by Keith ThompsonBISHOPTHORPE teenager Graham Laycock was today rubbing shoulders with Britain's leading under-17s in the GHS National Schoolboys ten-mile championship in Hampshire. The 15-year-old, in tandem with team-mates Oliver Pearce and Harrogate's
JAMES Middlebrook may not have made the same explosive start to his Yorkshire career as his bosom buddy and schoolboy chum, Paul Hutchison, but in my book the 21-year-old all-rounder has already done enough in his first five championship matches to suggest
A FRESH First Division incentive is running through York Rugby League Club's promotion-winning squad. The club declared their desire to stick by the squad which clinched a top three place with a sixth straight demolition of Doncaster Dragons. And, with
THE YORK Golf Club's ladies scratch team are the new Yorkshire Inter-Club champions, writes Dianne Hillaby. They won through to the semi-final/final at Ganton after being among the top four teams at the end of the previous rounds. In the morning they
by Evening Press reporterA YORK man who dramatically escaped the long arm of the law after leaping from the dock at York Magistrates Court last October was today starting 15 months in jail. Despite being rearrested shortly after his break for freedom
THE parents of a schoolgirl denied admission to the same school as her brother and friends have accused York's education bosses of double standards. Seven-year-old Aimee Plant's mum Sheila hit out after her neighbour revealed that her daughter HAD been
A MAN believed to have conned businesses in North and East Yorkshire with his "Good Guides" is thought to have fled the country after failing to appear in court. Alistair Woods is thought to be responsible for flooding businesses - including many in the
by David Wiles and David StanfordTWO high-ranking police officers are to be quizzed over the way they handled allegations of sexual harassment, bullying and bizarre initiations at Harrogate police station. The decision to charge two superintendents with
Bay Horse Marygate and Magnet will contest the final of the Cueball Pool League's Team Knockout competition to be held on Monday at The Cueball Snooker Club. Bay Horse reached the final by beating Dringhouses 'B' 6-3. Neil Hynes and Kevin Clancy both
TWO men appeared before York Magistrates today charged with wounding, following an incident in the Woodthorpe area in which a man was badly hurt. Simon Hughes, 21, of Crombie Avenue, York, was remanded in custody until Monday, when he will appear again
by Caroline BarrettAN artist has been drafted in to design a major public work of art for the former ABB carriageworks site in York. Now the views of local people are being sought on just what the piece should be. Artist Abigail Downer was selected from
A MAN repaid two York parishes who tried to help him by raiding church property three times, York Crown Court heard. Alan Clarkson, 36, is starting two years in jail today after his mean crime spree. He was so desperate for cash to buy alcohol, he burgled
by David Stanfordand Adam NicholsA FORMER salesman from York claimed today his one-time bosses told him to "scare the hell" out of the elderly and vulnerable so they would buy their products. Ben Bridgestock, 26, of Fulford, claims training for Midland
