A BANNED teenage motorcyclist mowed down and killed a pensioner on a Sunday stroll along a path, York Crown Court heard. Walkers snatched children and dogs out of the path of Adam Craig Hudson as he sped at up to nearly 50mph along the Sustrans cycle
A CHILD was crushed to death by a falling gravestone in a North Yorkshire cemetery. The tragedy happened while the six-year-old local boy, who has not yet been named, was playing with friends. at the time. He was pronounced dead at the scene in Grove
ONE-TIME York City goalkeeper Mark Prudhoe will roll back the years next week in a six-a-side football tournament for ex-professionals aged over 35. Prudhoe, who enjoyed a brief loan spell at Bootham Crescent in 1997, will figure in the Bradford City
YORK City are set to use their prestigious clash with Manchester United as the launch-pad for a fan-friendly new season at Bootham Crescent. Sir Alex Ferguson's Premiership champions take on the Minstermen in an eagerly anticipated curtain raiser on July
ANTHONY McGrath's chequered career with Yorkshire has so far been a combination of good luck and misfortune in almost equal measure and now he finds himself standing at the crossroads once again. Having just re-established himself in the side after knee
Charles Hutchinson enjoys a hot dinner date with Rory Mulvihill - the Devil from York Millennium Mystery Plays THIS York restaurant will open and close in a month. Not because it has failed, but because it is only temporary, set up by Milburns Restaurants
York on Sunday for York's Carnival 2000. I was on the McArthur Glen float and thoroughly enjoyed the day. I have played in many concerts with orchestras and bands, but have never appreciated quite such an ecstatic atmosphere before. What made it absolutely
WE have campaigned for many years for clean seas for the benefit of this and future generations, vehemently opposing Government and water companies over their previous policy of discharging untreated sewage into the sea. We place on record our appreciation
DURING the past year I seem to have acquired a multitude of CDs for access to the Internet, all from different service providers, and all of which promise free this and free that, none of which I believe (being an old cynic). They have to get their income
I SPENT a lovely holiday in York while HMS York was berthed in Hull and on June 23 I was involved in the Freedom March. I felt very proud of the bearing of the officers and crew of HMS York. I am one of the few surviving crew members of the eight-inch
YOU just can't keep a good band down. York rockers Shed Seven are back in business with a new record label, new material and new band member. The line-up is now as follows; Rick Witter on vocals, Alan Leach, drums, Tom Gladwin, bass, Fraser Smith, keyboards
by Pete Barrow HOME advantage and experience played right into Ann Farndale's hands as she collected the York Ladies Amateur Championship title at Kirkbymoorside. Playing in the silver division of the York Union event the 63-year-old, who plays off a
ONE-TIME York City goalkeeper Mark Prudhoe will roll back the years next week in a six-a-side football tournament for ex-professionals aged over 35. Prudhoe, who enjoyed a brief loan spell at Bootham Crescent in 1997, will figure in the Bradford City
ART and design student Louise Elliott is celebrating after winning the regional finals of a competition for young engineers with her design for an all-terrain wheelchair for a girl with cerebral palsy. Louise, 18, of Dacre Banks, near Harrogate, was overall
A YORK bird lover was so distraught at the apparent disappearance of 30 of his feathered friends that he contacted the Evening Press to highlight their flight. Stephen Reid, of Galligap Lane, Osbaldwick, had woken up to see the family of ducks every day
YORKSHIRE'S bowlers failed to finish off Durham's first innings quickly today on the second day of the County Championship match at Headingley. Durham skipper Nick Speak reached his half century and the ninth wicket stand with Steve Harmison prospered
A YOUNG girl was injured when she was shot with a pellet gun in a York shopping square. It was one of a number of incidents in the past few days which have triggered calls to police from members of the public anxious about the guns. York police today
SHOT STOPPER Alan Fettis has confirmed he is ready to commit himself to the York City cause. Speaking exclusively to the Evening Press, the Northern Ireland international goalkeeper said: "We will sit down on Monday and discuss things but as long as things
Mike Laycock visits the Land of the Prince Bishops It has a fine cathedral and castle, dating back to Norman times and of such architectural and historical importance that they are recognised together as a World Heritage Site. It has narrow winding streets
ONE-DAY cricket is all the buzz these days, but can it ever dish up anything half so exciting as the Lord's Test match in which four Yorkshire players contributed to one of England's greatest performances? Exactly one week on, England are today taking
GAMES for free? Nobody would be daft enough to just give games away, would they? You'd be surprised. Freeloader.com is a website set up to do just that. Visitors to the site (www.freeloader.com) simply have to register and they are able to download a
Club may have managed to stay afloat until the end of this last season, but I strongly urge everyone connected with the club not to be complacent about the future. The club cannot afford to continue to live beyond its means. Grim financial reality will
HAPPY Diamond, the horse at the centre of a controversial defeat at Doncaster last Sunday, turns out again at Newcastle tomorrow in search of deserved compensation. The Mark Johnston-trained three-year-old was five lengths clear inside the final furlong
A pioneering initiative by City of York Council has brought a Millennium vision of tomorrow a little step closer. For all the debate raging about how to keep motorists out of York's city centre, the reality is the car is probably here to stay. But if
DAN BEERGUTSTEIN reels in a fishy tale down Selby way. COD wars have broken out in pubs south of York, with many out to give each other a good battering over the quality of their food. A number of boozers in the area are advertising their fishy fare and
Rosemary Conley triumphs with her new low-fat cookery book, finds MAXINE GORDON. Book: Rosemary Conley's Low Fat Cookbook (Century) £16.99 Chef's CV: This diet and fitness guru surely needs little introduction - particularly to anyone who has ever tried
SO another summer slips by with Yorkshire flattering to deceive in knockout cricket, the high expectations of the first half of the season suddenly evaporating into thin air. Hopes that Yorkshire could make amends for last year's bitterly disappointing
If you want a home that is out of this world, watch this space, says MAXINE GORDON. DO you dream of sleeping under the stars, dining by moonlight or soaking in the tub as shooting stars fall to earth? Well that dream could become a reality with a helping
Charles Hutchinson enjoys a hot dinner date with Rory Mulvihill - the Devil from York Millennium Mystery Plays THIS York restaurant will open and close in a month. Not because it has failed, but because it is only temporary, set up by Milburns Restaurants
Paul Kirkwood likes biking around Cornwall FOR a holiday treat I hit the Camel Trail - but I was the one putting in the legwork and not a humped mammal. The Camel in question is a river in North Cornwall and the trailing is done by bicycle along a disused
I WAS disappointed to read Pamela Egan's criticism of Michael McCulloch's comments on the misuse of the English language (Evening Press, July 3). It would appear that Ms Egan condones the 'dumbing down' of everything we of the older generation hold dear
I HAVE always been a monarchist at heart, although harsh treatment of the young Princess of Wales raised doubts. However it did seem that the Royals had recently learned valuable lessons, had sought to improve their image, be forgiving and to behave with
I WAS driving to Haxby along the back road which leaves the A19 at the Shipton church of Saint John The Evangelist on May 14 last year. I recall the date because my uncle died on May 13, Ascension Day. As I drove close to the turning to the Jacobean Hotel
I WRITE to compliment the designers and planners of the new hotel which I watched growing daily. The new Travel Lodge at the bottom of Piccadilly is going to be a delightful asset to the city. It is sad that we have so many buildings that look like Weetabix
POLICE have put out a summer holiday alert after youngsters were seen dicing with death on railway lines near York. But a special pack being prepared by Railtrack to help teachers educate children on the dangers will not be available until July 18 - a
PRIME Minister Tony Blair's son Euan caused great embarrassment to his parents by being drunk and incapable on the London streets while celebrating his GCSE results with friends. But he's not the only youngster who has shown up his parents. We asked the
DRIED horse dung can be useful for drying clothes, a woman from Dalby, near Terrington, recently discovered while riding across Mongolia for charity. Marnie Summers, a quality assurance auditor at Malton Bacon Factory, spent six days riding across the
TOMORROW'S world is in York today with the introduction of electric cars to buzz council staff around the city. The whirr of technology is being harnessed by the City of York Council's Early Years and Childcare Service and the authority's Greenworks department
YORK City Baths Club swimmers Tom Southam and Lewis Porylo struck silver when they represented Yorkshire with great success in the CJI Meet in Luxembourg. Porylo came home with second places in the 100m and 200m breaststroke, while Southam was pipped
THE woman who inspired the Evening Press Fight for Sight campaign has died suddenly at the age of 72. Jean Heaven, from Haxby, collapsed at her daughter's home near Hemingbrough. Mrs Heaven hit the headlines last year when the Evening Press revealed how
THE Evening Press has scooped a national award -for being a great local newspaper. ITN news-reader Dermot Murnaghan praised the paper as "a daily friend coming through your letter box" as he announced our success at the Regional Press Awards. The Evening
YORK City are set to use their prestigious clash with Manchester United as the launch-pad for a fan-friendly new season at Bootham Crescent. Sir Alex Ferguson's Premiership champions take on the Minstermen in an eagerly anticipated curtain raiser on July
HARRY Potter mania hit York this morning with children and adults camping outside bookshops in a desperate attempt to grab the first copies of the trainee wizard's fourth adventure. The White Rose book shop on Newbiggin, in Malton, opened an hour early
THIS is a tale of two creches. One for men who hate shopping with their partner, the other about a new corral for children at the Fitness First health centre at Clifton Moor. David Jubb of Coffee Espress in York's Goodramgate has come up with a great
If you want a home that is out of this world, watch this space, says MAXINE GORDON. DO you dream of sleeping under the stars, dining by moonlight or soaking in the tub as shooting stars fall to earth? Well that dream could become a reality with a helping
The soft midsummer evening was just right for a romantic stroll around Malham Tarn. The place was quiet, the crowds had vanished, gone in their buses or settled in the bars. One couple walked back smiling hand-in- hand, another picnicked by the water's
Lauries Eats 'n' Treats, Bridge Street, York THE first thing that struck us as we entered was the unusual smell. Of course! It was orange being squeezed for fresh juice. Essentially this is a delicatessen combining an interesting selection of fruits and
I read with interest the sportsmail from Andrew Lightfoot (Evening Press - June 30, 2000) and I disagree 100 per cent! Andrew was stating opinion NOT fact regarding the Xavier handball incident. I saw it the same way that Assistant Referee, Igor Sranka
The Evening Press - on behalf of thousands of its readers - sent a strong message to me that you wanted action to save your local post offices. Yesterday the Government showed that we have listened with new measures and financial support to help secure
