One of Britain's wealthiest men today swapped a life of luxury for eight years in a prison cell for masterminding a massive timeshare swindle that made him a fortune. John "Goldfinger" Palmer, regarded by police as a "serious organised criminal", was
A bride and groom told today how they had been forced to postpone their wedding because of the foot and mouth crisis in North Yorkshire. Jeremy Stockdale, a farmer from Scawton, near Helmsley, had been due to marry his fiance Susan Read, of Hartlington
WHAT do you find at the very bottom of the food chain? Bacteria? Single cell organisms? No. The answer is motorway services catering. All the above are related, however: only a single cell organism could have designed Britain's hideous service stations
It was a definite case of love at first listen for York couple Martin and Ruth Bowling when they met more than 30 years ago. Martin, 60, fell for his bride before he had even laid eyes on her, so taken was he with her beautiful singing voice. On that
A persistent vandal racially insulted a fast food shop manager at night before breaking his window, York Youth Court heard. The 16-year-old said "I'll do your shop" as well as making the race remark after he was asked to leave the York shop, said prosecutor
Heavy rain increased the water levels at the Willows by three inches for the 43-entry Bob.Co Tackle match, but there were still a dozen 20lb-plus catches. Andy Hampson (Normark) scored a comfortable win from Ridge Pool. Fishing the noted corner peg 11
A fund set up by churches has proved a financial lifeline to farmers reeling from the effects of the foot and mouth disease crisis. The fund has raised more than £3millioin nationally while Ripon and Leeds Diocesan Rural Officer Canon Leslie Morley has
Malton and Norton golfer Emma Duggleby is handily placed to retain the English Ladies Closed Golf Championship after yesterday's first qualifying round. Holder Duggleby and Rebecca Hudson, beaten finalist last year, returned level-par scores of 72 on
Three people were injured when two cars crashed near Pocklington. Crews from Humberside Fire and Rescue Service were called to the scene of the accident on the A1079 near to the entrance to the Wolds Gliding Club at 4.15pm yesterday but found the injured
The campaign led by York City to have disgraced Chesterfield booted out of the Football League is expected to still go ahead, despite Halifax Town withdrawing their support. The Shaymen were one of 14-clubs calling for an Extraordinary General Meeting
York City striker Barry Conlon admits he is locked in "limbo land" after the bombshell of being bombed out by Colchester United. Speaking to the Evening Press, the former Ireland Under-21 international revealed he was crestfallen after the plug was pulled
An investigation was under way today after a scaffolder was burned by hot oil at the Linpac Polymers plant, in Sherburn-in-Elmet. The man was taken by ambulance to Pontefract General Infirmary suffering burns to his back and shoulders. Bryan Cass, general
Plans are in hand to build a new £500,000 ten-pin bowling centre and roller-skate rink in Selby. The proposed "family entertainment centre" would include 12 ten-pin bowling lanes with computerised scoring, a bowling shop, a circular skating rink, children's
A last-ditch plan to save 64 jobs at the doomed Range Powermax plant in York has been rejected by the management. By casting out an alternative plan to cut operational costs at the factory in James Nicholson Link, Clifton Moor, the management has left
Retired signwriter Terry MacDonald has lived in the same York street for the last 42 years. But when he returned to Linden Close, in Huntington, yesterday, he found his home had been moved into the next street. Bungling council workers had put up a new
Yorkshire cricket was "squeaky clean" said chief executive Chris Hassell today ahead of the publication of Lord Condon's interim report into corruption and match fixing. Hassell, who was in Taunton for Yorkshire's Benson and Hedges Cup quarter-final clash
A successful multimedia firm which brings history to life has been promised that Labour intends to help it flourish. York's Labour election candidate Hugh Bayley made the pledge while visiting Past Forward, Margaret Street-based consultants who use the
Foreign Secretary Robin Cook viewed the North Yorkshire coast as he visited a Whitby College. The Labour front bencher met students and staff at the Whitby Community Col-lege yesterday. And he was joined by Lawrie Quinn, his party's candidate for Scarborough
IMAGINE coming home and finding your house had moved to another street. Not only that, but the next two streets had changed their names. It would be disconcerting, to say the least. Terry MacDonald was astounded when it happened to him. A man perfectly
Never Dream Of Dying - The New Bond Adventure by Raymond Benson (Hodder & Stoughton, £17.99) JAMES BOND comes face to face at last with the evil genius Le Graunt, the leader of the organisation known as The Union. The story begins at a film studio
York City striker Barry Conlon admits he is locked in "limbo land" after the bombshell of being bombed out by Colchester United. Speaking to the Evening Press, the former Ireland Under-21 international revealed he was crestfallen after the plug was pulled
HIGH street giant Marks & Spencer has signed up to become a major retailer in the McArthur Glen Designer Outlet's new phase of discount shopping. The York outlet confirmed today that M&S is to take up a 9,000 sq ft unit in its new phase three
The lights went down and the audience in the West End cinema was hushed. We had been waiting a long-time for this moment, unable to turn our heads without catching sight of a poster advertising this year's summer blockbuster. And it was finally about
North Yorkshire's struggling farmers and restless youngsters could be the first to benefit from a new charity fund about to be given a royal kick-start by the Duke of York. Bill Hearld reports... A new charitable organisation wants to take your money
A cruel air gun user shot a duck and left it for dead in the middle of a North Yorkshire tourist town. Residents spotted the stricken duck struggling to get out of Helmsley beck after it was shot. They took it to the RSPCA for emergency treatment, but
The last game of the long season in the Beckett Football League was completed when Rosedale beat Kirkbymoorside Reserves 5-3 for Rosedale to finish 11 points behind division one champions Black Swan, Pickering. The Rosedale goals were scored by Ben Adamson
An unlit gas cooker sparked the explosion that destroyed a York house, safety inspectors have said. RSPCA carer Nicola Dunning suffered burns, cuts and bruises in the explosion last Tuesday, and has now been discharged from Pinderfields Hospital. She
Painter David Brettell proved a dab hand as he landed a tasty cash prize competing in the world's biggest angling pairs event. Brettell, 38, from Stockton Lane, York, and Reg Fearn, 52, from Doncaster, won £1,000 after coming fifth in the Embassy Challenge
Two angry York parents are the latest to demand answers in the UK-wide organ removal scandal. Retired couple Colin and Marie Wiseman, of Osbaldwick, lost their daughter Deborah to a car accident in 1974. She was just eight years old at the time. Marie
The Rhodes Haulage York Interworks rugby league tournament has been reduced to five teams after Castle Howard Ox were forced to pull out - because of their players' success. Ox have had to cancel Friday night's clash with Guildford Construction because
Residents were given a chance to view flood defence plans for Ryedale at a public display staged by the Environment Agency (EA). More than 130 residents packed into a baking hot St Peter's Church Hall, Norton, to see how the agency plans to prevent further
Middlesbrough have reportedly made an 11th-hour bid to recruit Sir Alex Ferguson's number two Steve McClaren as their first-team coach. West Ham are currently awaiting a decision from York-born McClaren over their vacant manager's job, but it is understood
Two children who suffered severe burns after a bottle of paint thinner caught fire were today still recovering at Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield. Jodie Blackburn, aged eight, who suffered 40 per cent burns to her face and waist, was described as critical
York Theatre Royal is to launch a new studio theatre in September. The new performance area, to be known as The Studio, has been created out of the space where theatre production staff used to paint scenery. Seating will be tiered with cushioned benches
The grief-stricken family of Sutton-on-the-Forest murder victim David Williamson are set to pay tribute to him at his funeral in York. Meanwhile, detectives probing the 57-year-old batchelor's killing have called on specialist injury experts at a top
Yorkshire cricket was "squeaky clean" said chief executive Chris Hassell today ahead of the publication of Lord Condon's interim report into corruption and match fixing. Hassell, who was in Taunton for Yorkshire's Benson and Hedges Cup quarter-final clash
Political debate has earned a York pupil the title Best Backbencher. And 16-year-old Jo Hicks has been invited to tea at 10 Downing Street with its next occupant. Jo, a Fulford School pupil from Wheldrake, won the prize in the Motorola Youth Parliament
Doom forecasting opinion polls have failed to dampen the spirits of East Yorkshire's Conservatives. The Tory campaign team has taken to the streets with a spring in its step and a song in its heart. Their candidate Greg Knight has aimed to lure the voters
I WRITE to clarify York Health Services NHS Trust's position on how we have dealt with issues relating to organ retention following the Alder Hey inquiry. We have endeavoured to tell families the truth about what happened to their loved ones. In doing
YOU published a letter bearing my name that was not written by me, and does not reflect my views on the reopening of footpaths (May 21). I welcome this opportunity to put the record straight. North and East Yorkshire councils are right to exercise caution
SURELY it's obvious that those politicians who revel in sniping would earn more respect if they just stopped. Listening patiently to some of them whining like toddlers in desperate need of an afternoon nap can become tedious. After all, I (an ordinary
A CANVASSER for Hugh Bayley called and left a leaflet describing how Hugh had supported York and its residents over the past fours years, citing the floods and the new casualty department at the hospital plus some more. I was then quite surprised to see
DAVID Williamson went for a drink at the Star Inn at Huby and was not seen alive again. Any violent death is profoundly shocking, particularly in a county where murders are mercifully rare. But the mysterious circumstances of Mr Williamson's death, and
On the eve of Bob Dylan's 60th birthday, CHRIS TITLEY talks to the world's foremost Dylan expert about the man and his art MICHAEL Gray only met Bob Dylan once. It was an unforgettable experience for a man so moved by Dylan's music that he wrote a 900
Alan Swinbank, who suffered a cruel blow at Beverley yesterday when his stable's star Court Express was fatally injured, can bounce back at Newcastle tomorrow with up-and-coming stayer Lucky Judge. The mount of Fergal Lynch, Lucky Judge underlined his
