THE rising number of teenage pregnancies in York has got the city a red light from the Government. According to Government figures, the rate of teenage pregnancies for girls under 18 has gone up in the city by 3.5 per cent in six years. The figures
YORK was rocked today by news of 450 job losses at one of the city's biggest employers, Norwich Union. The redundancies are part of a package of 4,000 losses across the UK, with 1,000 going to India and another 500 in IT being outsourced to "third party
A SHOCKING drugs survey reveals the spread of speedballing' heroin and cocaine and the rise of the £10 deal - and it's happening here in York. The charity DrugScope spoke to drugs agencies across the country to find out the price of cannabis, heroin
York was rocked by news of 450 job losses at one of the city's biggest employers, Norwich Union. © The copyright of this image belongs to Newsquest (York) Ltd
The Archbishop of York condemned Islamic terrorists and suicide bombers for "denying the faith they appear to profess" © The copyright of this image belongs to Newsquest (York) Ltd
Traffic management for races - temporary traffic signals from 06/10/2006. Until 07/10/2006.
Installation of new water supplies from 21/09/2006. Until 27/09/2006.
Road closure for essential track works on 21/09/2006. Until 22/09/2006.
A POLICEMAN has been arrested after allegedly cheating to win a £22,000 radio competition jackpot. The York officer is one of four people understood to have been arrested and interviewed in connection with ripping off the Mystery Voices contest, run
TWO major North Yorkshire networks for women in business are to join forces to host their first joint event. WiRE (Women in Rural Enterprise) based at Askham Bryan College, near York, and WorcNet based at Craven College, Skipton, are launching Get Your
AN INITIATIVE to show staff at Shepherd Engineering Services (SES), the York-based national building services company, all the latest in mechanical and electrical materials has been heralded as "a terrific success". More than 20 organisations in the
A YORK solicitors' practice today warned bosses in York and North and East Yorkshire to act immediately and effectively if a gay employee reports being humiliated by workmates. Corries Solicitors at Rowntree Wharf flagged up the dangers after successfully
AT THIS stage in her career, Beyonc Knowles should be knocking out classics by the dozen. There is no question that she is the most gifted vocalist of her generation. But she must improve her output if she's ever going to join the list of all-
SINGER-songwriters come and go, sometimes making a splash, sometimes not. Fionn Regan, a poetic Irish singer, makes more of a ripple, but, gradually, gently, the ripples build into something quiet but substantial, bringing inevitable comparisons with
THE LAST word in great 80s music? While there are better compilations out there (The Hits/The B-Sides is more comprehensive and cheaper), there can be little quibbling with the quality of the songs. From the early hits, through to masterpieces such
FOR a man fascinated with the scatological, Joel Gibb writes extraordinarily beautiful, big "gay folk church music" for his experimental, theatrical Toronto collective, The Hidden Cameras. After his earlier Golden Streams and I Want Another Enema
Here are two albums released on the same day, and both by artists taking shelter in the broad church of hip-hop. There the similarity ends. The seventh studio set by Philadelphia's The Roots is dark and brooding, tackling issues such as the war in
FOLLOWING the enormous success of their The Singles collection, garage pioneers Basement Jaxx return with a concept record. This is the Brixton group's Sgt. Pepper - an album based around the musings of a working radio station, complete with adverts
A SPECIALIST centre to look after the needs of crime victims has been officially opened in York. The Victim Care Unit - the first of its kind in the country - aims to improve the help offered to people who suffer at the hands of offenders. The Victim
THIS furry fellow gave one York resident a fright as he picked plums in his garden. Charles Robinson, of Copmanthorpe, who found the interesting insect, said: "I was just picking plums and putting them in a bucket, and I saw it sat there. "I've not
WEST Side Story is Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet with a harder edge, gunfire and clicking fingers, but the same divisions. Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's musical is 50 years old next year, and yet events in Israel, Afghanistan, Iraq, Bradford
DIAMANTE, chiffon, sequins, champagne and fabulous songs, dahlink, was the order of the night in this tribute to Cole Porter. The audience in the packed theatre was taken back to the glittering 1920s and the world of wealthy American socialites,
WE CAN only wonder whether it was a clash of the Titans or a meeting of minds. But it has just emerged that Tony Blair and Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, actually bumped into each other quite by accident when the Prime Minister was in York last
IS IT time to feel sorry for Tony Blair? I can hear the heckles already - some of them coming from me (we all have valid reasons to feel aggrieved about the Prime Minister). Even those of us who are not true fans can trace sadness in Mr Blair's descent
SPIRALLING costs of waste disposal have forced City of York Council and North Yorkshire County Council to put together a bid for extra treatment facilities. The plant would be so expensive that council chiefs have launched a private finance initiative
A NIGHT out in York will never be the same again - if councillors give the thumbs up to its first £7 million "superclub". Owners of the Nexus venue have released detailed plans to City of York Council's licensing committee to seek permission to expand
NOW we know why Tony Blair chose York to make his keynote speech last week about child poverty. A shocking new report reveals that, more than 100 years after Seebohm Rowntree's pioneering work, thousands of York children are still living in squalor.
Parents who ignore tough new car seat requirements for children could face fines of up to £500. The new rules require cars which carry children aged under 12 to be fitted with child seats. Police have powers to stop cars and check them - and parents
THE sudden and brutal destruction of the sugar industry in the Vale of York is a double tragedy. Firstly, we are waking up to the economic, social and environmental consequences of losing this industry. It is probably worth around £100 million per
I WAS very interested to read your article about the latest generation of the Von Trapp family (Von-tastic, September 11), and that they will be coming to York to perform next year. They are certainly correct when they say that the family stood
THE idea that "transnational" regions will somehow harmonise European society is communistic and a blatant assault on our traditional history. Brussels bureaucrats should be utterly ashamed of themselves. If anything, their plan shows a total
I NOTE from The Press that the proposed location for York's first lap-dancing establishment has now been revealed (The Press, August 31). This raises an important question I suspect has been overlooked: that of access. While it has been a number
I'M so pleased that First has at last sorted out the problems on the ftr buses. On Saturday, my husband and I went to catch the ftr at The Retreat, in Heslington Road, York, at about 12.15pm. As we reached the bus stop, an ftr went up to the university
THE general attitude of MPs and other politicians towards pensioners is deplorable. A good example is the means test, which is a ruse to deprive the aged of a decent state pension, paid for over many years and now needed to pay council tax which
I MUST congratulate York Maze for its inspired idea of a horror night. I went with my mum, teenage son and three friends, and my sister took her children, aged nine and 11. Chavs, goths, hoodies, grebos, geeks, townies and others all had a fantastic
WORKERS at British Sugar's doomed York factory are being asked to accept a new deal to compensate them for job losses. The news comes after we reported earlier this week how staff at the plant, which is shutting next year, were threatening industrial
CARS might not be environmentally friendly, but you can't beat them for convenience - especially when they're parked in your drive. Unless you're getting a hire car, that is. All that form-filling and showing your licence every time you want some wheels
The day Jon shaped me into a blogger. 13.9.06. Sylvia’s quiet breakfast in bed was interrupted by me wandering in and out of the bedroom. “What are you looking for?” ... ”My teeth!” ..... ”Where have you looked?” ..... ”Everywhere!” The next half hour
HEDGE-CUTTING has been suspended across the countryside around York until council staff have been given refresher training on wildlife laws. Copies of a memo sent by a City of York Council officer, obtained under the Freedom Of Information Act, have
NORWICH Union announced today it was axing 450 jobs in York. The redundancies are part of a package of 4,000 job losses across the UK, with 1,000 going to India and another 500 IT jobs being outsourced to "third party suppliers." The insurance giant
YORK City Knights' first team will have an altered look next season. The Press can confirm that half a dozen players are to definitely leave the club, with a few more possibly joining them out of the exit door as the end-of-season transfer merry-go-round
Yorkshire captain Craig White overcame trials and tribulations to score a faultless unbeaten century and get his side out of trouble on the first day of their Liverpool Victoria Championship match with Nottinghamshire at Headingley yesterday. White,
HEWORTH ARLC will aim to keep the home fires burning in National Conference division two on Saturday. The Villagers have not won an away game for over a year but their form at Elmpark Way has been considerably better and they will need that to continue
HOST club rider Kit Gilham was in the thick of the action in the Clifton Cycling Club Road Race. The morning's prologue time trial was won by Sam Webster of Kinesis, but it was close, with ten of the 50 starters being within 25 seconds of his time.
SESSAY batsman John Flintoff helped Yorkshire win the County Over-50s final for the first time since 1998 with victory over Sussex at Horsham. He scored 37 to back up Phil Sant (Ilkley) (144) and Fred Gunthorpe (Ackworth) (47) as Yorkshire piled up
CHAIRMAN Ken Bates may be building a hotel at Elland Road but some Leeds United fans have already endured a night at Bates Motel. Their side put on a horror show last night, thrashed 3-0 by Roy Keane's resurgent Sunderland. The humiliation puts further
IT was immortalised in film as the setting for one of the Second World War's most renowned events. Now memories have been told of one North Yorkshire man's experiences at the heart of The Great Escape. Tony Ayres, of Malton, was held captive at the
TWO first-half goals from Jason Maxwell sent Harrogate Railway Athletic on the way to a surprise defeat in the UniBond League first division last night. Karl Slack added a third goal just after the hour mark as visitors Brigg Town took the three points
DRAX have been crowned HPH York Vale division one champions after holding their nerve to beat Askham Bryan YPO in the final match of the season. Going into the game Drax held a slender 12-point lead over North Duffield, the only side who could prevent
DIVISION three relegation strugglers, Hirst United pulled off a surprise 17-run win at high-flying Drax II. Lawrence Stones proved to be the match-winner by hitting 46 and then taking 3-11 to enable Hirst to avoid the drop. Meanwhile, there was no
ASKHAM Bryan YPO II grabbed a division four promotion place with an emphatic 170-run win at Woodhouse Grange II. Chris Parker made a chanceless maiden century in hitting 110 from 98 balls, supported by Chris Copeland with 37 before Ameet Patil ensured
CITY centre businesses are now being urged to help bring an extra sparkle to York by sponsoring a special Children's Magic Christmas Tree. More than half a million visitors descend on the city over the festivities, spending at least £37 million in the
NEW Earswick All Blacks and York Groves both entertain difficult opposition as the Tetley's Yorkshire Cup first round gets underway on Saturday. The All Blacks, who kicked off their debut season in Pennine League premier division with a win over Keighley
CHILDREN in York are being robbed of their future as they are forced to live in squalid conditions. In York, 288 homeless children are trapped in temporary accommodation, 2,432 children are suffering in cramped housing and an estimated 1,388 live in
VICKERS put their name on the Brian Bunce Trophy for the first time as they won Clarence Gardens Bowling Association's doubles triples competition. They beat second division side Bootham, who had been hot favourites, 40-37 in the final. Bootham had
The temptation is to get out your pin and stick it into the 28-strong field, which make up tomorrow's totesport Ayr Silver Cup in order to find the winner. It might prove a winning method, but a more conventional route to detecting the victor comes from
A MAN suffered a head injury after a collision with a bus in York city centre. The incident unfolded as he was crossing the road outside Marks & Spencer, in Pavement, at 10.10pm last night. Witnesses said he looked "unsteady on his feet" and appeared
POLICE are warning drivers to be on their guard after a recent spate of thefts of expensive satellite navigation systems from cars. Sat navs are popular with thieves because many are worth about £250 and are easy to sell on. York police spokesman Colin
MORE than 700 people packed York Minster to hear the Archbishop of York deliver a hard-hitting lecture in which he attacked Islamic terrorists and urged political parties to be more Christian. Dr John Sentamu, pictured, was delivering the first of
