DO YOU want to know a state secret? This one does not affect the security of the nation. It won't hurt ourselves or benefit our enemies. All it will do is reveal the identity of two young men. In a High Court hearing this week, the sort of dust-dry occasion
This column is supplied by Derek Knight, tel (01430) 861988 and Julie Cartner, tel (01904) 491478 who are consultants for ADAS in East and North Yorkshire. LAST Friday, from the hillside above Thorpe Bassett the huge extent of the current flooding through
KIRKBYMOORSIDE Young Farmers are holding a ploughing match this Sunday. This third annual event takes place by the A170 at the Wombleton junction near Kirkbymoorside, by permission of Major J Shaw, of Welburn Manor Farms. It begins at 9.30am and contestants
WET weather has lowered the food value of this year's maize crop, according to a national maize silage analysis provided by nutrition specialist Frank Wright Ltd. Tests on the first 400 samples of mainly early-cut maize show that dry matter, protein ME
New food stores should be considered for Acomb and York city centre - but plans to expand ASDA and Sainsbury superstores at Monks Cross should be turned down. And further out-of-town expansion at Monks Cross retail park and the Fulford designer outlet
The Prince of Wales is to visit Rawcliffe, Naburn and York city centre as part of his tour of flood-hit parts of the region tomorrow. Prince Charles is due to arrive in York in the late morning with a visit to Rawcliffe Bar Visitors Centre where he will
MANY of the conclusions of the York retail study will make sense to residents. Certainly the need for another central food outlet alongside Marks & Spencer has long been clear to local people. Much of the CB Hillier Parker report backs the city centre
Football's top brass were today expected to move a step closer to sanctioning feeder clubs. The implementation of a controversial feudal arrangement, allowing member clubs to take stakes in smaller small ones, was reportedly being discussed at a meeting
WHILE continuing to support the overall form and layout of the Coppergate II scheme we do not think it has become a convincing piece of architecture. The 'prow' building and the north end of the site on Piccadilly and the stone building next to the Eye
The future of a Ryedale hospital is secure only 12 months after a Government report put closure on the agenda, a senior health chief has announced. And Councillor Keith Orrell, who highlighted the threat last year, said he believed Malton Hospital was
Residents of a North Yorkshire village plagued by traffic dangers will have the chance to check out three proposed bypass schemes from tomorrow. The Highways Agency is to unveil the proposed alternative routes to take traffic out of Rillington, near Malton
Yorkshire Ladies played their first round Atherley Trophy game against Durham hoping to emulate their success of 1999 when they won the competition. The home leg of the game took place at Thanet Road where Carol Instone's rink had a superb 28-13 victory
This is the human face of "bed blocking" a 77-year-old York man close to giving up because he is stuck on a hospital ward and feels no-one wants him. Eric "Jack" Walker, who has lived in the Hull Road area all his life, has been on York District Hospital's
York 'A' chess team turned on the style as they thrashed Huddersfield 'A' in the third round of the Woodhouse Cup. Wins from Richard Palliser, Paul Townsend, David Adams, Paul Hopwood, Peter Cloudsdale, Paul Johnson and Paul Anderson and two draws from
There's no place like home, but, when you have been forced out by flood damage, a static caravan in the garden will have to do. Michael Bell, 60, lives in a bungalow in Coniston Close, Rawcliffe, with his wife, Sheila. The couple have been in the house
York City's broken leg victim Peter Duffield could be back on the run before the New Year. Just nine weeks after suffering an horrific double fracture of his right leg, the striker has now done away with his crutches and cast and is making good progress
He who laughs lots lives longest - or so a new survey suggests. CHRIS TITLEY and WESLEY JOHNSON are happy to investigate. PATIENT: "Doctor, doctor, you've taken out my tonsils, my adenoids, my gall bladder, my varicose veins and my appendix, but I still
EVEN though I have been a strong critic of Malton Foods' anti-British policies, the news this week of a £5.4m loss in the first six months came as a nasty shock. Only a very few years, ago the management were lowering prices to our producers at an alarming
LEE Crooks has targeted another half-back as one of his main priorities as York Wasps begin the countdown to the start of the Northern Ford Premiership season. Newcomers Paddy Handley and Gareth Stepens were the only half-backs on show at Huntington Stadium
Garden centres are rivalling tourist attractions as the new places to go. STEPHEN LEWIS checks out what's available in and around York THERE'S a new kid on the block challenging traditional tourist attractions like museums and theme parks. More and more
YORK Wasps' 8-0 defeat by Hunslet Hawks last night will have raised more questions than it answered as coach Lee Crooks looks to determine his first-choice side. All 21 fit players got a run-out at a rain-sodden Huntington Stadium but few really stamped
THIS morning, November 13, the sun is shining for a change and on the flood plains there is a little more optimism in the air as the floodwaters slowly begin to recede. In the countryside, on the farms, only wind and sunshine can dry out the waterlogged
THE North of England Equine Fair 2000 takes place in the Flower Hall at the Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate, December 2 and 3. A carriage driving display team and endurance racing will be among the highlights of the fair, alongside more than 100
NFU president Ben Gill will today present a dossier to update Agriculture Minister Nick Brown on the havoc caused to farming by recent flooding. Mr Gill will tell the minister that the floods have caused widespread problems, with one of the most serious
THE NFU has welcomed the Chancellor's pre-budget statement - up to a point. A 3p/litre cut in diesel, the abolition of road tax for tractors and a freeze in fuel duty are all positive steps to help farmers, said NFU President Ben Gill, who farms near
DRIFFIELD Forward on November 13 were 28 cattle including seven steers, 15 heifers and six young bulls; 144 sheep, including 24 ewes; 38 pigs. Cattle: steers, premium to 127.5p/kg (111.2p); heifers, premium to 133.5p (110.3p), prime to 86.5p, others to
Selby pits are to get state aid to boost coal sales after the European Union approved a £110 million rescue package for the beleaguered coal industry. An independent panel is to be set up by the Government to decide the level of support for five applications
Prince Charles will not visit flood-hit Ryedale tomorrow. A spokesman for the Prince confirmed that "he is unable" to make it to the devastated region. Instead, he will see areas of York and Selby scarred by the deluge. Now a number of residents in Ryedale
OUR picture of Eric Walker shows the human cost of bed blocking. His misery at being all but abandoned by society is painfully clear. Mr Walker went into York District Hospital in July. There, the 77-year-old fought back from a serious stroke, demonstrating
York City's broken leg victim Peter Duffield could be back on the run before the New Year. Just nine weeks after suffering an horrific double fracture of his right leg, the striker has now done away with his crutches and cast and is making good progress
ONCE again a department of City of York Council - Leisure Services in this case - has put the cart before the horse by assuming a project is approved without going through the proper planning procedures. It was only after reading an article in the Evening
Acclaimed Thixendale artist Robert E Fuller has seen a record turnout to his winter exhibition so far this year, despite problems caused by the flooding. Robert, who is fast becoming one of the country's top wildlife artists, held the exhibition at his
Victims in what is believed to be the country's biggest ever trading standards investigation are to get compensation, a crown court has heard. North Yorkshire Trading Standards Officers are to give details of more than 100 people who suffered at the hands
Fears about a possible merger of health trusts in York and Harrogate have been allayed with proposals set to be dropped. Officers of North Yorkshire Health Authority will recommend to members that the union would not serve the best interests of the two
by Adam Nichols A six-month-old baby is to become the first in North Yorkshire to be named in a non-religious ceremony at a county register office. Joshua Luc Dixon was being officially named at Northallerton register office today. It is among the first
"Good Samaritans" killed as they helped at a motorway crash scene have been named. Wendy Patricia Maddison, 39, and her husband Stephen, 43, from Topcliffe, near Thirsk, died after an articulated lorry ploughed into their Range Rover and a removal lorry
York and District had a resounding win against Saltburn In the Yorkshire County League. At home David Stroughair, Russ Barton, Michael Bruce and Stuart Bryan won 28-12. In the other rink at Thanet Road John Emmerson, Dudley Williams, Geoff Walker and
York and District Over-60s 'B' team had to travel to Swinton, Manchester, to play in their second round game of the Over-60s Inter Club Double Rink championship and enjoyed an excellent win. The York four of Alwyn Johnson, Alwyn Redhead, Norman Vause
North Yorkshire's schools have again fared well in the annual publication of secondary school performance tables. The county's schools saw an average of 59.3 per cent of pupils getting five or more grades A* to C, ranking 11th out of 150 areas across
With the six week hill-climb season which traditionally follows the road racing season now at an end the winter discipline of cyclo-cross has taken over as the main focal point of cycle sport. Colin Hawxby (Acomb) who races in the colours of Bradford
The last remaining doctor's surgery in York city centre - swamped in the recent floods - could remain closed until the New Year. The Jorvik Medical Practice in Peckitt Street, off Tower Street, was overwhelmed when the nearby River Ouse rose to record
Football's top brass were today expected to move a step closer to sanctioning feeder clubs. The implementation of a controversial feudal arrangement, allowing member clubs to take stakes in smaller small ones, was reportedly being discussed at a meeting
Special flood teams are further damaging furniture ruined by river waters to stop people taking contaminated goods into their homes. City of York Council workmen are touring affected areas to pick up equipment left out as rubbish. Anything which seems
Heworth coach Harold Box will know all about the opposition on Saturday as he comes up against his former club Featherstone Lions for the first time since taking over at Elmpark Way. Box has been involved with the Lions, his home town club, throughout
Direct train services from York to London, which were withdrawn because of a flood-hit track near Selby, are set to resume a week on Monday. But Railtrack warned that GNER's high-speed trains would be limited to crawling pace for two to three months along
The ground above more than 250 graves in Selby Cemetery has begun to sink by depths of up to two feet because of the floods. But Selby District Council in charge of maintaining the cemetery has assured families that the problem will be sorted out within
DO not oppose the course specialist at Ascot tomorrow. Get Real, with only one defeat in five races on the track, bids to add to his impressive record by winning in the £20,000 sport4cast.com Handicap Chase, one of three events being shown live on BBC2
