A young Selby woman who escaped with cuts and bruises in a horrific crash which killed her teenage boyfriend said today she could not believe he was gone. Dale Stoakes, 17, died after his 100cc Peugeot scooter collided with a Toyota car in Union Lane,
The new proposals for Coppergate II seem to satisfy the conservation lobby with the modifications from the previous proposals. Isn't it now time to get on with the job and to begin the process of revitalising the Piccadilly/Walmgate areas of the city?
Mr Wilson of Hunters Way castigated City of York Council (Letters, September 13) for closing Lendal Bridge immediately before the truck driver's fuel blockade of the outer ring road. This, he claims, has doubled the misery of the beleaguered motorist.
In the week we remembered, with gratitude, the 'Few' Battle Of Britain pilots who gallantly defended our freedoms and democratic way of life, the country was paralysed by a few, unelected farmers and hauliers, who chose to pursue their self interests
A walker was airlifted to safety after being stranded half way up a cliff near Robin Hood's Bay. Stuart Owen, 59, from Huddersfield, who was on holiday with his wife, was reported missing to police when he failed to return from a walking expedition by
Children from a York primary school helped launch a charity appeal to help other youngsters. The appeal is being run by the Swallow Hotel in Tadcaster Road, York, which will be running an appeal called Cuppa For A Kid. Twenty pence from the price of every
Belly dancing mum and former chip shop worker Sue Hayes says her four stone weight loss is a Turkish delight. Sue, 31, of Bellhouse Way, Foxwood, decided enough was enough when she took up belly dancing because she had the belly for it. Her weight went
Three motorists have been banned from the road for at least 18 months each after they were caught drink-driving during the petrol crisis. They were among five arrested for driving with excess alcohol over the weekend. The other two will return to York
A York woman who stole an acquaintance's purse while visiting her home has been jailed for six months. Donna Marie Bycroft, 19, called round at Jennifer Johnstone's house in Clifton, York, and offered to sell her some underwear, said Diane Campbell, prosecuting
IT'S going to be a busier winter than ever for Yorkshire fast bowler Matthew Hoggard. He had originally been included in England's Test squad for Pakistan and Sri Lanka but has now been added to the party for the three series of one-day internationals
A cash shortage has hit health care in Ryedale and Scarborough. A £233,000 overspend on medical and surgical equipment has been reported by Gerry Nolan, director of finance for the Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Trust. The trust's savings targets
YORK City junior Chris Hogg lifted the spirits at Bootham Crescent today after earning a call- up to the England Under-15s' squad. The teenage City centre-half is one of just two players from clubs outside the Premiership or First Division to earn selection
TWO of York's major legal practices have earned places in the latest listing of the top 500 law firms in the UK. Denison Till, at Stamford House, in Piccadilly, appears in seven legal specialisms in the directory, four of which refer specifically to services
THAT'S it. Deadline has been reached. The deluge of last-minute entries is over. Now the big question remains: Who will be the victor in the Evening Press Business Awards 2000? Judging is about to begin for the competition which, in its tenth year, has
IT'S only fitting ... Shepherd, the York-based engineering and construction group which pioneered the design-and-build concept 40 years ago, has become one of the first companies to achieve registration under the Design and Build Foundation's new quality
NO MESSING: That's another fine gig you've gotten me into. These two stunning Laurel and Hardy lookalikes were on hand to welcome nearly 200 guests to a Hollywood-theme dinner marking the opening of the Royal York Hotel's £2.5 million conference facilities
THE Business Homes development at Holgate Park, York, has been named as a BT eLocations site - one of only six such sites in Yorkshire. The announcement by BT confirms expectations and hopes that the speculative £4 million light industrial development
JACK Dawson, narrowly beaten on his latest start, can go one better at Chester tomorrow. The three-year-old bids for the £10,000 Tote Quick Pick Showcase Handicap and carries the nap to get his head in front. Trained at Newmarket by John Berry, Jack Dawson
Is York really a hateful city? DAVID WILES and STEPHEN LEWIS report on a new police initiative to tackle 'hate crime'. WELCOME to 21st Century York. In Sydney, a black athlete opens the biggest and best ever Olympics. In Cool Britannia, a lesbian former
There's nothing like a crisis to bring people together. So it was no surprise that we, and a number of our other European partners, followed the lead of the French in blockading the oil refineries to get our respective governments to reduce the tax on
Panic buying set in again at York filling stations this afternoon after rumours grew that the fuel protest blockades were set to resume. A member of staff at the Hull Road service station said a long queue of motorists had developed in an hour, stretching
YORK City junior Chris Hogg lifted the spirits at Bootham Crescent today after earning a call- up to the England Under-15s' squad. The teenage City centre-half is one of just two players from clubs outside the Premiership or First Division to earn selection
A North Yorkshire health chief's pledge to give a high priority to counselling for former patients of disgraced gynaecologist Richard Neale was welcomed today by an NHS watchdog. Northallerton and District Community Health Council (CHC) has asked the
A Harrogate Royal Marine's unwanted "kiss" left a man scarred for life and the soldier behind bars for 12 months, after he appeared before York Crown Court yesterday. Gavin Dunwell, 23, serving at Lympstone Barracks in Devon, pleaded guilty to one charge
A new initiative to tackle hate crimes against gays, ethnic minorities and people with disabilities in North Yorkshire was launched today by the county's police. Diversity Incorporating Safer Communities (Disc) aims to promote tolerance of minority groups
A Grandmother and her daughter have become the latest victims at a notorious A64 accident blackspot. Police are appealing for witnesses after two adults were killed and four other people injured when two cars were involved in the incident on Golden Hill
THE new owner of Nationwide Conference club Scarborough, Brooks Mileson, has appointed former player Darren Foreman as the club's commercial manager. The club are hoping that Foreman will be able to build bridges between the club and the town's business
HAVING conquered Burger King with its energy-saving technology, the North Duffield-based Powercut group is bracing itself for a rush of British companies demanding its services. Many UK firms are expected to see Powercut's product as a way out of being
AN EXPANDING pub company, the Tadcaster-based Commer Group, has bought out a 15 per cent stake in it held by NatWest Development Capital. Now it is poised for a mass purchase of pubs. The shareholding was set up four years ago when the Commer group needed
WE have looked the other way for too long. When the Lawrence Report exposed terrible examples of racism in London, most people in North Yorkshire took little notice. That sort of thing was an inner city disease, people assured themselves, not something
RAILTRACK has developed its own weather monitoring technology. This will inevitably lead to wisecracks about the firm's ability to forecast showers of leaves on the line and downfalls of "the wrong type of snow". Nonetheless, this is an imaginative initiative
CHRIS TITLEY meets a children's author who weaves his story-telling magic without the aid of a wand. HIS books are full of talking woodland creatures engaged in a battle between good and evil in some far-away land. Old fashioned, traditional children's
