Motoring Editor MALCOLM BAYLIS enjoys a spin in the iconic Nissan Figaro. YOU'RE heading north of York. Think Boroughbridge. And keep your eyes peeled. Suddenly it's there, high in the sky, a giant-sized balloon, much like those flying high during
Photograph by Terry Sayner © The copyright of this image remains with the photographer
Photograph by Terry Sayner © The copyright of this image remains with the photographer
Environment chiefs are planning legal action over a "terrible, awful" stink which has been sickening residents in western York. © The copyright of this image belongs to Newsquest (York) Ltd
YORK is booming, with multi-million pound new developments bringing fresh life into the heart of the city. Len Cruddas, the chief executive of York and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce, said celebrations at commercial lawyers Denison Till for winning
SHE needed 34 pints of blood as York Hospital doctors fought to save her life. Meanwhile, just down the corridor, medics in the Special Care Baby Unit were staging a separate battle to keep her newborn baby alive, after he had arrived 13 weeks premature
A LITTLE girl is too afraid to sleep in her own bed because of the noise caused by youths who plague the area outside her home. Frustrated parents Nicola and Robert Kedge are fed up of teenagers causing antisocial behaviour, which keeps terrified Lucy
A LONG-AWAITED church hall in the Selby district is set to be opened at the weekend, after three years of fundraising by residents. The Haddlesey Church Community Hall, which will serve the villages of Chapel and West Haddlesey, will be officially opened
A LONG-AWAITED church hall in the Selby district is set to be opened at the weekend, after three years of fundraising by residents. The Haddlesey Church Community Hall, which will serve the villages of Chapel and West Haddlesey, will be officially opened
EXPOSURE to deadly asbestos dust caused the death of an electrician who was employed by a York-based building firm throughout his working life, an inquest heard. Geoffrey Murray, 59, died on December 4 only months after he was diagnosed with mesothelioma
MOVING tributes have been paid by the daughter of Bill Hall, the councillor who died after collapsing at York's Guildhall. The Press exclusively revealed yesterday how Councillor Hall, the chairman of Osbaldwick Parish Council, had just finished speaking
NORTH YORKSHIRE could lose up to 600 police officers under controversial proposals, Police Federation bosses have claimed. National chairwoman Jan Berry was speaking at an opening meeting of the North Yorkshire branch of the federation at the Park Inn
ENVIRONMENT chiefs are planning legal action over a "terrible, awful" stink which has been sickening residents in western York. But they have refused to identify the person responsible for the odour, saying this would be inappropriate and citing concerns
NESTLE Rowntree is under investigation by an advertising watchdog over claims that the Big Brother Golden Ticket contest was rigged. The York confectioner said today it was fully assisting the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in its probe, and looked
AN anti-malaria plant being developed in York could be grown in developing Africa, bringing massive financial advantages as well as medical benefits. Researchers at University of York are developing varieties of Sweet Annie that produce the drug artemisinin
OWNERS of a late-night drinking venue have won the right to expand their premises in a bid to create a York city centre "superclub". Councillors paved the way for Nexus to expand into the former Presto supermarket site last night in a close vote which
Introducing the 2006 York Festival of the Rivers. The common cry goes up: "York never makes enough of its rivers!" Now, however, the city that likes to promote itself as the "City of Festivals" has added a new one to the list, the York Festival of
Humpty Dumpty set in the Middle Eastern conflict and a clown show about unattainable dreams: there is more to York Theatre Royal's youth theatre line-up next week than clumsy jesters and nursery rhymes. Sixty youngsters will perform three plays in The
PHOENIX Dance Theatre celebrates its 25th anniversary with three premieres in Stories In Red at York Theatre Royal. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the Leeds contemporary dance company presents Nopalitos, the latest work by its new artistic director and choreographer
Yorkshire Dance is bringing street dance to the streets tomorrow with The Clean Up Crew, an exciting contemporary dance piece incorporating breakdance, parkour, and BMXing for Dance Week York 2006. Director Bush Hartshorn says: "We're coming to clean
SPEAKING his mind is important to Sir John Mortimer. However stimulating his career as a barrister, there was always one thing missing the chance to say exactly what he thought. But times have changed since the courtroom. The playwright, novelist
WRITER and actress Vanessa Rosenthal believes her play Modelling Spitfires will suit York Theatre Royal's Studio perfectly. She appears in the Yellow Leaf Theatre production tonight and tomorrow. "I wasn't involved in last year's show we brought to York
Embrace's Dalby Forest gig sold out in April. Keyboard player Mickey Dale tells Charles Hutchinson why the band is looking forward to playing in the woods. EMBRACE have the wood at their feet on Sunday. The West Yorkshire chart-toppers are playing
BRUMMIE drummer Jim Brown will be stepping into new territory tonight when UB40 play Dalby Forest. "To be honest, I've never heard of it before, but when someone said, Do you fancy doing some forest gigs this summer?', we thought, Yeah, why not!'. "
The first O2 Wireless Festival at Harewood House, near Leeds, will be headlined by Massive Attack tomorrow and The Who on Sunday. Massive Attack, Goldfrapp, Pharrell and DJ Shadow will mount the dance attack tomorrow, while rock legends The Who will
THE sell-out events are piling up for the 2006 York Early Music Festival. Only unreserved seats at the sides remain available for the festival's opening concert by The Sixteen in the Central Nave of York Minster on July 6. At 7.30pm, this choir will
The Northern Aldborough Festival begins today, offering a feast of opera and music performances. Concerts already sold out are the Brodsky String Quartet at Rudding Park Church on June 27, Philomel at Ribston Hall Chapel on June 27 and the Nelson Ensemble
York-based golfer Simon Dyson is in good company at the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles. Malton and Norton GC member Dyson was playing with Thomas Bjorn and Paul Broadhurst on the opening day. The trio started at the tenth hole and Bjorn set
THE first Selby Ladies Netball tournament to be played at Barlby High School on Sunday has been brought forward an hour to start at 10am and finish at about 3pm. This is to avoid a clash with England's World Cup game against Ecuador, which kicks off
MUSIC by two of the 20th century's most theatrical composers, William Walton and Leonard Bernstein, will be performed by the University of York Choir and Symphony Orchestra in York Minster on Wednesday. This concert, the last of the university's
TADCASTER Albion Football Club will return for pre-season training on Thursday, July 6, at 7pm. The North Counties East League first division outfit expect to welcome four new signings.
BUBWITH Tennis Club are holding a Lets Play Tennis Day' tomorrow. There will be junior coaching from 1pm to 3pm when adults will get a chance to try the game for a couple of hours. For further information about the Lawn Tennis Association-sponsored
SELBY'S Paul Sullivan kicked off his campaign in the Acomb Elite Singles Pool League with a resounding 7-2 win over pre-season favourite Simon Newby. Dave Catlow also got off to a flying start by beating Eddie Metcalfe 7-3, while Russ Cawthorne won
WITH no shortage of talented piano players in York, the Jacobean Lodge Hotel, Wigginton, is on to a winner with jazz piano nights every Friday. A quality piano has been installed and Karl Mullen is masterminding a changing roster of players each
There was fresh concern over Michael Vaughan when he was unable to field for Yorkshire against Sussex yesterday afternoon at Arundel He did not return to the field after lunch and was using an icepack on his sore knee. Vaughan was also nursing a slightly
There was more misery for Yorkshire at Arundel as Murray Goodwin plundered a masterly 235 to put Sussex in complete command of the Championship match. With mutterings growing louder among the travelling fans and with chief executive Stewart Regan making
YORK Cricket Club put their title credentials on the line when they entertain Barnsley at Clifton Park tomorrow (1pm start). Marcus Wood's side lead the Oxbridge ECB Yorkshire Premier League from the South Yorkshire side by four points, but Barnsley
YORK Minster is introducing a new arts programme; Creation. Initiated by Ann Petherick of Kentmere House Gallery, it involves artists who have been invited to produce paintings inspired by the building and its work, as part of an ongoing programme of
ON Sunday, the Other Side Comedy Club presents Edinburgh Fringe previews by Wil Hodgson and, in a change to the advertised line-up, Welshman Rhod Gilbert, who replaces Gordon Southern. At Edinburgh in 2004, Wil won the Perrier Award for Best Newcomer
POCKLINGTON'S inadequate home total of 125 proved to be easy meat for first division leaders Studley Royal in the second round of the Hunters York and District Senior Cricket League Edward Readman Trophy. Only Ted Donkin of the home batsmen made any
LEEDS United will kick off the 2006-07 Championship season against Norwich City at Elland Road on Saturday, August 5. They then face successive trips tom London to take on QPR and palace before entertaining Cardiff, who have signed former Leeds midfielder
AL Murray, the loud and proud Pub Landlord, so enjoyed turning the Grand Opera House into his gaff last November that he requested a return to York as soon as the show was over. Night 29 of his latest tour of And Another Thing has Murray playing to a
FORMER York FA Junior Cup winners LNER Builders are in danger of folding 58 years after their formation. Founded at the York Carriage and Wagon Works in 1948, the club ran two teams in last season's York Leeper Hare Saturday League but the retirement
WITH no major open matches booked for York waters this weekend, pleasure anglers have only the odd club match to work around. There are plenty of the more popular stretches of the Ouse free from bookings and the Derwent once again appears to be out of
An art exhibition called Colour! may conjure up images of rainbow-splashed canvases and bold and bright paintings, but although ArtSpace's latest exhibition in York promises dazzling colours, its message is more than skin deep. As gallery owners Greg
YORK City Knights are expecting their biggest home crowd of the season for Sunday's game against bottom-of-the-table Oldham. The match has been designated as the Knights' Annual Schools Family Fun Day with children aged under 16 admitted to Huntington
YORK City Rowing Club's women's rowers were out in numbers at the Women's Henley regatta. The club had their biggest entry at the prestigious event with crews competing in elite pairs (Ruth Easterbrook/Emily Hully), elite lightweight double sculls (Loretta
HOLGATE kept a firm grip at the top of the York Amateur Bowling Association's Veterans' League division one with a 19-9 win against RI Amateurs. Shipton A' beat Dunnington C' 24-9 and trail the leaders by one point. West Park A' defeated Holgate WMC
YORK Knavesmire Racing Darts League division one leaders Mitre A' cemented their place at the top with a 7-2 victory at Falcon. Bootham Tavern A' prevented a whitewash at the hands of second-placed Clifton A' but Mitre B' enjoyed a clean sweep against
CYGNET A' duo John Mooring (2 x 20) and Neil Caywood (180 for 15) helped their team to victory over Rose in the John Smith's Men's Darts League. Rose's only success came from Mark Addinall, who had a bull finish. Shepherd's Baz Davidson (2 x 180, 17
Beaver Patrol is taken to triumph in tomorrow's annual Royal Ascot cavalry charge, the Wokingham Handicap. Fulke Johnson-Houghton's gelding underlined his wellbeing at Epsom on Derby Day when winning a competitive six-furlong handicap. That victory
YORK'S motorcycle racers were in top form when the Auto 66 Club staged the eighth round of their Road Race Championship at Cadwell Park in Lincolnshire. Nick Richards took both victories in the Rookie 400 class and heads the championship table by 41
"WHAT country, friends, is this?" asked Viola, opening the first performance of Shakespeare In The Park Festival's Twelfth Night. The answer at this point seemed more Hull Road Park than Illyria, it being hard to block out the blustery storms of wind
MOTORCYCLING grasstrack stars from all over the country will be battling for national glory in Ryedale on Sunday. Pickering and District Motor Club are hosting the British Motorcycle Grasstrack Championships for 250cc and 350c solos, 500cc sidecars and
HARROGATE racer Philip House will go into his home race at Croft circuit next month full of confidence after finishing fourth and third in rounds seven and eight of the ELF Renault Clio Cup at Knockhill in Scotland. House, who is an instructor at
THE annual Barry Sheene Classic Superbike race is the highlight of the Cock o' the North Road Races at Scarborough's Oliver's Mount circuit on Saturday and Sunday, July 8 and 9. The Sheene race on the Sunday is over the track where the star racer gained
HARROGATE-BASED Lawrence Tomlinson enjoyed an unexpected victory at the Le Mans 24-hour race. Tomlinson, a driver for the Team LNT he owns, helped guide his Panoz Esperante GTLM car to an historic win in the GT2 class, beating more recognised manufacturers
THE members of a band based at a York school are hoping their student fans will propel them to national stardom through an online talent contest. I Love My Mullet is just one of the groups from the city bidding for a summer festival tour through Local
THE huge challenges faced by rural landowners and managers are to be thrashed out at a meeting in York. Agricultural students from the city's Askham Bryan College will join farmers and rural business leaders from throughout the Yorkshire region to discuss
HUNDREDS of teenage tycoons converged on York to take part in the finals of a youth business competition. More than 200 people gathered at the Yorkshire Museum earlier this week, to see four teams of young entrepreneurs compete in the Yorkshire final
WE all know how stressful the workplace can get. LUCY STEPHENS finds out about a relaxing Chinese breathing and movement technique, that "comes to the office". I AM breathing deeply, my feet apart, my hands in a prayer shape in front of me, as I
Personal trainer and former York City footballer Christian Fox writes a regular column on how to keep in shape. This week he discusses Core Training. THE buzzword of the physical therapy and fitness industries over the past few years has been
THE Diary can exclusively reveal today that Joan Scott is harbouring two illegal immigrants at her home. She has offered them sanctuary and keeps them hidden away at her home near Selby, keeping them fed and watered until it's safe for them to be integrated
EVERY year, my wife's family joins forces with assorted neighbours and friends to make a pilgrimage to The Press-sponsored Sunday Raceday. They descend on Knavesmire like an Acomb army in search of laughs, banter and the chance to make a few quid. I
THERE are few things more frustrating than finding one of those parking fines slapped on your car windscreen when you thought you'd parked perfectly legally. It may be that your parking permit wasn't displayed properly. Or it may be that you misunderstood
ONLY last week we brought you a string of moving, human stories that showed why our beleaguered NHS can still be the best in the world. Four readers told us how York's nurses and doctors turned their lives around for them. Quietly and without fanfare
HERE we go again. Yet another tax dreamed up by someone trying to justify their mega-salary. Apparently, from June 2007, anyone wishing to sell their property must pay for an energy rating certificate on top of the very expensive home-seller's package
MUCH of what Heather Causnett writes in her long (and no doubt error-free) letters to The Press is right and proper, compassionate and sensible, so why do I feel like a cross between Lady Macbeth and Wallis Simpson when reading them? After all, I haven't
YORK'S tourism industry is going terminally downhill if it thinks that lap-dancing clubs might be an acceptable addition to the city's product offering (Lap Dancers Target York, The Press, June 20). It has been suggested that such clubs might lead
REFERENCE Keith Chapman's letter regarding the photograph of the actor Jack Warner playing the title role in Dixon Of Dock Green (Police Service, June 21). The uniform has a bar of medal ribbons, which the officers of today can wear if they have been
OFFICIALLY we have Christmas time, spring time and summer time. Does "burn garden rubbish time" come under this category? Because as soon as the sunny weather comes, so does the smoke and smell of burning. We are fed up of our home smelling of smouldering
THANK you to The Press for pointing out the current problems facing the fish-and-chip trade given the high cost of fresh fish and potatoes (fuel did not even get a mention). However, compared with other types of takeaways, given that they are made
I AM just writing to thank Councillor Ann Reid for not abusing her position of power in order to rectify the condition of the road right outside her front door, thereby providing an exciting off-road opportunity in the west of York. I urge readers
INSTEAD of educating and rehabilitating children, you opt to exclude children for doing what children do, i.e. experiment. Now would be the ideal time to get to the bottom of their drug-taking, but you opt for the easy option and throw them on the
COME tip-toe through the holes with me, They haven't filled them in, you see. Step left, step right, just don't go straight, It's really bad outside one and eight, One and nine and twenty, too, Step carefully, please, don't catch your shoe. So
WITH reference to the incident at Fulford School (Drug Dealing Pupil Expelled, The Press, June 20), it seems to me that this public punishment is bad measurement by the school. If they were to award points for damage to the individual, then alcohol
AS the UK's leading child health, care and research charity, BDF Newlife hears every day from families with disabled children who are denied vital pieces of equipment. We have given grants to sick and disabled children and their families to fund equipment
The UK's parking policy is a mess and needs to be radically overhauled, a committee of MPs says. Despite a freeze on parking charges in York and a reduced evening parking charge, few people in the city would disagree. STEPHEN LEWIS and CHARLOTTE PERCIVAL
