Young composers from Acomb Primary School, Holgate, York, were amongst the first school musicians to perform during two continuous days of music-making in York schools. The children at Holgate wrote their own music using percussion instruments under the
Trading standards bosses have launched a double "scam" warning - to businesses in York and householders in North Yorkshire. City of York Council's trading standards officers say an apparently innocuous mailshot, originating in Liechtenstein, invites businesses
York and District Chess League defeated Humberside and District League 8-1 in their annual end of season match at York Railway Institute. The match should have been contested over more boards, but Humberside were unable to raise more players. York won
A chimney sweep who has kept Ryedale's home fires burning safely for the last 15 years is appealing for someone to replace him - so he can hang up his brushes for good. Lionel Dixey has been sweeping the district's chimneys since 1986, but at 68, with
Tadcaster scored two wins in ladies division two of York Badminton League, the first 6-3 away to Market Weighton and the second by 9-0 away to Knavesmire. Sue Durston and Sue Smith gained two wins for Market Weighton but lost 13 and six to Y Malthouse
The Evening Press has scooped an international award for its handling of the November 2000 floods crisis. The Press's owners, the American-based global newspaper group Gannett, chose it as one of just five winners of its IDEAS (Innovator Drive for Excellence
Quiz teams battled it out in a Who Wants To Be A Millionaire-style contest in aid of the Hospice 2000 appeal. The second annual corporate patrons' quiz, in aid of the £2million appeal to extend St Leonard's Hospice, was set by David Winpenny, who took
Hunters Estate Agent York and District Senior Cricket League's Joe Lumb XI cruised to a 123-run victory over their Pontefract counterparts at Stillington. York openers Nathan Briggs (Clifton Alliance) and Guy Darwin (Bedale) put on 20 runs in 12 overs
The York soldier leading the military operation to handle foot and mouth was today set to meet agriculture minister Nick Brown. Brigadier Andrew Farquhar, who also marshalled the Army's response to the November floods in York, was to meet Mr Brown in
Callous thieves have stolen treasured plants from a blind woman from Ryedale. Pat Onions, of Westgate, Pickering, who has been blind for 20 years, can only see very bright colours and makes hanging baskets to brighten up her garden. But 30 or 40 plants
A Tory student failed to prompt a Prescott-style punch after hurling eggs at Selby election candidate John Grogan. Labour man Mr Grogan was hit on the head by an egg thrown by a member of the University of York Conservatives, whose actions were immediately
Golden boy Michael Vaughan may have batted himself into England's one-day squad. His imperious 125 not out and an unbeaten 51 from Darren Lehmann steered Yorkshire to a crushing eight wicket victory at Somerset yesterday with 80 balls to spare. The pair
A painter and decorator died because of a fall after taking a cocktail of drink and drugs including an overdose of the anti-smoking pill, Zyban, an inquest heard. Relatives of Bruce Craddock, 41, of Shirley Avenue, York, are appealing for others to be
Campaigner Di Keal finally moved back into her flood-damaged home today. Mrs Keal and her family will tonight spend their first night in St Nicholas Street, Norton, since they abandoned their home last October. "I am pleased to be back but we're all still
Girl power was the order of the day today when York's first all-female civic party was sworn in at a ceremony in the city's Guildhall. The mayor-making saw Coun Irene Waudby take over from Coun Shan Braund as Lord Mayor of York amid amusing anecdotes
Plans to merge two of York's leading amateur rugby league clubs have been scrapped. New Earswick All Blacks had approached Heworth about joining forces next season to strengthen the sport's presence in the east of the city. But last night at a packed
Burythorpe, close winners over Stamford Bridge, took advantage of York's first defeat to lead division one of the Horwarth Pulleyn-Heselton York Vale League, writes John Parkin. Runs were always at a premium at Burythorpe with Andy Milner and Mark Fairweather
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
Academics will put the questions that matter to them to MPs at a hustings meeting at the University of York. Selby's four main candidates - John Grogan, standing for Labour, Michael Mitchell for the Conservatives, Liberal Democrat Jeremy Wilcock and Green
THE immense problems facing Britain's National Health Service are humanised by the experience of pensioner Philip Thomas-Peter. During an eye examination his optician noticed a problem with one of his retinas, and he was referred to York District Hospital
York City clinched its first major signing of the summer today when it was announced the Evening Press will serve as the club's sponsors. Yorkshire's fastest-growing daily newspaper has beaten off interest from a number of other companies to seal a major
UNDER present arrangements to control the spread of foot and mouth disease, farms within the 3km protection zone of an infected premises are issued with unlimited Form D restrictions. Animals may not move off premises unless licensed by the Ministry.
A WELL-known local auctioneer has been appointed general manager of Yorkshire Beef Limited. Michael Harrison, with 28 years experience of livestock marketing, was auctioneer partner in charge of Malton Livestock Market for Messrs Cundall of Malton. Yorkshire
WITH the election in full swing, the Country Land and Business Association (CLA), has prepared "ten key questions" for candidates. 1) How do you propose to provide the infrastructure to enable people who work in rural areas to compete on equal terms with
CRUCIAL seats being fought for in the General Election will be won or lost by the "grey vote", according to a poll of pensioners. The Age Concern survey reports that candidates in marginal seats, such as Selby, must secure the vote of older electors if
IT'S EASY to joke about apathy. The patter goes something like this. I was going to write a column about apathy but then I couldn't... Oh, I think there might be something missing from that last sentence. It might be the words "be bothered" but frankly
Jedi Knight, who was a creditable runner-up at York last week, can go one better at Haydock tomorrow. The Mick Easterby-trained gelding goes for the Renault Clio Van Showcase Handicap and will have the assistance of Kevin Darley. A former high-class handicapper
EBOR School have won through to the national finals of the Bazuka swimming championships for small schools. They will represent the Northern area in the mixed relay competition in the finals, which will be staged on June 16 at the Sheffield Arena. The
"It is within the realms of possibility that I could be dead by then." This is the damning indictment of 82-year-old York pensioner Philip Thomas-Peter, who has been told he will have to wait until November 2002 to see an eye specialist at York District
Financial jargon is putting us off investing. STEPHEN LEWIS attempts to pick his way through the economic mumbo-jumbo CAN'T tell your PEPs from your ISAs? Bewildered by talk of CAT standards and Redemption yields? Stumped by the concept of a With-profits
Anyone who has had any dealings with the law will have come across legal jargon and may have been confused by the terminology used. York Trading Standards explain some of the terms that consumers will most commonly encounter. Bailment - the rule which
In the second of our constituency profiles, STEPHEN LEWIS looks at Selby. THE Selby constituency contains the largest worked coalfield in Britain: but don't let that fool you. The coal industry here is a comparatively late arrival, and far from being
A shoplifter fled pushing a child in a pushchair as staff cried "Stop thief," York magistrates heard. Two members of the public immediately caught Michael John Lawson, 24, as he tried to make off with two sets of cutlery, said Martin Butterworth, prosecuting
Three pensioners escaped apparently all but unscathed from a crash which left a car embedded in a shop window and a second vehicle smashed into a lamp-post. The owner of the shop involved also had a lucky escape as the drama unfolded in a North Yorkshire
Stay safe and crime free is the message being put out by British Transport Police Officers and GNER managers York-based train operator GNER has invested £1.7 million jointly with Railtrack to improve security at stations and station car parks and is beginning
Workers at Plaxtons, the stricken bus and coach factory at Scarborough, today said they still do not know if their jobs are safe - despite a new plan to save some jobs at the plant being thrashed out. It is now almost three weeks since Plaxtons bosses
A man aged 22 has been sent for trial at York Crown Court charged with wounding another man with intent to cause him grievous bodily harm. Dean David North, who gave his address as Tudor Road, Acomb, is alleged to have committed the assault on Saturday
Dunnington's Maureen Thomas and Maureen Stakes of Harrogate came through the Yorkshire County Women's Bowling Association two-wood singles competition at York's Clarence Gardens to reach the final at Bert Keech on August 19. Thomas had wins against J
Thirsk emerged as the leaders of the Pilmoor Evening Cricket League's first division after the latest round of fixtures. They beat Sessay while Easingwold's fixture against Sheriff Hutton Bridge was rained off. Newburgh and Tollerton are yet to take a
Burythorpe, close winners over Stamford Bridge, took advantage of York's first defeat to lead division one of the Horwarth Pulleyn-Heselton York Vale League, writes John Parkin. Runs were always at a premium at Burythorpe with Andy Milner and Mark Fairweather
Michael Vaughan hit an unblemished century crammed with magical strokes to propel Yorkshire into the semi-finals of the Benson and Hedges Cup with a sparkling eight-wicket win over Somerset at Taunton yesterday. Vaughan's amazing 125 not out brought him
Railtrack bosses today waived their bonuses as the beleaguered company plunged £534 million into the red after incurring huge costs following the Hatfield train crash. But Railtrack did say it was paying shareholders - likely to include many senior company
York City clinched its first major signing of the summer today when it was announced the Evening Press will serve as the club's sponsors. Yorkshire's fastest-growing daily newspaper has beaten off interest from a number of other companies to seal a major
LET us not mince words - this Government's actions are directed towards the destruction of rural life and farming activity as we know it. One only has to look at a few of the way-markers along the path we have been forced to tread over the past few years
Golden boy Michael Vaughan may have batted himself into England's one-day squad. His imperious 125 not out and an unbeaten 51 from Darren Lehmann steered Yorkshire to a crushing eight wicket victory at Somerset yesterday with 80 balls to spare. The pair
IN response to the chair of the Governors of St Peter's School (Letters, May 15), let me tell the Queen Anne story according to the facts. The St Peter's bid of £4.8 million made on July 1, 2000, was not conditional upon the sale of or planning permission
ON Sunday, June 3, an open-air meeting will be held to "bless" the new Millennium Bridge. I doubt if the Lord will wish to bless this 'white elephant' knowing that at a recent count the council had to put into temporary accommodation 120 people, and at
WHO needs RoboCop for law enforcement when you can have our own Stonebow rising bollard (May 22)? I couldn't believe my eyes when I was witness to the awesome violence caused by this bollard (or was it an Exocet missile?) that had skewered the front end
ON behalf of the IOF Foresters Court White Rose of York I thank everyone who donated to our collection for Martin House Hospice for Children after the performances of Grease. We are extremely grateful to you for helping us to raise this money, which amounted
SINCE the last General Election transport has climbed the political agenda. Road congestion, rail problems, the fuel crisis, foot and mouth - have all raised national awareness of just how important transport is to us. Sadly, despite all manner of investigations
SUCCESS in any sphere is built on teamwork. Now York's newspaper and its football club have joined forces for what we hope will be a winning partnership. The Evening Press is delighted to be York City's new sponsor. This deal is part of our commitment
LABOUR plans to scrap the Ministry of Agriculture have been cautiously welcomed by North Yorkshire farming leaders. Tony Blair said that the ministry would be replaced by a department of rural affairs to "lead renewal in rural areas" if Labour is re-elected
DOZENS of North Yorkshire farmers cleared out by the scourge of foot-and-mouth will be looking to rebuild their businesses from scratch, and the whole of the industry is in a state of turmoil. But for many there will never be a better time to look at
IT has been yet another very worrying weekend for farmers here in Yorkshire as foot and mouth has started to spread from yet another new site in the county. Hopes which had been raised last week by the news we had had one day without a new case were dashed
Harrogate Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate Phil Willis today promised his party would cut primary school classes to an average of 25. Mr Willis pledged an extra 12,500 teachers to achieve this goal, and also promised to recruit an extra 5,000
THE state of Britain's NHS has been advertised throughout Ryedale as a Liberal Democrat campaign vehicle toured the constituency. The party's candidate Keith Orrell spent the day travelling through Helmsley, Kirkbymoorside, Pickering and Malton and speaking
The first cyberspace election is being fought out in York's libraries. Voters in the June 7 poll are being encouraged to log on to the city's stock of public computers to make the most of worldwide campaigning. For the first time, virtually every candidate
After 15 days of living off crumbs, the Liberal Democrats finally became the centre of attention yesterday. But it was not a half-baked policy announcement which got noses twitching - it was a bomb scare. Yet, even when sparking a major security alert
