FARMERS must be given more incentive to stay on the land and safeguard the future of the countryside, a leading campaign group has urged. The calls came from the Country Land and Business Association (CLA), after talks with farmers who were depressed
THE latest BSE progress report shows that the disease in the UK is continuing to decline. It shows that 62.5pc of UK herds with adult breeding cattle have never had a case of BSE, including 83.2pc of beef suckler herds. Updated: 09:27 Thursday, April
FARMS across Yorkshire were already suffering substantial losses before the foot and mouth crisis blew up, a survey has revealed. The Farm Business Survey of 223 farms across the broad acres was conducted by Askham Bryan College's Rural Business Research
A COURAGEOUS North Yorkshire man who helped catch a criminal on the run from police will tomorrow be honoured with a posthumous award. Judith Meyler will accept the Chief Constable's Certificate of Appreciation on behalf of her late husband, Sean, and
DETECTIVES launched an investigation today after the body of a man was discovered in a flat in York. Police said they were called to the address in High Petergate by the ambulance service at about 1.20am. A North Yorkshire Police spokesman said: "The
HEALTH and social services chiefs in York and North Yorkshire today welcomed Government Budget cash to tackle the scourge of "bed blocking". They have backed Chancellor Gordon Brown's six per cent increase in social services spending over the next four
TORY MPs today attacked a radical Government decision to impose "fines" on North Yorkshire social services departments which fail to cure "bed blocking". Health Secretary Alan Milburn said councils would be given a bill - which could be as much as £225
I HAVE two questions for Euan Cameron, managing director of Arriva Trains Ltd (Letters, April 15). How much do you earn? How much will your wage rise be? I'm not an employee of Arriva Trains, I'm a member of the public sick and tired of hearing about
WOULD those responsible for the planning and development of the A1237 please explain why a road opened 13 years ago exceeded its design limits soon after opening and is now the York equivalent of the M25 at weekday rush hours? Too many roundabouts too
PLANS for GNER to turn the old signal box at York Station into a coffee shop and passenger lounge sound very interesting. However, will there be easy access for people with disabilities? Will they, at the very least, have these facilities at ground level
WELL, we asked for it. The British people have regularly told pollsters that we would be willing to pay more tax to improve the health service. Indeed, New Labour won another landslide last year because it rightly judged that voters' top priority was
UK holiday companies were this week condemned for offering "misleading" bargain prices that aren't bargains at all. STEPHEN LEWIS seeks a few tips on how to get a good holiday deal WHEN it comes to booking a holiday in the sun, be warned: the biggest
Every year the Office of Fair Trading receives over 100,000 complaints about builders -which illustrates how difficult it can be to find a reputable tradesperson. Yet there are many out there. City of York Trading Standards advises taking the following
THIS is my final Team Talk column of the season and I hope you have enjoyed reading my views and found it informative. I've certainly enjoyed doing it. It has been a strange season, to say the least, both on and off the field. As I write, it is still
YORK City manager Terry Dolan's blueprint for next season should become clearer tomorrow. Writing in his Evening Press Team Talk column today, the City manager confirmed he intends to announce the players he wants to retain before the end of the week.
IN YOUR forties, it is easy to look back and to regret not having done more and seen more half a lifetime ago. Travelling seems to be for those younger or older, the gap-year students or the mobile retired. The memorable trips are there, captured in old
YORK Wasps fans are confident of forming an acceptable business plan quickly enough to resurrect the club - despite being given only two weeks by the Rugby Football League. The Wasps supporters' trust working party are to sit down this weekend to draw
A MISSION to take a fire engine from North Yorkshire to the people of Kabul has set off on its long journey. John Shackleton and his crew stopped off in Parliament Street, York, after starting their 5,000-mile trek from Harrogate to the war-torn capital
YORK Rugby Union Club cruised into the second round of the Yorkshire Cup last night with a 21-6 win at higher-ranked Goole. The prize for the Yorkshire One club is a second round home tie against National League division two outfit Wharfedale at Clifton
A SEX offender who failed to tell police he had come to live in York has been jailed for 90 days. Thomas Patrick Neary, 56, moved to the city when he was released part-way through a 12-month prison term for indecently assaulting a 14-year-old girl in
THE number of special constables in North Yorkshire has plummeted by almost 45 per cent in four years, new figures have revealed. Vale of York MP Anne McIntosh claimed the decline - from 337 in September 1997 to 186 last September - indicated a "huge
YORK and District Indoor Bowls Club started their Yorkshire Summer League with a difficult fixture and a defeat at Hull, writes Ian Clough. But thanks to an excellent four on the last end from Tom Ellis, Mick Smith and Doug Mitchell they won their rink
HERBIE and Rosy Apple have been touring schools in the Evening Press region to sing the praises of eating fresh fruit. Children at Badger Hill Primary School in York were among those in York and North Yorkshire to receive a visit from the two friendly
Yorkshire County Cricket Club and England off-spinner Richard Dawson played in Yorkshire's practice match at Headingley yesterday after making a special request to do so, writes David Warner. Dawson is currently on official leave after being part of England's
A YOUNG woman allegedly fled crying into the night without shoes or a coat after she was raped in a friend's spare bedroom, York Crown Court heard. Simon Hickey, prosecuting, alleged that David Glen Atkin, 42, woke the 22-year-old woman up with his sex
THOMAS the Tank Engine may have paid his last blockbusting visit to York's National Railway Museum (NRM) after bosses admitted they were wrong to charge all museum visitors last time. The NRM was embroiled in controversy when it imposed an entry fee during
YORK Wasps fans are confident of forming an acceptable business plan quickly enough to resurrect the club - despite being given only two weeks by the Rugby Football League. The Wasps supporters' trust working party are to sit down this weekend to draw
TRADE Secretary Patricia Hewitt was stung into action today over the threatened Selby pit complex. She telephoned Selby MP John Grogan after he launched a ferocious attack in a Commons debate, saying a Labour government was in danger of giving miners
A Royal Air Force helicopter crew was today preparing to airlift home six renegade cows which escaped from a field and swam across a river to make their home on an island. The one-year-old heifers swam out into the Humber Estuary last Wednesday, after
YORK City manager Terry Dolan's blueprint for next season should become clearer tomorrow. Writing in his Evening Press Team Talk column today, the City manager confirmed he intends to announce the players he wants to retain before the end of the week.
YORK City's Turkish delight Levent Yalcin is revelling in new-found international glory, goals and a senior squad berth - but is hungry for more. The young City trainee, aged 17, returned last week from representing Turkey in two under-18 international
CHARLES HUTCHINSON discovers York's old arts centre is poised for a new role THERE was no future for York Arts Centre. The doors were locked; the centre's Orwellian-sounding council of management issued a grim statement. "The centre has been beset by
KIRKBYMOORSIDE A MEETING was held on April 3, at Cliffe Farm, Sinnington, by kind permission of Mr and Mrs Scaling. A beef practise judging session was held and the judge was Mr Mark Rooke. Results: Joint 1st Will Curtis and Andrew Dowkes, 2nd Laura Dowkes
RECEIVERS have been called in to a farmer-owned grain trading company with a site in Pocklington. Viking Cereals Limited, which is based in Lincolnshire, took the decision following substantial trading losses. The company employs 22 staff. Almost 400
THE Countryside Alliance has welcomed the Countryside Agency's report into "rural-proofing" of Government policy. Commenting on the report, alliance chief executive Richard Burge said the report clearly outlines the progress made so far to 'rural-proof
RAINBOW Equine Clinic hosted a successful quiz night on April 11 at Malton and Norton Rugby Club. Teams from as far away as Doncaster answered questions on equine-related subjects and competed for prizes donated by suppliers to Rainbow Equine Clinic.
THE National Beef Association's Beef 2002 organising committee has moved the venue of this year's event from Snipe House, Alnwick, to the nearby Wooler Livestock Centre. Beef 2002 will still be held on Friday May 24. Updated: 09:22 Thursday, April 18,
WE have had the discussion about the state of York's toilets. Let's now think about the disgusting, filthy condition of some of the city's pavements. I am thinking particularly of the bit of Pavement almost opposite Shambles - one of our most visited
I WISH to comment on your article about the formation of the North Yorkshire Black Police Association, (April 12). The aim "to help stamp out racism inside and outside the force" can only be applauded. The problem I have is this. If, as the name seems
"WHEN are we going to York again?" Thomas asked the Fat Controller. "I'm sorry, Thomas," the Fat Controller said. "They won't have us back at the rail museum any more." "But what about all those children who queue up to climb up on my footplate?" wailed
Yorkshire County Cricket Club and England off-spinner Richard Dawson played in Yorkshire's practice match at Headingley yesterday after making a special request to do so, writes David Warner. Dawson is currently on official leave after being part of England's
YORK City's Turkish delight Levent Yalcin is revelling in new-found international glory, goals and a senior squad berth - but is hungry for more. The young City trainee, aged 17, returned last week from representing Turkey in two under-18 international
BOTTOM club New Earswick face a tough penultimate match in Yorkshire League senior division as they visit second-placed Drighlington on Saturday, writes Peter Martini. All Blacks spokesman Charles Rollinson said: "They've had some big wins in the last
BROOKLYN and Dunnington went through to the York Mitchell Sports League cup final with wins over Tadcaster Albion and Selby Olympia. Liam Bottomley and Luke Gibson scored for Brooklyn, Philip Smith hitting Tadcaster's goal. Ben Gilpin and Samuel Tree
DRAX Ladies scored two good wins in their quest to take second spot in division one of the York Badminton League, writes Paul Hobman. A 7-2 away win over St John's was followed by a comprehensive 9-0 home win over Rowntrees. Julie Smythe and Gayle Bradley
SAFER aircraft engines will be just one of the benefits of a new multi-million pound computer research system, developed by three Yorkshire universities. Diagnosing engine faults in aeroplanes quicker and more efficiently is one of the advantages of a
A hooligan has escaped a football ban on a legal technicality after he taunted groups of York supporters before and after Saturday's match against Mansfield. Martin Butterworth, prosecuting, told magistrates that Lee Cain, 26, was with a group of about
A PENSIONER who died after falling out of a bed at York District Hospital disengaged a safety barrier, the city's coroner has decided. Thomas Staveley probably died after releasing a barrier on the side of his bed while reaching for a urinal bottle, Donald
Large crowds were waiting at the Minster as the Duke of York arrived. He met the civic party, including the Lord Mayor of York, Coun Irene Waudby. Prince Andrew also met the Archbishop of York, Dr David Hope, before entering the Minster for the service
QUEENSLAND Premier Peter Beattie could meet the parents of murdered backpacker Caroline Stuttle when he visits Britain later this year. Caroline, 19, from Huntington, York, was assaulted and thrown from a bridge to her death in the Australian town of
A TERRIFIED assistant had to lock herself in a back room after she was chased by a knifeman who burst into a shop in York today screaming abuse. The man had been seen acting suspiciously in Martin's newsagents, in Hamilton Drive, Acomb, shortly before
THIRSK'S opening meeting of the season tomorrow could be accompanied by a timely rainbow. Magic Rainbow is the horse in question and the seven-year-old has an excellent chance of victory in the Hambleton Classified Stakes over five furlongs. Trained at
AFTER much soul searching and endless debate, York will start selling fatstock again next Monday (April 22), following in Malton's footsteps and trying to retrieve a bit of marketing normality. It has not been an easy decision and I am still not sure
