A YOUNG agoraphobia sufferer has made an impassioned plea for the return of the moped which acts as her lifeline to the outside world. The blue Honda City was stolen from the rear of 28-year-old Carol Leyland's Dijon Avenue home in Acomb, York. Mother-of-two
CROPTON village hall hosted the eagerly-awaited unveiling of the village's new sundial. The mosaic and ceramic sundial has been made by the villagers, seen here with artist Janet McKay, and is the first of three modular projects planned in Cropton, near
A FREE bus service for shoppers has won a last-minute reprieve, but customers from Strensall, New Earswick, Huntington and Flaxton may not realise that their Co-op bus has escaped the axe. The York Pullman service which took shoppers from the villages
A FORMER pupil at Huntington School is to travel to St James's Palace in London on March 3 to receive her Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award. Elizabeth Todd, who comes from Harton, between Malton and York, has undertaken a whole host of challenges to gain the
A TOP York health economist has attacked proposed new health "league tables" and warned they could "distort" the health service. The new, expanded league tables, put out to consultation last week, are part of the Government's attempt to boost clinical
THE North Yorkshire Police sexual harassment saga will rumble on at another meeting next week. The county's police authority are discussing how they can take the matter forward and make sure that something like this never happens again. Over recent months
YORK Theatre Royal is to receive a grant of £392,000 from Yorkshire & Humberside Arts for the next financial year. This standstill figure was anticipated by the theatre, and it effectively amounts to an £11,000 cut when the three per cent rate of
THE Carpenters Arms at Felixkirk, near Thirsk, has been bought by rural entrepreneur Tony Fawcett, whose Studford Leisure Group now has three pubs in a growing mini-empire - and he plans to buy more. Mr Fawcett, a former deer farmer, is chairman of the
THIS new fortnightly advice column is addressed to all those hardened business people who know that entrepreneurial drive and gung ho gutsiness are not enough. Not even when these attributes are coupled to total faith in self-ability and product. There
ROBBO, who has won both his races over hurdles since Mary Reveley acquired him from Chris Thornton, can complete a hat-trick at Kelso tomorrow. A former successful handicapper on the Flat, Robbo goes for the Glassedin Scottish Juvenile Novices' Hurdle
YOU only have to look at the Evening Press's Sits Vac columns tonight to know that the jobs merry-go-round is in full swing. There are more than 160 of them. People made their New Year's resolutions and only now are they beginning to be translated into
NORTHERN Ireland winger Keith Gillespie has left Newcastle manager Kenny Dalglish with one major selection headache going into tonight's FA Cup replay with non-league Stevenage. The fourth-round tie which is certain to draw a 30,000-plus gate to St James's
WOUNDED York City have started the long haul back from their Burnley battering with a touch of TLC - tender, loving care. Manager Alan Little ventured it was not the time to read riot acts or set about wailing and railing. With the morale of the Minstermen
SPENDING a penny could soon lead to a £500 fine. A council committee last night recommended that a bylaw be introduced, overturning the 100-year-old rule which limits the maximum penalty for urinating in public in the City of York to £2. The move is mainly
A YORK job club is to launch a special training course in computer skills for older people keen to get back into work. The eight-day course, funded by National Lottery cash, is the latest initiative by Target Third Age, which aims to give mature people
TWO women were taken to Scarborough Hospital after fire broke out in a block of flats in the town. Winifred Blower suffered severe burns in last night's blaze, at Litham Manor, North Cliff Avenue. Her condition was today described as "critical". She was
Developers Henry Boot Ltd have unveiled a vision for Selby's new shopping centre which will open later this year. The Abbey Walk shopping centre will include a leading supermarket chain which will be paying £300,000 a year in rent. Somerfield, which last
SELBY will finally be plugged into the digital era next month with the opening of a new £1 million high-tech telephone exchange. The new exchange in Porthome Road, which will replace the existing electronic system, will be like going from vinyl records
RESIDENTS in North Yorkshire face a 15 per cent rise in their council tax bills as key services including highway maintenance and care for the elderly are cut. Councillors were today deciding whether to spend up to the capping limit of almost £360 million
A FOOTBALLER was sent for trial before a judge and jury when he appeared before Harrogate magistrates to answer a charge arising out of an incident in which an opponent was injured. Harrogate Town and former York City striker Ian Blackstone, 33, was committed
A RYEDALE tourist attraction has today pledged to bring more visitors to the area when it opens its doors for the 12th year running. Old Malton's award-winning wartime museum Eden Camp, which has undertaken a major refurbishment during the winter, is
YORKSHIRE business people say they know next to nothing - and understand even less - about the implications of terms and conditions of work under the European Social Chapter, according to a new survey by management consultants Deloitte & Touche. In
EVERY police officer in North Yorkshire is being given a new radio in an attempt to solve communications problems. The force has begun to hand out 1,124 new personal-issue radios to front-line officers, a process which is expected to take at least five
YORK MP Hugh Bayley today demanded the National Lottery be made squeaky clean to maintain public confidence. And he is calling for the Lottery to be put in the hands of a non-profit making organisation when the franchise comes up for renewal. Richard
A PENSIONER from a village near Selby is urging Health Secretary Frank Dobson to safeguard services at the hospital which saved his life after a heart attack. Former colliery finance worker Fred Mosby, 79, of Stuart Grove, Eggborough, has written to the
WHEN they found themselves in need, pupils of the Manor Church of England School, York, received more than a cup of sugar from their neighbours: instead they were offered a £5,000 cheque. The neighbours could not have been sweeter under any circumstances
RICH Hunter was on target twice for promotion chasing General Accident as they defeated Civil Service 3-1 in York and District Leeper Hare League Division One. The Servicemen took the lead but GA fought back well to net three times, with Chris Sharp adding
LADY Diana Brittan, wife of Sir Leon Brittan, the European commissioner and former Tory MP for Richmond, is leading a consortium of business people in a bid for a new North Eastern radio station, Crystal Fm, covering a large part of North Yorkshire. That
AROUND £335,000 will be used to help small firms in York and North Yorkshire enter the microchip age. A new grant, drawn from a European fund, will be launched by Norman Whyte, chief executive of York Business Development Ltd, at the Mansion House, York
IS Tish Britain's oldest goldfish? That is the question experts at the Guinness Book of Records are asking of North Yorkshire's Tish the Fish. Tish is still swimming strong at the grand old age of 41. The underwater wonder is the pet of Hilda and Gordon
A NEW package of aid worth £85million for Britain's farmers was today blasted by the industry's leaders. Agriculture Minister Jack Cunningham says the extra cash will be divided between beef and sheep producers - but there will be no special handout for
THE poorest pensioners in York could be hit the worst by council increases in care charges, according to claims made at a public meeting. About 90 people crowded into the Friends' Meeting House to give Coun Bob Fletcher their views face to face and many
ROOKIE skydiver Tracy Aker's maiden outing ended in a sky-high drama when her parachute gear failed at 5,000ft. And today she paid tribute to her cool-headed instructor, Mick Danby, after he was forced to jettison their shared parachute during the charity
EFFORTS to claim York's "missing million" were under way today after the Government announced its final decision on the city's budget for next year. Almost a million pounds to pay for road maintenance is mysteriously missing from the annual grant to the
HOME Secretary Jack Straw has given a personal assurance that the IRA killer of North Yorkshire special constable Glenn Goodman will not be released from jail early. Mr Straw told the Evening Press that it had not yet been decided whether to grant Paul
