lorry is causing traffic problems in York this morning. The lorry broke down in Melrosegate at about 10.25am, close to the junction with Alcuin
A COUPLE who threw a stray dog into a river in North Yorkshire are being sought by the RSPCA. The animal welfare charity was called on March 19 by a man who said he saw a dog being deliberately thrown into Cod Beck river in Thirsk. This CCTV
A REFEREE was attacked by a fan during a football match in North Yorkshire last night. North Yorkshire Police was called at about 9pm to a report that a man in his 60's had been assaulted during a football match in Pickering. A spokesperson
YORK has been awarded almost a quarter of a million pounds from the Government to help speed up the redevelopment of the city's largest brownfield site. The £224,000 grant from the Department for Communities and Local Government to City of York Council
ANTON du Beke and Erin Boag are in full swing in the ballroom couple's new dance show for 2017, Swing Time, at York Barbican on Saturday. As ever, they will be joined by conductor Richard Balcombe, star vocalist Lance Ellington, six stellar ensemble
"THANK you very much, enjoy," says a perky recorded message from writer, humorist, presenter and political activist Sandi Toksvig, as she introduces her new comedy drama. Over its tow hours, against a rising tide of flood water – all too familiar
WHEN the railway advert comes on the TV saying the country runs on rail my husband just laughs. He started on the railway in the 1950s when nearly all the goods went by rail, from coal and other heavy loads to animals, parcels big and small, the
I WOULD like to thank the people in York Station booking office. They are so helpful, nothing is any trouble to any of them. When you get to my age - 86 - it is lovely when people have time for you. Jean Simpson, York
WE’VE recently featured some interesting developments at Clifton Moor, where office blocks have been turned into affordable apartments. Now, a short drive from the outlet, here is Redrow’s development The Granary, which brings the best of York,
STEPHEN LEWIS’ Yesterday Once More feature on Terry’s factory between 1938 (the year I was born) and the 1960s highlights how the workplace has changed over the years (The Press, March 27). The photographs of the canteen, shop floor and administration
OH dear, I did touch a nerve with D Nicholson by putting Mrs/Ms in my answering letter to hers (Letters, March 25). D Nicholson fired back by emphasising my “status” with her Mr/Master Philip (just the one ‘l’) Roe/P Roe esq. Actually I still stand
I WOULD through your paper like to thank a very helpful lady at City of York Council. Allison Bachelor realised I was having a difficult time in sorting out how to get rid of some waste that could not have been done in a normal family vehicle.
I WAS looking through some York City archive pictures on The Press website and noticed this picture from 1971. The player on the far left was called Bobby Sibbald. I worked for British Gas and at that time was an apprentice service engineer
I WRITE in the wake of the recent murders in Westminster. How is it possible that none of those seeking an end to that which they label terrorism manage to come up with the simple solution of ending the RAF campaign of terror over undefended skies
ALL who value the life of unborn children have every reason to be concerned about the abortion decriminalisation bill over which David Craven enthuses (Letters, March 27). Mr Craven is wrong in claiming that the bill would not effect major changes
AS an avid numismatist, I had been looking forward to the issue of the new £1 coin. I listened to the radio on Tuesday, March 28, and it was stated that the Post Office in Lendal, York, would be issuing the coins that day. I visited the Post
THANK you to the many people involved in recognising the work of Dr John Snow, pioneer of anaesthesia (“York’s memorial to ‘the greatest doctor of all time’”, The Press, March 25). Despite its relatively humble beginnings during the lifetime of
From our archives: 85 years ago The railway travelling public would soon miss a familiar figure in the Yorkshire district as Mr Christopher Moody, a well-known travelling ticket inspector on the LNER at York, hung up his hat for the last
YORK trainer Paul Midgley can finally saddle Ninjago to victory when the sprinter lines up at Wolverhampton.The Westow handler has made little secret of the admiration he holds for the seven-year-old gelding, who was transferred to Midgley from Richard
YORK Croquet Club will be holding a series of introductory courses - starting next month on the club's lawns at Scarcroft Road.Chairman John Harris hopes the sessions will attract new members and promote the game in the York area."Croquet is
KEVIN LIDDELL and Dave Clayden were the big winners in New Earswick IBC’s in-house knockout competition finals - taking four and three trophies respectively.Liddell firstly came from 5-0 down to beat Brian Gray 21-8 in the Gents' Plate Singles.Alongside
HEWORTH ARLC kick off their Yorkshire Men's League campaign on Saturday expecting to get better and better as the season progresses.The Black and Whites, who are in a mouthwatering division one alongside neighbours New Earswick All Blacks and York
YORK Acorn ARLC go to Hull Dockers on Saturday looking to continue where they left off against Hunslet Parkside last week.Both Acorn and Dockers have won once in three National Conference League division one outings so far, with the Blue and Golds losing
YORK Amateur Boxing Club young gun Cam Shaw won a gold medal at the prestigious Hivdovre Box Cup in Denmark to round off a superb month - and earn high praise from his trainer.Show, who has boxed four times in March, fought twice in two days in Denmark
YORK Indoor Bowls Club stormed into the semi-finals of the national Mason Trophy with a comfortable win over Barwell.The Thanet Road team made the most of a good start, leading 27-8 after 10 ends, to go on and win 40-25. The game was played at the neutral
CHILDREN are being invited to take part in a ‘chocolaty live-action adventure’ at York’s Chocolate Story and Merchant Adventurers’ Hall this Easter.A Chocolate Story spokeswoman said that as part of York’s Family Easter Festival, youngsters will ‘join
EVENT services specialist Joe Manby Limited has added two new shows to its expanding portfolio after being appointed as event services supplier for UKSG and the British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS) Annual Conferences, both being held at the Harrogate
ALMOST all of an historic housing scheme which has regenerated part of York’s brewing heritage has been sold within days of going on sale.Five of the six homes at the Grade II-listed Clementhorpe Maltings, a former 10,000 sq ft malting house, with a total
YORK City Knights, looking to strengthen across the board to get into the Super 8s reckoning in Kingstone Press League One, have boosted their back line by recruiting fleet-footed flier Nick Rawsthorne from Hull FC.The 21-year-old, who arrives initially
A NORTH Yorkshire events venue has announced a new name. Harrogate International Centre (HIC Yorkshire) is dropping its current logo and title from April, in favour of the new name of Harrogate Convention Centre. They used North Yorkshire firms
WHAT do the Hiscox building, York Art Gallery, the Your Bike Shed cycle café in Micklegate and Walmgate Bar have in common? They've all won prestigious York Design Awards, that's what. Tomorrow is the final deadline for entries to this year's
BUS stops at the Stonebow have moved to make way for building work. Redevelopment is starting at Stonebow House, so from yesterday the bus stops outside the building have moved. The Monks Cross Park and Ride, which uses Stonebow stop A (SA), will
A MAJOR road junction near York is in line for an upgrade, thanks to extra government money for the county council. North Yorkshire County Council has an extra £5.1m to spend this year on roads schemes to support the economic growth, thanks to
NEW guidelines have been introduced today on criminal sentences for those who share intimate pictures of people.While they will not immediately have a significant effect on the lengths of sentencing, the Sentencing Council said the new guidelines were
A BUSINESSMAN has claimed the road to his premises is “not fit for purpose” and is threatening to stop paying his rates. Tommy Neal, who owns a scrapyard in Haygate Lane, Pickering, said the road was littered with potholes, which is causing damage
POLICE recruitment has soared in the last year but numbers could be reconsidered.At the latest North Yorkshire Police corporate performance, delivery and scrutiny board, run by PCC Julia Mulligan and Chief Constable Dave Jones, the idea of workforce modernisation
FIFTY-FIVE new homes have been built on the site of a former York school to help combat the city’s chronic housing shortage. The mix of two and three-bedroom affordable homes has been constructed at the former Our Lady’s RC Primary School in Acomb
MEMBERS of Malton and Norton Rotary Club have donated £2,000 to Ryedale Young Carers.Ryedale Young Carers are a group of people aged 11-18 who have responsibility for caring for a relative, parent, brother sister, at home in addition to their day to day
A SEX offender died in his bedroom at a York probation hostel after taking heroin, an inquest was told. Staff from Southview Hostel in Boroughbridge Road said they had tightened up procedures since Steven Fishwick’s death last April, including more
ONE of York’s most popular public events will not take place this year. Illuminating York, which sees venues around the city lit up with a range of light installations, will now take place every two years, and will be merged into an upcoming new
CAMPAIGNERS have welcomed City of York Council’s decision against fencing off part of a field. Residents near Scarcroft Green had objected to suggestions that Scarcroft Primary School might be given part of the green near their playground
MORE than 3,000 children, parents and teachers took part in the first annual Selby Children’s Reading Festival.The three-day event at Selby Abbey was set up by local author Christina Gabbitas who said she was pleased to see it evolve. “The whole event
PROPOSALS have been unveiled for a new holiday “village” in Ryedale. The plans for the site at the disused Spaunton Quarry include 50 bespoke timeshare houses, cottages and apartments, together with a central clubhouse with leisure and sports facilities
A PROTEST will take place today over proposed cuts to school nurses and health visitors. Members of Unite will gather in St Helen’s Square, following plans by City of York Council to reduce the number of community nurses by about 16 per cent.
A QUIZ organised by the father of a university lecturer who was affected by a devastating brain condition has raised £2,072 for the charity which supported the family.Mike Williams, the owner of Castle News, in Malton, chose The Encephalitis Society to
