YORK Wasps winger Leigh Deakin is backing plans to resurrect the club and would sign on again if the club can stay in the Northern Ford Premiership. Aussie Ben Sorbello is another player who would look into signing back with the Wasps if matters can be
IF the past ten days have proved anything, it is that York Wasps die-hards are among the best fans in rugby league. Their gallant battle to save and now resurrect the Wasps has won plaudits and praise from all over the country. And now, by pure coincidence
THE Queen Mother died peacefully in her sleep on Saturday afternoon aged 101. Her Majesty the Queen was at her bedside at Royal Lodge, Windsor when she passed away at 3.15pm. Her condition had deteriorated rapidly this morning and doctors were called.
The name's Hutchinson, CHARLES HUTCHINSON... our man checks out Yorkshire's new Bond exhibition HALF the world has seen James Bond, making the British secret service agent anything but secret. Now in the year when Die Another Day will become the 20th
Canon John Young, York Diocesan Evangelist, offers an Easter message of hope in a violent world dying for peace SILENCE can be very powerful. We were reminded of this when our Test Match team stood to honour the memory of Ben Hollioake. They mourned the
George Wilkinson boards the bus for daffodil country When I mentioned to a Farndale friend that I was going out for a walk in his valley he said without a smile 'daffodils are not the only flower'. Farndale sees 50,000 visitors over Easter, when the banks
Despite the Scandinavian sounding name you might be hard pressed to find genuine smorgasbord here. True, there were open sandwiches as well as the usual British style, but conventional fare was readily available. My colleague chose a jacket potato (£4.15
YORK City fans have the chance to deliberate then nominate. Voting forms for supporters to select their Clubman of the Year are currently available from Bootham Crescent, with the closing date for nominations on Monday, April 8. The award is expected
CHRIS GREENWOOD finds the perfect balance of adventure and relaxation on a trip to Goa LYING on a rubber matt in a cool incense-filled room, I stared out of the window to a small dusty Indian courtyard and thought of nothing. I was having a traditional
THE walks printed by the Evening Press on a Saturday night are very enjoyable but George Wilkinson missed a treat in his walk in Captain Cook Country (March 9). By taking an entertaining little diversion down the Cleveland Way into the pretty little village
K BARNES made me smile when he/she commented that "not one missing link has been found" (Letters, March 19). Would it be pedantic of me to point out that by definition the word "missing" means we do not know its whereabouts? When we find "missing links
ACCOUNTANT Mike Miller has estimated it could cost York Wasps just £40,000 to see out the season under new proposals - less than half of what was originally thought. Miller, a member of the working party which is aiming to form a Wasps supporters' trust
THE EVENING Press demand to the Indian Government to free deaf charity worker Ian Stillman is gathering pace. Dozens of petition forms have been collected by readers - only hours after they were printed. Meanwhile, strong political support is mobilising
AN EFFORT to banish congestion from York's streets has been bolstered by a £500,000 windfall - designed to give bus users the low-down. Users will be able to keep tabs on their transport thanks to a system offering "real-time" information at bus stops
NEW York City chairman John Batchelor will turn his attention from pitch to pits on Monday as the new British Touring Car Championship gets off the grid at Brands Hatch. After months of top-level meetings, late nights and long hours trying to tie up the
A YORK man who is suing Gary Hart after he was badly injured in the Selby rail crash could soon be celebrating victory. Gian Spadone today said he was "delighted" after insurers acting for Hart admitted liability for the injuries he received at Great
YORK's Shirley Stacey and Iain Boyle edged their way into the last 16 of the Golden Charter All-England Mixed Pairs Bowls tournament at Bedford last night. The York and District clubmates beat off the challenge of Di and Joe Ridley from the powerful Falcon
HERE she is - Britain's most famous landlady. You'll have instantly recognised Denise Reid, of the Black Horse in Seaton Ross, near Pocklington. And sandwiched between Denise and husband Dave is actress Melanie Kilburn, who some may know from an obscure
NEW heights of glory have been scaled by the wizards of Wigginton Squash Club. In an unprecedented double-header triumph Wigginton rebounded rousingly from a 2-0 deficit to overpower last year's Yorkshire League and Cup champions Heaton 3-2. The five-game
A RECORD Bank Holiday crowd of over 2,000 basked in sunshine and saw some exciting high-speed rugby at the 44th John Smith's Pocklington Sevens yesterday. The quality of the play steadily improved as the day went on, culminating in a thrilling final which
PROTESTERS opposed to two North Yorkshire military bases being used in a controversial U.S. missile defence system were today planning to march through London. The CND-organised demo was to protest against the Son Of Star Wars system, which could involve
ACCOUNTANT Mike Miller has estimated it could cost York Wasps just £40,000 to see out the season under new proposals - less than half of what was originally thought. Miller, a member of the working party which is aiming to form a Wasps supporters' trust
YORK City goalkeeper Alan Fettis is primed for an unbroken century stand for York City. Providing the fans' favourite came through this afternoon's clash at Macclesfield Town unscathed, Fettis will make his 100th successive League appearance for the Minstermen
A RUBBISH dump near York where human bones were discovered is being treated as a major crime scene, police said today. A second specialist search team has been brought into the Towthorpe Civic Amenity Site, in Strensall. More items have been removed from
JANET HEWISON checks out the fare at a smart York hotel AS one of York's 'posher' eating out venues, the Grange Hotel, with its award-winning Ivy restaurant and downstairs Brasserie, is the sort of place York residents like me walk past every day without
THERE was a time when laughter and music flowed as fast as the foaming ale down at the Irish National League Club, York's oldest Working Men's Club in Speculation Street off Navigation Road. Alas no more. From Monday the beer taps, like the club's cash
THE EVENING Press demand to the Indian Government to free deaf charity worker Ian Stillman is gathering pace. Dozens of petition forms have been collected by readers - only hours after they were printed. Meanwhile, strong political support is mobilising
THE boardroom and offices of the York Wasps have been cleared out, with all the assets put into storage. Memorabilia, photographs, trophies and strips were removed after the club folded on Tuesday following the collapse of the proposed take-over, and
IF the previous week saw the earthquake, the past seven days have provided the aftershock, several explo-sions and a fall-out. Whatever the outcome, there is no doubting this is a momentous period in history of York Rugby League Club. This was the week
YORK City's new owner, John Batchelor has agreed to become 'honorary president' of the Harrogate Minstermen, the new branch of the official Supporters' Club. As reported in the Evening Press earlier this month, the Harrogate branch has been formed by
MS OVERHILL-SMITH underestimates and misrepresents the strength of opposition to City of York Council's proposals for the Oaken Grove site (Letters, March 25). She refers to a 'minority'. Please note more than 1,500 people signed a petition opposing the
Mr CASPERSON described how he took a family of American tourists to what he describes as an "open sewer", namely the Anglican Tower at the rear of the library (March 25). I think it is only fair that he hears the city centre cleansing section's response
I CAN'T believe all the fuss about the Goodramgate gnomes. I pass the gnomes every day on my way to work and back. I'm a feminist who has campaigned vigorously against pornographic images of women and worked with survivors of sexual abuse, and I find
WELL done to The Flying Ducks Youth Theatre for the excellent production of West Side Story, performed last week at Joseph Rowntree Theatre. This talented group of 50 teenagers showed great enthusiasm in their work and were a credit to the many adults
YORK City goalkeeper Alan Fettis is primed for an unbroken century stand for York City. Providing the fans' favourite came through this afternoon's clash at Macclesfield Town unscathed, Fettis will make his 100th successive League appearance for the Minstermen
Get going this Easter weekend to prepare the garden for summer, says GINA PARKINSON Easter weekend is one of the busiest of the year for gardeners with many of us making use of the long weekend to get the garden ready for the coming summer. Garden centres
ODO the gibbon was set to be one of the star attractions over Easter at North Yorkshire theme park Flamingo Land. Odo was rejected by his mother when he was born six weeks ago, weighing only 1lb. But Flamingo Land keepers Sam de Belle and Jamie Tapper
LITTLE Ben Wheeler was delighted when the Easter Bunny came to the Daisy Chain Nursery, in Heworth, York. Ben, aged four-and-a-half, from Strensall, and his friends at the nursery were sent hunting for eggs around the grounds when the bunny made a surprise
A POPULAR York market trader who served fruit and veg for more than seven decades, has died aged 95. Wilf Mannion, of Long Marston, worked on his father's fruit and fish stall from the age of 12, eventually taking on the business himself. He served in
LAUGHING pensioner Letty Young scooped first prize for her "disco chick" Easter bonnet at a York nursing home. Staff at Oakhaven Residential Home threw down the gauntlet to residents to make the most creative headwear for the annual competition. Letty
FUNDING to prepare for emergencies such as terrorism and flooding has been slashed by ten per cent in both York and North Yorkshire - despite fears raised by the September 11 attacks. City of York Council's civil defence budget has been cut from £79,815
ONE-TIME Fulford GC and The York GC player Stephen East is a record-breaker. The 43-year-old, who plays out of the Moortown club in Leeds, broke the Yorkshire record of 214 appearances by Ganton's Michael Kelley when he played for the county in the 13
THE future of Malton Hospital is to be debated in the Commons after Ryedale MP John Greenway stepped in. From Monday general anaesthetic operations will end at the hospital due to an acute shortage of consultant anaesthetists. Patients will have to travel
SOLO success in the York Union of Golf Clubs' final Cross Trophy tournament was almost the exclusive preserve of Forest of Galtres GC. While the number 11 event was cancelled because the Heworth course was wet, conditions were fine at Forest Park GC to
FORGET Oxford University against Cambridge, the real grudge match will be at Clifton Park on May 1. Despite their paths occasionally crossing over the years, York University rugby union teams and their rivals at the College of Ripon and York St John will
YORK speed king James Thompson reckons this could be his year. After nearly a decade of British Touring Car Championship action, Thompson believes he has his best chance ever of lifting the prized drivers' crown. The 27-year-old - who became the youngest
PRISONERS-OF-WAR are making their way to Eden Camp once more. Sixty years have passed since the first shabby prisoners arrived at the site on the outskirts of Malton. Over the Easter weekend a group of re-enactors will be marched through the parade square
LIFE on an East Yorkshire farm brought a young couple together - and they are still married 70 years later. Norman and Florence Houseman, aged 90 and 87 respectively, celebrated their platinum wedding today with a family party at the nursing home in Stamford
A PUB landlord from Scarborough has been arrested on suspicion of supporting a banned paramilitary organisation. Ian Winton, landlord of the Golden Last pub, in Eastborough, near the West Pier, was released without charge after being arrested on Thursday
A LORRY driver may hold key information about the 60-vehicle pile-up in fog on the A1, police said this afternoon. The crash, near Boroughbridge, saw 25 people taken to hospital with various injuries. Nobody was killed. It is also understood that one
A MAN died today after being struck by a train on the East Coast Mainline near Thirsk. He was hit at about 6am, at Dalton. A spokesman for British Transport Police said it was possible the man had committed suicide. Updated: 12:46 Saturday, March 30,
Yorkshire recovered magnificently from a disastrous first hour at Headingley yesterday but then allowed Somerset to regain the upper hand by close of play when they stood on 101 for one in their second innings with an overall lead of 127. Things could
