Thoughts inevitably turn to holidays at this time of year. Images of sun-kissed beaches wash over us as the travel agents' television advertising campaigns begin in earnest. They become all the more alluring when the snow starts to fall. But the sorry
The Coppergate II proposed development still occupies regular columns in the Evening Press with many local groups starting to voice their opinions about this development. I believe the Piccadilly development is wanted by the people of York but that the
Your item about the locomotive which had come off the back of a low loader in Harrogate (December 20) seems to have missed the true story. Your leader ('We're going loco') chose to make a silly joke instead of telling us what both Railtrack and Grant
Yorkshire 'B' edged out Notinghamshire 'B' 132-126 at South Forest in a friendly. Earswick's Ray Clark skipped a successful rink, which also included his fellow club member Harry Rhodes, winning 26-16. Bill Waldie played third to York's Graham Instone
A York house owner who won a council dispute over the height of his property looks set to win the latest stage of his planning battle. A City of York Council planning committee, meeting on January 3, will consider a landscaping plan, including a row of
White Horse and Stillington both fielded weakened teams in their York and District Leeper Hare League division two clash, but the 9-0 scoreline in favour of White Horse was something of a shock. Mark Baker (3), Jamie Walton (2), Scott Griffiths (3) and
A lorry involved in a head-on collision which killed a Tadcaster company boss skidded on to the offside of the road, an inquest heard. David Calvert, 38, was left severely brain-damaged by the crash on the A659 near the junction with Toulston Lane, Tadcaster
Gordon Pygott and Peter Lawrence, holders of the Tom Forbes Pairs, were beaten 35-8 by Eddie Howcroft and Frank Turner in this year's final. The competition, only open to the over-60s, had a great response with 58 entries playing from the first game to
York Wasps Rugby League Club will be running a supporters' bus for the Northern Ford Premiership match at Batley on Sunday. The bus, with tickets costing £6, leaves Huntington Stadium at 10.30am for the 12.30pm kick off. Details are available from the
A motorist apparently had a lucky escape after the red Vauxhall Cavalier he was driving demolished a telephone pole in a York street. Police are anxious to speak to the driver, described by witnesses as a white male in his early to mid-twenties, who left
Cheltenham Town's Whaddon Road was under more than an inch of snow earlier today putting Saturday's Division Three clash with York City in doubt. While the snow can be easily cleared, more is expected and freezing temperatures are adding to the problems
Yorkshire fast bowlers Ryan Sidebottom and Chris Silverwood jetted off to the West Indies with England 'A' today and both have their own special reasons for wanting to be a smash hit in the Caribbean. A successful tour - his first at this level - could
A company which promised hundreds of North Yorkshire people a free holiday if they attended a sales promotion has been accused by a Government minister of deception. And customers who forked out between £39 and £118 in "processing fees" to receive their
An inch of "Christmas card" snow was falling in North Yorkshire today. But the Vale of York and the rest of the county was expected to miss the heavy snowfalls of up to six inches that brought travel misery to Wales, the Midlands and Scotland overnight
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Few things come off best in a collision with a Volvo, it seems. When a locomotive fell off a lorry into a Volvo's path on the A59, the car survived with a few dents. This became the subject of a press advertisement. Perhaps bosses should run some more
by Tom O'Ryan Britain faces the prospect of a possible blank day's racing tomorrow because of snow and frost. Tomorrow's card at Stratford has been abandoned because of snow, and the meetings at Newbury, Carlisle and Southwell are in serious doubt. There
Traffic police in North Yorkshire, fresh from a successful Christmas drink-drive blitz when they stopped motorists at random, today launched phase two of their crackdown. Extra patrols are on the look-out for morning-after drink-drivers from as early
Thank you for your magazine on the Yorkshire floods. I hope our MPs read it. On the final page you pose the question: "What next?" Recently you published my suggestion that a feasibility study be done to build a ten-mile diversionary canal around York
I was surprised and disappointed at the intemperate language in Chris Titley's column "Hague Shoots His Foot Again" (December 20). His rudeness also disguised the fact that his column did not contain any facts and he chose to regurgitate sentiments expressed
Rowntree Ladies proved too strong at home for YUSC, beating them 7-2 in a York Badminton League ladies division one fixture. Emma Andrew and Joyce Palmer led the way for Rowntree's, winning three in straight sets for 90-47. Sally Locker and Kath Watt
Bumper Castle were beaten 6-3 in their York John Smith's Mixed League match at Cygnet 'C', but had an excellent three tons for 17 darts to count from Dave O'Hara. Cygnet 'A' pipped division one leaders Huntington 5-4. Kevin Walton threw a splendid 17
A group of York women are scrumming down for the battle of the slimmest to lose some of that weight gained over Christmas and raise money for charity. Sonia Dickinson, consultant for the Lidgett Grove Slimming World group, has challenged fellow consultant
New Earswick's Margaret Moss and Gill Clark won the York and District Indoor Bowls Club St Leonard's Hospice Ladies Pairs. The duo, who won the event in 1998, beat last year's winners, Sue Kirkpatrick and Maureen Walker, three sets to one. Hospice pairs
Stargazers are in for a New Year treat when the beleaguered Russian space station Mir makes a spectacular appearance in the night sky above Yorkshire next week. Mir's path in the sky means it will be visible with the naked eye from the whole of the United
An award-winning pub, considered to be the final remnant of the railways at Easingwold, is likely to be converted into a house. After more than 100 years of business, The Station Hotel closed earlier this year and Hambleton District Council planners are
Millions of television viewers saw York strongman Rob Dixon muscle in on a place in a world final last night. The 36-year-old qualified for the final of the World's Strongest Man competition, screened by BBC 1 after a sizzling show of strength in the
Caroline Watson is back home from the voyage of a lifetime - after a white-knuckle ride in a seaboat, seeing Santa winched down from a helicopter and spending five days at sea aboard a warship with a crew of 180 men and one woman. Caroline, 37, of South
This advert shows that nothing is quite as dependable as a Volvo...except, perhaps, an Evening Press reporter. The car manufacturer is using last week's crash on the A59 to sell cars, but Volvo's picture also shows newshound Natalya Wilson on the scene
Ramblers and county council chiefs braved the cold to unveil a flagship footpath project near York. North Yorkshire County Council and the Ramblers' Association officially reopened a three-mile stretch of path between Kirkham Priory and Howsham Bridge
Tadcaster residents are organising a petition to close down a Barnardo's home in the town after blaming children there for a "mini-crimewave". They claim children as young as 12 are responsible for smashing windows, throwing eggs at houses, and stealing
Stephen Lewis charts the stories making the headlines in the first six months of the new Millennium January THE new Millennium dawned with a massive hangover: but at least it wasn't the end of civilisation as we knew it. The much-hyped Y2K bug which had
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