YORKSHIRE suffered one of the greatest humiliations in Roses history at Headingley yesterday when they were thrashed by eight wickets by Lancashire in a Benson and Hedges Cup match which was all over by 2.15pm. There was simply no excuse for an error-strewn
A PIZZA delivery man had a seven-inch bread knife thrust into his face and was forced to hand over £200 to two hooded attackers in York. The victim, who works for Haci's Caf, in Front Street, Acomb, was set upon as he made a delivery in Avenue Terrace
YORK City manager Terry Dolan's rebuilding programme for next season continued today with the news that Stephen Brackstone has pledged his future to the Minstermen. The one-time Middlesbrough youngster is the second of six players offered new deals by
PAT REED is living proof that you are never too old to get into shape. The 58-year-old started going to the gym when she retired eight years ago - and her fitness is going from strength to strength. She has taken part in each Race For Life event in York
STAR jockey Frankie Dettori will miss the final two days of next week's opening York race meeting of the season, and Pat Eddery will miss all three days of the meeting. Dettero was suspended for four days yesterday at Doncaster after his ride on runner-up
DOZENS of children took part in a traditional maypole dance as part of their school's Bank Holiday celebrations. More than 75 reception class pupils from Woodthorpe Primary School danced to accordion music around a maypole in their school yard. The children
THE family of jailed charity worker Ian Stillman today vowed to continue its fight for his release, despite his case being dismissed by India's top court. A Supreme Court judge ruled that he would not hear evidence that contradicted a High Court judge
ROBIN White and his daughter Georgina won the Nestl Family Tennis Tournament mixed doubles title in Rowntree Park for the first time. The Whites, who live at Sutton-under-Whitestone Cliffe, normally only play social tennis but are regular supporters of
WIGGINTON'S desire to return to division one in the IT Sports Mixed Tennis League started with a good 66-42 win against newly-promoted Civil Service. Despite the absence of League sponsor Ian Tooms, Wigginton had Nestl family men's doubles champion Phil
A SELBY school is celebrating after being given top marks for stamping out unruly behaviour in the classroom. OFSTED inspectors praised the dramatic turn-round at North Duffield, which was given a caning after the last inspection over problems of indiscipline
MORE jobs are to go at a North Yorkshire manufacturing firm. Micro Metalsmiths Ltd, which employs around 160 people at its Pickering and Kirkbymoorside sites, has announced further job losses will be made in the next few weeks. The company made 22 people
After making it through the group stages of the Benson and Hedges Cup - despite yesterday's wretched showing in the Roses match - Yorkshire have been drawn to meet Essex at Chelmsford in the quarter finals on either May 21 or 22. And Lancashire's reward
AUSTRALIAN Ben Nicholson's 106 helped Malton and Old Malton set a target which was beyond the reach of hosts Studley Royal in division two. Royal fell to a 48 run defeat when they were bowled out for 146 by Chris Hudson (5-42). Greg Johnson made 31 for
IN a complete reversal of the senior side's fortunes, Pickering II are riding high in division four which they lead by 13 points after taking the fifth division title last term. The Pikes opening pair put the Dringhouses bowlers to the sword as they reached
I NOTICE with some dismay the £3.50 "suggested donation" to go into York Minster. How long before this becomes an actual entrance fee? It would be a sad day if this were to become the case. The right to enter a church, to worship, say a prayer, soak up
IT is some months now since I inquired through your newspaper about the veracity of the 'crackdown' by our city's boys in blue on the population of lawless cyclists that daily terrorise motorists and pedestrians alike, with marked impunity. I have looked
I am delighted that under the RSPCA's proposals to grant animals a 'bill of rights', my dogs will be allowed the 'freedom to express normal behaviour'. As their normal behaviour is hunting, presumably they will be exempted, on cruelty grounds, from any
YORK City manager Terry Dolan's rebuilding programme for next season continued today with the news that Stephen Brackstone has pledged his future to the Minstermen. The one-time Middlesbrough youngster is the second of six players offered new deals by
THE consortium looking to take a major share in York Wasps has been in talks with City of York Council about developing a stadium - which it says could yet be shared with York City FC. Negotiations with the council have been ongoing as the consortium
Tomorrow is Children's Day, when the NSPCC launches its new campaign to outlaw smacking. Today, we air the case for and against a parent's right to smack their child. YES Former nurse and social worker Sue Woolmore is the NSPCC's Public Policy Adviser
After the last big foot and mouth outbreak in the 1960s, the then government set up a major public inquiry under the chairmanship of the Duke of Northumberland to establish the facts and to make recommendations as to future action in the event of a further
A TEENAGE driver was today in a critical condition in hospital after he was seriously injured when his car left the road and rolled into a ditch. John Milburn, 17, from Stillington, near Easingwold, was trapped inside his Citroen AX for up to 25 minutes
A HUMAN rights battle is looming over plans to ban a travelling family from parking alongside highways across York. City of York Council is pressing ahead with an application for an unprecedented High Court injunction against the travellers, as complaints
A TOURISM leader today slammed the miserable and negative image created by tethered horses on a key route into York. York Tourism Bureau chief executive Gillian Cruddas said there had been a number of complaints from tourists shocked at seeing horses
A BOY, aged 14, was shot in the back with an air rifle as a gunman fired randomly from an upper-floor flat in York. The boy was playing outside a block of flats in Hope Street, off Walmgate, at about 3.30pm yesterday, when he was shot and injured. Neighbours
THE family of jailed charity worker Ian Stillman today vowed to continue its fight for his release, despite his case being dismissed by India's top court. A Supreme Court judge ruled that he would not hear evidence that contradicted a High Court judge
ALL Ian Stillman has ever wanted to do is to help others. Yet his dedication to humanity has earned him considerable suffering, thanks to the creaking legal system of the country where he chose to dedicate his efforts. In the latest ludicrous twist in
NORMALLY children who drew on York's pavements would earn a reprimand. But yesterday young artists were positively encouraged to illustrate St Mary's Square. As part of a competition organised by Jorvik and the Evening Press, York schoolchildren submitted
IT'S a pretty safe bet that some of Dawn Bushby's creations will be turning heads at York races next week. Her flamboyant designs have become her trademark; her hats are as much a work of art as a piece of head gear. She describes them as 'head sculpture
A NEW North Yorkshire Local Association of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has been launched. Almost 60 chartered surveyors and their guests, including architects, solicitors, accountants and associated professions from across the county
YORK-BASED Shepherd Engineering Services (SES) has appointed Mark Perkins as new regional director to take control of its southern region. He succeeds Morris Whitehead who now begins a new role as SES national sales director. Mr Perkins has spent his
A WOMAN who sold 170 homes in York in three years and has 13 years' sales experience under her belt is turning her attention to two housing developments in north Leeds. Sales adviser Hazel Crossley, of Harrogate, has been appointed by CALA Homes in Yorkshire
Construction activity in the Yorkshire region, which last year dipped by one per cent, is expected to pick up over the next three years, according to a report out today. Construction Forecasting and Research (CFR) predicts that building activity in the
INVESTORS in little people have become Investors In People. Smartypants, the private day nursery and creche in Castlegate, York, today officially gained the Investors in People Standard. Jane Barker, owner of the only nursery-creche of its kind in the
A DENTAL laboratory company in North Yorkshire has taken a first bite of more than £4 million out of the Alternative Invest-ment Market. 1st Dental, which has its HQ in Harrogate, reported today that after last week's successful flotation as a public
After making it through the group stages of the Benson and Hedges Cup - despite yesterday's wretched showing in the Roses match - Yorkshire have been drawn to meet Essex at Chelmsford in the quarter finals on either May 21 or 22. And Lancashire's reward
BEFORE even a ball had been bowled in anger, York knew this was not going to be their day at Castleford. The loss of Simon Mason (torn thigh muscle) and Aussie import Nash Stone (chicken pox) before the start was just a sign of what was to come as the
THE consortium looking to take a major share in York Wasps has been in talks with City of York Council about developing a stadium - which it says could yet be shared with York City FC. Negotiations with the council have been ongoing as the consortium
A RETIRED gardener has vowed to quit his York allotment after vandals attacked the site for the fifth time in as many months. The 65-year-old man said he was "heartbroken" when he discovered the trail of devastation left at the Hempland Lane allotments
VISITORS flooded into Low Green, in Copmanthorpe, for the York village's 12th annual street fair. The traditional Bank Holiday family event involved many charities and local organisations. More than 1,000 visitors were able to peruse a wide range of arts
INTERNATIONAL orienteers from York-based club Eborienteers will be racing around the streets of York on May 26 when the club hold the second annual York City Trophy. All who want to have a go at orienteering can go along to register for taking part. The
A MAN who broke his leg at the bottom of a hill claims he was stranded for two hours because a cash shortage prevented the air ambulance arriving. But the ambulance service has denied cash was behind the fact the aircraft was not used. Alistair McFarlane
A SELECTED rest of the league side beat Marston Moor Villages Darts League champions Royal Oak, Tadcaster, 5-4. John Collins (24), individual champion Simon Jackson and Steve Wragg (22) made it three each in the singles with Kev Lund and Lee Appleyard
BEFORE even a ball had been bowled in anger, York knew this was not going to be their day at Castleford. The loss of Simon Mason (torn thigh muscle) and Aussie import Nash Stone (chicken pox) before the start was just a sign of what was to come as the
A FORMER pig farmer's dreams of turning his barn into a house may again be dashed after York planners recommended refusal of his scheme. Chris England has once again put in an application to transform the barn on his land in Holtby, near York, after an
YORKSHIRE suffered one of the greatest humiliations in Roses history at Headingley yesterday when they were thrashed by eight wickets by Lancashire in a Benson and Hedges Cup match which was all over by 2.15pm. There was simply no excuse for an error-strewn
A GROUP of young pavement artists took the opportunity to show off their winning talents in the centre of York. The eight winners of the Jorvik and Evening Press Kid's Viking Street Art competition translated their artwork onto the pavement in St Mary's
DARASIM can spoil the Rainbow High party in tomorrow's Chester Cup, run over more than two circuits of the historic Roodee racecourse. Rainbow High has won this valuable staying handicap for the last two years and will not be wanting for supporters as
HEWORTH won the Bank Holiday Monday table-topping encounter with Woodhouse Grange with consummate ease to open up a clear lead at the top of the premier division of the Hunters Estate Agent York and District Senior League. They were the only two sides
CARLTON Towers gained their second 30-pointer in division one when they inflicted a heavy defeat on Duncombe Park who lost by 113 runs. With Carlton batting first, Stuart Coleman made 72 and Paul Wright 50 shared a 132-run stand for the second wicket
BY winning their third game, New Earswick have taken over as leaders of division three from their near-neighbours Rowntree whose hopes of notching their third win was scuppered by a defiant 15- over rearguard action by the final two Civil Service batsmen
WHEN Tony Blair announced to the media that he was considering cutting child benefit payments to mothers of children who skip school, I wonder if he actually realised that what he was saying was very thoughtless and that the bigger picture hasn't been
It was reported from Afghanistan a few days ago that more than 100 civilians were killed and injured in a sustained rocket attack on a provincial capital. This was not Al Qaida but inter-tribal rivalry. The US and its allies are also being seen as increasingly
YORK'S James Thompson enjoyed a 'fantastic weekend' in the Green Flag British Touring Car Championship at Thruxton - but will be surprised if the next meeting proves as lucrative. The 28-year-old Yorkshireman was the most successful driver on the third
HOGG the Builder, of Strensall, claimed today that it has had its most successful March ever, selling 23 of its available 30 properties. The 30-year-old family business whose philosophy is "never to build two houses exactly the same", yielded £4.6 million
