A FORMER heroin user was today behind bars waiting to learn his fate for slashing a man's face from ear to jaw. Paul Maddison, 40, cut two arteries and left David Lloyd Ward's face partially paralysed when he pulled a blade across the victim's cheek,
THIS is exactly what Martin Hall is warning against. Unaware of the hidden dangers beneath, these youths are risking their lives with every jump. Captured by an Evening Press cameraman, the youngsters were spotted leaping off the bridge yesterday at about
A MAN who broke his neck in an Ouse bridge jump today pleaded with others: "Don't do it!" Promising York rocker Martin Hall was left paralysed after a birthday prank went terribly wrong five years ago. Martin jumped from Ouse Bridge, breaking his neck
MAKE the pub the hub. So said well-known boozer Prince Charles this week. And don't doubt he's well informed on the subject. The Prince of Wales is such a staunch supporter of pubs that many are named after him. No wonder he's a fan. Every hostelry he
THIS may sound silly. This may go against everything your heart, and the hearts of your loved ones, is telling you. Ignore the sensational news reports, ignore the special secure check-in at the airport and go to Israel. Flights are the cheapest they
I FIND your report that York NHS Trust intends to "target" people who complain more than once, to be extraordinary (July 23). Could this be related to the fact that complaints rose by 31 per cent last year? I have made only one complaint, about the danger
ONLY a fool plays dice with the devil, yet I rolled that dice recently trying to navigate my way across the notorious Tesco roundabout at Askham Bar. The speeding car braked; my life flashed by; many hearts skipped a beat. A pedestrian or cyclist has
THROUGHOUT August, The Customs House in South Shields is proud to be presenting a musical to celebrate the lives of Catherine Cookson and her devoted husband Tom. Theirs was a story of undying love. The show opens on Wednesday, August 1, and we would
BACK in May, we entered a competition in your paper and won a meal at Rish restaurant in Fossgate. Recently, with friends and family visiting York, we were able to use our prize, a meal at the relatively new Rish restaurant in Fossgate. I can only hope
RICHARD FOSTER took his three children to one of Britain's premier theme parks for an exhilarating day out... Flamingo Land, the theme park and zoo set deep in rural North Yorkshire, boasts all the ingredients for a fantastic day out. There are the frightening
It's picnic season again, but throw away those boring cheese and pickle sandwiches, crisps and cans of pop and opt instead for some picnics with pizzazz. With a little forethought, you could be serving up pan bagnat from the Mediterranean, delicious meatballs
TOP tips to help North Yorkshire drivers keep their cool in the soaring summer temperatures have been issued by police. The advice from North Yorkshire Police is designed to cut accidents and stress-related incidents which increase each year as people
WORK on Yorkshire's new West Stand at Headingley has now entered its final phase and the smart construction will be officially opened on Wednesday, August 15 - the eve of the Fourth Ashes Test - by former Prime Minister John Major. Major, first as MP
Sizzling N Yorks hoping to catch up on lost trade... RECORD temperatures are heading this way - and tourism chiefs hope it will mean visitors will come flocking back to North Yorkshire. Weather forecasters are predicting a two-week heatwave which could
WHEN Gary Fellows slipped quietly into the Yorkshire side for the first time towards the end of the 1998 season it was little more than a stop-gap measure during an injury crisis. But if you ask Yorkshire fans why he now more or less commands a regular
RED-FACED roads bosses have admitted misspelling a road sign for a Ryedale village. Instead of spelling Sheriff Hutton the correct way, Highways Agency officials erected a sign on the A64 at Flaxton Lane End pointing to "Sherriff Hutton". Exasperated
NURSE Luke Orwin is off on a ten-day African trek to raise money for the children's ward at York District Hospital. Luke, 26, works on the ward and will be joining a team of walkers from all over the country for the trek across Namibia in temperatures
Sheriff Hutton jockey Kevin Darley continued his rich vein of form when he landed a 38-1 four-timer at Thirsk yesterday The reigning champion jockey booted home Pendulum (7-4) for William Haggas in the second race, and followed up with Mark Johnston's
JAPANESE judo exponents will be in York next week. Twenty-eight members of the Komazawa University Judo Club are currently touring Yorkshire and Humberside. About 25 of them will be training with the York RI Judo Club on Monday at 7.30pm. Anyone wanting
YORK City won the annual In-Shops Trophy when their Select XI beat Selby Town on penalties at Flaxley Road last night. Selby took the lead after seven minutes with a penalty by Pete Collier and looked set to hang for victory until City levelled with ten
MALTON and Norton golfer Emma Duggleby was beaten by Spain's Maria Prieto at the final hole in her singles match at Cirolo, Venice, when representing Great Britain against the rest of Europe in the Vagliano Trophy. She had been one up after 16 holes but
YORK students Anthony Howcroft and Dan Briggs will be hoping to return from Russia with medals having been selected to travel with an England squad taking part in a groundbreaking European tournament. The little known city of Kazan, in Tatarstan - an
STEVE Webster and Paul Woodhead resume their fight to retain their Sidecar World Championship title tomorrow. They haven't raced since tasting victory at Misano over a month ago and are desperate to bounce back at the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent in the
YORK City's Bootham Crescent arena is to echo to the rafters of a handsome reserve hat-trick next season. For the second successive term the Minstermen's base will play hosts to Leeds United's FA Premier Reserve League fixtures. And what a trio to kick
HAVING read "the facts" of the Queen Anne School sale saga according to Rod Hills (May 24) and the chairman of St Peter's School governors (May 15) it seems clear to me that this is a "non story" spun by Coun Hills in an attempt to show strong political
UNDER the headline 'Missile warning system will help UK' a misguided interviewee suggests there is a change in US policy from offensive to defensive and Britain, as well as America, needs protection from 'rogue states' (May 5). Rubbish! The recent slaughter
HEALTH Secretary Alan Milburn says Labour has the full support of the doctors and nurses for the way they are running the National Health Service. Consultant pathologist Dr Craig Platt has submitted his nomination to run against Mr Milburn in his Darlington
THERE'S no excuse for being too apathetic to vote, so I hope Julian Cole's column (May 24) galvanises slackers into action. Statements such as 'Oh, it won't make any difference' hardly stand up to scrutiny. Someone rang to offer me transport to the polling
MOTHERS all over York will be sighing with relief at news that the city's one-man love machine, lusty hairdresser Lawton Henry, has tied the knot. Yes, they can let their daughters out again because fellow crimper Lisa Barrett has made an honest man of
THE summer meeting of a York electoral ward will offer a bit of a difference - because the councillors will be doing it "on the hoof". Bishophill ward councillors Dave Merrett and David Evans will tour the area on foot on Monday, and they hope to be joined
A PARANOID schizophrenic has admitted sending letter bombs to 15 homes and businesses, injuring several people in a terror campaign which lasted more than two months. Glynn Harding, 27, chose victims in North and East Yorkshire and nationwide because
THIS artist's impression is the first glimpse of what the future holds for a notorious section of one of the region's busiest roads. Detailed plans for the £4.1 million scheme, on the A64, at Top Lane, Copmanthorpe, were unveiled at a public exhibition
ENGLAND coach Duncan Fletcher cast an eye over the 236th Roses match at Headingley yesterday but the performance of the probables and possibles for next week's third Test left him distinctly unimpressed - despite Darren Gough's late burst of three wickets
THE car park at Guisborough's 'Community Forest' was nearly full on a sunny Sunday but not everybody was happy. Three disgruntled walkers had just been turned off moors they thought had opened. I commiserated, mentioned the imminent grouse shooting on
I'm pleased to see York's Labour councillors challenge President Bush over his withdrawal from the Kyoto accords on global warming (July 26). Coun Potter is right to ask "what legacy are we going to leave our children and grandchildren?" But it strikes
I AM writing to protest in the strongest possible terms about the recent price increases for Park and Ride users. As a regular passenger from Askham Bar, I use a monthly card which, when I started commuting daily into York last September, cost £21 per
I WAS pleased to read in the Evening Press ('Two more beds for hospital care unit', July 17) about the High Dependency Unit (HDU) now having two extra beds. I only hope that the Health Authority realise how important these beds are, more importantly that
I SEE Impressions (July 24) includes comments on teenage sex. When I was a pre-teenager, pupils in my school year were chosen as guinea-pigs for sex education. Mother had to give written permission. Our sophisticated, enlightened head teacher was present
READING Robert Holmes' letter ('Come again?' July 23), I thought he must be auditioning for 'Dictionary Corner' on Countdown with Richard Whiteley. Olga J. Simpson, Arran Place, York. Updated: 09:09 Saturday, July 28, 2001
If anyone needed persuading that Yorkshire is God's own county, they should take a drive through the lush, green countryside below Sutton Bank on a summer evening as the sun is setting. The scenery was breathtakingly beautiful as my wife and I headed
Time England selectors played fair with Yorkshire quick bowler... PROVIDED Chris Silverwood is fit in time, England's selectors should end the uncertainty over his future at their meeting today and pick him for the third Test against Australia which starts
YOUNG Christians from across the country have been gathering in York for two fun-filled bible camps. Held in the grounds of Bishopthorpe Palace, home to the Archbishop of York, the camps see children aged between nine and eleven taking part in a wide
ACOMB batsman Michael Mortimer was dropped before he had scored and then went on to make 110 to help his side win by 43 runs in their East Riding Sunday Cricket League match at Dringhouses. Mortimer was well supported by John Renshaw (52) and James Byford
LIVE WIRE Theatre Company is committed to performing the seemingly impossible. The cast members, three National Youth Theatre members among them, believe they can start rehearsals tomorrow morning and only six days later perform a production of Shakespeare's
YORK Cricket Club Under 11s swept to glory in the West Zone of the York and District Junior Cricket Association's BYB Under 11 League. They will play East Zone victors Heworth in the final play-off. York won all their Kwik Cricket rules matches, beating
IRISH talent Aidan O'Kane is poised to complete a move to York City next week. The 21-year-old former Celtic Boys' star, who impressed in a week's trial with the Minstermen, will return to York on Monday to again link up with the club. And his move is
MANY kerbs at York bus stops are being raised. What a waste of cashing considering First York is about to invest in a new fleet which will have the latest 'bus-lowering' technology. So why raise the kerb when the bus can lower itself for passengers? Jeremy
Atlantic Viking, who ran a fine race in defeat at York earlier this month, can get back on the winning trail at Ascot tomorrow - and hit the jackpot in the process. The six-year-old, trained by David Nicholls at Sessay near Thirsk, lines-up for the £80,000
