As the Evening Press calls today for action to tackle York's traffic nightmare, STEPHEN LEWIS looks at how it all came to this... IT MAY be small comfort to the legions of motorists choking on traffic fumes as they sit trapped in their cars in the gridlock
ONE woman will not be stopped by the jams. For 30 years as a home care assistant, Carol Warley cycled to her every appointment. And even in retirement, she plans to keep hopping into the saddle to visit clients privately. Nothing stopped Carol pedalling
AN INTENSIVE investigation has been launched after a decomposed body was found in a Harrogate wood. Police immediately closed the area, in Bilton Lane, and carried out house-to-house inquiries. The body is so badly decomposed that its sex and identity
ARRIVA bosses considering massive cuts to their winter services were today threatened with a £2 million fine - for previous cancellations. The Strategic Rail Authority has issued an enforcement order against the network, for service cancellations from
ALL aboard for the Ghost Train! Visitors have been getting to grips with terrifying tales of the unexpected at York's National Railway Museum. The ghostly goings-on involved master storyteller John James telling eerie legends of phantom locomotives, mysterious
BOUYED by their first success of the campaign New Earswick All Blacks are poised for a rapid ascent of the Yorkshire League senior division. That was the firm conviction of club spokesman Charles Rollinson as he looked ahead to Saturday's visit of newcomers
A HOLIDAY firm which conned scores of North Yorkshire customers has been wound up after an investigation. Bournemouth-based Holidays Direct Travel Ltd was investigated by trading standards officers after complaints that it failed to deliver promised luxury
CYCLING carer Carol Warley is easing off the pedals after 30 years, and thousands of miles, in the saddle. The 65-year-old home care assistant, from Stillington, has retired after working for North Yorkshire County Council since 1971. During that time
Pickering Town took a further step up the Northern Counties East League premier division table win a 1-0 win at high-flying Brigg Town. The crucial goal came in the 43rd minute when Matty Morton netted from a Dean McAuley cross. Brigg, third behind leaders
GRAHAM Potter and Darren Edmondson have given York City a timely boost, with news they are set to return the starting line-up for the visit of Macclesfield on Saturday. City boss Terry Dolan had said he would not rush the duo back, but having watched
A HIKE in council tax is inevitable for North Yorkshire residents next year, leaders said today. City of York and County Council chiefs said extra cash must be found if services are to be improved during the next year. It is too early to estimate how
FORMER York City goalkeeper Dean Kiely was at the centre of bust-up that could lead to a crackdown on his Charlton Athletic team-mate Andy Todd. Kiely was seen leaving Villa Park, where Charlton lost 1-0 in an FA Premiership game last night, sporting
A FACTORY worker has won a payout of more than £100,000 after an accident at work cost him his left hand. Father-of-three Paul Norris, 37, suffered horrific injuries when his hand became trapped between unguarded machine rollers at a Tadcaster paper mill
A CITY centre bus interchange is the long-term vision for transport in York. A report by council transport experts reveals that a review of bus priorities is needed to promote better access for passengers. The paper also confirms many of the problems
CASH-STRAPPED Scarborough Football Club could be changing owner for the second time this year. General manager Keith Agar confirmed that he is in talks with a Yorkshire-based consortium about a possible takeover of the troubled club, which is currently
THE Evening Press today issues an urgent plea to highways bosses: Get York Moving. The A64 roadworks at Copmanthorpe have led to rush-hour chaos on the dual carriageway and across the city in recent weeks, trapping commuters, shoppers and tourists in
A YOUNG child was so badly abused by a York man and woman that "scarcely a square inch" of the child's body was uninjured, a court heard. Heroin users Rebecca Atkinson, 25, of Fenwick Street, Clementhorpe, and Darren Brough, 19, of Field View, Clifton
GRAHAM Potter and Darren Edmondson have given York City a timely boost, with news they are set to return the starting line-up for the visit of Macclesfield on Saturday. City boss Terry Dolan had said he would not rush the duo back, but having watched
STEPHEN LEWIS takes advantage of Energy Efficiency Week to find how we can do our bit to save the planet - and cut our fuel bills too. YOU'VE heard of Men Behaving Badly - now comes homes behaving badly. It's the latest campaign from the Energy Savings
York Trading Standards often receive complaints and inquiries about the pricing of goods and services. Whether the prices are misleading, or just too good to be true, readers may find the following advice helpful. - All goods displayed for sale must be
GRAHAM Potter and Darren Edmondson have given York City a timely boost, with news they are set to return the starting line-up for the visit of Macclesfield on Saturday. City boss Terry Dolan had said he would not rush the duo back, but having watched
INTELLIGENT and clever she may be, but sympathetic to, or even interested in, agriculture she is not. Having spent six weeks holidaying in France at the height of the FMD crisis, our Minister of State derisively dismisses the nation's farmers as "not
When you move into a new home, it is not unusual for a neighbour or two to pop round to welcome you to the neighbourhood. If you are very lucky they might even come armed with a cake and a few hefty slices of local gossip. With this house though, you
BEING a football manager these days is effectively a 24 hours a day, seven days a week job - whether it is at a Premier League club or here in Division Three. And the workload for managers has increased for different reasons. At the highest level, while
THE BSE brains report remains a puzzle. The study was intended to find out if BSE had crossed from cattle into sheep. But, on Monday, we were told that the brains used in the five-year £200,000 study were from cattle, not sheep. Subsequently, it emerged
SNAINTON Young Farmers Club has started its winter programme of events and meetings which will be held every Monday evening in Snainton village hall, starting at 7.30pm. Old and new members are always welcome. For any more information on club activities
LESS than two years ago people were 'celebrating' the Millennium and spending vast amounts of money on fireworks displays and parties. Looking at all the people still suffering throughout the world, it's a shame that all this 'spare' money couldn't have
I WISH to express my gratitude to your reporter Matthew Woodcock for his help and support during my fight to retain the bus service through Rufforth. Elderly people need this service to attend their doctor's surgery. Without it GPs would experience a
G ANDERSON asked "what has happened to good customer service?" (Letters, October 13). Like Mr Anderson, and most of the population, I do not get good customer service. To survive against the competition, I must give good customer service, because if I
DURING the late 1940s I remember helping my uncle to search for Colorado beetles in his potato patch. We came across a chrysalis of a large moth. At that time I collected moths and butterflies so I waited to see what would emerge. I kept it in a shoe
USING the city bus service quite regularly I was appalled to discover the apparently stealthy price rises. The fare from Rose Street, Haxby Road to the Theatre Royal has risen from 70p to 90p. This seems a very high price increase. I had not seen anywhere
PEOPLE are already staying away, and who can blame them. To reach York these days, the traveller must possess the patience of Job and the tenacity of Scott of the Antarctic. Tourists and shoppers can find far better ways to spend their precious leisure
YORKSHIRE got off to a 114-106 winning start in their Northern Counties game against Northumberland with a team that included nine York and district players and the Yorkshire captain Anthony Scruton, from New Earswick. Three rinks were played at York
YORK Ladies gained revenge on the only team to beat them last season when they defeated Selby 98-68. York picked up eight points from the match to get their Yorkshire League campaign off to an excellent start. Carol Instone's rink were always in full
A DOZEN rugby league starlets from York are set to walk tall at Huddersfield's McAlpine Stadium thanks to the reinstated Ashes tour. The squad of under-9s from the recently-formed York and North Yorkshire Service Area are again preparing to play in a
A DECADE and more of 'absence' will make the heart beat stronger in Saturday's long-awaited showdown between York Acorn and Heworth. The city foes lock horns together at Acorn's Thanet Road headquarters for the first time in more than ten years when they
A WOMAN found dead in a Selby hostel flat has been identified as 26-year-old Suzanne Johnson. Her decomposed body was found in the flat, in Ousegate Lodge, by a council warden on Wednesday, October 10. It is believed the body had been lying on a bed in
ACCIDENT and emergency departments in Yorkshire and the north-east are in the top three in the country for seeing patients within one hour. But figures released today by the Audit Commission show patients in England and Wales have are waiting longer for
Pickering snooker pro Paul Davison claimed another impressive scalp as he won his second qualifying round match in the European Open at Burton on Trent. Davison, ranked 153, knocked out Bournemouth's Paul Wykes, ranked 56 in the world, 5-3 yesterday to
A TOTAL of £19.6 million is to spent on bolstering flood defences in Yorkshire next year - an increase of £7.1 million. The extra cash for 2002/03 was announced at Westminster this afternnon by Floods Minister Elliot Morley. Vale of York MP Anne McIntosh
EBORIENTEERS returned to York from the British Orienteering Championships at Newborough Forest, Anglesey, with a couple of trophies. Helen Gardner, recently capped by England, won the highly competitive Women's 50-55 long class by a minute and a half
DETECTIVES probing the brutal murder of York father-of-four Michael Brolly are due to make more arrests this week. Detective Chief Inspector Steve Barlow, head of York CID, said the inquiry team was set to arrest and question a further four people in
A REGAL triumph was enjoyed by horsewoman Adele Noblet. The 21-year-old rider from Burn, near Selby, triumphed at the Port Royal Showground, where she won the Derby-class event on board her horse Glidawn Alanna. The success brought both £50 and a gold
THIS is the picture police chiefs hope will jog the memories of people in York. For it is the likeness of a man pulled from the River Ouse in the city nearly a fortnight ago. Detectives have still been unable to name the man who was seen falling into
John Quinn, who was on the mark at Newcastle yesterday with Taras Emperor, can follow-up at Doncaster tomorrow in the richest race on the card. The Settrington trainer, who is enjoying a fine campaign, saddles Captain Venti in the £30,000 DBS October
YOU can imagine the sleepless nights the Archbishop of York will be enduring over the nasty little rumour he is to be denied a life peerage as 'punishment' for his outspoken criticism of the Government. It is possible the rumour is just that: a rumour
LOCAL auctioneers are getting ready for their second virtual auction. Because foot and mouth precautions have shut down live sales, they organised a video sale of sheep earlier this month. Pictured above are folk at that sale. After assessing the outcome
RURAL folk are being asked to help lead the way back to recovery from the impact of foot and mouth disease. "For the countryside to recover from this catastrophe, rural communities must lead the way. It is important to buy from the village shop, to visit
SECRETARY of State for DEFRA Margaret Beckett has announced the launch of the Rural Payments Agency. "RPA is responsible for the CAP payment functions formerly delivered by the DEFRA Paying Agency and the Intervention Board. For the first time there is
WARNINGS that two of the three surviving flocks of sheep on the North Yorkshire Moors could disappear unless an old established farming family were helped, went unheeded by the National park's planners. The Findlay family of Quarry farm, Westerdale, Whitby
ROB SIMPSON of the Yorkshire and North East National Farmers Union canes the Government for its decree-first-think-afterwards attitude NEW schemes announced by the Government to enable at last the vital movement of cattle and sheep were met with universal
