I am writing in reply to Nicholas J Carr's letter ('Torture picture shock', October 1). At school, as part of a project, I read and learned about serial killers, including the moors murderers. Nothing could have prepared me for the horrific sight of Lesley
So Mr Blair is going to get tough on parents whose children do not attend school regularly. The problem of school attendance goes back many years, but fining parents up to £5,000 is not going to solve the problem. Some parents make no effort to get their
King Priam, who has found a new lease of life in recent weeks, heads to York tomorrow with excellent prospects of completing a hat trick of wins. The four-year-old, trained at Southwell by Mark Polglase, goes for the Emirates Airline Handicap and will
Independent pub company, The Commer Group, is pioneering new information technology systems expected to bring radical changes for the whole of the licensed trade. The Tadcaster-based company claims to be the first to install equipment that transmits,
When they arrived in York, bosses of credit card insurance company CPP said they intended to create 750 jobs on the old ABB site. That was quite a promise, but already they are delivering. Originally, CPP planned to have 150 staff in place by Christmas
New Earswick All Blacks' star Lee McTigue has earned a national call-up - and on 'home' ground to boot. The powerful second row forward has been named in the full British Amateur Rugby League Association Great Britain under-23s squad. The 20-strong squad
It is an intriguing prospect - a son of England's second city becoming Lord Mayor of its first. Frank Dobson, the York railway worker's lad who became Health Secretary, has confirmed his intention of standing for Mayor of London. It has taken him many
Members of a York tennis club are angry at vandals who have been spreading shattered glass on their courts, putting players at risk from injury. Strensall Tennis Club member James Whitwell with the pile of broken bottles discarded by vandals on the club's
With reference to Julian Cole's column last week (Evening Press, September 30), I would like to take this opportunity to thank Julian and the other parents who are taking part in the Great North Run on Sunday to raise funds for the playground development
Further to your leader (Evening Press, September 27) and other coverage on the idea of a statue of St Helena being erected in St Helen's Square I feel obliged to point out that contrary to your suggestion, City of York Council cannot and does not determine
CANCER TRAGEDY: Patricia and Glenn Webster died within 33 days of each other Two sisters today spoke of their heartbreak after losing their mother to cancer only a month after losing their dad to the same disease. Tracey Webster, 29, of Primrose Grove
Villagers fed up with constant disturbance from people driving into Heslington to use cashpoint machines thought they had seen it all...until the day a tank rolled up. A public meeting in the village meeting room was told today that residents were used
DIFFERENT STROKES: City of York's Kyle Hogg shows his delight at scoring while a Doncaster defender his dejection during their premier division Northern Counties Hockey League match. City of York met old rivals Doncaster II in the second league match
Communications group JWE Telecom has struck up a new partnership with Dolphin Telecommunications. Tony Farmer, left, chief executive of JWE Telecom with Dennis Wilkinson, of Dolphin Telecommunications Ltd Pocklington-based JWE will now be able to offer
A stirring rendition of 'Auld Lang Syne' will play out the last meeting at York Racecourse before the new Millennium. The Knavesmire track's final meeting of the century winds up on Saturday evening on a musical note when the Rowntree Silver Band calls
Mike Pullman, personal business adviser with Business Link pictured with Phil Rakusen, left, and Jeff Long of The Original Sign Company New distribution networks are to be established in five overseas countries by a small business which is stepping up
York Rugby League Club have kicked into touch a move into merger mania. As the national game spins to plans of contrived coalitions such as that of Huddersfield Giants and Sheffield Eagles, and latterly Hull Sharks and Gateshead Thunder, York have insisted
WRECKAGE: The wrecked Landrover Discovery which was in collision with two other vehicles on the A64, near York, today An injured driver had to be cut free from his wrecked 4x4 after a three vehicle collision on the A64 near York. The man, who was taken
Resurfacing work around the Grimston Bar interchange starts tomorrow for five weeks. But to reduce disruption to motorists the work will be carried out between 7pm and 7am from Monday to Friday. On Saturdays the route will be open from 9am to 6pm, and
Orphans in a desperately poor Romanian town are to receive a much-needed boost, thanks to youngsters who attend the Brooklyn Youth Centre in Norton. YOUTH AID: Sue Bonello, of Brooklyn Youth Centre in Norton, presents a £432.50 cheque to Richard Jesse
The Prime Minister has been accused by a top Tory of deceiving his own party over the closure of York's army HQ. Shadow defence secretary Iain Duncan Smith spoke out at the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool following the leak of an internal Ministry
Credit Protection Plan's 200th employee Laura Camidge, from Osbaldwick, receives a bottle of champagne from consumer relations director Stephen West A firm which moved on to the former ABB site in York has reached a major milestone - with help from the
An MP today said he would make a last-ditch attempt to bring the details of a report into sexual harassment at a North Yorkshire police station into the public domain. But the chairman of North Yorkshire Police Authority, Lady Angela Harris, said she
York MP Hugh Bayley today gave his backing to York-born Health Secretary Frank Dobson in the race to become Mayor of London. He was speaking after confirmation that Mr Dobson, aged 59, is to put his name forward for the Labour nomination for the position
A man has gone on trial after his sister lost three fingers in an incident involving a cannon at Castle Howard. Martin Bibbings, 45, of Felixstowe, Suffolk, appeared before Pickering magistrates accused of not providing safe working conditions. On Saturday
