A YOUNG man was today recovering after a vicious and unprovoked attack on a riverside path in York. The man was assaulted from behind and hit over the head with what is believed to be a metal bar. Police today appealed for witnesses, particularly two
CORKS will be popping more than usual during the May Festival at York Racecourse - thanks to a million pound facelift for the Champagne Terrace. The refurbishment has been timed to welcome the start of the season, and is just one of many highlights of
A teenage driver died and his three passengers were seriously hurt when they smashed into a tree during an apparent road race between two high-performance cars. The dead man's black Peugeot 205 GTI was completely wrecked in the crash in Beckfield Lane
YORKSHIRE campaigners behind a national movement to help thyroid sufferers want to set up shop in York. The British Thyroid Foundation, founded in Harrogate in 1992, is trying to extend its network of support groups for people coming to terms with distressing
PLANNING chiefs in York are to consider a £35,000 traffic scheme to reduce long-stay parking and clamp down on commuter traffic along Lawrence Street. The report follows controversial proposals for a bus lane to run along the A1079 Hull Road, which was
MUM-of-two Louise Morales is so keen for her children to soak up French culture that she is sending them to a French school for three weeks. Louise's children, Louis, nine, and Lucie, seven, normally go to Dunnington Primary School in York, but will be
CHAMPIONS Dunnington lost a match of superb quality to Poppleton 50-58 in the Tyke Petroleum Men's Tennis League. Rob Jones and John Moore made all the difference for Poppleton with an unbeaten 25. Bubwith made a confident start with maximum points beating
THREE local cricketers have been called into the England squad for the Costcutter under-15 World Cricket Challenge. The trio - Sheriff Hutton's Nick Thornicroft, James Chervak of Harrogate and Fadmoor's Dan Broadbent - are among seven Yorkshire players
A TEENAGE driver died and his three passengers were seriously hurt when they smashed into a tree during an apparent road race between two high-performance cars. The dead man's black Peugeot 205 GTI was wrecked in the crash in Beckfield Lane, Acomb. Police
CAMPAIGNERS appealed today for a mystery man in a white car to assist in their battle to win an appeal for Yvonne Sleightholme. Margaret Leonard and David Hamilton believe the man - possibly someone with medical connections - has information which would
TWO men are in hospital today with serious injuries after the training aircraft they were flying crashed on remote North Yorkshire moorland. Captain David Bower, of Burnsall, near Skipton, and his student Bernard Merlino, from Wakefield, were both airlifted
HOW North Yorkshire plans to tackle drug and alcohol abuse in the coming year were being unveiled today at a special event in Harrogate. It was announced that York's pioneering arrest referral scheme is to be expanded throughout the country, and subject
CANCER surgeon Steve Leveson was in good hands when he underwent an operation for lung cancer - because he taught his surgeon how to do it. Steve, 54, is a consultant surgeon at York District Hospital, and the founder member of York Against Cancer. His
THE Labour group on the City of York Council was today accused of leaking a confidential document to the Evening Press in the run-up to Thursday's by-election. Just two days before the Ofsted report into the council's education department is due to be
BRAVE kids Abigail and Toby Strangeway abandoned a game of doctors and nurses to save their unconscious mother. Toby, six, and his five-year-old sister amazed medics with their calmness when mum Lynn, 37, suddenly collapsed at home in Tadcaster. Today
SOUTH Bank Football Club are celebrating a hat-trick of trophy successes after a near pot-less quarter of a century. The treble-winners clinched the York Leeper Hare League Division Two title, lifted the Junior League Cup after beating Poppleton United
A TEENAGER has been locked up for ten months after he cut his pregnant girlfriend with a knife, York Crown Court heard. The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, denied wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm on February 1 to
A HISTORY lecturer has struck back in the Wars of the Roses after we told how the Red Rose county was trying to woo tourists away from the Broad Acres. Dr Robert Poole, who teaches at St Martin's College, Lancaster, has written a stinging letter to the
TITLE holders York needed the skill of Wendy Stirk and Louise Lister to squeeze past visitors Dunnington in the first division of the Fulford Ladies Invitation Tennis League. They won their three rubbers in a 57-51 victory, but Dunnington's three couples
RAILWAY I have completed a squash league and cup double. They were unbeaten in winning IT Sports York and District League division one and they won the Riley Cup Handicap competition beating Malton III by only three points in the final. Railway's closest
HELEN Roe and David McDermott were the highest scorers in Wheldrake's win at Cawood in division six of the IT Sports York and District Mixed Tennis League. They only lost one game and that was to Cawood's highest scorers, Lesley and Terry Savage. The
THE muddied waters of the Derby picture could be significantly clearer after tomorrow's JWE Telecom Dante Stakes at York. Britain's richest Derby trial brings together a small but select field, and offers Sakhee an excellent chance to bolster his claim
Mirfield-born Gary Ramsden will become one of the youngest fast bowlers every to turn out for Yorkshire if he is included in the team for tomorrow's PPP healthcare Championship match against Derbyshire at Derby. Ramsden celebrated his 17th birthday on
MALTON and Norton golfer Simon Dyson will have no time to rest on his laurels after his success in the Macau Open. The 22-year-old rookie professional, who won the Asian Tour tournament in Hong Kong by two shots, now heads for China and plays in Shanghai
Just five runners will go to post for tomorrow's £145,000 JWE Telecom Dante Stakes at York. The small but select field includes the John Dunlop-trained Sakhee, winner of the Thresher Classic Trial at Sandown last month. Dunlop's two Derby winners Shirley
