...IN response to Foul Mouthed Mother (letters, October 20) I was reminded of an incident I witnessed in the centre of York a few weeks ago. I suddenly became aware of a screaming, terrified child whose mother was repeatedly angrily poking her. I shall
I AM a disabled senior citizen and the police tell me not to let strangers into my house. If the council pass the home-help service to private contractors, and I have to let them have my keys, can I get the police to check any strangers who call if I
CHAMPIONS Heworth capped a marvellous season by collecting a host of awards at the Costcutter York and District Senior Cricket League's 41st annual dinner at York Racecourse last night. Skipper Martin Sigsworth was presented with the first premier division
CHRIS Thompson and Michelle Britton are the new mixed pairs champions in the York John Smith's Mixed League. The Poacher pair won the top title with Britton gaming on 65 in a close final victory over Cygnet's John Dykes and Dawn Exton. The Cygnet couple
THE stars are set to come out at Bootham Crescent in just over 48 hours. City play host to Newcastle United on Monday when many of the club's multi-lingual, multi-talented and multi-million pound posse of players will be on show. Though it's only a Pontins
A BRAVE new era is set to dawn on York Rugby League Club. In a ground-breaking move, the Wasps have begun a complete overhaul of the running of the club in a bid to ensure they are ready for life in the first division. Last season's second division promotion-winning
JEWELLERY worth more than £100,000 was snatched from a man after he got out of a Rolls-Royce in a York car park. Police today announced a £2,000 reward to help catch the criminal who escaped with two Rolex watches, a Patek Phillipe watch, a Cartier watch
THE mother of tragic teenager Christopher Sykes today welcomed Government plans to ban lighter fuel sales to under-16s. But Margaret Sykes, 43, said the proposed crackdown did not go far enough and called for a complete ban. Mrs Sykes's son, Christopher
MANY thanks to all at the Evening Press associated with the recent publicity of my case which was, at the Government's request, referred to the European Court of Justice. But, what about all the wives, aged 60 to 65, with no state pension in their own
ALTHOUGH I do not condone the actions of the young people on the Bell Farm estate, nor want to absolve them of any responsibility for their actions, I keep coming back to the question, "What are we doing to our children?" I asked the same question when
ARCTIC explorer David Hempleman-Adams warmed the hearts of rugby union fans at Clifton Park, York, last night. The adventurer, who walked to the North Pole this year, was among the celebrities at a charity dinner and question and answer session hosted
THE end of British Summertime tonight means an extra hour in bed. But the consequences of our annual tamper with time go beyond a national lie-in. The longer-term effect of putting the clocks back will become obvious later tomorrow. Darkness will descend
DETERMINED house buyers camped out last night in a bid to secure one of 84 bargain ex-RAF homes which went on sale today. Lynne Hatton was first in the queue for one of the refurbished homes at Church Fenton which have been recently revamped after standing
A YORK woman who was repeatedly run over by a road rage motorist has given up driving, her mother revealed today. Ruth Farrow spoke out after schizophrenic David Morley was locked up in a mental hospital indefinitely for his attack on her daughter, Coralina
POLICE officers battled in vain to save the life of a farm worker who was electrocuted when his tractor collided with overhead power cables. Martyn Clegg, 26, a married man from Gowdall, East Yorkshire, was working in a field in Beal, near Selby, when
A FLASH weather warning was today issued for North Yorkshire as travellers were urged to stay at home. And forecasters were predicting a 40 per cent chance of roof tiles being torn off and uprooted trees in the York area. It had been hoped that the county
