YORKSHIRE'S 21-year-old off-spinner Richard Dawson is the shock selection for England's tours of India and New Zealand this winter. And six other Yorkshire players were named today in the various England parties that are going abroad over the next few
STEPHEN LEWIS speaks to the East Yorkshire man charged with bringing recovery to the foot and mouth ravaged countryside. READ some of what he's supposed to have said in the national press and you could be forgiven for thinking that Lord Haskins, the man
MYSTERY surrounding the sudden disappearance of Jesus from a cross in the heart of a North Yorkshire village has been solved. Residents in Grewelthorpe, near Ripon, had blamed vandals for ripping down the image of Christ on the cross, which had looked
TWO people were taken to hospital after a five vehicle pile-up on the A169 near the Hole of Horcum. One passenger, who is believed to be stable, was treated for head injuries while another was treated for whiplash. Both were taken to Scarborough District
The roads surrounding York Racecourse will be subject to restrictions imposed by City of York Council next week. Between 6am and 8pm on Wednesday, September 5, there will be a temporary prohibition of waiting along Knavesmire Road, Racecourse Road, Campleshon
A NEW crop of genetically-modified oilseed rape is to be planted near York, a seed firm confirmed today. Aventis CropScience UK has been granted a Government licence to plant the new crop near the village of Sand Hutton, just outside York, and will begin
THIRTY new jobs are on their way to York as one of the city's fastest expanding rail firms takes on a purpose-built headquarters. Corus Rail Consultancy, whose staff has increased 50 per cent in 18 months and now employs 300 people in York, is to benefit
POPPLETON are still very much in the hunt for the Tyke Petroleum Men's Tennis League division one title. They thrashed Wigginton 85-23 with Alex Moore and Paul Turnbull collecting 23 games. That narrowed the gap on leaders Dunnington to four points with
THIEVES made off with a haul worth over £10,000 when they raided a guest house in Wigginton Road, York. They entered the house between 1pm and 3pm on Sunday by forcing a rear door. They then took an assortment of jewellery and watches including a ladies
LITTLE Megan Meek has been christened one of the cutest kids in Britain after winning a national award. A photograph of Megan, three, was entered into a Cutest Kids competition by her mum, Shelley, of Chapelfields Road, Acomb, York. The competition was
STUTTERING Scarborough are still looking for their first win of the season after their hopes of breaking their duck against Margate were all too easily dashed by the Conference new-boys. Last season's Dr Martens League champions clinched a 1-0 win when
DETAILS have emerged of the last-gasp pay deal aimed at staving off a bus strike in York. Union leaders have advised drivers to accept the "final" offer being put forward by First York. The fresh offer was made after First York drivers voted overwhelmingly
LUCAS Radebe was expected to start his fightback to fitness against Liverpool reserves at York City's Bootham Crescent tonight (7pm). The Leeds central defender has struggled to shake off the effects of operations on both knees that sidelined him at the
YORK City's new goal scoring hero Michael Proctor is hoping the goals will start flowing now he has broken his Minstermen duck. The on-loan Sunderland striker heads to Shrewsbury Town tonight after bagging his first goal since arriving from the Stadium
ONE of York's favourite street entertainers is set to quit the city after being told to leave his chosen pitch. Mark Wallis, more commonly known as Mr Yellow, is in demand with the York Tourism Bureau, which has booked him for the launch of its new logo
FRICTION between York's buskers and retailers is nothing new. Last summer we reported how Bo, the white-clad mime artist, was facing arrest after Stonegate shopkeepers complained he was stifling trade. Now Mr Yellow is beyond the pale, at least according
BRITAIN'S business community looked to York today as Fulford-based Persimmon issued its half-yearly results. They contained heartening news: record profits, up 73 per cent. Economists, wearied by the gloom elsewhere on the markets, seized upon this bright
YORKSHIRE'S 21-year-old off-spinner Richard Dawson is the shock selection for England's tours of India and New Zealand this winter. And six other Yorkshire players were named today in the various England parties that are going abroad over the next few
Hornsea's celebrations on winning division three were put on ice when Woodhouse Grange's last pair denied them the extra three points that would have clinched the title. Aussie Michael Johnston (27) edged nearer the 1,000-run mark, while opening partner
THE lease on the huge Clifton Moor factory where Lawson Mardon packaging company closed in June with the loss of 76 jobs is up for grabs - at a rent of £535,000 per year exclusive. Already York commercial property agency Briggs Burley has linked arms
Whether jovial Ken Clarke or sober Iain Duncan Smith wins the Tory party leadership race, the plain and simple fact is that the Euro is almost with us and, as RON GODFREY reports, North Yorkshire businesses need to take note... TOO many business people
WILLIAM Sessions of York, which is a major supplier of labels to the pharmaceutical industry, has achieved the Pharmaceutical Suppliers Code of Practice quality award. The prestigious accreditation issued by the Institute of Quality Assurance Pharmaceutical
MASKED raiders attacked a York pub's assistant manager before tying him up and escaping with cash. Dominic Harteveld, assistant manager at The Windmill pub, in Blossom Street, was cashing up early today when the two masked men appeared. Police said one
WHILE many investors are struck dumb and glum by the sorry state of the FTSE index, members of the Riding Investment Club Holdings are feeling snug - and even smug. Their RICH units have actually gained a bit on last month. All right, so it was up a modest
Foot and mouth...the effect of the floods on the potato and cereal harvest ... is there anything to celebrate in the rural areas of York and North Yorkshire? Yes there is, says ROB SIMPSON of the Yorkshire and North East National Farmers Union ONCE again
TWO York City players were attacked and beaten by thugs while enjoying a night out in the city centre. The two men were set upon by a gang in what police say appears to have been an unprovoked attack near Ziggy's nightclub, in Micklegate. Centre back
ONCE again, the GCSE exam results are published with record levels of achievement, and once again we have the debate about falling standards, "dumbing down" etc, and the resultant political backlash. Surely the actual level of achievement as measured
WHILE being reluctant to intrude in a matter which is increasingly one of private grief, I feel I must write to congratulate the Tories on keeping us all entertained throughout the news "silly season" of August. The Turpin column tells us that the two
IN GENERAL I do not find car boots to be a rip-off (Consumer Matters and comment, August 23). Sometimes things are overpriced but are still generally cheaper than many shops, often half the price. I personally have never seen bootleg alcohol and cigarettes
RYEDALE is a friendly place in which to live and work. In such an environment, it is easy to forget that there are lonely people in our towns and villages. Ryedale Voluntary Action often hears about people in our community who feel friendless. They can
SPEND £5.5 million on revamp plans for an hotel, and the results are bound to make their mark not only on the venture but the whole area. That is just what happened at the luxury Aldwark Manor Hotel, near Alne, once Newcastle businessman Brad Holbrook
MAXINE GORDON unlocks the secrets to looking and feeling absolutely fabulous at 50 HOLIDAY pictures of Joan Collins in a bikini showed the veteran actress to be in fantastic shape for her 68 years. Her trim figure was befitting a woman half her age -
A leading supermarket (clue: it's not Sainsbury's and its name rhymes with UNESCO) is launching a fiendish new anti-theft device that is so cunning it is quite, quite brilliant. Or it's really, really stupid - I can't make up my mind. After much thought
York eased up the Oxbridge ECB Yorkshire Premier League table prevailing over Hull at Clifton Park yesterday to follow the 130-run beating of Barnsley. After yet another hesitant start in which they lost Simon Mason and Nick Kay with a single run between
STEPHEN LEWIS sets out the case for some extra British Bank Holidays SORRY to rain on your parade. But did you know that wonderful, sunny Bank Holiday we all enjoyed yesterday is the last one this year? Unless, of course, you count Christmas. From now
A NEW regional headquarters for rapidly-expanding Corus Rail Consultancy Ltd will be built on the site of a derelict city centre building in Toft Green, York - and it could mean 30 new jobs. Demolition work is about to begin on the premises which used
GHOSTHUNTERS prowling the York Dungeon believe they may have stumbled on some of the secrets of Jack the Ripper. A group of devoted psychic seekers, who meet regularly to hold seances in the city's most haunted venues, claim they have been contacted by
PROTESTERS gathered outside Flamingo Land, near Malton, to register their opposition to the theme park's zoo. The protest was organised by the Captive Animals' Protection Society. A handful of protesters gathered at the entrance to the theme park yesterday
A COUPLE whose young son died last year have raised £1,000 in his memory. Trevor and Jackie Martin, of Etty Avenue, Tang Hall, York, were devastated when their 17-week-old son, Adam, died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or cot death, last November. After
DUNNINGTON have been relegated from division four of the Fulford Ladies Invitation Tennis League on games difference. Their fate hinged on the outcome of their final match against fellow strugglers Sheriff Hutton with the losers destined to join Poppleton
Selby Town charged to the top of Northern Counties East League premier division yesterday by defeating Thackley 2-0 to maintain their 100 per cent record. An own goal saw the Robins take a first-half lead and Dexter Tucker wrapped it up with 15 minutes
HOUSEBUILDERS and estate agents in York and North Yorkshire see no end to the region's housing boom. All were today also reporting a massive growth in the region's rented sector as investors switch from the ailing stock market into buying both new and
BURTON WMC left Clarence WMC battered and bruised following a 7-0 beating in the latest round of York White Rose Ladies League encounters. Burton's Jane Barnes included two tons in a fine 23 darts. Division one leaders Fulfordgate moved into a 3-1 lead
YORK'S John Emmerson ran into two bowls legends as he and his Yorkshire team-mates tried to reach the final of the Men's All England National County Top Four championship at Worthing. Emmerson, a twice Middleton Cup champion from the Holgate Club, operated
ROOKIE racehorse Evening Press has had to put her debut on hold because of racing technicalities, writes Peter Martini. The filly - leased by readers of the Evening Press off Norton-based trainer Tim Etherington - now looks set to run at Newcastle on
A POWER station near Selby is back up for sale - only two years after it was bought by an American company. The Evening Press can reveal that Ferrybridge C, one of the UK's largest coal-fired stations, is now on the market at around £600 million. Owners
THOUSANDS of people basked in the sun with their necks craned to the skies for the final day of the Great Yorkshire Air Show. The Evening Press-sponsored event, which began on Sunday, attracted more than 15,000 spectators again yesterday who were treated
Hull Zingari clinched promotion from division two in their first season in the league when they had the better of a draw at Bubwith. Dave Stevenson posed problems for the leaders as he claimed 5 for 56 to help dismiss Hull for 153. Mike Knowles (35) and
Beverley's Jamie Mitchell more than doubled his previous best of the season when he rattled 156 not out at Dring-houses to help the division one leaders make 240 for 6. In reply, Mark Fenton and Ged Fitzpatrick each made 29 before Scott Jacques's 40 steered
DUNNINGTON emerged victorious in their second nail-biting finish in two days when they gained a one wicket victory over Acomb to go 13 points clear at the top of the Hunters the Estate Agent York and District Senior Cricket League. After winning the League
YORK City's new goal scoring hero Michael Proctor is hoping the goals will start flowing now he has broken his Minstermen duck. The on-loan Sunderland striker heads to Shrewsbury Town tonight after bagging his first goal since arriving from the Stadium
Uproar, narrowly beaten at Folkestone a fortnight ago, will have the assistance of Kieren Fallon as he bids to go one better at Catterick tomorrow. The two-year-old, trained at Lambourn by Ralph Beckett, has an excellent chance of victory in the Enter
ROOKIE racehorse Evening Press has had to put her debut on hold because of racing technicalities, writes Peter Martini. The filly - leased by readers of the Evening Press off Norton-based trainer Tim Etherington - now looks set to run at Newcastle on
EXPECT a lot of razzmatazz and applause from the business community next Monday when the new logo encapsulating the identity of York as a great city is launched. Up to 500 of York's key tourism businesses will board a York Boat keen to see unveiled what
MALTON transport company Ward Brothers is predicting major growth after joining the Palletways national distribution network which offers freight services for small consignments of palletised goods. Ward Brothers which also has a base in Stockton-on-Tees
WHERE there's muck there's brass - and where there is pig tuck there's glass. That is being proved by a North Yorkshire animal feed company which has just won Government backing to adapt one of its ingredient-production processes to the glass production
THE Blake Head Bookshop and Vegetarian Caf on Micklegate, York, has been sold as a going concern to a member of staff. David Lambourne, who owned the business since 1975, diversifying into a vegetarian caf during the 1980s has sold the venture to Carl
READERS of the novel, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy will know with absolute certainty that the secret of life, the universe and everything is 42. So Theme 42 seemed an obvious success-targeted title for Paul Duce's new company which he set up on the
