HOPES of dualling the A64 and York’s outer ring road will be boosted by a new strategic transport plan for the North, a public meeting was told.Transport for the North’s 30-year plan will give momentum to the campaign to upgrade the two routes by emphasising
THE Furrow Collective, the Best Group winners at the 2017 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, will play Selby Town Hall on March 24 on their 11-date spring tour. The collective comprises Alasdair Roberts, Emily Portman, Lucy Farrell and Rachel Newton, four
BEN COCKAYNE cannot help but feel the "buzz around the place" as York City Knights gear up for the big kick-off in Betfred League One. A bumper crowd is expected at Bootham Crescent On Sunday as the Knights take on former World Club champions Bradford
A VETERINARY nurse, who began her working life mucking out stables, answering phones and cleaning kennels, has landed a key role at one of North Yorkshire’s best known vet practices. Lisa Winter has just been appointed practice manager at Tower
A CHARITY shop in York has reopened its doors after undergoing a revamp. The Mind store in Goodramgate was shut last week while the week-long refurbishment took place, but reopened again on Monday. The Lord Mayor of York, councillor Barbara
COMEDIAN and actor Joel Dommett is touring his Live 2018 show, playing York in a Sunday gig rearranged from last November. Having first appeared on the stand-up comedy scene in 2007, Gloucestershire-born Dommett has enjoyed a rapid and very varied
DISCO legend Nile Rodgers and his band Chic are heading to the East Coast this summer for a dance party at Scarborough Open Air Theatre. Tickets for the June 24 concert will go on sale at 9am on Friday at scarboroughopenairtheatre.com and ticketmaster.co.uk
ON Saturday night, internationally-renowned trombonist Ian Bousfield returned to his home city to perform an exciting programme with the esteemed York Guildhall Orchestra. The orchestra hit the ground running with an engaging rendition of Berlioz
A TEAM of specialist paramedics at Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust is going to feature in a new TV series. 999 Rescue Squad, on UKTV channel W, will follow the Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) as it treats injured people in dangerous places such
PEOPLE have a chance this week to vote for their favourite North Yorkshire reservoir in a contest organised by Yorkshire Water.Spokesman Tom Underwood said millions of people visited its 130 reservoirs across the region every year to run, walk their dog
THE restoration of Tadcaster Bridge after it was partially destroyed by flooding has been shortlisted for recognition in a regional awards scheme. The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) says the awards are held annually to showcase the outstanding
YORKSHIRE leaders have told MPs that the process of planning improvements to the rail network needs an urgent overhaul.The West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) has given evidence to Parliament saying that rail planning needs to improve to encourage
A MOTORIST who was fined £100 and threatened with legal action after parking in a York pub car park claims he was confused by a misleading and poorly lit parking sign.Now Richard Atkinson looks set to have the fine set aside after a meeting between the
HOUSEBUILDERS helped youngsters make bespoke homes for wildlife when they visited an infants school. Year 1 pupils at Stamford Bridge Infants School received packs to make birdhouses and bird feeders for their gardens from David Wilson Homes,They also
TRANSPORT planners in North Yorkshire say they have got all bus routes up and running again after local firm stopped trading, throwing public transport across rural areas into disarray.The county council says it has now finalised permanent transport contracts
BIG Ian Donaghy is not usually short on words. A singer, a show host, a charity champion, now working his magic in the bewildering world of dementia, he is a man of action, but like the rest of us, he needs quiet moments of reflection. And like
A CHARITY jumble sale will take place in Sheriff Hutton later this month.Sheriff Hutton Jumblies will be holding their next sale on February 24, at 2pm, in the village hall, to raise money for The Sheriff Hutton Preschool Playgroup. The Jumblies works
VIKINGS have begun their annual invasion of York as part of a celebration of the city’s rich Norse heritage. This year’s Jorvik Viking Festival, which got underway yesterday and runs until Sunday, marks the arrival of the Norse invaders in 866AD
AFTER receiving more than 100 applications from acts across Britain, York’s Little Festival of Live Music is putting together an Acoustic and Folk Mini-Fest for springtime. The six-and-a-half-hour event will take place at the Black Swan Inn, Peasholme
A TEENAGER has been charged with robbery in connection with a number of incidents in East Yorkshire. Harvey Joseph Acklam, 18, of no fixed abode, was charged with one count of robbery and two counts of attempted robbery. Humberside Police said
YORK’S Fulford School has been rocking to the sound of Queen.A whole school production of ‘We Will Rock You,’ a collaboration between the music and drama departments, was a “huge success” with more than 100 students involved both on and off stage, a school
TRACEY FARMEARY excelled for Tramways ‘A’ with a 23-dart leg at close rivals Burnholme to help her side to a 7-2 win in York John Smith’s Ladies League division one.The results saw Tramways shore up their position at the summit of the table.Sharon Neads
GIANT Kerplunk, splat the rat and Scalextric were among the activities held at a fun-packed fundraiser hosted by a York scout group.The 2nd Haxby and Wigginton Scout Group's winter fair took place at the Scout HQ, in York Road, Haxby.Other activities
PARENTS who have children with minor ailments in York and North Yorkshire are being urged to think pharmacy first before heading to the GP. Stay Well Pharmacy is a new campaign from NHS England which encourages people, especially parents and carers
LEADING actor Oliver Ford Davies will give a 6.30pm talk on Shakespeare's Fathers and Daughters in the department of theatre, film and television's Black Box Theatre at the University of York on Wednesday. The National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare
YORK Outer MP Julian Sturdy has called in Parliament for a GCSE in agriculture to be introduced.The Tory MP said that only students in Northern Ireland currently had the option of studying for a secondary qualification in agriculture, and claimed the
A NORTH Yorkshire-based artist is in the running for a £15,000 prize, and will see his work go on show at London’s Mall Galleries next month.Jack Banister, from Whenby near Sheriff Hutton, has been chosen from more than 1,000 artists to be shortlisted
HOLDERS Old Malton St Mary’s are 90 minutes away from retaining the North Riding County FA Saturday County Cup. The York Minster Engineering League title hopefuls will return to the final again - for a fourth time in five years - after a 6-0 demolition
YOUNGSTERS have the best prep school education in the country at a private York school, judges have declared. Clifton School and Nursery for three to eight year olds was named best prep or pre-prep school in the 2018 TES Independent School Awards
A council is going door-to-door trying to persuade local residents to evacuate their homes before work begins on removing an unexploded Second World War bomb.The Royal Navy was called to the King George V Dock in east London after the device was discovered
THORPE United continued their quest for the division one title in the York Minster Engineering League with a 5-0 demolition of Easingwold Town. Paul Moran (2), James Barrett, Mike Braithwaite and Daniel Rodwell bagged their goals. Rawcliffe also maintained
A NATIONAL retailer is to open a store in Malton.Trade counter brand Screwfix has leased a 4,000 sq ft unit on Malton Enterprise Park from next month.The enterprise park, which is located in York Road, is a phased development, with speculatively built
WIGGINTON Grasshoppers continued their title push in reserve 'A' of the York Minster Engineering League with a 3-0 win over Thorpe United at Mill Lane. Jack Coates gave the hosts an early lead in a fairly even first half in which both teams had
VOLUNTEER organisations in York could be in line for a new award from Pitman.The training providers are expanding their SuperAchievers awards to reward voluntary grassroots groups - with £1,000 worth of training up for grabs.Organisations in York are
Dean's garden centres, based in York and Scarborough, have raised £26,000 to support the work of Yorkshire Air Ambulance.Staff at the family-run business chose the air ambulance as its charity of the year for 2017, and undertook a range of events
VANDALS have damaged a bus in Selby. North Yorkshire Police received a report of a bus being damaged at Selby Bus Station at about 7.15pm yesterday. Officers attended the scene. A spokeswoman for North Yorkshire Police said: "The investigation
THERE'S only one NHS-run general hospital in York these days for anyone who's pregnant, or taken seriously ill, or who suffers a bad accident.Unless you have a mental illness, York Hospital is the go-to place.It wasn't always that way. In
The information plaques that hang on walls around York telling the story of its famous people and places amount to a history of the city in 100 bites. In a new column beginning on Saturday, The Press will feature one plaque - and the story of the person
TRANSPORT was obviously a big issue in York in the early 1900s.No fewer than three of the historical advertising posters from that period that we reproduce today feature transport in one way or another.There is Dent's of Stonegate (which had a workshop
A TRAVEL agent will work with Greenpeace to release 500 biodegradable balloons filled with messages as part of a campaign to reduce plastic pollution at sea. York-based Quartz Travel will join other travel agents on February 24 to release the balloons
POLICE are hunting for a man who forced an elderly woman to buy fish. On Friday, the 96-year-old woman was at her home in Eggborough, near Selby, when a loud knock was heard on the window, North Yorkshire Police said, adding that the man was seen
1 The A-team are providing great support for Jon Parkin Whether they be Mick Jagger, Bono or Freddie Mercury, every great frontman needs a quality supporting cast – normally consisting of three skilled practitioners, whose talents dovetail to form
A TECHNOLOGY and media company in York has launched a new smartphone app that developers believe will rival the likes of SnapChat and WhatsApp.Based at York Science Park, 1616 Media has created Weavyworld, which allows users to send the digital equivalent
CCTV in York city centre has sparked a funding row between a Conservative councillor and the county’s police commissioner. Cllr Ian Gillies - a senior councillor in York - has hit out at police and crime commissioner (PCC) Julia Mulligan over what
DETAILS have been released over complaints about North Yorkshire Police's use of social media.Figures released under the Freedom Of Information Act for 2014 to 2016 (the most current figures available), showed there had been 14 complaints against
From our archives: 85 years ago In his first public speech since becoming Chancellor of Germany, Herr Hitler had stirred 10,000 enthusiastic followers in the great Berlin Sportpalast. The speech broadcast throughout Germany was the
MORE than 400 people were caught using their mobile phone behind the wheel last year, according to a Freedom of Information request. North Yorkshire Police revealed they issued Fixed Penalty Notices, which consist of a £60 fine and three points
A VILLAGE pub near York is facing an uncertain future after residents lost their battle to buy it for the community. A ‘community benefit society’ set up to ‘save’ the Lord Nelson in Nether Poppleton says it has been outbid by another party, and
A PASSENGER has told of the terrifying moment his foot became trapped in a bus’s door as the vehicle started moving off on the A19 near York. Rob McCartney, 31, said he had to hop along the road on the other leg until the driver realised what had
A CAREER burglar who broke into a family’s home within four weeks of being released from prison is back behind bars. Rob Galley, prosecuting, said Matthew John Dodson was arrested very shortly after the raid thanks to two American holidaymakers
