DISGRACED North Yorkshire surgeon Richard Neale is not to be prosecuted, following a two-year investigation by police. North Yorkshire police said the Crown Prosecution Service had decided there was no realistic prospect of a criminal conviction against
STEPHEN LEWIS checks out how to enjoy a delicious Indian or Chinese meal without packing in the calories HINESE food is more fattening than a McDonald's and fries, screamed an article in the national press recently. Tuck into a takeaway sweet and sour
SO Helen Mead (October 8) thinks we are wasting our time remembering the past. Being over 90 years of age, I can remember years before she was born. I have lived through two great wars, also the time of great unemployment in the 1920-30s. Still I have
THE British National Party's tactics are as predictable as they are vile. These bigots feed on fear and hate. So they seized on the September 11 atrocities as a hell-sent opportunity to recycle their racist views. This is a well-worn strategy. In the
PICKERING Town's charge up the Northern Counties East League premier division is gathering pace, after Jimmy Reid's men beat leaders Hallam 3-0. The Pikes kept their 100 per cent record intact with a battling display which saw them keep their fourth clean
ONLY eight league games were played as most teams were locked in the York FA Cup. Wigginton Black Horse moved into second place in division one despite being held to a draw at home by Civil Service. In a close game there was no score until the hour mark
HARROGATE Railway Athletic were anxiously awaiting the FA Cup fourth qualifying round draw today following their shock 2-1 victory over Blyth Spartans. Railway picked up £10,000 for the third qualifying round victory over the UniBond League premier division
IT was unlucky 14 for a hapless Burnage side who were comprehensively outplayed by a Selby team, who scored at will. Free-flowing Selby ran in 14 tries shared between Parsonage (3), Horner (3), W Phillips (3), Smith (2), Hick, Stier and Scott, with Dave
North Yorkshire golfer Simon Dyson finished mid-way up the money list in the Cannes Open, which was won by Argentina's Jorge Berendt. Dyson signed off the tournament with a two-under-par round of 70 to give the Malton and Norton Golf Club ace a nine-under-par
Goliath was in no mood to let David make progress in the Intermediate Cup as Bridlington dominated to beat Malton and Norton 44-14. The lightweight Malton pack were no match for a vastly more experienced eight who showed why they currently operate three
York's visit to Alwoodley ended in exit from the Intermediate Cup at the hands of Leodiensians who won 16-12 in a tight second round encounter. It was a disappointment for York who had built up a promising half time lead. However, they were unable to
HEWORTH finally got back to winning ways in the National Conference League division two with a comfortable 15-8 win at lowly Dewsbury Moor. A solid first-half display put the Villagers in control and, with forwards Brendan Carlyle and Steve Barnard excellent
POLICE who pulled the body of a man from the River Ouse in York are appealing for help in identifying him. The mystery man was seen falling into the river, close to Scarborough Railway Bridge, on Friday. His body was found by police divers, but they still
GRAFFITI artist Rick Shipley returned home to help Haxby youngsters decorate their hut. The York-born spray painter was finishing off the Haxby and Wigginton youth shelter, designed by members. Rick, a former pupil of Lowfield School, Acomb, founded the
Edmond Fisher, a life-long supporter of York City, has died after a short illness, aged 64. Mr Fisher, who was born in Stillingfleet, for whom he played cricket, was educated at Fulford School. He then joined Richardson and Trotter auctioneers and estate
A LANDLORD was taken to hospital with chest pains after his pub filled with toxic fumes. Stan Lucas, who runs the Waggon and Horses in Lawrence Street, was rushed to York District Hospital yesterday afternoon as firefighters dressed in full chemical suits
YORK City boss Terry Dolan will make do and mend in the wake of the Minstermen's disappointing 3-0 defeat at Hartlepool. The reverse saw City fall to 18th in Division Three, just four points off the bottom. At the same time, they are just five points
ROAD maintenance is expected to be overhauled in York after an in-depth study found it's performance was not good enough. The City of York Council-prompted Best Value review showed city roads had suffered high levels of damage. And, although it concludes
THE ARCHBISHOP of York has urged people not to consider Muslims as terrorists following the atrocities at New York's World Trade Centre. Dr David Hope said Christian history has evidence of the same fanaticism which Osama bin Laden and his followers hold
YORK City boss Terry Dolan will make do and mend in the wake of the Minstermen's disappointing 3-0 defeat at Hartlepool. The reverse saw City fall to 18th in Division Three, just four points off the bottom. At the same time, they are just five points
THE British National Party has launched a leaflet campaign in York to win support for a Campaign Against Islam. The leaflets claim that Britain's main political parties are "forcing a multicultural society on us". They have been condemned by all of the
ANGRY footballers have offered a £1,000 reward to help catch an arsonist who destroyed their village clubhouse. The building, at Monk Fryston, was gutted in a blaze early yesterday that took firefighters two-and-a-half hours to bring under control. The
DOCTORS across York and North Yorkshire have been sent advice on how to identify and treat any potential victims of anthrax. And officials from North Yorkshire Health Authority are to take part in refresher training on contingency plans for dealing with
EAGLE-eyed members of the public were today thanked for leading police to a suspected jewellery thief. The man was arrested after local residents spotted him hiding from officers behind a wall. Another man was caught following a chase along York riverside
WITH Carlisle United again propping up the Football League, York City must be grateful they will not be facing the Cumbrians until the new year. Three times City have played a team at rock bottom this season and three times they have lost. But while City
Stephen Lewis finds out about a scheme to make life in hospital easier for the hard of hearing GOING into hospital is bad enough at the best of times. So imagine what it's like if you are deaf or hard of hearing and can't hear what all those doctors,
Q There have been reports in the news that scientists have found too much vitamin C can cause cancer. Should I stop taking supplements? A Don't get me started on this! It is a good example of how nutrition matters are mis-handled by the media. There have
CHRIS Clayton et al (Letters, October 10) all seem to be missing the point. The fact is that we are at war against terrorism, a war that is not going to be over in weeks, months or even years; this is a war that will last for most of our lifetimes. The
FOR once I agree with Mike Usherwood when he suggests that law- breaking cyclists should have their bikes impounded (Letters, October 11). It would, however, only be fair to extend the arrangement to other road users; so maybe motorists exceeding the
IT'S a damned, diabolic, wicked disgrace that one year on from the last floods, nothing significant has been done by the powers-that-be to try to alleviate our worries and plight. The Environment Agency is far too Churchillian (jaw-jaw-jaw) and not enough
FIFTY years ago last Friday, the waiting was over for York and the whole of the North. For years, households in the Midlands and the South had been able to do it and, indeed, a million and more did it every night. Finally, it was our turn. The North,
SELBY is on the up. In terms of property prices, the town has long been the bridesmaid to the twin brides of Ryedale and York. Things look different today. Just as the market slows down in the rest of North Yorkshire, Selby house prices are set to rocket
WHEN growing up in northern Italy, station master's son Antonio Carluccio was more interested in wild rocket than rockets. He would be sent out to gather wild vegetables and fruit for the main family meal of the day: always a pleasure, never a chore for
With York RI's cup opponents disqualified giving RI passage to the Vase third round, the second XV lost 22-13 to visiting Selby. RI took a lead after five minutes when Angus Smith fed Nick Humphries who drew his opponent and passed to Howard Reed to score
BUDDING DJs learned the tricks of the trade at a special session at York's City Screen cinema. Up to 40 youngsters turned out for the workshops, run as part of the Family Learning Weekend. There was more involved than just playing records. The course,
SCORES of children packed into York Light Opera Society auditions in the hopes of starring in Scrooge The Musical - the company's latest ghostly production. Filled with festive spirit, about 170 youngsters waited their turn at St Clement's Church Hall
THE start of the legal year was marked by the traditional York procession of lawyers, dressed in full legal robes. Senior judges and barristers walked from the city's Assembly Rooms to York Minster for their annual ceremony. They came from across the
TEENAGER Gavin Wilson, who broke his neck in a fall at a York BMX track, has been left paralysed, his family have said. Gavin's mother, Annette Marwood, said her son had been left quadriplegic after being injured in the fall from his mountain bike while
York Acorn suffered their first home National Conference League division two defeat of the season. More importantly, their below par 8-17 loss at the hands of a tidy youthful Millom side, who simply did the basics right, was their second defeat in a row
YORK Races has enjoyed a boom year. It rounded off its 15-day season on Saturday having attracted a total crowd of over 265,182, a record figure since the Second World War. The final day attendance was 17,695, an increase of 2,430 on last year. That's
ONE person was killed and seven people injured after two pile-ups on North Yorkshire's busy stretch of the A1. A section of the motorway north of the A64 was closed today after a multiple car pile-up, believed to involve a lorry and three cars, just before
A PEACE contingent from York has taken part in England's biggest anti-war demonstration since the Cold War. The group of 50, calling itself York Against the War, marched beside up to 50,000 protesters in London at the weekend. They included York socialists
Edmond Fisher, a life-long supporter of York City, has died after a short illness, aged 64. Mr Fisher, who was born in Stillingfleet, for whom he played cricket, was educated at Fulford School. He then joined Richardson and Trotter auctioneers and estate
IT comes as no surprise - salesmen and women who clog the middle lanes of Britain's motorways are the country's most hated drivers. Mondeo and Vectra-driving reps - typified by comedian Steve Coogan's spoof character Gareth Cheeseman - are the least popular
The soon-to-retire Julie Camacho, who saddled her first-ever winner at York last week, is poised to add to her scoresheet in the feature race at Ayr tomorrow. Dancing Bay goes for the £10,000 New Renault Traffic Showcase Handicap and is fancied to lift
