YORK student Philip Graves has powered his way to the National Biathlon Finals at Sheffield. The Archbishop Holgate's School pupil swept the board at the Northern qualifying round at Sedburgh School in Cumbria. The 12-year-old, representing York City
ROAD bosses are to adopt traffic chaos solutions put forward by Evening Press readers to help solve the A64 roadworks chaos. Highways Agency chiefs revealed today that they will create an extra lane approaching works on the westbound carriageway of the
Evening Press editor Liz Page speaks of 'openness' and the 'right to know' (October 24), while columnists Julian Cole and Stephen Lewis both plead for the truth to be told (October 18 and 25). One part of the complex truth about the Afghanistan war is
Council house gloom THE consultation process which City of York Council is set to undertake about options for re-financing York's council housing is likely to be a farce. The "options" offered to councils are severely limited by the Labour When tenants
YORK'S new Metro bus service has been branded unacceptable by top councillors, a month into its operation. Nearly a quarter of services are delayed and six per cent do not turn up, the City of York Council Approvals/Social Services Committee heard last
SELBY Town crashed out of the Northern Counties East League President's Cup after going down 2-0 to division one outfit Bridlington Town. The visitors took the lead after just eight minutes when Craig Burdick netted after a goalmouth scramble and in the
YORK RUFC's Under 18 Colts' side beat Sandal 17-10 to stretch their 100 per cent record to six matches. Sandal took the lead with a penalty but York responded when centre Jackson broke through the defence and set up Adam Lee who burst over the line. Minutes
THE pedestrian killed on York's outer ring road has been named as Zeke Hindmarsh. The 19-year-old Philosophy, Politics and Economics student from York University was hit by a Land Rover Discovery at 3am yesterday, while walking in the middle of the road
A TOP snooker player from York will get the chance to fight for the honour of the city in a unique challenge match as a preview to the UK Championships staged at York. The Cue Ball Club, on James Street, and the Manhattan Snooker Club, in Harrogate, are
PICKERING'S Paul Davison is on cue for a place at the China Open after breezing through his first two qualifying rounds in Burton-on-Trent. Davison saw off the challenge of Phil Williams and then Dave McDonald, both 5-2, to book a place against Liverpool's
DIVISION Three leaders Plymouth Argyle will definitely have to travel to North Yorkshire for their FA Cup first round clash against Whitby Town on Saturday, November 17. The Unibond Premier League club has decided against a neutral venue and will play
Pudsey Congs all-rounder James Middlebrook, released by Yorkshire at the end of the season, is looking forward to kick-starting his first class career after being given a two-year rollover contract by Essex. The 24-year-old off-spinner has signed after
A DESPERATE mum has told of her misery at being forced to spend seven months living in a homeless hostel. When Katherine Cornell moved into the Edgerton Lodge hostel, in Tadcaster, back in April, she thought it was a stop gap until Selby District Council
FROM family ties that bind to family eyes that win. If there's anywhere in York where the eyes have it, it has to be Acomb's Ingleby household. Father Geoffrey and daughters Laura, Kathleen and Jessica, are all dead-eye shots in the world of archery.
A FIREBUG who toured the countryside starting blazes and burned down a football club and a telephone exchange has been jailed for three years. Martin Steven Pattison, 20, caused nearly half a million pounds of damage and cut off 600 telephone customers
MAN On The Hill, trained largely in isolation on Middleham Moor, can show his rivals the way home at Sedgefield tomorrow. The seven-year-old goes for the Jayne Thompson Memorial Novices' Chase over two miles and five furlongs and will be bidding to follow-up
WITH some justification it used to be said that ten years of preliminaries on projects at Tadcaster was regarded as moderately quick work. Well, just think how the long-awaited by-pass and the even longer-awaited swimming pool took more than 80 years.
THE Human Rights Act is a wonderful piece of legislation. It is obvious to anyone that it may need adapting to special circumstances, like the present conflict in Afghanistan, just as it was necessary to modify the law during the Second World War. My
REGARDING the picture of cars parked in the disabled parking bays at York Station - why has the Evening Press blocked out their number plates? They are breaking the law and should be shamed into realising the fact. Also, for GNER to say that it is because
AFTER 112 years, millions of pints and more turns than a corkscrew factory, York's INL Club is facing a foreshortened future. It has too few members, and too few of them are using it. The committee met this week to hear the worst. The Speculation Street
RACHEL LACY visits her favourite, little-known, haunts for this Hallowe'en good ghost guide YORK is reputed to be the most haunted city in England, but this is a recent phenomenon. The half dozen or so ghosts that were well documented in the city 30 years
YORK is to get a new hospital, packed with state-of-the-art medical equipment. This is particularly good news for the private patients who are treated at the Purey Cust Nuffield Hospital. But it should also be welcomed by NHS patients. For the best part
THE funeral of an Army press officer who was killed in a helicopter accident in Sierra Leone is to be held in York on Friday. The service for Major Vanessa Lang, 40, whose father, Major Robert Raine, and mother live in Haxby, will take place at St Wilfrid's
THE mother of a Ryedale youngster who was almost hit by a careless motorist says her son is lucky not to have been seriously injured. Mark Taylor, was riding home from work at the Star Inn, in Harome, near Kirkbymoorside, when a car drove at him, causing
THE pedestrian killed on York's outer ring road has been named as Zeke Hindmarsh. The 19-year-old Philosophy, Politics and Economics student from York University was hit by a Land Rover Discovery at 3am yesterday, while walking in the middle of the road
AISLABY United moved to third in the Beckett League division one with a 7-2 thrashing of Old Malton III in the only league game of the weekend. Man-of-the-match Colin Frank hit a brace with Nicky Beaumont, Danny Lamb, Andrew Bayes, Scott Lawson and Kenny
WEEKS of wrangling over new shift patterns at the new North Yorkshire works of printing giant RR Donnelley have finally ended in agreement - and the prospect of 30 new jobs, it was announced today. About 130 shift workers at the new plant at Flaxton Moor
Stamford Bridge Cricket Club's annual meeting will be at the pavilion, Low Catton Road, on Thursday, November 8, at 8pm. All players interested in joining the club are invited to attend. After successfully staging a four-day day second XI match between
DRINKERS in Malton have been puzzled by a number of signs saying a popular pub is closed at unusual times. But landlady Sharron Appleby, of The Clarence, says it is all a big joke that has been taken the wrong way. Thirsty visitors to the Wheelgate pub
Beleaguered rail company Arriva has been slammed for having one of the worst records for passing signals at danger. Since April, the company has had 21 such incidents, including one in July at York Station where a train overshot by 440 yards. Only freight
Despite drawing its lowest entry in living memory, the 125-peg Yorkshire Ouse Championship was still the county's biggest match by a long stretch though a sad indictment on the state of match fishing in the area. The Ouse had fallen significantly after
A YORK teenager with a giant talent has created the theme ride of his dreams in his back garden. Andrew Simpson, 17, based his latest project on Jurassic Park - one of his favourite films. Proud mum Linda was the first to experience the ride, which Andrew
A FURTHER 24 elderly residents have been told to up sticks and move after another care home bit the dust. Wilberforce Residential Home, in Pocklington, is to close at the end of November, the second local home in a month to announce it is to shut. Earlier
YORK'S Purey Cust Nuffield Hospital is to close and be replaced by a new private hospital elsewhere in the city. And new NHS facilities could be developed on the same new site in a move which could help tackle waiting lists at York District Hospital.
STALWART York tailor Jim Boyes has received a special delivery - thanks to the Evening Press. His former delivery boy, who he has not laid eyes on for 58 years, turned up at Andersons menswear shop after reading about his amazing work record. The Evening
YORK Wasps have added a touch of Gallic flair to their back line for the forthcoming season with the signing of highly-rated centre Michael Cousseau. After weeks of speculation about a French connection at Wasps, the 22-year-old Nantes-born player becomes
FOUR members of staff at a Clifton Moor shop overpowered a man and sat on him until police came after he threatened them with a syringe. A police spokeswoman said the incident happened in Matalan just after 5pm yesterday. One member of staff called for
A BOY claiming to be terrorist Osama bin Laden made a phone call to police, warning that there was a bomb under Selby Abbey. The bored 13-year-old made three hoax calls to the emergency services over two nights, a court heard. The hoaxes had dramatic
YORK City goalkeeper Russ Howarth's impressive start to the season was today rewarded with the news he has been named in the England Under-20 squad to take on Portugal next month. The call-up is a major feather in the cap for both Howarth, who has been
Stan Barstow was reluctant to dwell on himself, but eventually the Yorkshire author agreed to write a kind of autobiography, reports JOHN WHEATCROFT STAN Barstow has always taken the view that writing an autobiography is something of an 'ego trip'. After
