MARRIAGE guidance counselling is back on offer in Selby in a bid to stem the growing number of divorce casualties. Counsellors operating out of York have seen more than 100 couples from the Selby area in the last 12 months - up by 10 per cent on the previous
A RYEDALE school has become one of the first to link into the Government's National Grid For Learning initiative. Malton School has received high-tech equipment valued at more than £5,000 after successfully bidding to join the BECTa 98 Portables for Schools
TEENAGER Daniel Lowe is aiming to cut a schoolboy dash with the Blades. The 14-year-old Tadcaster Grammar School pupil has signed two-year associate schoolboy terms with Division One side Sheffield United. Midfielder Lowe played trial games at Middlesbrough
TWO games for a fiver is the attractive draw to fans for York City's pre-season tournament. The four-team tourney involving City, North Yorkshire rivals Scarborough, former Premier League battlers Barnsley and Scottish First Division side Airdrie is to
FORMER Mayor of Harrogate Richard Whitfield has quit the council after being declared bankrupt. The resignation of Mr Whitfield, 64, as Tory member for Lower Nidderdale ward after 15 years was confirmed yesterday by council chief executive Mick Walsh.
NORTH Yorkshire residents could decide the future of foxhunting in the county through local referendums being planned by the Government. The proposals, being considered by ministers, could get the Government off the hook after the collapse of a Private
BUSINESSES in Tadcaster will be briefed on ambitious plans for improved sports facilities at a seminar run by Tadcaster Youth Centre next Friday. The centre's district community tutor, Vic Florey, said businesses will be urged to make a contribution towards
A DISTRAUGHT couple are appealing for help in the search for their dog which went missing four days ago. Retired miner Alvin Newbert and his wife, Christine, say they cannot sleep at night since their black Labrador, Ellie, disappeared on Wednesday morning
GOVERNMENT proposals aimed at cracking down on cowboy builders are unlikely to have any major impact on the real rogue operators, according to trading standards officers. The Evening Press yesterday highlighted the case of an elderly Malton couple who
That 95-run upset by Essex in the Benson and Hedges Cup semi-final match on Tuesday was one of the most bitterly disappointing defeats Yorkshire have ever experienced in limited overs cricket. After being the only one of the four counties to get through
BOTH James Thompson and John Bintcliffe are hoping for improved performances during tomorrow's two rounds of the British Touring Car Championship at Donington Park. The last time Thompson left the circuit he was on a high, new leader in the drivers' championship
THE Harrogate Soccer Education programme will be the first of its kind in the North of England when it is launched in September. Aimed at boys aged 16-19 years of age it will include daily coaching and training, FA coaching qualifications, nutrition,
SCARBOROUGH manager Mick Wadsworth has begun his rebuilding programme at the McCain Stadium. The Boro boss has put the disappointment of the 7-2 play-off thrashing by Torquay firmly behind him and turned his attention towards strengthening for the 1998
UNION bosses at Terry's Suchard in York today sought to calm fears that workers' hours could be cut. Staff, most of them mothers, on the Waifa production line have been enraged at a proposal put to them on Thursday. The women claim that most of them work
A YORK credit clerk was dismissed without notice by Station Taxis in York after an internal audit of accounts showed previously undisclosed debts and a sum of £50,000 that could not be accounted for. An industrial tribunal in Leeds heard the reason for
IF cricket fanatic Liz Evenden's batting skills match her knack for winning competitions, she should hit them for six when she squares up to one of Yorkshire's top bowlers tomorrow. Liz won a day out at Headingley in a competition on York's Minster FM
HARD work and public service across North and East Yorkshire has been recognised today in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. Teachers, street cleaners, museum workers and lollipop ladies are among the range of people awarded from the list which is one
