INVESTMENT worth £11m will modernise a York train maintenance depot, making way for longer trains and more carriages. TransPennine Express will invest in the Leeman Road site, in partnership with Siemens, to prepare for additional carriages and
UNDER actor and director Andy Love’s astute artistic direction, York company Wildgoose Theatre have brought a series of strong plays and premieres to the city. This continues with the choice of Laura Wade’s Colder Than Here, a play with death,
SCIENTISTS at the University of York have found a way of distinguishing fatal prostate cancer from "manageable" cancer. The breakthrough could reduce the need for unnecessary surgeries and radiotherapy. The team analysed more than 500 tissue
ANXIETY. A word that is increasingly appearing. A fear of something, generally the unknown, allowing imaginations to run wild, creating emotional distress, sometimes leading to mental health conditions. The first seminar I attended on anxiety
TWENTY years ago Pete "The Shark" Ogram played his first gig with York party band Huge as a deputy and impressed so much Big Ian Donaghy asked him to join. Since then he has helped to fill York Barbican, the Grand Opera House and numerous lavish
A GROUP of local crafters have created riches from rags with their rag rug creations. The group, 10 York Crafters, who have met weekly since 1988, are showing off their work from the past two years at an exhibition of work at the Chapel in York
FANS of close harmony are in for a treat when ladies barbershop comes to Harrogate. Around 1,800 singers will perform in the town at the Ladies Association of British Barbershop Singers 42nd national convention from October 26-28. The headliner
A GROUP of local crafters have created riches from rags with their rag rug creations. The group, 10 York Crafters, who have met weekly since 1988, are showing off their work from the past two years at an exhibition of work at the Chapel in York
CITY of York Council has been given £731,000 by the Government to support adult social care needs this winter. The funding is aimed at people who require care but can be treated outside of hospital, with an aim to free up more hospital beds in coming
A MOTORCYCLIST is in critical condition and a driver has been arrested following a crash near Selby. North Yorkshire Police said the crash happened in Coldhill Lane near Sherburn-in-Elmet at about 1.45pm on Thursday, and involved a beige Skoda Octavia
A RESIDENTIAL property near Selby has had two of its windows smashed with bricks, police say. The living room and kitchen windows of the property, on Brackenhill Close, Brayton, were damaged between 8pm and 9.50pm on Thursday, October 18, North
POLICE arrested four men in drugs raids on Friday. Humberside Police executed warrants at six properties in Beverley - two in Schofield Avenue, two in Coltman Avenue, one in Wharton Avenue and one at a unit on Beverley Business Park. A 32-year-old
KIAM BROWNE scored a hat-trick for York & District Schoolboys Under-12s as they recorded an emphatic 6-0 home win over Spen Valley. Harry Fort added a brace and Jamie Rennocks one as York eased through to the second round of the Michael Dale
STEVE Hackett's 2019 European Tour will visit York Barbican on November 19 next year. For the first time, the former Genesis guitarist will perform Genesis's album Selling England By The Pound in its entirety. Released in 1973, it rose to number
A £27 MILLION roads improvement project has been completed in North Yorkshire. A summer surface dressing programme saw North Yorkshire County Council’s Highways teams treating 350 miles of road. In addition, 30 miles of road were resurfaced.
RYEDALE Folk Museum is helping school children to understand the sacrifices and hardships of a First World War soldier. The typical contents of a soldier’s pack have provided inspiration for a new activity day based on understanding the effect the
HE can walk into any pub unnoticed but is on just about every song on the jukebox. You will have heard him many times on the car radio or maybe picked his music as your first dance on your wedding day. Yet you would not recognise Johnny Thirkell
GOLFERS got into the swing of things to raise funds for mental health charity Leeds Mind at a golf tournament hosted by a Selby-based distance training provider. The Skills Network (TSN) has raised more than £4,000 for the charity after a fundraising
A DRIVER has been fined for failing to correctly use a level crossing. Steven Morris, 27, of Fell Brow, Longridge, drove his truck across Green Lane level crossing near Knaresborough station on Monday, March 5, and ignored safety instructions, narrowly
WIGGINTON Grasshoppers were pushed to the finish by Bramham in a nine-goal thriller in the Fastpack Ltd York Sunday Morning League Senior Cup. Wiggy controlled the first 70 minutes of the tie and went 5-1 up before a dogged fightback saw the hosts
NEARLY 50 people sporting yellow knitted hats took part in a fundraising walk in East Yorkshire for Children in Need. The walkers arrived in Market Weighton with their donations and five dogs and set off on either a four-and-a-half mile or two mile
THOUSANDS of pink-footed geese are currently putting on a dazzling display on their annual flypast of the region. Wildlife watchers are turning their eyes to the skies as the birds' autumn migration is now in full flow. One of the easiest migratory
FORMER York Acorn ARLC full-back Matt Chilton's rise into the pro ranks is to continue into the Betfred Championship after he agreed a new two-year deal at York City Knights. The 21-year-old initially impressed on trial with the pro club last winter
THE A64 between York and Malton will be closed from tonight for the next three weekends as work begins on a major road reconstruction. Work to renew the carriageway is part of a £1.4 million scheme that will rebuild the road between Crambeck and
A CITY cycling group is setting out to tell York's senior citizens, "You're never too old to ride a bike", with an innovative scheme. York Cycling Without Age is a new project, which will see 'Pedallers' offer older, less able people the chance
GROUPS at a newly-refurbished community centre are joining forces to support residents in the local area and help people turn their lives around. The Centre@Burnholme, which was opened during the summer on the site of the former Burnholme Community
DEFENDING champions Dunnington hit the front once again as they made it three wins out of three in the Yorkshire Premier Squash League. The York club went one down early on at Queens Club in Halifax - who had also won their first two matches of
THE company that runs Ryedale’s leisure facilities is developing a plan to increase engagement with sports after a fall in attendance figures over the past year. Everyone Active has a 10-and-a-half-year contract with Ryedale District Council to
YORK’S unsung heroes were honoured last night at the York Community Pride Awards. A total of 12 awards were handed out at this year’s York Community Pride Awards, organised by The Press and City of York Council and sponsored by Benenden Health.
BENCHES around York have been given a makeover to mark national Chocolate Week. Special 'wrappers' have been added to half a dozen benches around the city by York Chocolate Story, to inform the public of York's links to some of the UK's most popular
DAVID Byrne will play Leeds First Direct Arena on Sunday on the opening night of his nine-date British and Irish extension of his American Utopia World Tour. The Scottish-born Byrne will perform songs from his March 2018 album American Utopia –
AN East Yorkshire primary school has raised about £200 for charity after holding its annual Big Coffee Afternoon. Bishop Wilton CE Primary School hosted the event in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. People could enjoy a hot drink and a slice of
When I met York Outer MP Julian Sturdy he explained that fracking produced less CO2 than coal power and that it could be a bridge to a greener future in 20 or 30 years. However, the methane produced from frack sites is an extremely light gas which
MAY I take the opportunity to commend the public spirit shown by a number of staffers at our celebrated National Railway Museum? No fewer than nine of them have taken time out from a busy day to take part in the planning process by submitting letters
Understandably Richard Clark (Letters, October 11) is worried over the reduction in the amount of employment land being proposed for the York Central site. We were told initially that the creation of a large, dynamic business district was the prime
A MAN has been arrested after a seven-year-old girl was injured by an off-road motorbike. North Yorkshire Police said the incident happened at about 7.50pm on Thursday, October 18, in Colescliffe Road, Scarborough. The girl was taken to hospital
I WRITE in response to the editorial comment in the York Press (“Hospital is so badly needed”, The Press, October 17). There are many rumours circulating and much of this is as a result of scaremongering and worst-case scenario conclusions that
IMPASSIONED pleas have been made to save the former Bootham Park Hospital site at a meeting to canvass public opinion about its future. York Central MP, Rachael Maskell, who chaired last night’s meeting, has been vocal in her calls for the Grade
A SUPERNATURAL murder mystery novel by Pickering author Paul Holbrook is being published this week. The novel, Domini Mortum, is set in the late 19th century and follows Samuel Weaver, an artist and writer for The Illustrated Police News, the predominant
FREE animal workshops are set to take place for children in York. Pets at Home stores at Foss Island Retail Park and at Clifton Moor will hold ‘Creature Care’ themed workshops from tomorrow, October 20, to November 4, to teach kids about how to
BLYTH Spartans have defensive headaches ahead of their FA Cup fourth qualifying round home tie against York City tomorrow. Skipper Nathan Buddle is suspended after picking up his second yellow card in this term’s tournament during the team’s 2-1
A DRIVER was taken to hospital and a lorry ended up on its side after a crash in North Yorkshire early this morning (October 19). The collision, which involved a Lexus car as well as a lorry, happened on the A171 at Stainsacre, near Whitby.
OUR oceans are vast, and teeming with life. They are beautiful, and terrible, and humbling in their power. Yet at the same time they are desperately fragile. Last year, scientists revealed that the beaches of a single uninhabited island in the South
I TURNED 50 this month – and was feeling pretty good about things until I bit on a piece of seeded bread and broke my back molar. It would be easy to freefall into a pit of pessimism, wallowing that it's all downhill from here. But I refuse to do
TADCASTER Albion have a “hoodoo” to banish tomorrow as they look to get over the disappointment of falling to another during the week. On Saturday, the Brewers are in Evo-Stik League east division action when they visit Cleethorpes Town – a team
A METAL thief whose gang caused nearly £10,000 damage to Selby Abbey’s roof has been jailed for 27 months. Nathan Luke Hallsworth, 33, was one of at least five men who travelled from West Yorkshire in a van in the middle of the night on November
A YORK guest house owner is seeking permission to turn the building into seven flats in the face of growing competition in the city from Airbnb and big new hotels. But Elizabeth Jackson insists she won’t be closing down the Priory Guest House in
A PRIMARY school has been praised for its commitment to helping pupils get active. More than 70 per cent of children at Acomb Primary School now walk, cycle or scooter to school and staff run regular events such as a bike breakfast club, themed
SEVERAL members of staff at the National Railway Museum (NRM) have submitted letters of support for the museum’s controversial York Central plans - without revealing that they work there. One letter writer said they are a “regular visitor” to the
A THREE-year-old girl almost died after suffering a serious allergic reaction to food at a wedding reception. Maizy Harman was at a family wedding at Kilnwick Percy Golf Club, near Pocklington, when she was served food that sparked a life-threatening
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From our archives: 85 years ago During the annual bazaar meeting at St Thomas’s School room, Lowther Street, York, discussions had turned to memories of a time when the parish was mainly composed of fields and a few big houses. After been thanked
