It has been said that York is too small a city to be the home of two universities. more...
A SECONDARY school in Selby district has been given top marks in its latest report - less than a year after winning specialist arts status. more...
Today they are still at school - tomorrow they could be rivals to Richard Branson. Education reporter Haydn Lewis caught up with some young entrepreneurs from Huntington School, who have given York's business leaders some real food for thought. more...
I WAS astounded by the attack from Strensall's Liberal Democrat councillor Madeleine Kirk on correspondent M Warters (Celebrate the ftr, Readers' Letters, May 6). more...
FOR the second day running, the ftr bus has not show up in time for me to take my children to school in Heslington. more...
I MADE my first journey this morning on the new ftr service. It left me positively under-whelmed. more...
WHAT a hullabaloo! Are we talking a cure for cancer, are we talking about world peace, an end to child poverty maybe? more...
CAN we please see an end to the falsehoods and propaganda perpetrated by both First and the council's transport department? more...
DESPITE all the publicity the ftr has received, I fear it will not succeed. more...
I AM pleased to see that First has decided to take free bus travel for pensioners one step further - now it's free for everyone using ftr! more...
EVEN the state-of-the-art satellite tracking system on the new ftr buses will not prevent these vehicles from being caught up in the gridlock on the Heslington Hall roundabout (they seem to experience some difficulty negotiating this 180-degree bend), caused by those ridiculous chicanes on the road towards Fulford. more...
ACCORDING to Coun Galloway, "ftr brings the most modern public transport system that's available - certainly in this city, and possibly in the world". more...
FIRSTLY, I would like to wish First well on the launch of the new ftr bus in the city, but do so cautiously. more...
News matters. Communities matter. That is why The Press is proud to join in the celebrations for Local Newspaper Week - the week when papers across the country remind readers of the important work they do. LUCY STEPHENS reports. more...
AS your local newspaper, we pride ourselves on fighting your corner. But it's not often we blow our own trumpet. more...
IT HAS been hyped as the bus of the future. But you need only look at our letters pages today to realise it's a future the people of York don't seem to want. more...
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THE newly-appointed Transport Secretary faced a baptism of fire as he visited York today, amid uproar over the city's controversial new superbus. more...
A TEENAGER has been banned from her school - because she refuses to remove her lip piercing. more...
IT is now six months since the death of schoolboy Joe Lister in a school trip caving tragedy. Here, his parents speak exclusively to The Press about their loss. more...
PLANS for a multi-million pound office building, which could bring 150 new jobs to York, look set to get the go-ahead. more...
DAWN Hunter is just like other slimming instructors - she feels passionately about helping people lose weight. more...
FOR nearly 50 years, it has been a mystery to all except those who worked there. But now, the secret story of York's nuclear bunker is being revealed to the public. more...
A MAN who drove his neighbour to the verge of suicide through racial abuse has been spared jail - but ordered to attend a special course on racism. more...
ANY moves to end council tax capping would be warmly welcomed in York, the city's council leader said today. more...
Vandalism by gangs of youngsters has left a popular York community centre facing closure, its leader warned today. more...
FANCY a day out at the races? If you want to park during Knavesmire's top meetings this season you will be hit with a £5 charge, York Racecourse has announced. more...
FOR someone who's meant to work in the news industry, I'm sometimes woefully out of touch. more...
THERE is life after Radio York. Ask Mike Hurley, whose popular Saturday morning show, Hurley Burley, was axed from the station last year. more...
RECORD prize money of over £5.5million will be up for grabs at York Races this year. more...
Bank on York-based jockey Robert Winston and champion trainer Sir Michael Stoute making their mark at Ripon this evening. more...
COPMANTHORPE FC Under-12s are pictured above celebrating winning the York Mitchell League Plate after beating Carr Vikings 4-3 in the final at Tadcaster Albion. more...
NORTH Yorkshire Service Area representative junior rugby league teams enjoyed a clean sweep of victories over South Yorkshire on the opening weekend of competition. more...
YORK City boss Billy McEwan has expressed dismay at the contract clause that will see Conference top scorer Andy Bishop leave KitKat Crescent for nothing. more...
Yorkshire have their new-ball pairing of Deon Kruis and Jason Gillespie in joint action for the first time this season in the Liverpool Victoria Championship match against Kent which began at Canterbury today. more...
The 26 anglers who fished in the York match enjoyed some great sport on Marley Lake at the Laybourne complex. more...
Sheriff Hutton Bridge, who narrowly avoided relegation from division one last season, began the Pilmoor Evening Cricket League season with a comfortable win at home to newly promoted Stillington. more...
Clifton Cycling Club won the team prize at the Team Swift time trial. more...
Yorkshire have their new-ball pairing of Deon Kruis and Jason Gillespie in joint action for the first time this season in the Liverpool Victoria Championship match against Kent which began at Canterbury today. more...
YORK City boss Billy McEwan has expressed dismay at the contract clause that will see Conference top scorer Andy Bishop leave KitKat Crescent for nothing. more...
YORK City boss Billy McEwan has confessed the club will not be able to compete with the likes of Oxford United and Exeter City in the Conference transfer market this summer. more...
Full-time has been called on the Primary Schools Football Leagues and the winners are now getting ready to do battle in the Champions League. more...
Hat-trick hero Arthur Broadbent helped catapult the Wilmot Fisher Trophy into the arms of his Easingwold School Sixth Form team-mates. more...
Netballers at Huntington School had plenty to smile about after winning the York and District under-13 rally. more...
Gymnasts at Archbishop Holgate's School have put York on the map after finishing eighth at the national finals. more...
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