DEAF charity worker Ian Stillman's imprisonment in an Indian jail will be justified if it improves the lives of the country's disabled, his sister said today. Elspeth Dugdale said Ian, 51, whose parents live in Tadcaster Road, York, and who had a leg
THE Environment Agency has warned that if conventional methods are used to implement new EU legislation, farmers could soon be facing huge bills. Laws introduced over the next few years alone, which include agricultural waste regulations, could cost farms
THE Tenant Farmers Association is troubled that despite the best efforts of Sir Don Curry's Policy Commission, future Government action may stifle attempts by the farming industry to return to profitability. TFA national chairman Reg Haydon said: "The
A SERIES of measures were announced last week by DEFRA aimed at halting the flow into Britain of smuggled meat and other food products. The aim is to reduce the risk of exotic animal and plant disease entering the country and threatening public health
A HOUSEMASTER at Ampleforth College has been suspended while an investigation takes place into an alleged incident said to have taken place more than ten years ago. Father Christian Shore has been given "administrative leave" while the school conducts
TRAINS firm Arriva will deal a heavy blow to York's railway pride if it wins back its TransPennine franchise, the Evening Press has learned. Managing director Euan Cameron admitted today that if the company is successful in its eight-year franchise bid
Jordan Worabec has become division one champion at the end of the first season of the York and District Snooker Association Ace 4 Computers Junior Handicap League. He clinched the title with a 2-1 win over Craig Jackson to finish the season on 16 points
YOU have run several articles recently about the appalling intimidation of a man living in the Hull Road area. For anyone to suffer this for any reason is bad enough; that it should arise from his challenging vandalising youths makes it a whole lot worse
BEING a York resident, I do not usually use the tourist facilities. But on Saturday I took my grandson on a boat excursion. On the way back, having turned around at Clifton Bridge, we came under attack from stone-throwing youths. The boat was full of
Birthday parties can easily set parents back £100 a time. But you don't have to break the bank to ensure your child has a great party, finds STEPHEN LEWIS THESE days nothing comes cheap. If it's not the cost of your children's clothes and mobile phones
OUR Football League safety has been assured but elsewhere it is building up to a fascinating end to the season with lots still to be decided. During the recent Easter programme it is normal for a lot of promotion and relegation issues to become clearer
YORK City chief Terry Dolan today announced third year trainees Scott Emmerson, Kieran Darlow, Marc Salvati and Ben Rhodes will not be offered professional terms for next season. The decision means striker Emmerson, wingers Darlow and Salvati and midfielder
York City trainee Levent Yalcin capped his latest international call to arms with a goal in Turkey Under-18s' clash with Germany. In only his second international appearance, Yalcin scored Turkey's only goal in their 1-1 draw in Neunkirchen. Yalcin and
YORK City were poised for a morale boost ahead of Saturday's trip to Swansea with top scorer Michael Proctor today returning to training. The 12-goal striker has missed City's last two outings with a hamstring problem but should he come through today's
FANS of York Wasps are organising a major music event to raise money to help resurrect the rugby league club. Labelled "WaspAid 2002", the gig is planned to feature more than a dozen local bands and has already attracted support from supporters and musicians
YORK Wasps star Jamie Benn has refuted claims that he has signed for Northern Ford Premiership rivals Batley Bulldogs - and says he is eyeing a much bigger move. It was reported on a Bulldogs website that the highly-regarded full-back had been signed
A FORMER Viking settlement in York that had been used as a drug den by heroin users was today being transformed into luxury flats. The development, in Walmgate, is due to be completed in October and will see 20 one and two-bedroom flats built. A huge
JOHN BULL has come to York in a new exhibition of Georgian cartoons. The symbolic character is the star attraction of The Savage Satirist, an exhibition series at Fairfax House, Castlegate, York. John Bull And Patriotism is the first in a series of six
York City trainee Levent Yalcin capped his latest international call to arms with a goal in Turkey Under-18s' clash with Germany. In only his second international appearance, Yalcin scored Turkey's only goal in their 1-1 draw in Neunkirchen. Yalcin and
York Cricket Club juniors resume nets practice at Canon Lee School sports-hall on Monday, April 15. The sessions are for under-11s from 6pm to 7.30pm and then for over-11s to 13s from 7.30pm to 9pm. The club is to run two under-11 and under-13 teams this
DEAF charity worker Ian Stillman's imprisonment in an Indian jail will be justified if it improves the lives of the country's disabled, his sister said today. Elspeth Dugdale said Ian, 51, whose parents live in Tadcaster Road, York, and who had a leg
A FIERCE derby clash between two of North Yorkshire's top football teams has been postponed again - after an electricity cable was severed. The groundsman at Selby Town's Flaxley Road stadium accidentally cut the floodlights' power line prior to last
TWO junior sides from York are set for the experience of a lifetime after they qualified to for the final stages of Prudential Cup at Twickenham. York Under-10s and Under-12s will travel to the home of English rugby on May 26 for the semi-final and hopefully
YORK Acorn round off their National Conference League campaign on Saturday with the possibility of ending the season as York's highest-placed rugby league team. Acorn set off on the long haul to Millom just two points behind neighbours Heworth in the
FANS of York Wasps are organising a major music event to raise money to help resurrect the rugby league club. Labelled "WaspAid 2002", the gig is planned to feature more than a dozen local bands and has already attracted support from supporters and musicians
THE father of a teenage girl left traumatised by a sex pest says he must be brought to justice before someone gets hurt. Adrian Spendlow, who lives off Leeman Road, in York, described how his 17-year-old daughter was walking to work along a path beside
It's been a welcome break for those able to take advantage of it although I do find it a bit frustrating that some professional businesses seek to extend official public holidays by creeping an extra day. For the agricultural community, the weather has
Yes says animal rights campaigner Alan Robertshaw of York Animal Aid The Grand National is the highlight of the National Hunt season and millions of people who don't normally take much interest in racing have a flutter. Then into the arena come the animal
A MAJOR revamp at a North Yorkshire tourist attraction offers budding vets the chance to try their hand at the toughest jobs in the trade. The first part of a £104,000 overhaul at the World of James Herriot, in Thirsk, includes a chance to try your hand
A YORKSHIRE support team has been set up to help farmers and land owners starting environmentally sensitive renewable energy schemes. The team, based at Kirklees Metropolitan Council, will work with individuals in North, South and West Yorkshire. The
BUSINESSES affected by the foot and mouth epidemic can get support from the Inland Revenue. A helpline has been set up to provide information and advice for individuals still facing financial difficulty. The helpline is open 8am to 8pm Monday to Friday
FORMER York City trainee goalkeeper Miles Massey was cleared today of supplying Ecstasy to Sheffield Wednesday player Thomas Staniforth before his death. The prosecution offered no evidence at York Crown Court against Mr Massey, 22, of Mill Lane, Acaster
I WELCOME the chance to respond to the recent letters and articles on the future use of the council's surplus school site at Oaken Grove. Since the decision was made in March last year to close Oaken Grove School, my principal role has been to bring forward
CHOOSING a place to live is all about three things, or so the maxim goes: location, location, location. If you crave wide open spaces and big skies, then a place in the country would suit. A family home close to a good school? Suburbia beckons. For all
FORGET the potential all-England semi-final in the Champions League between Manchester United and Liverpool. The fixture all football is talking about is Selby Town v Pickering. Both teams are having a great season, but their long anticipated derby appears
City of York Council's Consumer Advice Service receives about 6000 new complaints and enquiries from consumers each year. Here is our advice on some of the most frequently asked questions. When I return faulty goods, must I have a receipt? No, but the
England have told Yorkshire that Matthew Hoggard and Michael Vaughan will not be allowed to play for the County Champions in their opening match against Surrey at Headingley, starting on April 24, or the first three Benson and Hedges Cup games which follow
A MAN whose new business was attacked after being open for only a week is hoping to appeal to the better nature of the vandals to prevent any further damage. Darren Dickinson, 36, who opened Substance Fine Arts Bureau, in Clarence Street, York, last week
SCHOOLCHILDREN in York are to benefit from improved security, better new technology provision and new buildings thanks to Government funding secured by City of York Council. The council has received £220,000 from the Department for Education and Skills
A classic derby encounter saw Nestl Rowntree RUFC just denied by Malton and Norton III 19-18. Malton had the early pressure with 'Trees full-back Harry Seagrave making three try-saving tackles, before the visitors finally crossed for a try and conversion
Jordan Worabec has become division one champion at the end of the first season of the York and District Snooker Association Ace 4 Computers Junior Handicap League. He clinched the title with a 2-1 win over Craig Jackson to finish the season on 16 points
KNAVESMIRE Harriers' Neil Holdsworth was the highest placed York-area runner in the Spen 20 at Spenborough. He clocked two hours 17mins 4secs to finish 23rd in a race won by D Brooksbank (Barnsley) in 1-58-30. Holdsworth's team-mate Pat Boden was the
RESIDENTS living near the funfair at St George's Field car park in York have complained about the noise and say it is disturbing their once-peaceful evenings. The fair set up camp in the car park last Wednesday and is due to leave on Sunday. But Nicola
YORK retained the Yorkshire Over-55s League Trophy after a close 84-70 victory over Hornsea in a repeat of last season's final. Barry Walker, Dave McCowan, Tom Ellis and Doug Mitchell were outstanding as they gave York a 22-2 lead after ten ends, and
A NORTH Yorkshire man who was arrested in January by police investigating the murder of a prostitute has been released from bail without charge. Eric Coates, 47, who lives with his parents in Oaktree Sawmills, Huby, had been waiting for three months to
MORE than one in ten used cars sold from North Yorkshire forecourts are defective, new figures show. Agencies from across the county have joined forces to ensure that second-hand cars sold by traders are safe to drive. But officers involved in the operation
YORK City were poised for a morale boost ahead of Saturday's trip to Swansea with top scorer Michael Proctor today returning to training. The 12-goal striker has missed City's last two outings with a hamstring problem but should he come through today's
ON OFFICIAL book of condolence for the Queen Mother has been criticised by a York woman for being shabby and disrespectful. Janet Rowntree, of Heworth, went to sign the special book in the York Guildhall on Tuesday, but said she was disappointed by its
England have told Yorkshire that Matthew Hoggard and Michael Vaughan will not be allowed to play for the County Champions in their opening match against Surrey at Headingley, starting on April 24, or the first three Benson and Hedges Cup games which follow
YORK Wasps star Jamie Benn has refuted claims that he has signed for Northern Ford Premiership rivals Batley Bulldogs - and says he is eyeing a much bigger move. It was reported on a Bulldogs website that the highly-regarded full-back had been signed
Latalomne, arguably an unlucky loser of last month's Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham, can gain rich compensation at Aintree tomorrow. The Brian Ellison-trained gelding lines-up for the £120,000 Martell Melling Chase - the most valuable race
YORK City chief Terry Dolan today announced third year trainees Scott Emmerson, Kieran Darlow, Marc Salvati and Ben Rhodes will not be offered professional terms for next season. The decision means striker Emmerson, wingers Darlow and Salvati and midfielder
In Julian Cole's absence, his column this week is written by Stephen Lewis... IT'S nice to feel proud of the place you live. I always have felt proud of living in York. Friends from the south who come to stay rave about the riverside walk from Fulford
