A RETIRED Copmanthorpe councillor and honorary Alderman of the City of York has died following a long illness. Andrew Armstrong, 74, of Bishopthorpe, died on Saturday, in St Leonard's Hospice. Mr Armstrong, a retired civil engineer, was born in Edinburgh
AN ATTACKER tried to drag a frightened woman off a city centre street early today - but was thwarted when a passer-by came to her rescue. The 22-year-old woman had been walking home after a night out with friends at the Gallery nightclub, in Clifford
YET again there has been a fatal accident on the A64 in the York area (August 6). How many more innocent people must die before this road is made safer? I have the dubious pleasure of driving down the road to work every day and often witness near misses
STEPHEN LEWIS meets the former Jorvik chief who has been charged with taking Castle Howard into the 21st century as a visitor attraction. RICHARD Kemp is sitting in the Grecian Hall at Castle Howard. It's a grand room on the ground floor of the magnificent
A BABOON named Lucky is responsible for a baby boom at Flamingo Land Zoo, near Malton. The five-year-old, who was the only male to escape capture during a sterilisation programme last year, is now the proud father of five babies. "The baboon population
York Acorn Running Club vets look set to finish in the top three out of 20 teams with five races to go after competing in the Yorkshire Veteran 5.2 mile hilly, multi-terrain race at Pudsey. Acorn's Bob Duncan was second in 30 mins 07 secs, followed by
York angler Dave Brettell narrowly missed out on the biggest prize in angling after a nail-biting match. The live televised Fishomania drew the usual crowds to Doncaster's Hayfield fishery and the massed galleries were not left disappointed as the lead
YORK'S pedalling paramedic has enjoyed such success that his superiors are considering exporting the service to other parts of North Yorkshire. And a second "Life Cyclist" could be introduced to the city centre next summer, under plans being discussed
YAPHAM are the champions of the Foss Evening Cricket League after completing a nine wicket success over Woodhouse Grange and clinched the title by .01 of a run on a better strike rate. Sadly the season ended in controversy as their challengers Aldby Park
Scarborough FC's two-biggest wage-earners Paul Ellender and Steve Brodie have been transfer-listed as the club tries to ease it's financial problems. Said chairman Darrell Littlewood: "The biggest debt we have is to the Inland Revenue and we have an agreement
A TRANSPORT row has erupted after motoring enthusiasts bought a car and drove it from Newcastle to London and back for less than the cost of two peak-time GNER train tickets on the East Coast Main Line. Investigators from a motoring magazine bought an
THOUSANDS of pounds worth of damage was caused to property and roads in Scarborough after severe rain caused freak flash-flooding in the town. According to North Yorkshire Police, no-one was injured in the floods, which followed heavy downpours in the
York Wasps Academy gave a fine account of themselves despite losing 38-14 in a niggly game at title-chasing Featherstone Rovers. York opened the scoring with a Paul Flynn penalty after just two minutes but by half-time were trailing 24-2, Featherstone
NORTH Yorkshire's battle against foot and mouth has suffered a fresh setback. After four days without a single new case, three have been confirmed in one day in the Thirsk and Whitby areas. And animals have been slaughtered on another two farms on suspicion
WITH eyes distractedly gazing at Somerset, title-chasing Yorkshire could find one of their favourite sons being targeted by Roses arch-rivals Lancashire. In the wake of Australian Bobby Simpson quitting as Lancashire coach, Red Rose chairman Jack Simmons
ENTER our handy competition and win a pair of goalkeeping gloves autographed by York City keeper Alan Fettis. The Evening Press has teamed up with uhlsport, the manufacturers of the Northern Ireland goalie's gloves to offer four pairs as prizes in this
NINE months have passed since we put our waders away, but North Yorkshire still cannot escape flooding. Tonight we report how torrential rain brought flash floods to Scarborough, all but washing away hopes of the resort enjoying a bumper summer. Meanwhile
Madonna, Queen of the World by Douglas Thompson (Blake, £16.99) Love her or loath her, Madonna has managed to pull off that difficult trick in the fickle world of showbiz - keeping us interested in her. Since she first burst on the pop scene with Holiday
MULTI-MILLION pound plans to develop a rail freight terminal near Selby were unveiled today - and immediately ran into controversy. The developers say the scheme will create up to 20 jobs and take lorries off the road, but angry villagers have already
THE battle to clear the name of blind Yvonne Sleightholme is going to the European Court of Human Rights. Campaigners David Hamilton and Margaret Leonard are arguing that Sleightholme - jailed in 1991 for the murder of Ryedale farmer's wife Jayne Smith
A GRIEVING mum was devastated to learn today that her little girl's brain has been destroyed in the nationwide organs retention scandal. Tracey Drury, 36, spent months preparing herself to bury the brain at Fulford cemetery alongside the remains of her
SPEED humps have never been popular. That's because motorists, to reach for a truism, are arrogant Mr Toads who rage against anything that stands between them and their right to tear around the place wrecking environments and making mincemeat of whoever
SO, GNER describes a four-hour delay as a "very bad day" (August 6). I wonder how the company described the journey on the 5pm fast train to Edinburgh on July 11. I boarded this at King's Cross by the skin of my teeth a minute or so before departure time
DR Davis of Cockermouth betrays a great number of misunderstandings about the aims and policies of City of York Council (Letters, August 4). To claim that the residents of Clifton Dale are unwittingly to be made guinea pigs of a Home Zone scheme contradicts
CHARLES and Rosy Hunt's letter 'Do we need prefabs?' (July 25) misses the point. There is a significant shortage of affordable housing in York. The housing identified by them on the website is likely to be old, and to standards that are not contemporary
HUNDREDS of multiple sclerosis sufferers in North and East Yorkshire are likely to be denied access to drugs they believe can help them because they are too expensive. Documents leaked to national newspapers suggest that new guidance being drafted by
A VULNERABLE man missing from his Sheffield home could be in York, police said today. Jason Hughes could have connections with the city, the South Yorkshire force has revealed. Mr Hughes suffers from brain damage and epilepsy, for which he needs medication
VANDALS and life-risking youngsters should be caught by an £8,000 CCTV system, council chiefs said today. City of York Council officials said the system, which overlooks the Millennium Bridge and uses digital technology, is now up and running. And it
Alne and Thirsk beat the drop from the first division as the Pilmoor Evening Cricket League drew to a thrilling climax. They stay up at the the expense of Stillington and Newburgh, while Crayke won the second division championship off the very last ball
A BOY aged 14 has appeared in court following a confrontation between teenage groups on the Millennium Bridge. He was one of four juveniles caught after they chased a youth from the bridge into a garden and set upon him. Prosecutor Vivienne Walsh said
MEMBERS of the York Theatre Royal repertory company take time out from rehearsals to pose for a team picture for the Evening Press. The company this week began preparations for their main house and studio productions for the coming season. In the main
Riccall beat Sheriff Hutton in division four of the Fulford Ladies Invitation Tennis League and have bounced back into division three where they were relegated from last season. Keeping their 100 per cent record they put Sheriff nearer the drop along
PUB landlord Shaun Collinge is heading to London to take up his seat in a new parliament. The die-hard Leeds United fan, who runs The Maltings, in Tanner's Moat, York, has been picked as a people's pundit for ITV's new-style Premiership football coverage
A North Yorkshire man accused of murdering a neighbour has been remanded in custody until next Monday. Thomas Edward Richardson, 43, of Primrose Grove, Selby, appeared before the town's magistrates yesterday charged with the murder of Andrew Campbell.
A North Yorkshire pig farmer plans to seek legal advice after councillors rejected his scheme to turn a barn into a bungalow. Chris England had intended to transform the barn on his land in Holtby after he gave up pig farming. But City of York Council
THE RYEDALE grandfather who was stranded in Portugal with devastating burns is on his way home, say his delighted family. Thanks to the kindness of Evening Press readers who have donated thousands of pounds, Bernard Earnshaw was set to return to the UK
Highways bosses in North Yorkshire, who are working to repair flood-damaged roads and bridges, have claimed that there is a north-south divide in the government's allocation of funds. North Yorkshire County Council was initially pleased to have been given
YORK City have snapped up a Premiership striker in time for the start of the new season. Boss Terry Dolan today swooped for Sunderland forward Michael Proctor in a bid to boost the Minstermen's striking prowess. The 20-year-old, who had a spell on loan
Jamie Spencer, who came in for fulsome praise from trainer Tim Easterby after winning the Vodafone Stewards' Cup on 33-1 shot Guinea Hunter at Goodwood last Saturday, can again show off his talents tomorrow at Haydock. The Newmarket-based Irishman has
Death From The Woods by Brigitte Aubert (translated by David L Koral) Hodder & Stoughton (£5.99) IMAGINE if you will that you are a publisher and an eager young author pops their head round your door with a fat, dog-eared manuscript tucked under their
SIMON RITCHIE checks out some of the chillers and thrillers out this summer. AUTHOR Clive Barker's description of Coldheart Canyon (Harper Collins, £16.99) as "a really strange, dark book" is the understatement of the year. I've read some weird books
