IT cannot be coincidence that the word sex ends in ex, so often is it finite. The Blue Room is full of sexual encounters - of the brief and de-brief kind - that turn in on each other as all roads lead to roam. Love has gone AWOL - absent without love
FUMING motorists are facing further roadworks frustration in York following a gas leak on the inner ring road. Huge rush-hour jams built up last night and again today after Transco closed off a lane of traffic near Skeldergate Bridge to repair a fractured
A CITY centre street was closed today as an electricity fault caused explosions and sent a stream of sparks flying across a road. Castlegate was fenced off in heavy rain at 9.40am after a cable began sparking within a lamppost attached to buildings. Firefighters
The latest unfounded anthrax scares show the unforgivable terrorists are winning the physiological battle. Any real biological threat must be taken seriously, but public panic plays into the hands of these fanatics and boosts their twisted egos. While
WE are just over half-way through October and the number of clubs and managers parting company shows no signs of abating. This week, Peter Shreeves was the latest casualty, resigning as manager of Sheffield Wednesday. But in the last few weeks, even days
Pioneering changes to the way children start school in York aim to put the play back into early learning. Janet Hewison visits one school to find out how the new system will work FOUR-year-old Alex Spratt is sitting with her friends at Nutkins Nursery
A MINISTER who suggested foot and mouth is likely to return this winter was today attacked for calling farmers unhappy "bunnies". Farmers and politicians in North Yorkshire reacted angrily after Rural Affairs Secretary Margaret Beckett used the phrase
LEEDS UNITED footballer Michael Bridges made a striking impression on diners yesterday as he opened a new dining spot in a York city centre store. The 23-year-old Premiership player was making an appearance at the new-look coffee shop at the Marks and
A MAN "experimenting" with heroin discarded a syringe in a street with children nearby, York magistrates heard. Dieter Jurgen Barr, 25, had just taken an overdose and rejected attempts by an ambulance crew to help him. He was hallucinating and foaming
MALTON Bacon Factory IS set to be sold to Scotland's largest food group, according to union sources. The Evening Press reported yesterday how speculation was growing that the deal would soon be done. Today a union official confirmed that Grampian Country
A YOUNG chess champion from York is to compete alongside the best players in the country at a North Yorkshire-based competition next week. Patrick Gower, 14, is among 66 talented young chess players who will be going for glory at the Ampleforth Junior
WIGGINTON'S Neil Cordell has been seeded No 1 in the Boys Under 13 event in the British Closed Squash Championships to be held at Pontefract starting a week tomorrow. Twelve-year-old Neil, a pupil of Joseph Rowntree School and the current Yorkshire Under
THE NUMBER of North Yorkshire police officers retiring on medical grounds is continuing to increase sharply, an official report revealed today. Last year 37 retirements on the grounds of ill-health accounted for almost 58 per cent of the total number
YORK RUFC Colts have made a great start to their season, winning all four of their opening games and rattling up 20 tries. The 24-strong squad is made up of 16 to 18-year-olds and many have gone on to play first team rugby in recent seasons. Coach Niall
A SAFETY inspector told an inquest into the death of a roofer that he was not happy with safety provisions a day before the accident. The inquest was hearing details of the events leading up to the death of Simon Pickering, of Market Place, Malton, who
HEWORTH face one of their toughest tests so far this season as they entertain fellow promotion hopefuls Crosfields in National Conference League division two. Both teams have six wins from eight games and trail the leaders by just two points, with Heworth
NOTORIOUS highwayman Dick Turpin has gone down in history as a great villain, but was he the wickedest one of them all? Turpin will be pitting his wits against other wicked 17th and 18th century folklore characters, including Mol Cutpurse and Annie Bonny
A HOUSING quota set for York over the next 20 years could be increased by 1,500 under revised plans. A newly drawn-up plan for the future development of York estimates 13,907 new homes could be built in the city by 2021. The figure is 1,503 higher than
IF YOU have purchased electrical goods recently you may be familiar with the situation where the sales assistant spends ages describing the virtues of the product, only to change their tune when you have decided to buy and then warn you how vital it is
YORK City chief Terry Dolan has admitted for the first time reserve goalkeeper Russ Howarth is piling on the pressure on number-one Alan Fettis. Howarth will be keeping his fingers crossed for fresh international honours next month when England Under-
GOALS change games always seems one of the most trite of footballing cliches. But how apt it seemed last night as York City once again tumbled out of the much-maligned LDV Vans competition at the first time of asking. For the first 50 minutes the Minstermen
YORK Wasps RL Club's chief executive Ann Garvey has not ruled out a move for record-breaking full-back Jamie Benn. The 24-year-old, who has already had two spells at Huntington Stadium, has just been released from his contract with Featherstone after
CHRISTOPHER Booker of The Sunday Telegraph has long been a thorn in the Government's side carrying, as he does, a crusading flag against the batty Brussels bureaucrats. Last weekend, he reported on a fascinating paper written by Alan Richardson, a vet
Bahamian Pirate, trained near Thirsk by David Nicholls, can win the big sprint at Newmarket for the second succcessive year tomorrow. The six-year-old lines-up for the Travis Perkins Bentinck Stakes with strong claims, especially after a recent sterling
Business is booming in Huntington. And when business begins to boom, house prices soon follow. A multi-million pound science park and a large business development have both been mooted for sites around the already-successful Monks Cross shopping complex
THE Government's most senior rail adviser has re-ignited the East Coast Main Line franchise controversy by revealing that Ministers repeatedly ignored his recommendation that GNER should be given a 20-year deal. Sir Alistair Morton, chairman of the Strategic
FARMERS' leader Ben Gill spoke of the continuing plight of those in the crisis-hit industry as he launched an exhibition of exclusive porcelain pigs in York. Mr Gill, president of the National Farmers' Union, said: "The impact of the disease (foot and
A MAN from near Selby was charged today with drug smuggling offences following a record £32 million seizure of cocaine. Peter Carine, 49, from Hensall, is one of four men who have been arrested and charged in connection with the 500-kilo haul - the largest
THE Government's most senior rail adviser has re-ignited the East Coast Main Line franchise controversy by revealing that Ministers repeatedly ignored his recommendation that GNER should be given a 20-year deal. Sir Alistair Morton, chairman of the Strategic
The Copmanthorpe traffic congestion is generating much comment. People are complaining about the length of journeys to visit relatives but they are missing the essential point of this disruption. I have travelled every day for 15 years from the east of
I HAVE read many letters in the Evening Press complaining about the city's buses. Last Thursday my wife was at the bus stop in Foxwood Lane at 10.10am and the first bus to town, a No 4, pulled up at 10.35. On Saturday she was at a stop on the Mount at
I read your report of 1,000 to 1,500 pigs and piglets perishing in a farm fire near Easingwold ('Pigs die in farm inferno', October 12). The unbearable sufferings of these poor creatures is unacceptable in today's more enlightened society. Why are these
MOBILITY is crucial to a modern society. Yet Britain's transport systems are stuck in the slow lane. This time last year the railways were plunged into chaos by the Hatfield crash. Suddenly, routine journeys that millions relied on became a nightmare
IN Australia they celebrate Christmas with a barbecue on the beach. York shoppers now have an inkling of what that might be like. They basked in Indian summer temperatures yesterday as Goodramgate's festive lights were installed. Global warming has made
FOUR York primary schools are leading the way in developing methods of teaching foreign languages to young children. Unlike continental countries like France, languages are not on the primary school National Curriculum in England, meaning most pupils
York RI 'A' chess team gained their second successive easy win of the season in the Woodhouse Cup, beating Bradford 'B' 7-3. Bradford 'B' were previously known as Undercliffe and gained promotion from last season from the IM Brown competition, in which
York and District Indoor Bowls Club won all three of their matches against Hornsea in different competitions, all on the same day. In the 'Top Ten' competition, York beat Hornsea 82-57 and gained 14 points out of a possible 15. Only the top team in the
A MINISTER who suggested foot and mouth is likely to return this winter was today attacked for calling farmers unhappy "bunnies". Farmers and politicians in North Yorkshire reacted angrily after Rural Affairs Secretary Margaret Beckett used the phrase
THE 'people's horse', Evening Press, is all set for her second appearance on the Flat. The two-year-old filly - leased off trainer Tim Etherington by readers of the award-winning newspaper - goes in the 2.40 EBF Pickering Maiden Fillies' Stakes at Redcar
TOURISTS may be wandering round York in their shirt sleeves, but with just over nine weeks to go, the Christmas decorations are already up in one city street. Goodramgate is already bedecked with festive garlands - a strange sight amid the recent warm
A HEART attack victim from Selby died after the ambulance in which he was being carried crashed into a taxi. The 82-year-old unnamed man was being resuscitated by paramedics at the time. The accident happened shortly before 10pm last night at the Broadway
YORK Wasps RL Club's chief executive Ann Garvey has not ruled out a move for record-breaking full-back Jamie Benn. The 24-year-old, who has already had two spells at Huntington Stadium, has just been released from his contract with Featherstone after
YORK City chief Terry Dolan has admitted for the first time reserve goalkeeper Russ Howarth is piling on the pressure on number-one Alan Fettis. Howarth will be keeping his fingers crossed for fresh international honours next month when England Under-
Stephen Lewis looks at the financial implications of September 11 for the ordinary man and woman in the street AS THE war in Afghanistan reaches deep into its second week and the fear of terrorist reprisals grows, the financial implications of the September
YORK City's mounting injuries worries took another damaging turn for the worse last night as the Minstermen crashed out of the LDV Vans Trophy at the first hurdle. Young defender John Fielding limped from the field ten minutes from time in the 2-0 defeat
YORK Wasps are poised to sign two Australian props as their build-up towards the new Rugby League Premiership season gathers pace. Former Balmain Tigers star Chris St Clair, who now plays with St Gaudens Bears in the French Elite One division, and teenager
I AM writing to congratulate York City FC on a superb achievement which may never be surpassed. After only a quarter of the season, we have managed to lose to three different bottom sides. Manager Terry Dolan was said to be "disappointed" and "bemoaned
I AM writing to congratulate York City FC on a superb achievement which may never be surpassed. After only a quarter of the season, we have managed to lose to three different bottom sides. Manager Terry Dolan was said to be "disappointed" and "bemoaned
THE 'people's horse', Evening Press, is all set for her second appearance on the Flat. The two-year-old filly - leased off trainer Tim Etherington by readers of the award-winning newspaper - goes in the 2.40 EBF Pickering Maiden Fillies' Stakes at Redcar
THIS is proving to be a very odd war, if that's what it is at all. A campaign with no clear objective, aside from the wish-list elimination of all terrorism, is being fought against an impoverished country whose starving inhabitants live among rubble
FUMING motorists are facing further roadworks frustration in York following a gas leak on the inner ring road. Huge rush-hour jams built up last night and again today after Transco closed off a lane of traffic near Skeldergate Bridge to repair a fractured
MARGARET Beckett said on Wednesday it would be a "miracle" if there was not a resurgence of foot and mouth disease. The Secretary of State was giving evidence to an inquiry into the outbreak. She told the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee
