Are your readers sitting on or searching for a fortune? Granada Television is making a new entertainment programme Find A Fortune for the ITV Network this December. Right now there are millions of pounds of unclaimed legacies, wills, cash, valuables,
How quickly they forget. In Blackpool Labour delegates chose to forget the 18 years of Thatcher and all the damage done to Britain by the Tories. Instead they marvelled over how the first-past-the-post electoral system had given them a majority of 179
In these desperate times, I must spread the word about just how important it is that farmers, their families and friends remain united if we are to save the countryside as we know it today. Everyone will have seen on TV, heard on the radio or read in
Violence is scourge of our times TWO pictures in a newspaper were the abiding images of the past few days for me. Both showed young men on the ground being kicked by assailants - one by two teenagers, the other by a man old enough to know a lot better
Tim Easterby, who has had such a wonderful campaign on the Flat, is keen to keep the momentum going over jumps and the Great Habton trainer can show he means business at Wetherby's opening meeting of the season tomorrow. Barton, a new recruit to the Easterby
Tonight we give parents an early opportunity to look into the eyes of this year's Christmas nightmare. Say hello to Furby. The six-inch-high toy looks like the progeny of an owl and a Gremlin. It demands attention, and responds to light, touch and sound
Kieren Fallon has been crowned York's champion jockey after a photo finish with rival Frankie Dettori. Fallon, an odds-on certainty to be crowned champion jockey for the second year running, was declared King of Knavesmire despite tying with Dettori on
Figures released today prove beyond reasonable doubt that crime in North Yorkshire is falling. The number of reported offences in North Yorkshire between March 1997 and March 1998 was down by six per cent on the same period the previous year. This is
Manchester United's latest Best has linked up with York City. The top-flight titans, whose allure was graced by the mercurial George Best in the 1960s and 1970s, have recommended 19-year-old Russell Best to the Minstermen. Unlike his illustrious namesake
A group of chatterbox knitters has sewn up £100 for our Millennium hospice appeal. The "knitter natters" dropped one, pearled one and raised bucketloads of cash in aid of St Leonard's Hospice. It is the first new donation since we launched the Evening
Drinkers in North Yorkshire should toast their good fortune today - they have more than 150 top pubs to choose from. The 26th edition of the pub-goers' Bible, the Good Beer Guide 1999, was published today, listing 5,000 pubs with great beer and a good
Designers are ready to transform Alf Wight's former surgery in Thirsk into a £1.4 million international tourist attraction. And The World of James Herriot is already looking set to attract tourists from around the world, with journalists from America,
Titanic, The Movie will be launched on video at the weekend - and sales are already predicted to go down a treat. Video stores across the county have been swamped with advance requests for copies of the blockbuster film. And many are planning special
Plans for a major consultation into the closure of Queen Anne Secondary School and expansion of Canon Lee School have been given the go-ahead by city councillors. The consultation will last for seven weeks and include meetings with governors, parents
On October 5, I became hopelessly lost following a hearse and funeral cortege from the Church at Sutton-on-the-Forest, heading as I know now to Bishopthorpe Crematorium. In the village of New Earswick, I asked direction after flagging down a car. The
Referring to the dispute between former Stockton-on-the-Forest parish council chairman Cyril Harrison and councillor Carol Wallace, (October 5), they are both right in what they say. There is no doubt that the City of York Council has done a great deal
Ace amateur golfer Simon Dyson has scooped a major honour from the club where it all began. The 20-year-old Dyson, who has been drafted into Great Britain's Walker Cup squad for next year, has been made an honorary life member of Malton and Norton Golf
Henry Wharton's November triple title tilt is in tatters. Henry Wharton at the end of his Barbican Centre win over Ukrainian Konstantin Okhrey The York boxing star's battle of Yorkshire showdown with Leeds' Crawford Ashley has been KO'd by the cut eye
Crime figures released today show violent crime in North Yorkshire is on the increase - though crime overall is falling. The figures for the county are broadly in line with national figures which show a worrying increase in violence - and mean there is
A major new development that could generate more than 1,000 new jobs is being proposed for 41 acres at Monks Cross in York by a top local developer, the Evening Press can reveal today. Plans have been submitted to the City of York Council for a hotel,
