BENENDEN Healthcare Society, the healthcare mutual with headquarters in York, has received an accolade of its creditworthiness. The society, which provides healthcare to public and third sector employees, has been classified as having a risk indicator
TEA UPDATE: Adam Lyth has struck another LV= County Championship half-century as Yorkshire’s fine day against Essex continues. The opener has reached 66 not out at tea to help the Tykes to 133-2, meaning they are now only 266 runs behind their hosts
GREEN-FINGERED youngsters from schools across York converged on York’s historic Guildhall for a cookery lesson. This year North Yorkshire County Caterers, who provide school meals for the majority of state schools in York and North Yorkshire, have formed
The next You Set The Scene Sunday Afternoon DJ Session is on Sunday 1st August, between 2pm and 6pm at the Habit Café bar (40 Goodramgate, York), with DJ’s playing 1960’s and 60’s influenced pop, psych, garage, girl groups and a whole lot more. Please
A FATHER and daughter had a lucky escape when fire broke out in an upstairs bedroom of their Haxby home. They managed to escape the property unharmed after being alerted by a smoke alarm fitted by firefighters two years ago as part of a safety
COMMERCIAL photographer Joe Dodsworth swapped York for New York for five days, and the results of his first taste of the Big Apple can be seen at The Living Room from this week. Billed as “York’s brightest new light in photography”, 20-year-old Joe
THE COALITION Government’s plans for business finance and tax simplification have got support from York business leaders. Jeremy Oliver, corporate finance director for York accountancy firm Garbutt & Elliott, said the Government’s planned Green Paper
We are 'Something Suspicious'. A York-based mature band of experienced musicians writing original material. We are looking for a bass player who is creative and open-minded. We do mostly original material with the odd cover. We like a variety
LUNCH UPDATE: Three wickets for Adil Rashid have seen Yorkshire dominate the morning session on day two of their LV= County Championship clash with Essex. The leg-spinner’s efforts have helped see the home side slump from their overnight score of 353
STRENSALL Youth Project has been awarded £25,000 from City of York Council. The money will mean facilities for young people can be updated in the village. Ward councillor Siân Wiseman, pictured, said she was “delighted”. She said: “We have been working
A SENIOR council officer has given reassurance that plans to develop the York North West site as an eco-community are still on track, despite funding cutbacks. David Caulfield, head of city development at City of York Council, said work was still continuing
ONCE Catherine Lee was a real-life personal assistant at Northern Rail. Now she is making a big success at being “virtual”. Catherine, of Oak Street, York, is managing director of Kaleidoscope Business Services Ltd and such are her skills providing
IT was not long ago that York-based Hunters Property Group Ltd was fighting for its survival. Those mad, bad days of 2007/2008 taught those at the helm this was not merely passing market conditions. This was the market and it takes a special person to
A YORK shop helped two young boys raise money to buy three wheelchairs for Help The Aged in memory of their grandmother, who suffered from arthritis. Alex Dale, aged nine, and his six-year-old brother Jamie, raised more than £1,500 in sponsorship when
YORK City midfielder Chris Carruthers limped out of last night’s 2-0 friendly defeat to Barnsley, but his injury is unlikely to rule him out for the start of the season. Carruthers was replaced after 43 minutes of the Bootham Crescent clash
A WIND farm off the Yorkshire coast is to create "massive" opportunities for businesses directly and indirectly related to renewables. Nick Taylor, Scarborough’s Renaissance manager, said the project to create up to 1,000 wind turbines in the ‘Greater
YORK City Knights have eased their worries in the pack by signing Ben Parkinson from Leeds Rhinos. The former Keighley Cougars and West Craven Warriors junior turns 21 in October so would be ineligible for the Rhinos’ under-20s grade next season, and
A York businessman will meet Prime Minister David Cameron at Downing Street tomorrow to discuss creating a National Citizen Service. The discussions will put Richard Bryan, managing director of Qa Research Ltd, of Brackenhill, in St George’s Place,
YORK-BORN Simon Dyson will return from a brief break next week aiming to have rediscovered his pinball wizardry. The man rated 75 in the world golf rankings will return to the European Tour in the 3 Irish Open at Killarney Golf Club in eight days, conscious
The goalkeeper who helped York City to defy the mighty Liverpool of the 1980s in their Anfield fortress is back with the Minstermen as he delightedly tells DAVE FLETT. YORK City’s new goalkeeping coach Andy Leaning is looking forward to
FORMER Leeds United striker Andy Gray bagged a brace as Barnsley enjoyed a 2-0 win at York City last night. Gray’s goals ensured the Minstermen lost their second pre-season friendly in four days to Championship opposition but, as in Saturday’s 1-0 home
RAVI Bopara provided the performance of the day as leaders Yorkshire began their LV= County Championship match with Essex at Chelmsford. The home side reached 353-6 after winning the toss, with England hopeful Bopara giving the Test selectors a timely
TWO of North Yorkshire’s top cricket teams will clash in a tantalising npower Village Cup quarter-final – with a trip to Lord’s tantalisingly within reach. Woodhouse Grange will travel to Sessay for the last-eight clash on Sunday, August 1, after both
A midweek deluge meant that only two games in the Foss Evening Cricket League reached a conclusion. The Retreat and Fulfordgate, in divisions two and three respectively, managed to steal a march on their rivals by claiming victories that move them
THE Hunters York & District Senior League suffered their first defeat of the Joe Lumb Under-17s cricket campaign as they went down by five wickets against Idle. Bradford won the toss at Idle and put the visitors in to bat on a damp pitch and York were
THE final of the Stephensons Junior Charity Cup between Hemingbrough and York II will be played at Osbaldwick CC on Thursday, at 6.15pm. In the semi-finals, Hemingbrough defeated Woodhouse Grange II in a tight finish, while York II were handed a walkover
BISHOPTHORPE White Rose Football Club Under-14s are looking for two new players to join their squad for the new York FA Minor League division one campaign. The club train at the sports ground in Ferry Lane, Bishopthorpe, every Saturday from 10am to
DARREN SMITH and Mark Falshaw stayed joint-top of the Pickering Singles Pool League after beating Paul Elgey and Joe Smith respectively. Smith won his first four frames to counter Elgey’s +2 handicap and went on to win 7-3. Falshaw and Smith were
Tim Easterby, who has already overtaken his total score for 2009, can continue his excellent campaign at Doncaster tomorrow evening. The Great Habton trainer, who sent out a treble at Ripon last Saturday, followed up with two more winners on Monday –
CANNABIS, class A drugs, dangerous weapons and thousands of pounds of suspected stolen property were seized in a day of police action. About 60 officers were involved in city-wide raids yesterday as part of Operation Maelstrom, which saw nine
SELF-APPOINTED ‘eco-champion’ John Cossham wants to ban cars within the city walls (The Press, July 17). His other name of Professor Fiddlesticks seems more appropriate. The city walls encompass a far larger area than the city centre. Significant residential
INTERNATIONAL hotel chain West Paces will operate the five star £30 million Raithwaite Hall Country Retreat when it opens near Whitby next summer. The announcement was made today by the York-based developer, the Skelwith Group, which has former
IS YORK really a cycling city? The council is reconsidering the Water End cycle lane provision because a few people who bought houses on a through road don’t like cars using their street as a through road. Closing off one road causes havoc in surrounding
I HAVE always been a railway enthusiast, especially of the steam age. Ever since the National Railway Museum moved to York, I have admired and supported it. Last week I visited the NRM and was shocked and saddened at what I saw, or more precisely, at
A MOTHER-OF-TWO who was banned from her York home following 75 allegations of antisocial behaviour has set up camp in a tent. Isabel Sellars was forced to leave her privately rented flat in Chapelfields Road for three months after police and
I WOULD like to comment on the building of a 22-ward psychiatric hospital on what’s left of the old Clifton Hospital site (The Press, July 13). During the flood of 2000, I can clearly remember the site being completely surrounded by water.
THE level of venomous, anti-Semitic response was worse than I predicted (Letters June 30). Israelis cannot be accused of occupying the land of Israel anymore than an Englishman can occupy England. It’s well documented that the Jews were living in the
I WOULD just like to protest about First York increasing its prices for the ninth time in seven years. It is completely unrealistic to ask someone to pay these prices every day to rely on public transport (The Press, July 16). This discourages the
ONE sees City of York Council congratulating its residents on how well they are reducing household waste going to the landfill tip, therefore reducing the amount council has to pay government for sending waste to landfill. However, councils including
HOW I agree with Charles Hutchinson’s account of the London presentation of The Railway Children (The Press, July 16). Like Charles, it was my third viewing. How proud I was to be a Yorkie and a supporter of the Theatre Royal. I was there at a matinee
COUNCIL bosses have approved a shake-up of York’s winter gritting policy to leave the city better-placed to deal with a repeat of last winter’s big freeze. More roads will be designated as “secondary routes”, so they can be cleared of snow
Ryedale Festival does what all festivals should but few do. It delves into parts of the repertory where other promoters fear to tread. RFO’s latest venture at the weekend was typical: a double bill of rare one-act operas. In fact, Britten’s The
ALAN Booty has taken his research for his latest stage role on to the streets of York. For one day, the actor worked with the City of York Council street-cleaning team as part of his preparation to play street cleaner Stevie in Paul Osborne
ROAD closures will be in place on Sunday for the York City Centre Cycle Races. Motorists will be forbidden from entering Davygate, Duncombe Place, Goodramgate, St Helen’s Square, Minster Yard, Church Street, Blake Street, Deangate and St Sampson’s
THIS was an offbeat gig, aptly off the beaten track, with a girl called Alessi Laurent-Marke and alas no ark. Her friend Rachael Dadd was there, however, just as they had been in tandem at City Screen in York in February. Present too was Ichi, the
Maureen East’s final walk this morning to the North Yorkshire village pre-school she founded 29 years ago will be filled with emotion. With her retirement, Brafferton Playmates Pre-school, which received the North Yorkshire Quality Assurance
ONE of the candidates to become the new leader of the Labour Party will be speaking in York tomorrow. Former Foreign Secretary David Miliband, who has thrown his hat into the ring to replace Gordon Brown as the head of the party
RESEARCH from the University of York has claimed older children are not sufficiently protected against abuse. The report, called Safeguarding Young People, found the needs of 11 to 17-year-olds were not always met by child protection processes, which
A FORMER soldier from York who was jailed for going AWOL in protest over the war in Afghanistan has spoken publicly for the first time since his release. Joe Glenton, 28, of New Earswick, served four months of his nine-month sentence after being released
A YORK man has been jailed for beating up his former girlfriend so badly she was left blind in one eye. Mark Carroll, 22, of Sycamore Avenue, New Earswick, was jailed at Teesside Crown Court for two years and eight months, after pleading guilty to inflicting
AN inquest has concluded that York army veteran Terry Walker’s experiences during the first Gulf War could have played a part in his death. Pathologist Dr Stuart Hamilton told the hearing there was no evidence Gulf War Syndrome had brought on the heart
The Lord Mayor of York, Councillor Susan Galloway, welcomed more than 50 guests to the city this week. Members of the Munster-York Association (or Partnershafts-verein, in German) met Coun Galloway and the Sheriff of York, Coun Richard Watson, during
MORE than £3.5 million of council tax and business rates cash went uncollected in York last year, according to a union’s analysis. The GMB says £2.038 million in council tax was not paid in the city during 2009/10, with a further £1.469 million in
YORK faces its floral D-Day tomorrow when Yorkshire in Bloom judges cast their eye over the city’s efforts. The team will tour the city for the final time before deciding whether its flora, fauna and street environment meets their gold standard and visit
A THIEF nicknamed the “Tome Raider” has been jailed for stealing rare books from the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). William Jacques, the son of a Selby farmer, was arrested in the town on Christmas Day over the theft of £40,000-worth of antique books
AN ENTERPRISING teenager, a dedicated team of conservationists and a pair of cheerful shopkeepers are the latest contenders in our Community Pride Awards. Peter Fitton, a Year Ten pupil at Canon Lee School, in York, has been put forward in
SELBY Community Primary pupils have launched the school’s new radio station. Star Radio will initially broadcast on the school intranet and also aid podcasting of key events on the school website. The new station has been planned for about a year,
COUNTY councillors are to discuss the proposed closure of Selby Magistrates’ Court and the impact on people who use the courts. The magistrates’ court is one of 103 across the country that has been lined up for closure by Her Majesty’s Court Service
A £10 MILLION York centre aimed at providing better mental health care for women is set to be approved despite a wave of objections from people living nearby. NHS North Yorkshire and York has drawn up plans for an extension to its current facilities
HELEN Ashby, head of knowledge and collections at the National Railway Museum (NRM), did not know what she was letting herself in for when the NRM’s celebrity boss, seven year old director of fun Sam Pointon, requested a meeting on the museum floor
PLANS for a merger of two Catholic primary schools in York are back on track after the original blueprint for a new building was withdrawn. The Diocese of Middlesbrough has tweaked its proposals for a purpose-built facility on the site of the current
YORK couples have been hit by the collapse of holiday company Goldtrail, the latest in a line of problems affecting the travel industry. Nigel Reeson, of Strensall, is due to marry Sandra Snowden on August 4, on the Greek island of Zante. Nigel was
FRIENDS and family have paid tribute to Second World War veteran George Barrett, who has died at the age of 86. Mr Barrett, of York, was a flight engineer on a Halifax bomber during the war, and was shot down over Germany in 1943, where he was captured
