FURTHER to your front page article concerning hospital 'bed-blocking' (July 26), I wholeheartedly support MP Hugh Bayley's call for an end to the intolerable situation of elderly people blocking hospital beds, because of lack of funds from social services
THE American couple whose daughter fell victim to Internet bullying are quitting Britain - so she does not have to return to Menwith Hill High School. Lee and Kathryn Baker's decision to curtail their tour at the American spy base, near Harrogate, comes
York speedway star Sean Wilson was unable to lead his Sheffield Tigers team to an historic victory in the Four Team Tournament at Peterborough yesterday. Sheffield won their group to go through the semi-finals, but finished third in the final, Wilson
A BLOCK of flats looks set to be built in the car park of a York social club. Plans to build eight flats in the car park of Groves Working Men's Club in Penleys Grove Street look likely to be approved by councillors, after the original plan to build ten
HUNDREDS of people enjoyed knockout weather at the weekend as they helped to raise more than £15,000 for charity. It was all fun and games on York Racecourse yesterday when 24 teams battled it out to win the It's A Knockout tournament. Inflatables, slides
A TEENAGE cyclist grabbed a woman's handbag he as sped past her. The woman was walking at Clifton Green, York, at 3.50pm on Saturday when the incident happened. The thief is described as aged 18 or 19, of stocky build, wearing a white hooded coat. He
Former dual City clubman of the year Barry Jones, released by the Minstermen over the summer, has signed for Nationwide Conference club Southport. The 31-year-old defender played 142 games for City, scoring seven goals. Meanwhile ex-City loan player Neil
AN elderly man had to be rescued by the coastguard after he was cut off by the tide while walking on Filey Brigg. The man, who had recently suffered a heart attack, got into difficulties while walking on the headland yesterday afternoon. Another man had
YORK City will send mainly a reserve team to the New manor Ground tonight when they visit Ilkeston Town for another pre-season friendly (kick off 7.30pm). Former Minstermen duo Ian Helliwell and Chris Marples form the management team at the Dr Martens
KIND-HEARTED Ryedale residents have helped raise more than £6,000 for a Norton family desperate to bring their severely-injured grandfather home from Portugal. Bernard Earnshaw is stranded in hospital in Lisbon with severe burns after a can containing
Chris Elstub, playing in his first match of the season, grabbed four for 25 to earn Yorkshire Phoenix an easy win by 67 runs over Surrey Lions at Headingley yesterday in the Norwich Union League. They were also the first wickets the 20-year-old Spen Victoria
At the age of 80 Connie Pidd would be excused for taking it easy. But the adventurous pensioner, of Parker Avenue in Acomb, has no intention of keeping her feet firmly on the ground since she took to the skies in a glider. Mrs Pidd, who suffers from arthritis
Yorkshire president Robin Smith will open the new West Stand at Headingley on August 15 after former Prime Minister John Major turned down the invitation because of strong criticism from some of the club's ex-England players. The decision to ask their
PEGGY is the perfect travelling companion. She is a good flier, makes friends easily and when you tire of her constant chatter, you can put her back in the box. Peggy, the ventriloquist's doll, is rarely kept in the dark, however. She loves the limelight
A PART-TIME North Yorkshire firefighter has died after being stabbed outside a house. Police launched a murder investigation after father-of-two Andy Campbell, 40, died almost instantly from a stab wound to the chest. It is believed he was injured in
AT this time of the year many people are browsing through Learning For Life brochures (and the like) to search for courses they want to follow in the autumn. Some of us who are pensioners are anxious to keep our minds and bodies active and to take advantage
I HAVE lived in York since 1946 and still feel it is a very pleasant place, but one item in particular has got very much worse: litter. Why is there so much of it in and around York? I have recently had two weeks away in Germany and Switzerland and nowhere
BACK in 1997, Yesterday Once More told how Brian Sanctuary was researching a history of York's open air schools. It took him more than six years to complete, only for a lack of funding to threaten its publication. This obstacle has, thankfully, been overcome
A PUB chef needed hospital treatment after a gas explosion in his kitchen. Scott Clark, 22, was left with burns to his face and both arms after the accident at the Cross Keys in Hillam, near Selby. Mr Clark was preparing Sunday lunch when he opened the
ONE of York's top hotels could soon undergo a £4 million facelift to create a warmer welcome for its residents. The owners of The Royal York Hotel, which is next to York Railway Station, are hoping to build a new single-storey reception area and create
YORK athlete Jenny Whitehead was satisfied with her final run at the World Orienteering Championships in Tampere, Finland. The 22-year-old finished 40th in the short course event, which was dominated by the Scandinavians with Norway's Hanne Staffe claiming
York's James Thompson maintained his bid to win the British Touring Car Championship after victory in the round 16 feature race at Snetterton. Egg Sport's Thompson, in his Vauxhall Astra Coupe, slipped past a battling Yvan Muller, who had earlier won
YORK'S main bus company has been criticised for increasing fares - just weeks before introducing a new fleet of vehicles to the city. From today, passengers on First York buses will be charged an extra 5p on all single journeys. City of York Council has
York Acorn have made a double swoop for brothers Lee and Martin McTigue from neighbours New Earswick All Blacks. Both players made their debut in Acorn's 20-18 defeat at East Hull on Saturday. It is a major boost for the Blue and Golds as they prepare
A MAN was fighting for his life today after suffering serious head injuries in a road accident in North Yorkshire. Heavy rainfall is thought to have contributed to the crash and to another accident on the outskirts of York. In the most serious incident
A MAN was left trapped in his lorry after a crash on a North Yorkshire country road today. Firefighters from York and Easingwold freed the man after his vehicle was involved in a collision with another lorry just before noon on the Aldwark to Flawith
HUNDREDS of passengers endured a four-hour delay on a GNER train in what the company described as "a bad day for the East Coast Main Line". The 9.10am train from London King's Cross was halted north of Newark after getting caught in the overhead power
A GANG of youths, some wielding baseball bats, attacked and robbed a man on a riverside path in York today. The man suffered to cuts to the back of his head and was treated at York District Hospital. The attack happened at about 12.30am on the path along
WHEN York ventriloquist Travis Seamark goes away on holiday, his doll Peggy always comes too. From Turkey and Egypt to Spain and even the Dominican Republic, Peggy is literally by his side - although she does have to go in the hand luggage compartment
THE fat cat farmer is back. Or so we are led to believe, by figures that show 37 farmers will each receive more than £1 million in compensation. Ministers deny claims that the release of this information is a deliberate attempt to blacken the name of
'YOU'LL soon get used to it," my boss told me, as I marvelled at his ability to live without a watch, and accepted his challenge to do it myself for a week. I know of only three other people - all men - who don't wear one; a colleague, my best friend's
AUGUST Bank Holiday will be a proud weekend for Andre Tempest when he shows off his beloved Lusty Lindy at the Great Yorkshire Air Show. But when Andre parades his lovely lady in front of the crowds at the show, which is sponsored by the Evening Press
After an absence of over five months, due to the foot and mouth restrictions prevalent in the area, Catterick resumes racing tomorrow with its annual 'Family Day' - and Kevin Darley looks set to make his presence felt. The champion jockey, maintaining
