Archive
-
Date
Wanted York man arrested in city
A WANTED York man whose disappearance sparked a city-wide manhunt has been arrested today. North Yorkshire Police has confirmed officers arrested Ryan Macleod, 21, at a house in Clifton at 12.25pm. He was wanted for questioning in connection with
-
Date
North Yorkshire council leader to quit
THE leader of a North Yorkshire council has today announced he is to quit in the spring for "personal reasons". Topcliffe councillor Neville Huxtable, who has led Hambleton District Council for the last three years, said he was confirming his decision
-
Date
York Golf Range and Course
www.yorkgolfrange.co.uk Contact Details Tel: 01904 499275 York Golf Range Towthorpe Moor Lane, Towthorpe, York YO32 9ST About York Golf Range Set in beautiful countryside on the outskirts of York, York Golf Range and Course
-
Date
York accountants merge to create £12 million turnover firm
YORK accountancy firm Barron & Barron has merged with Barber Harrison & Platt, an independent firm of chartered accountants and business advisors based in Sheffield. The merged firm will have a turnover approaching £12 million and a team
-
Date
Drax powers ahead with £700 million project
DRAX Power Station expects to convert its first generating unit to biomass by April following a "pivotal" year. Clarity from the Government last year on its support for biomass meant Drax has been able to push ahead with £700 million investment
-
Date
Portraits In Song, York Theatre Royal Studio, February 21 and 22
ELIZABETH Mansfield is no stranger to portraying luminaries of the past. You may recall her portrayal of Marie Lloyd, saucy queen of the music hall, in the York Theatre Royal Studio in a one-woman show in April 2010 or her remarkable interpretation
-
Date
Results have to improve quickly, declare York City board
YORK City’s board want to see an improvement in the club’s results at Oxford United on Saturday. Saturday’s 2-1 home defeat against Barnet meant the Minstermen extended their run without a victory to eight matches and communications director Sophie
-
Date
Knights’ tie-up with Uni goes to the Crux of the matter
JAMES FORD reckons York City Knights will benefit from years to come if the club’s arrangement with York St John University becomes officially permanent. The Championship outfit have a partnership effectively in place with St John whereby the club
-
Date
Ex-Knights chief’s French connection
Wakefield’s Richard Agar – the former York City Knights coach – has been appointed as France’s new head rugby league coach. The Wildcats head coach, who was shortlisted for the England job two years ago, takes over from Frenchman Aurelien Cologni
-
Date
York Acorn in the hunt for title conquest
DIVISION four leaders York Acorn extended their unbeaten run to 14 games with a 6-0 win over Huntington in the York Minster Engineering Football League. Leigh Dutton and Connor Larne both struck twice for Acorn to add to a strike from Steve Abbott
-
Date
Buoyant Pickering Town aim to scale Grange hill for semi
Pickering Town manager Jimmy Reid believes tonight’s North Riding Senior Cup clash is hugely important, writes Mark Smith. “It’s a massive game and a great chance to get to the semi-final,” said Reid after masterminding the Pikes rise to their
-
Date
Yorkshire bowler Iain Wardlaw in line for international cap
Yorkshire seamer Iain Wardlaw is in line to win his first international cap after being chosen in the Scotland squad for their tour to UAE, where they will play a series of matches against Afghanistan later this month. The Dewsbury-born 27-year-old
-
Date
Sponsor appeal in final flourish
YORK Ladies ARLC are seeking sponsors for a tracksuit and T-shirts ahead of their Women’s Rugby League Plate final on March 31. The team reached the final for the third successive year by deservedly beating Huddersfield Ladies 32-0 in the last
-
Date
Sheriff Hutton Bridge cricket nets
SHERIFF Hutton Bridge Cricket Club will start their indoor nets at the Mount School in Dalton Terrace, York, on Sunday, March 3. Sessions will be held each Sunday until April 7, apart from Easter Sunday, March 31. Each session starts at 10am
-
Date
Golf: Dyson dips in world rankings
YORK-BORN golf ace Simon Dyson, who is not due to return to the European Tour until next week’s Tshwane Open, has dropped two places to 83rd position in the newly-released world rankings. Out of the qualification places for the first World Golf
-
Date
Swallow Hall Golf Club
www.swallowhall.co.uk Contact Details Tel: 01904 448889 Swallow Hall, Crockey Hill, York YO19 4SG About the Golf Club SWALLOW Hall at Crockey Hill, near York, was founded in 1991 as a nine-hole golf course. A further nine
-
Date
Karate: Semi-finals bow for South Milford stars
With karate hoping to be introduced into the 2020 Olympics, Yorkshire could have more sporting heroes in years to come, writes Dale Harris. Fighters of the British Goshin-Kai club, in South Milford, showed there could be a bright future ahead following
-
Date
Darts: Tramways' Lowery hits back after Walnut fest
WALNUT Tree’s players hit the tons as Becky Thompson (2 x 100), Sandra Winters, Babs Harrison and captain Diane Moreland (121, 100) gave them the upper hand and a 4-0 lead at Tramways in York John Smith’s Ladies Darts League division one. However
-
Date
Bruce Springsteen to play Leeds Arena
BRUCE Springsteen has made a special request to play the Leeds Arena this summer, six weeks ahead of its official opening in September. The American rock veteran and his E Street Band will give the 13,500-seat venue an impromptu road test on July
-
Date
Why not use this for the homeless?
When I read that Dr Sentamu was heading the campaign to stamp out poverty, aided by “the best brains in York”, I thought: “Wow! Things are really happening.” Then, as the weeks rolled by, I noticed that poverty was still with us, just as that old-time
-
Date
Children and foxes
AS PRODUCER of the film A Minority Pastime, an investigation into hunting, narrated by Sir Patrick Stewart, I cannot help but respond to the letter of February 16 recommending that children should view hunting. I got involved in the issue of hunting
-
Date
Looking back at it now
THANK YOU for printing in your edition of February 14 under the title “Great Expectations” my letter expressing reservations about the Press Association’s item concerning King Alfred. Thank you, also, for amending the tone of my letter, which,
-
Date
Another one down...
THIS plane I and many others witnessed being shot down by three Spitfires of City of Glasgow squadron over Bo’ness on the River Forth on October 16, 1939. The bullet damage is remarkably close to the damage shown on the plane in the picture of
-
Date
Hockey: York men’s I lose out to basement side Formby
OUT-OF-FORM City of York men’s I slumped to a 3-1 defeat at basement side Formby in the North Hockey League premier division. York started well and opened the scoring when Lee Cuffe smartly deflected in a pass from Alex Cockram. The teams then
-
Date
What is tradition?
GAY marriage is looming and this has stirred many reactions. Traditionalists insist this will undermine what marriage stands for, but will it really? Half of all couples live together nowadays as they don’t believe in marriage, of those who do
-
Date
‘Patchy’ repairs
I AM concerned about what appears to be ‘patchy’ repair work that has been done in the King’s Square/Shambles area. I realise that repair work does have to take place, but I was also under the impression that this part of York was in a conservation
-
Date
Take boards down
IT IS the time of year when ‘to let’ signs appear in residential areas around the University of York. I know students are moving on and the landlords need new tenants but why, once a new agreement has been made, must ‘let agreed’ signs go up and blight
-
Date
This is why, Dennis
I REFER to Dennis Barton’s letter of February 16 in which he requested me to give my reasons for supporting a freeze in council tax. In the unlikely eventuality that Labour members defy the whip and their leader Coun James Alexander’s politically
-
Date
Flaxby Golf & Country Club
www.flaxbygolf.com Contact Details Tel: 01423 863444 Flaxby Golf Club Flaxby, Knaresborough, HG5 0RR About the Golf Club SITUATED in an ideal position between Harrogate and York, Flaxby Golf & Country Club is aiming to
-
Date
Help appreciated
I WISH to say a sincere thank-you to the young woman first-aider at Asda, Monks Cross. Recently, my son suffered a couple of seizures. This woman saw our distress and came to help. She was so sincere and in control. She stayed with us until we
-
Date
Oh, really, Heather
Oh dear, once again Heather Causnett focuses all the blame for the ills of child nurture on the mothers (Letters, February 18). Are there no violent, addictive, neglectful and slovenly fathers? After all, children have two parents, and surely the
-
Date
Denis O’Regan tipped for Wetherby win on Whispering Gallery
Denis O’Regan, who is booked to team up with North Yorkshire hope Cape Tribulation in next month’s Cheltenham Gold Cup, can figure among the winners at Wetherby today. O’Regan, based at Newmarket, partners Whispering Gallery for his main trainer
-
Date
It’s a picture of chaos, isn’t it?
THIS photograph, taken at 15.45 on February 15, is a good illustration of the problems with vehicular access at York Station. The silver car is reversing out of the traffic jam in Tea Room Square, where a BT Police officer was trying to get traffic
-
Date
February 19
100 years ago Nottingham Tabernacle, one of the largest Baptist churches in that city, and situated in the principal thoroughfare, had been let to a cinematograph company, who would use it as a picture theatre on weekdays. On Sundays, services
-
Date
Wonder if I could manage all that?
IT’S time for a career change, and an exciting challenge has just been readvertised. The salary is a distinctly competitive £133,000 a year, and while I’m not sure about other benefits I know it includes a nice office up near Northallerton. My
-
Date
Quick-thinking mum saved Holly’s life
A TEENAGER who was struck down with life-threatening meningitis says her mum’s quick-thinking helped save her life. York College student Holly Batten, 18, says she is lucky to be alive after contracting meningococcal meningitis and she says it
-
Date
High-tech massage ‘bed’ looks to future
MAXINE GORDON tries the high-tech massage that claims to reach parts other treatments can only dream of IT ALL looks very high-tech. On the treatment couch are a range of sturdy blue ‘cushions’, some with patches of black, rubberised nodules, others
-
Date
There’s too much choice in life nowadays
LIFE was so much simpler in the old days. I’ll give you an example: the other night, my daughters fancied a take-away. Chinese? Indian? Italian? McDonalds? After much debate they settled on Greek (my youngest was desperate to try a kebab). When
-
Date
Scarborough brewery's new ale finds a place in football fans’ Hearts
TWO young beer businesses have been boosted by trade from local fans of Scottish football. Scarborough brewery the North Riding Brew Pub and Yorkshire Ales beer shop in Snaith have had to start a waiting list after releasing a beer in association
-
Date
Pioneering medical method passes safety review
A YORK regenerative medical device company is targeting the fast-growing market for soft-tissue knee repairs after receiving positive results in pre-clinical studies. Clinical studies can now begin in Europe following a regulatory review of Tissue
-
Date
Summersgills Auctioneers expansion is ‘biggest change’
A FAMILY antiques business is expanding into its own premises. Summersgills Auctioneers has moved into the Auction Centre at Roxby House Estate in Easingwold. Auctioneer Tim Summersgill said the move was the biggest change in the business’s
-
Date
Woman killed in traffic collision named
A WOMAN who died in a road traffic accident near Bridlington yesterday has been named. Jennie Stone, 28, died when the blue Peugeot 206 she was driving was involved in a collision on the A165 at Fraisthorpe, East Yorkshire, at about 9.15am yesterday
-
Date
Pensioner misled over home improvements receives £2,000
A VULNERABLE elderly woman with learning difficulties has received £2,000 from City of York Council after she was misled over home improvements – including being sold insulation she did not need. The woman, who has not been named, was victim to
-
Date
Council apprentices urged to see what future may hold
APPRENTICES employed by City of York Council celebrated after the council was included in a “roll of honour” on the National Apprenticeships website. The council will share its experiences with organisations around the city during National Apprenticeship
-
Date
Teens in court on York murder charge
TWO teenagers have appeared before Leeds Crown Court accused of murdering a 50-year-old Acomb man last month. Liam Wyard, 19, of no fixed address, and a 16-year-old from Acomb, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, are alleged to have attacked
-
Date
CCTV crackdown on rogue drivers in York
A CCTV crackdown on York’s city-centre streets could lead to £100,000 in driver fines over the next two years. City of York Council is set to introduce a “controlled zone” covering Coppergate, Piccadilly and Stonebow, which will see cameras catch
-
Date
Police seek driver who failed to stop
A CYCLIST suffered a broken wrist in a crash in York. The accident happened at about 7.15pm on Saturday, February 2, as the 20-year-old cyclist approached traffic lights at the junction of Tang Hall Lane. A police spokesman said an old, dark
-
Date
Potash mine firm’s distribution deal
SIRIUS Minerals, the company behind a proposed potash mine in North Yorkshire, has signed a marketing agreement with Swiss fertiliser distribution company Keytrade AG. Keytrade will market up to 1.75 million tonnes per year of polyhalite, known
-
Date
Chainsaws sold from back of van
RESIDENTS in villages around Selby have been urged to remain vigilant, after the occupants of a blue Transit van were seen selling chainsaws, which police suspect had been stolen. Sightings of the van have been reported in Sherburn-in-Elmet and
-
Date
Training spaces offered
BUSINESSES and organisations are being urged to offer vacant places on training courses to the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector. A new initiative, Training4Good, is to be launched by community interest company Creating Space
-
Date
Big fun with little trains at the National Railway Museum
CHEFS from the National Railway Museum café in York tested out these ride-on locomotives ahead of their Big Fun With Little Trains event. The event is a showcase of toys and model trains, ranging from children’s pedal trains to rides on miniature
-
Date
The Beautiful Meme in running for creative award
CREATIVE agency The Beautiful Meme has been shortlisted for the second year running in the Transform Awards. The York company won gold in the Best Tone Of Voice category in last year’s awards, which attract entries from across Europe, for its work
-
Date
Vikings take to the streets of York
VIKING warriors have taken to the streets of York again, as part of the city’s annual Viking Festival. Sigwulf and Fastwulf, or Neil Tattersal and Stuart Perry, took part in a fight at the Guildhall, organised by History’s Maid on behalf of the
-
Date
Tributes paid to former Lord Mayor
TRIBUTES have been paid to a former Lord Mayor of York following his death at the age of 92. Cyril Waite, who held the civic role in 1986/87 and spent 23 years as a Labour councillor for Heworth, kept his political passion after retiring from City
-
Date
Family thank all in search for Barbara Colling
THE familiy of Barbara Colling, the missing woman from Helmsley who was found dead following an extensive search of North Yorkshire, have thanked all those involved in the search. Lizzy Firmin and Rob Colling, Barbara’s children, said: “We have
-
Date
Children's heart surgery ruling due in March
A High Court judge hopes to rule early next month on the legality of proposed changes to children's heart surgery services, including proposals to close the heart unit at Leeds General Infirmary. Mrs Justice Nicola Davies, sitting in London, said
-
Date
Man arrested after break-in attempt
POLICE scoured a Selby village in the early hours after a terrified householder awoke to hear burglars trying to get into his house. Ten officers, some with dogs, were called to The Gardens, Camblesforth, after the householder disturbed two raiders
-
Date
Man suffers serious head injury in A19 crash
A MAN is in hospital with serious head injuries after he was hit by a lorry today, minutes after being involved in a separate accident. The 35-year-old from Thirsk was driving south on the A19 early this morning when his black Ford Focus collided
-
Date
Dedicated Dawn in Yorkshire Marathon pledge
A PAINFUL broken shoulder in her first week of training will not stop a determined York woman from running her first-ever full marathon. Dawn May, 51, tripped on an uneven paving slab just days after our picture was taken, stopping her training
-
Date
Chance for training and to be on TV
A PERSONAL trainer based in York is looking for novice female runners who have entered the Yorkshire Marathon to take part in a training programme with her and Look North. Babs Shiells, who is working with BBC presenter Harry Gration as he prepares
-
Date
Charity funding source to close
CHARITIES in North Yorkshire are advised that a major charitable funding source is to close. The J Paul Getty Jnr Charitable Trust, which has given grants of nearly £70 million over 26 years, is to be wound down, its trustees have said. Harrogate
-
Date
New city centre footstreet times to begin next month
A DECISION to make York’s streets free of cars for longer will come into effect next month, a letter to city centre properties has announced. The hours when the city’s footstreet rules apply and vehicles are restricted will be extended for ten
-
Date
Crafty winners receive their prizes
THE winners of a competition to promote the reuse of recycled materials among school children have received their prizes. Naomi Sharp and Finn Baqai won the Craftcyclers competition, run by City of York Council and local publisher Junkcraft Books
-
Date
Former jeweller’s store could become office
A FORMER jeweller’s store in York city centre could be turned into an office for a financial or professional services company. Azendi in Colliergate closed last year and the building has been empty since. Its owners say there has been little
-
Date
Pocklington police to continue nuisance crackdown
POLICE in Pocklington are continuing town centre patrols to help stop antisocial behaviour. The patrols include regular checks in and around businesses in New Street after reports of youths causing annoyance and drinking at the rear of the disused
-
Date
Bar and café plan for former Army & Navy Store premises
ONE of the biggest empty shops in York city centre looks set to be turned into a bar and café. Council planners have approved proposals to convert the old Army & Navy Stores at the top of Fossgate, which closed last summer after 93 years.
-
Date
York woman heading to India to see importance of safe water and sanitation
A CHARITY fundraiser from York will see first-hand how international aid benefits people on the ground in India. Caroline Beavers, of Holgate York, who works as a manager at a service partner for Yorkshire Water in Bradford, has been chosen to
-
Date
Scientists studying Parkinson’s make ‘significant step forward’
THE most common genetic cause of Parkinson’s is not only responsible for the condition’s movement problems but may also affect vision, according to new research by scientists at the University of York. Parkinson’s, the second most common form of
-
Date
12-hour 'pingpongathon' to help pay for a school trip
STAFF at a York primary school are preparing to take part in a table tennis marathon to help pay for a school trip to London. The staff at Clifton Green Primary School will try to complete the 12-hour “pingpongathon” at Clifton Methodist Church
-
Date
1,300 council job cuts is ‘not the end’
MORE than 1,300 jobs have now been lost within North Yorkshire County Council in the past three years following savage savings imposed by the Government – and there are more cuts to come. The Tory leader of the authority, Coun John Weighell, said
-
Date
'Diamond Orchard' planted at York junior school
YOUNGSTERS at Archbishop of York Junior School at Bishopthorpe planted a Diamond Orchard to commemorate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The planting was organised by students, teachers and parents at the school. Head teacher Jonathan Green said
-
Date
Decision due on fate of York school
THE fate of a York school may be known by the end of this month. Recommendations for the future of Derwent School, Tang Hall, will be made to city education chief Janet Looker following a consultation with parents, which ended last Friday.
-
Date
Pike Hills Golf Club
www.pikehillsgolfclub.co.uk Contact Details Tel: 01904 700797 Pike Hills Golf Club Tadcaster Road, Askham Bryan, York, YO23 3UW About the Golf Club SITUATED on the A64 less than two miles from the centre of York, Pike Hills
-
Date
Oakdale Golf Club
www.oakdalegolfclub.co.uk Contact Details Tel: 01423 560510 Oakdale Golf Club Oakdale Glen, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 2LN About the Golf Club OAKDALE is one of the premier golf clubs in the North of England and, as
-
Date
Big plans for 2013 and beyond
The York, North and East Yorkshire landscape is not standing still. Despite the global recession, investment and developments are taking place and jobs are being created. These are some of the major projects taking place in 2013 and beyond.
-
Date
City poised to take its place on global business stage
York is developing old and new relationships around the world. York has set out its ambition to become a top-five UK city, and top ten mid-sized European city. To achieve this goal, the city is looking further afield to find new markets and
-
Date
Well placed for business
A rail resurgence York has always been a hub for the railways. The city, midway between London and Edinburgh, is on the East Coast Main Line and its station already receives more than 600 million passengers per year. The city was made famous
-
Date
Business booms for professionals
York has a growing financial and professional services industry. York is part of the Leeds City Region, which is recognised as the second financial centre outside London and its high skills level and value as an attractive place to live encourage
-
Date
A campus for the 21st century
The University of York has provided a nurturing environment for the city’s science businesses for decades. As it celebrates its 50th anniversary, the university is cementing its key role in the development of York’s knowledge-based economy with the
-
Date
The tourism factor
Tourism is one of York’s key sectors, contributing £443 million to its economy and supporting 23,000 jobs in and around the city. Seven million visitors come to the city every year according to figures from the city’s tourist board Visit York,
-
Date
Business is a pleasure in York
While there have been excellent advances in technology assisting businesses to work together from around the world by video link, the value of meeting face to face is not to be underestimated. Business tourism in York, from conferences at the 1,400
-
Date
Malton & Norton Golf Club
www.maltonandnortongolfclub.co.uk Contact Details Tel: 01653 697912 Malton & Norton Golf Club Welham Park, Malton, YO17 9QE About the Golf Club MALTON & Norton Golf Club, found tucked between the Yorkshire Wolds and
-
Date
We’re open for business
As a city, we continue to ambitiously work towards becoming a top-five UK city and top-10 European mid-sized city in economic competitiveness terms. To achieve this, we rely fundamentally on the success of businesses in the city– starting, growing
-
Date
York: portrait of a city
York is an exceptional place in the North of England economy, and frequently ranks alongside southern counterparts Oxford and Cambridge in national league tables as one of the strongest-performing cities in the UK. Think-tank Centre for Cities
-
Date
At the cutting edge of science
York has diversified its business base since the early 1990s to become a knowledge-based economy. York’s high skills quota and awardwinning university research base has set it up well to make its mark as one of six science cities in the UK.
-
Date
Creativity blossoms in city
York’s creative industries employ 8,000 people and it is the fastest growing sector in the city. There are 250 creative and media arts businesses and 100 ICT, electronics, software and digital businesses employing another 2,400 people. Again
-
Date
Digital connectivity
York and North Yorkshire is investing millions of pounds into its broadband network to benefit businesses. The York Core, 103 kilometres of pure fibre-optic network, has recently launched to businesses and will enable speeds of up to 1Gbps, or
-
Date
A taste of York
The manufacturing sector in York and North Yorkshire employs some 35,000 people, making up ten per cent of all jobs. Of those, 35 per cent are in the food-and- The manufacturing sector in York and North Yorkshire employs some 35,000 people, making
-
Date
Education keeps city in vanguard
York’s excellent schooling is what marks it out from other northern cities and enables it to rank consistently high in indices of competitiveness, compared to other UK cities. More than 40 per cent of the working age population in York is qualified
-
Date
Skelton Park Golf Club
www.skeltonparkgolfcourse.co.uk Contact Details Tel: 01904 470549 Skelton Park Golf Club Skelton Park, Shipton Road, York YO30 1XW About the Golf Club SKELTON Park Golf Club is a friendly and relaxed nine-hole golf course
