YORK is to become a home headquarters for soldiers serving in Afghanistan and Iraq for the next four years. The city's MP, Hugh Bayley, said the move means the city will get back its 2-star army general, a prestigious posting which was lost when the
COLD-CALLING zones aimed at combating rogue traders are to be introduced in York. A pilot scheme will be launched in October, followed by a roll-out across the city. Andrew Waller, City of York Council's executive member for neighbourhood services,
A CITY centre hotel in York has expanded its VIP (Very Important Pets) scheme - by offering city walks for visiting pooches. The Best Western Monkbar Hotel is providing walks with pictures taken at "dog's eye" level, that point out dog-friendly attractions
DOORSTEP recycling could be on the way to remaining York homes, thanks to work on a new scheme at the University of York. Councillors have approved a new service for communal student areas on the Heslington campus, which have previously proved difficult
LEE Nicholson was twice the drink-drive limit when he drove towards people on playing fields in the dark. As pedestrians dodged out of the way, his car hit Jack French, throwing him over his Ford's bonnet, up the windscreen and over the car. When Mr
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THE inaugural meeting of a new York gambling support group - launched after The Press reported on the death of a gambling addict - has been hailed as a great success. Alfred Redpath, a retired bingo hall manager who has set up the York Gambling Service
NOW that's what you call hitting the jackpot. York Minster has won £10 million of lottery funding. The cash means a massive project to restore the Minster's East Front and Great East Window can continue. Smaller schemes to create a new piazza outside
TIME was, long ago, when £20,000 would buy a family home that most of us could only dream of. And what does it buy today? Half a single garage in York. Today we report that a brick garage off Bootham has sold for £40,000. We know that parking in
FIXING the newly-framed production poster to the bar wall in press-night tradition, Alan Ayckbourn mused on how Relatively Speaking had been performed everywhere from Saskatchewan to Murmansk. Productions in Scarborough, however, have been relatively
THIS Labour Government is like Rip Van Winkle, in that it always seems to be asleep when trouble calls. Last year, during a major drought, there was water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink, because much of it was seeping away through leaking
I'M sorry to say that flying the flag and being proud to be British is getting harder and harder. I personally am proud to be British, but I am sorry to say there is not a lot of encouragement to do so, because so few of the flags have labels saying
RECENTLY, The Press has published pictures of several York primary schools having a prom. This was an American tradition where the most senior students leaving school celebrated this event in the school gym. In recent years, this event has transferred
A COLD wind has blown down Priory Street. It didn't swirl up the litter or rustle the leaves, but it should rattle the conscience of every decent citizen of York. I refer to the last AGM of the Disability Information & Advice Centre (DIAC) which reluctantly
TWELVE strangers ended a battered woman's months-long ordeal when they acquitted her of stabbing the man who tormented her. Abusive boyfriend Ian Holdsworth confessed in the witness box he had beaten Elaine Davies up for years after both he and a senior
CITY of York Council is increasingly under pressure from the Government to go green. York residents for numerous years now have been trying their best to help and go green, and a good job they're doing. City of York Council provides a productive waste
I WOULD like to thank Mr Collingwood for taking the trouble to reply to my letter (Christian values, July 19). Having lived through the years where religious education was taught in schools, then gradually diminished, while at the same time loutish
THE Conservatives have just had two very poor by-election results, coming third at Sedgefield and at Ealing Southall. Leader David Cameron faces a vote of no confidence from within his own party. Labour is well ahead again in the polls. The country
SCOTTISH comedy legend Billy Connolly is to play the Futurist Theatre, Scarborough on September 20 and 21 at 8pm. Tickets cost £30 on 01723 365789 or 374500. "Billy Connolly's visit underlines once again the importance of the Futurist as the fifth
I AGREE entirely with the idea of a city-centre swimming pool as part of the Hungate development, but would go a step further, and provide a gym/fitness centre, too. I can hear the doom-merchants screeching already ("Not enough space", "Why should
AUSTRALIAN Jim Jeffries and Canadian Glenn Wool form the international double bill for Sunday's Edinburgh Preview night at the Other Side Comedy Club. "This weekend sees the last of our nine Edinburgh previews, and all but one of them so far sold out
BLACK Comedy @ The Black Swan's fortnightly format may be taking a summer break but promoter James Christopher has organised a one-off free show for Tuesday night featuring Edinburgh-bound Andy Watson. "I want to say a massive thanks to everyone who's
I WAS surprised at Yvette Cooper's recent call for mixed housing. People who buy their own homes invest in and cherish them, and do not want social housing anywhere near them. It all too frequently brings neighbours from hell. People want neighbours
HOW has former Royal Ballet principal ballerina Marguerite Porter talked actor Samantha Bond into dancing on stage at the Grand Opera House on Sunday? "We first met almost exactly 16 years ago. I know that because I was heavily pregnant with my first
MEET the boys, the boys to entertain you in the Live Nation Stage Experience production of Lionel Bart's evergreen musical Oliver! at the Grand Opera House, York. In the blue team are Joe Hill's Oliver and Reece McMahon's the Artful Dodger, alternating
Fado singer Mariza, returning to the Harrogate International Festival for the first time since 2004. When were your first seduced by Fado, the melancholic folk music of Portugal, and why? When did you first take to singing it? "My family came to
THE Otterby Band performs The Ballad Of Jonathan Martin, the story in words and music of the 19th century eccentric who tried to burn down York Minster, at the Black Swan Folk Club, York, on Thursday. Martin was born in Norton, near Stockton on Tees
YORK blues and country singer Suzy Martell plays the Black Swan Inn, Peasholme Green, York, tomorrow at 8pm with guitarist Gary Boyle and bass player Steve Richardson. Admission is £3.
MOSTLY Autumn will return to the Grand Opera House, York, on November 9 to celebrate the release of their latest album, Heart Full Of Sky. For tickets details, ring 0870 606 3595. The York band are on a high after being invited to open for Bryan Adams
NOT even the floods can stand in the way of Armonico Consort making its Harrogate International Festival with an opera featuring acrobatics, puppetry and dance. "My car was written off in the floods; it got caught in the flood water just outside my
THE York premiere of We Will Rock You is the fastest-selling show ever by York Stage Musicals. Now in its sixth year in the West End, the Queen and Ben Elton musical will be staged at the Grand Opera House from September 10 to 15, with a cast of 50
THE introductory meeting and first rehearsal for York Stage Musicals' autumn production of Brassed Off will be held at St Aelred's Community Centre, York, on August 7. New members and regulars alike should arrive by 7.30pm, and anyone needing more
THE new dates for Stagecoach Youth Theatre York's rearranged production of Just So are September 25 to 29 at the Stagecoach Studio Theatre, Trinity Hall, Monkgate, York. Robert Readman's production had been scheduled to run from July 17 to 21 until
CURRY, we are constantly being told, is the nation's favourite food. For many Britons, the tastes of the sub-continent have become as familiar as apple pie and fish and chips and, rightly or wrongly, curries are intrinsically associated with lager
SITUATED two miles east of Helmsley on the A170, this farm shop and tearoom opened about two months ago. We found the car park almost full. Why? For a start, there was a falconry display in an adjacent field. Also, staff from the local school were
THOUSANDS of York residents could be told to go through their rubbish with a fork, before it is collected. The advice has been issued by City of York Council, to try to stop garden waste getting stuck to the 60,000 green bins around the city. Councillors
Shed Seven's two Yorkshire shows on their one-off Greatest Hits reunion tour have sold out already, prompting the York band to arrange a second night at Leeds University on December 9. All tickets have gone for gold for the Sheffield Leadmill on December
MANY years ago, when mobile phones were the size and weight of a breeze block and scampi was a daring restaurant order, bass player Joe Passey initiated the Pickering Jazz Festival. Over the years, the festival has grown in fame as the phones have
THE Hair release their second single this week on limited-edition white vinyl with 200 individually designed sleeves designed by the band from York and Leeds. Disco/Retro already has received support from the BBC's Steve Lamacq and XFM's Dave Haslam
KOKOLO swap New York for old York when the Afrobeat sevenpiece play The Junction, in Leeman Road, on Tuesday. The spiky American brass-funk combo will be touring Latvia, Estonia, Russia, Lithuania and France, as well as Britain, in July and August
Ska Dance Craze, the travelling 2Tone ska revue, is on its way to The Junction, York, on August 4 in the latest promotion by Paul Williams of YorkSka Promotions. "It's the biggest event the revue has put together yet as they come from Scotland but
ROSE Donaghy so liked what she saw on her February visit to York that she bought two business premises on the same day. You may have read the quick-off-the-mark Graeme Robertson's Quick Eats review of Circles Café last Friday, and now Rose has opened
SELBY artist John Thornton, a frequent exhibitor at Kentmere House, in Scarcroft Hill, York, is showing new work at the gallery from next Saturday to the end of September. Thornton, a member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists, was the best-selling
Motoring Editor STEVE NELSON gets behind the wheel of Audi's big new coupés. It has taken Audi a long time to return to the coupé sector. In fact, you would have to go right back to 1996, when its S2 coupé ceased production, to find the last example
ONE if the icons of the construction industry who helped to set up Yorkon, the award-winning York-based Portakabin subsidiary, retires today. Keith Blanchard, 62-year-old sales director of Portakabin and a director of Yorkon, brings to an end more than
ROLAWN, the rapidly-expanding Elvington-based turf grower, will be growing new buildings as well as grass. Next month, work begins on a new extension to its administrative head office, which will see the building expand by 60 per cent, from 6,000 sq
RED Pyramid has become a significant player in the second-hand car market in York during the last few years. Next month, the company will reach an important landmark, with its move to a new showroom. The garage is not exactly travelling far - the new
HAS the miserable summer weather turned us all SWISS? CHARLOTTE PERCIVAL and STEPHEN LEWIS report. YOU'VE heard of SAD, no doubt - that unaccountable depression that often afflicts us during the long winter months. It actually stands for Seasonal
More and more women are turning to alternative therapies like acupuncture during pregnancy, reports mum-to-be LUCY STEPHENS. LOOKING after yourself becomes a top priority when your body goes through the incredible journey of pregnancy. Current NHS
COUNCIL bosses spent more than £600,000 last year on consultants, lawyers and experts, ahead of their relocation to Hungate. The Press has obtained details of money spent and received by City of York Council in 2006/07 on their move to new headquarters
Personal trainer Christian Fox writes a regular column on how to get in shape. This week he focuses on the importance of proteins. HIGH protein, low carbohydrate diets are a hot topic at the moment. Body builders are snatching, grabbing, and
I was invited to play a part in the recent "Lock Em Inn" zero- tolerance campaign targeting antisocial behaviour in the city centre. My minor role was to provide the equipment for offenders to use if they were caught urinating, spewing or emitting
A QUICK dash to the country estate, which just happens to be in the middle of a flooded area. Luckily, the waters had been kept at bay by the butler and other domestic staff lying across the doorways in impressive acts of self-sacrifice. I tip them
A SINGLE brick garage has been sold in York city centre for a staggering £40,000. The sum - believed to be a record for York and £2,500 more than the guide price - was paid for a garage situated near the Bootham Row car park, just off Bootham and Gillygate
THEY were singing and dancing at York Racecourse after fears the only evening race meeting on Knavesmire would have to be called off because of the wet weather. Thousands of people assembled in the open were wowed by Abba tribute band Bjorn Again last
A POPULAR York rugby league player has vowed to battle on as long as possible after being diagnosed with a rare form of terminal cancer. Father-of-three Lee McTigue, who turned 29 on Tuesday, was playing National Conference League rugby with York Acorn
HEWORTH ARLC will kick off their National Conference League division two season with a home tie against last season's surprise package, Millom. York Acorn, meanwhile, will begin their division one campaign with an intriguing tie on the road, away to
It would appear that most club secretaries in the York area had crystal balls when booking their match calendars this season. After yet another week of almost constant rain, most have shunned the rivers and headed for still waters. Perhaps they should
YORK'S CCTV network has been praised after it led to the arrest of people wanted by police. City of York Council's CCTV operators helped police arrest people wanted in connection with the theft of money and cheques from a York store earlier this week
A TAG rugby league tournament is being arranged in Lee McTigue's honour. Cancer victim McTigue is unlikely to be able to play, but wants as many friends and team-mates - and old rivals - to take part as possible. Teams are likely to come from York's
Yorkshire leg-spin twins Adil Rashid and Mark Lawson came down to earth with a bump before torrential rain wiped out the last 55 overs on the second day of the LV Championship match against Kent at Scarborough yesterday. Both bowlers soaked up some heavy
Yorkshire's championship match against Worcestershire, which was due to start at New Road on August 14, has been switched to Kidderminster because of flooding at Worcestershire's base. The England and Wales Cricket Board have ruled that Worcestershire's
YORK City's home match with Forest Green Rovers has been brought forward to Friday, August 24, kick-off 7.45pm. The fixture, originally scheduled for August 25, has been switched at the request of City boss Billy McEwan, who wants to give his players
THIRTEEN-time World darts champion Phil "The Power" Taylor is asking players in York "Are you Worthy?". Worthington's is looking for the best amateur pub and club darts players to take part in the Worthington's Masters - a knockout tournament in local
ON an ill-starred day when there was no yellow jersey paraded on the Tour de France after the dramatic sacking of erstwhile race leader Michael Rasmussen, York's Charles Wegelius improved his overall standing. Wegelius, who first took to a bike while
CITY of York athlete Richard Buck is today gunning for a place on the world stage. The 20-year-old, who is based in Pickering, runs in the first round of the AAA World Championship trials at Sport City, in Manchester, tonight at 6.30pm. The semi-finals
THE 40th York Open bowls tournament will enter the semi-final stage at Clarence Gardens from 10am today. Gill and Ray Clark will take on Sandra Winters and Alan Close in the last four of the mixed pairs, with Zoe Eagles and Scott Burrell facing Eric
THE fastest leg of the week in the John Smith's Bulmers Men's Darts League came from Shepherds' Kev Walton (180 for 15). He was well supported by Heath Scaife (180 and 21), Keith Jones (20), Andy Barker (19) and Chas Ramsden (20) in a 7-2 win over Sun
DANDY Nicholls took yet another sprint crown when 9-2 shot Northern Dare struck for the Thirsk-based trainer in the First TransPennine Express Stakes at York Racecourse. The three-year-old led early, was ridden on, stretched away with two furlongs remaining
Once vaunted as the next great roach river, the River Aire now looks to be showing its bream credentials as well. Despite the lower reaches of the river around Beal, near Selby, carrying more than a foot of extra water for Saturday's 45-peg open, small
IN-FORM York will be aiming to extend their lead at the top of the Oxbridge Yorkshire ECB County Premier League when they travel to Sheffield United tomorrow (noon). The Clifton Parkers opened up an 11 point gap at the summit last weekend with back-to-back
Knavesmire Harriers Running Club ladies gave an excellent team performance in the York and District Summer League. The ladies team came first overall in the quality summer league by beating rivals York Acorn, and overall first in the series. The final
A bumper eight-race card at York tomorrow is highlighted by Derby runner-up Eagle Mountain making the long journey from Tipperary to contest the day's feature race. The Group 2 Skybet York Stakes is the target for Aidan O'Brien's classy colt, who comes
A MASSIVE project to restore York Minster's crumbling East Front and create a stylish new entranceway is to go ahead after the cathedral hit the lottery jackpot. The Heritage Lottery Fund has handed its biggest ever sum to York with a £10 million grant
IT was a dream come true for Sam Enwright. Literally. For 20 years, the sub-contractor has been an annual member at York. For most of that time, he has yearned to have his own thoroughbred run on the Knavesmire track. Last month, not only was that itch
If you don’t look after yourself, don’t be surprised if others do so at your expense. Sylvia and I are joint, full time carers of each other, and are rarely separated now in our 79th year. I did manage to get to my first local ward meeting last night
YORK Racecourse chief executive William Derby said he was pleased racing was able to continue following an inspection of the track after the second race. But the track chief, who is also clerk of the course, said it was proper that the correct procedures
A NEW road safety drive is being launched in York aimed at the city's businesses and commuters. City of York Council is encouraging employers to consider the dangers faced by their staff on the roads, and have issued an information pack. Tom Foxton,
WITH the rain expected to lash Ascot, Scorpion could pull off a sting in tomorrow's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Aidan O'Brien's high-class Dylan Thomas heads the market but with the Ballydoyle trainer expressing concerns about the conditions
DEVELOPERS of eco-friendly housing in New Earswick have been forced to delay the project after heavy rains wrecked building work. The homes were part of a design and build competition staged by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation in a bid to provide a mix
THE Government has been accused of snubbing the York area in its latest efforts to improve Britain's rail network. Julian Sturdy, the Tory parliamentary candidate for the York Outer seat, claims overcrowding on trains in Yorkshire has been virtually
ANIMAL welfare campaigners are preparing to target a controversial circus when it arrives in York next month. Zippos Circus, which features horses and birds, including budgies, will be on Knavesmire from August 7 to 12. York Action For Animals (YAFA
YORK'S first independent allotmenteers need help from a business keen to prove its green credentials. As the demand for allotments in the city has gained pace, residents in Wheldrake had to organise their own allotment site. The nearest alternative
YORK'S weather may have resembled a monsoon recently - and now eco-warriors have created another link between the city and India. Environmental volunteers took part in simultaneous projects to clear up waste in both York and Moira, Goa. In Fishergate
FOOTBALL'S coming home to two rural villages after plans for a new sports ground were given the go-ahead. Monk Fryston Football Club has been given the green light to build a new development in Stocking Lane, Hillam, near Selby. Villagers in Hillam
