TRIBUTES have been paid to a respected councillor after he collapsed and died at a public inquiry at York's Guildhall. Bill Hall, chairman of Osbaldwick Parish Council, suffered a suspected heart attack while he spoke at the inquiry into the proposed
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The RSPCA shelter in York is bursting at the seams with cats as cruel owners are dumping their unloved pets to dodge vet's fees or to jet off on holiday. © The copyright of this image belongs to Newsquest (York) Ltd
Clare Dennis and Tony Humphreys. Clare will be the first person to tie the knot as both a groom and a bride at York Register. © The copyright of this image belongs to Newsquest (York) Ltd
WEDDING history was set to be made in York today, as Clare Dennis and Tony Humphreys tied the knot. When Clare walks down the aisle at York Register Office, she will be stepping into the record books as the first person to tie the knot as both a groom
THIS England fan will be watching the World Cup Final behind bars instead of in one after being jailed for eight months for attacking two police officers. Craig Owston, 26, of Lawrence Street, York, lashed out at the officers in the city centre when
MORE than 120 knives have been taken off the streets of York since the start of a police amnesty last month. The frightening figure comes as trading standards officers launch fresh prosecutions against those who peddle the deadly weapons to youngsters
DINERS had to abandon their cuppas when bailiffs and police swooped on a Selby cafe and closed it down. Mrs Robinson's Cafe in Market Cross, the only business left in the town's Inshops, was forced to shut on Tuesday, following the culmination of an
THE war against sickness at City of York Council intensified today, after the authority announced it was to review its entire approach to the problem. Personnel chiefs are to look again at the way the council deals with absent staff, after new figures
SCORES of teenage mums from York receive help to carry on their education and find jobs each year. Youngsters aged between 14 and 19 are meeting once a fortnight at Future Prospects, in Swinegate. In the last 12 months, 70 to 80 young women have received
CRUEL cat owners are dumping their unloved pets on the RSPCA to dodge vet's fees or jet off on holiday. The charity's animal home in York now has to care for a heartbreaking 53 abandoned cats, many elderly and there is simply no room for any more
A CONTROVERSIAL book which lifts the lid on York's football hooligan culture claiming an infamous city "firm" is still alive and kicking was today condemned. The York Nomad Society (YNS) is resurging and developing, according to Andy Nicholls and Nick
PLANS to bring the former Terry's chocolate factory back to life could be submitted by early autumn with work starting as soon as next spring. Part of the site now looks set to become a new base for the expanding Science City York project. Steve Davis
BEN Johnson powered into the semi-finals of the York Vale League HPH Cup on the back of a mammoth 215 fourth-wicket stand between Martin Reynolds and Paul Morrison at Thixendale. A faultless 145 from veteran Martin Reynolds and 78 from Paul Morrison
NORTH Duffield won the toss for the first time this season but their strong batting line were restricted to 190-6 against Stockton & Hopgrove in the Mitchell Cup. Pete Fairclough rattled up 57 for Stockton & Hopgrove to be the game's top scorer but John
MALTON & Old Malton crushed Stockton & Hopgrove II by 218 runs in the Prendergast Memorial Trophy. A hundred for Alistair Blacklee was the highlight of Malton & Old Malton's 255-7 before 7-10 for Andy Thompson and 3-24 for Matthew Bulmer saw the villagers
Sprinter Richard Buck has been handed a first senior Great Britain call-up after an impressive start to the season. The 19-year-old Nestl Rowntree 400m star will fly to Malaga next week for the Spar European Cup an international team head-to-head between
PICKERING-BASED marathon runner Darran Bilton was the first man home in the Wigginton 10km race. The Great Britain runner clocked 31 minutes 20 seconds 24 seconds ahead of City of Leeds clubmate Mike Burnett. The first woman through the finishing line
MILLTHORPE School pupil Matt Thompson was on the shining lights at the York Open Fencing competition. The 15-year-old, who took the sport up only 18 months ago, reached the semi-finals of the epee category after beating more experienced opposition in
York Cricket Club fast bowler Nick Thornicroft, from Sheriff Hutton, has been awarded his Yorkshire 2nd XI cap. He and Mark Lawson received their caps at the current 2nd XI Championship game against Lancashire at Headingley.
HALF-BACK Paul Thorman was due to add his experience to the York City Knights Under-21 Academy side against Featherstone at Huntington Stadium tonight (7.30pm). Squad: Lee Maples, Leigh Reintoul, Tom Dunmore, Matthew Embleton, Lee Lingard, Liam Gargan
THE four York Amateur Bowling Association clubs who are affiliated to the West Bank Park Federation are having a brilliant season. Unbeaten Holgate lead division one by 14 points following a comprehensive 7-1 victory over nearest rivals Haxby Road.
Craig White promoted himself to to the top of the batting order at Arundel yesterday and the Yorkshire captain justified his decision by making an immaculate century on the opening day of the Championship match against Sussex. White looked like becoming
LAST season's Press Player of the Year David McGurk has told York City he wants to join the KitKat Crescent club on a permanent basis. Centre-back McGurk excelled in 39 appearances for the Minstermen during a successful loan spell in 2005-06 but returned
LAST season's Conference play-off challenge clearly took its toll on York City club mascot Yorkie the Lion. A stressed Yorkie lost clumps of hair from his mane during 2005-06 as he watched Billy McEwan's men narrowly miss out on a top-five place and
TOP marks to foot care experts Dr Scholl for their hilarious, outrageous World Cup tie-in. Those clever marketing experts at the comfortable shoe-maker have managed to use current football fever to their own foot-related ends. Bunions. Yes, that's right
PITCHING in has enabled York Minstermen to raise almost £10,000 towards York City's ground appeal. The supporters' group, led by ace fund-raiser Ian Tyssen, handed over the cheque to the club after bringing in the cash via bucket-collections and other
THE good life is never far away, if only in our intentions. Most of want to do our bit for the environment, but are often restricted within our living spaces. This week we take a look at houses which might help us to live greener, more self-sufficient
ARTISTS seeking inspiration will be delighted with Chantry Cottage. This charming three bedroom, double-fronted cottage is set behind a lawned garden in the popular village of Terrington. It has been extended to provide three reception rooms, a kitchen
THE exploits of football fans such as Terry Exelby are guaranteed to raise a laugh. The York City fan and one-legged former grocer became the first Englishman to be arrested at the 1986 World Cup, according to a new book. He got drunk on the plane, wouldn't
THE PRESS attracted wide-spread support after launching our Yes! To Clean Air campaign to stub out smoking in the workplace in May 2005. We teamed up with Selby and York Primary Care Trust to support local businesses and organisations to become smoke-free
BILL Hall was a man who was not afraid to speak up for what he believed in. As chairman of Osbaldwick Parish Council, he was at the forefront of the fight to block the Derwenthorpe development. Not everyone agreed with him. But agree or not, he was
JUST over £500,000 per year spent on councillors in York (How much did yours earn, The Press, June 13)? Sounds a lot of money, and from letters people have sent in, York residents think so. Let's take a closer look at what York people get for this.
YOU asked me to comment on Shaun Hudson's early release from a life sentence (When life' means five years, June 16). You reported accurately that Hudson was jailed under an old law, passed by the Conservatives. Since then, Labour has changed the law
LEO Enticknap (Cash conundrum, readers' letters, June 17) is right. Of course we can't, in this money-grabbing age, expect these volunteers to spend as much time as many of them do, working on behalf of the rest of us, for nothing. The days of city
HOW things have changed from 100 years ago. With reference to your item about cycling clubs holding charity rides with two to three thousand spectators (Way We Were, June 14), what would they have thought about it today with our nude cycling event?
JUST a quick reply to the letter by Emma Richardson (Shame on you, June 17). People who strip down to nothing get arrested because certain members of the police of less-enlightened forces than York think they can make up the law themselves. (In fact
HERE is a headline to go with a newspaper report on the crisis in the National Health Service Baby It's Cold Outside. The story should sound familiar, being a litany of NHS worries. Cuts are causing particular anxiety in maternity services, with the
Ronan Keating is a canny lad. If nothing else, he can pick a hit tune. In his Boyzone days and as a solo artist, Mr Keating has scored 31 successive Top 10 hit singles, a feat unmatched by Elvis or Madonna. Duncan James has studied Keating's career blueprint
MANCUNIANS The Longcut attempt to revive memories of grunge with a debut record that's sure to appeal to fans of the genre. Taking their lead from Nirvana and Sonic Youth, the long-awaited A Call And Response brims with experimental energy, but could
SHORN of the gimmicks that initially made them backwoods oddities, The Handsome Family are now a seriously good country band and two of the most unlikely stars in the firmament. Originally from Chicago, lately of desert New Mexico, Rennie Sparks writes
IN musical terms, Hope Of The States have lost weight. Their criminally ignored debut, The Lost Riots, was a wonderfully bloated mess with a vast sound built from guitar noise, strings and epic crescendos that went on for days. Left sees the Chichester
DOES the world need another Neil Hannon album? The Irish bishop's son with the whimsical wit, bookish observations and velvet retro-pop answers that question with a typically cocky title for his swell comeback, Victory For The Comic Muse. He is rejuvenated
LET'S keep our standards in this city, if nothing else. Women should be respected. If establishments have to lower their standards, do we need them? Can you imagine seeing exotic lap spectacles, booze and drugs combined how are women expected to feel
ALL we ask is a reliable ftr service forget the frills. Today (June 19), I understand there have been two bus breakdowns (why are the buses always breaking down?). I waited 15 minutes or so at The Mount bus stop in York, but people had obviously
I SUPPOSE it is inevitable that York would eventually succumb to tacky displays of gyrating women by having its very own lap-dancing club. To put a positive light on it, encouraging stag parties and groups of beery lads to go to these establishments
WELL, York has finally caught up with the rest of the nation and Harrogate and may soon have its own lap-dancing venue. I think it will provide a boost to the city's economy and, professionally operated, should have very little effect on anything,
AS reported by you, Banks Music of York celebrates its 250th anniversary this year. There will be events in the shop and an anniversary concert with the York Young Soloists in the Minster on July 21 (tickets from Banks). Banks is one of York's oldest
GOMEZ have never quite got over their astonishing debut, the Mercury Prize-winning Bring It On, a rootsy, bluesy collection of songs that raised a happy smile in 1998. They looked like geeks but sounded like whiskey-gargling old hands, lightened with
On Saturday, June 10, I was shopping in York when I collapsed and hit my head in Brown's shoe department. I would like to thank all the people who helped me, including the young woman with the little girl who stayed with me until the ambulance arrived
I SHOULD like to thank the two good ladies who came to my help last Tuesday when I fell in Fishergate, York. Also, the very kind policeman and policewoman who picked me up and saw me on my way to the hospital. I am most grateful to them all. Rev Margery
HOW I agree with Mick Snowden's letter on using prisoners for experimentation instead of apes (Criminal activity, June 19) and especially his views on the human rights clause. Unfortunately, the judiciary and the police are not allowed to differentiate
Hot Chip twosome Alexis Taylor and Joe Goddard mix the jagged sampling and drum loops of Aphex Twin with the pop sensibilities of Air on this, their second album. It opens up with the brilliantly manic Careful. Any notion of rhythm seems lost, with syncopated
Mike Snowden suggests using prisoners for medical experiments. This is a very old idea; the Nazis were doing it years ago in the concentration camps. B. Emmerson, Charles Street, Selby.
COME on there are just over three weeks left to get your nominations in for The Press's campaign to reward York's unsung heroes. Entries to the York Community Pride Awards close on July 14, so if you know a person or group who you think deserves recognition
Whether you have bought a PC before, or you are a first time buyer, it can be a daunting experience, especially if you are not sure about the type of computer you need. Here are a few tips to help you make that decision: Do some research before you
THIS is the first show to emerge from the new partnership between York Theatre Royal and Leeds touring company Tutti Frutti Productions. Tutti Frutti were able to use the Theatre Royal rehearsal rooms for four weeks to prepare for a tour that has set
The Roman Catholic Church wants the 24-week time limit on abortion lowered. CHARLOTTE PERCIVAL and STEPHEN LEWIS report. THE head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales has called on the Government to change the law on abortion. Cardinal
Luca Cumani, who saddled two winners at York last Saturday, can extend his winning run at Beverley tonight. The Newmarket trainer, on duty at Royal Ascot this week, sends Ahlawy on the journey north to contest the Cottingham Park Golf And Country Club
Pearly King, a winner at Redcar last month and unbeaten in three starts, can oblige again at Royal Ascot tomorrow. The colt, trained by Sir Michael Stoute, won a maiden race at Yarmouth on his reappearance before scoring at Redcar, and he stepped up
LEEDS United have been handed a dream first round Carling Cup tie after they were drawn at home to League Two side Chester City. Conference champions Accrington Stanley will entertain Nottingham Forest while Hereford United will have home advantage
