A DENTAL practice in York has opened a new extension to take on more patients. Dentist Robert Dobson, of the Lawrence Street Dental Practice, based at 105-107 Lawrence Street, said extending the practice will see an increase in NHS capacity in the future
IT has stood empty and derelict for nearly six years. But today The Press can reveal York's Bonding Warehouse could be "on the market within weeks". The long-running saga, which has left the Skeldergate landmark dilapidated and a city eyesore, is finally
Chief Constable of North Yorkshire admits cost of Operation Harmony will be substantial' after 38 arrests at Drax protest.
ONE side dubbed it a "peaceful" protest - the other said they were "prepared" for anything that would happen. But the Drax power station confrontation between protesters and police was a costly affair for taxpayers, with a conservative bill of at least
AS PARENTS prepare for the start of another school year, there's the usual rush to complete the start-of-term checklist: uniform, stationery and sports kit. But one important check-up will be missing from many parents' lists of what to give their children
CARLO GOLDONI had some advice for any writer wanting to translate his Italian comedy A Servant With Two Masters: Do it, but give it local life and the native tongue, warmth and comic vitality and be free with the text. Blake Morrison has taken him
A TWO-year-old training provider in York which has clinched millions of pounds worth of Government contracts to prepare jobless people for work, has a mission statement which applies as much to itself as it does to the world. Inspire To Independence
A £5.5 million rural business centre in Thirsk, which will run agricultural courses for Askham Bryan College in York, has opened. The 100,000sq ft Thirsk Rural Business Centre, built for Thirsk Farmers Auction Mart Company on a 20-acre edge of town site
IT's never too early to start learning about fitness. And one local gym is doing its bit to help even the youngest of us get involved in exercise. Newborn babies have been recruited - with their mums - for the new sport of power pramming. The activity
A KEEN gardener objected so strongly to girls playing in a former railway cutting he lifted one as though he was about to throw her off a bridge, a jury heard. Robin Frieze, prosecuting, alleged that Alan Wilson considered the bit of disused land by
Introducing Geordie comic Ross Noble's new show Fizzy Logic. Ever since cutting his comedy teeth as compere of the Comedy Shack nights at the Bonding Warehouse, Ross Noble has had a bond with the city of York. So much so, he has booked into the
SELBY MP John Grogan says he is "extremely annoyed" that a much-anticipated village bypass has been torpedoed because of spiralling costs. The Press reported yesterday that long-suffering Osgodby residents will not get the promised £3.2 million bypass
PROMOTER Toby Clouston-Jones may be battling against a fortnight's flu but the show must go on at the Other Side Comedy Club in York. After a short break during the Edinburgh Fringe season, the club returns to action on Sunday in the usual underground
Charles Hutchinson meets Elizabeth Mansfield and Robert Pickavance, stars of York Theatre Royal's Ay Carmela. ELIZABETH Mansfield believes passionately in the power of theatre. "I personally feel very committed to theatre that can be transformative
DICKEN Ashworth has one of those Yorkshire voices so deep and gritty you could mine it from a quarry. His qualities of pathos and comic timing have made him a favourite of John Godber at Hull Truck Theatre and now Northern Broadsides are enjoying the
MAUREEN Augey knows only too well the anguish of seeing her desperately sick child suffer. She went through that particular hell when her two-year-old son came down with the potentially fatal brain condition, meningitis. As a staff nurse on York Hospital's
THINKING about the donation of a loved one's organs when you are still reeling from the news of their death must be horrendous. It means having to face the fact that they are never coming back. No wonder many people shrink from the idea; yet those
THE article by Mike Laycock (Home Truths, August 26) I read with interest, as I am hovering on the "moderate" help line. I am 86 and have received full necessary care for about five years, until early this year. This included shopping, domestic and general
Just A Quickie with Alice Bartlett, the first woman to direct John Godber's Unleashed. John Godber first staged his play about a group of Yorkshire businessmen giving their sexual appetites the green light in Amsterdam's red light district seven
I SAY congratulations on the forward planning idea of cutting down the cost of helping people who actually could cope if relatives gave a hand. In many cases they do, but some people do not have relatives nearby. In The Press (Mary Cut Off By
KNOWING that this was going to happen eventually (agencies to take over City of York Council carers), I am so very sorry for the elderly people on the receiving end of this change, my mother being one such person. Agencies do not have a good reputation
IT would be wise for Hugh Bayley to keep very quiet about pensions altogether (Labour's Done A Lot For OAPs, August 28). Our professional MPs (most have a job for life) enjoy the best final salary scheme in the country - building one-fortieth of their
I CAN only speak for myself, not knowing the full circumstances of other pensioners, but I must agree with Mr Bayley that this Labour Government has done a lot for me pension-wise. I was never fortunate enough to be able to attempt to buy a house
WAY back in February 2005, your newspaper carried a report "Top Level Meeting On The Future Of Tadcaster" (The Press, February 8, 2005). As is custom and practice, Humprey Smith, owner of Sam Smith's Brewery at Tadcaster, was "unavailable for comment
I USED to use the Number 4 ftr bus, but since mid-July I have now boycotted the route, and prefer to walk and catch a proper bus with service and a driver that has a face and a smile. My reasons are as follows. Since the service started in May I can
ONE of the popular venues in the 1970s and 1980s was the University of York's Central Hall. This venue I'm sure was closed to the general public for rock concerts because Bob Geldolf and the Boomtown Rats wouldn't adhere to the venue's "no dancing
TWO new plays from the Stephen Joseph Theatre's lunchtime season in Scarborough change location and meal time today. Nick Warburton's Purvis and Alison Watt's Storm In A Tea Chest will be staged this evening at The Band Room, Low Mill, Farndale, where
A FEW weeks ago you very kindly put a letter in The Press for me. I was trying to find my missing sister who I had not seen for 50 years. Thank you very, very much. After all this time, we are now in contact with each other and exchanging photos
AS Conservative Party candidate for Osbaldwick, I have been in discussion with City of York Council regarding locating a suitable area of land for use of minimotos, (small motorcycles) for the children of Osbaldwick, Tang Hall and Heworth. It has been
DEBUTANT Shakespeare director Jeremy Muldowney will hold auditions for York Shakespeare Project's (YSP) venture into the unknown mad world of King John this month. Regulars and newcomers alike are welcome to attend the sessions at St Luke's Church Hall
FOR one night only at the Robinson Institute, in Glaisdale, York poet and folk musician Tony Morris performs the world premiere of Two Shows In One on Thursday at 8pm. The first show, Iron Rush, is a piece of improvised theatre with chat, songs and stories
Tony Stockwell presents Spirited, An Evening Of Clairvoyance And Psychic Mediumship, at the Grand Opera House, York, on Monday, at 7.30pm. "I'm like a transmitter - the link between two worlds - I filter through thoughts and feelings, inspiration and
HOW was York's race traffic plan for you? That's the question councillors are to ask residents as they prepare to survey 1,500 homes in the Tadcaster Road area. Ann Reid, Dringhouses councillor and city strategy chief, wants to find out people's views
Haydn Lewis heads for lunch in the shadow of York Minster NESTLING in the shadow of York Minster, St William's College restaurant has a fantastic setting. When we visited it was a fairly quiet Sunday lunchtime and the weather was on the turn so we
WE were driving from Helmsley to Osmotherley thinking that refreshment would be welcome. Perched above the road was a building. A significant number of cars were parked in the vicinity. Only two miles east of Osmotherley, this cafe is a mecca for
NEW regulations that make it easier for people to donate life-saving organs have been welcomed by health chiefs. Changes under the Human Tissue Act, which came into force today, mean relatives will no longer have the right to overturn someone's wish
The Ninth Ripon International Festival runs from next Friday to September 17 and opens with an evening concert by the Razumovsky Ensemble in Holy Trinity Church, Ripon. Violinist Winfried Rademacher and cellist Oleg Kogan are the soloists for the 8pm
THOSE famous deep red curtains have brushed the carpet for the final time. Yesterday the York Odeon, the city's last picture house of the golden era, dimmed its lights for good. "The Odeon represented a big part of my childhood," said Derek Atkins,
Why you should see Estempas Portenas in Tango Fire. Where, when and why are they appearing in York? Grand Opera House, on Tuesday, at 7.30pm, as part of their first full UK tour Who are they? Ten dancers - the girls with cleavages out there
MEET York's new Guardian Angel. Last week, we handed over the first £35,000 to York Hospital's children's ward for our Guardian Angels appeal. The money has been used to appoint new project nurse Maureen Augey, a staff nurse on York Hospital's children's
Cansei de Ser Sexy, or CSS for short, give a new meaning to the term "get a Brazilian" in York on Monday. Using a name that translates as "tired of being sexy", this all-female Sao Paulo sextet surfs the new wave of Brazilian electro-punk. "They marry
There was news last week of an elderly jazz musician challenging the teenage pregnancy explosion by becoming a pension-aged dad. However, he has followed the current trend of exotic, occasionally invented, names for the resulting hapless offspring.
TWENTY one peacocks, 84 signatures and 400 hours of sewing have gone into making a commemorative quilt to mark the 50th anniversary of Nunnington Hall coming into the National Trust's care. The hall near Helmsley was given to the trust in 1953, and in
JONATHAN Metcalfe, chief operating officer for York-based train operator GNER, has been promoted to chief executive starting today. Mr Metcalfe, who has been with GNER since 1996, succeeds Christopher Garnett who announced he was leaving as ailing parent
YORK City missed out on signing Halifax Town striker Ryan Sugden last night but stole promising Frickley Atheltic midfielder Martyn Woolford from under the noses of League Two outfit Hartlepool. Former Notts County midfielder Lewis McMahon has also agreed
YORK City will be without midfielder Steve Bowey for tonight's home clash with Stafford Rangers after deciding not to appeal against his three-match suspension. Bowey was red-carded for violent conduct in the 90th minute of Monday's 1-0 victory at Rushden
HE'S Britain's real-life Reginald Perrin. Alive and well in North Yorkshire, he prefers to go by the name Reg and has just quietly celebrated his 80th birthday. But the grandfather-of-ten is a far cry from the sales executive in the throes of a mid-life
STAFFORD Rangers veteran Neil Grayson will be hoping to extend an amazing run against his home-town club when he arrives at KitKat Crescent tonight. Grayson, who was born in Tang Hall, has won all four matches he has played as a visiting player against
Harrogate Railway leave their high-flying start to the league season behind them as the trappings of fortune come a-calling in the FA Cup preliminary round. Martin Haresign's marauding UniBond League Division One crew travel to fellow quick-starters
FULFORD Conservatives came from behind to beat Wigginton B' in the final of the York Amateur Bowling Association (Veterans' Section) Triples Competition at the Retreat. It looked bleak for Keith Ryder, Lewis Wilkie and Ray Bell (skip) as Wigginton
YORK go into an Oxbridge ECB Yorkshire Premier Cricket League double-header this weekend praying for good weather. It is make-or-break for Marcus Wood's team as they face leaders Barnsley tomorrow and go to Castleford on Sunday. York are four points
Joe Sayers battled his way to a gritty unbeaten century for Yorkshire on the second day of their Championship clash with Middlesex at Scarborough yesterday. The left-handed opener remained calmly in control and his unflinching concentration was rewarded
TWO wins from Steve Thomas took him to the top of the rankings in PD Plastics Sunday Pool League Superleague but failed to prevent leaders Acomb A' from crashing 9-4 at Winning Post A'. Dave Sanderson and Paul Stephenson each won two games for Winning
THERE'S a host of new faces for the Railwaymen as York RI RUFC prepare to begin a new life in Yorkshire Two. Derbies with Pocklington and Selby await over the coming campaign as RI look for a season of consolidation following their promotion from Yorkshire
EBOR increased their lead at the top of York Phoenix Monday Darts League division one with a clean sweep at Rose & Crown. A maximum for 20 from Mark Hartley was one of the highlights and he was well backed up by Tony Raymond (16) and Arthur Conyers (
ACOMB have been crowned John Smith's York Men's Darts League division one champions. The season ended in anti-climax as their final opponents, Crescent, conceded. Volunteer were runners-up thanks to Paul Dixon (17 and 113 finish for 21) who played well
The John Smith's York Men's Darts League's annual meeting will be held at Holgate WMC on Thursday, September 7 (8pm). Any teams interested in joining the league should contact Neil Fairclough on 01904 622510.
THE newly named York F1 Racing Premier Karting Sunday Football League kicked off with a major cup shock. Third division Wanderers produced a stunning comeback to sink first division mainstays Ainsty Panthers 11-6 in the first round of the Grand Central
YORK'S first twin-engined pro-kart circuit based at Tockwith has been launched. It is run by Simon Smith, who ran Pro-Am Karting at an indoor circuit in Selby for over 15 years. The Tockwith track is over 700 metres long and uses BIZ twin Engined
COLIN Metcalfe won the annual Ralph Cobb Memorial match on Bank Holiday Monday at the Oaktree Leisure complex, near Huby. The Quaker Tackle rod led from the productive Pond One where he tempted carp to double figures from peg 20. His winning haul of
Reverence, who hit the jackpot at York last week when winning the Nunthorpe Stakes, can complete an outstanding Group 1 double on the other side of the Pennines tomorrow. The Eric Alston-trained gelding lines up for the £300,000 Betfred Sprint Cup and
KARTIERS became the third different side to top the Leeper Hare York and District Football League premier division this season after a 2-1 win at Dunnington. They took a first-half lead courtesy of an own goal and just after the hour mark Matty Cooper
LOW morale, an air of despondency and a "brain drain" of experienced staff. That's the view of union and opposition chiefs at City of York Council, who have rounded on the Liberal Democrat council rulers. Labour leader Dave Merrett has hit out after
