The region's dairy farmers have tightened their belts again as the milk price heads south. Rob Simpson, of the National Farmers' Union (NFU), examines the reasons behind the price slump, while Jessica Slee interviews a North Yorkshire farmer who is working
HELMSLEY ON Tuesday, May 2, Helmsley YFC held a mock auction at Mr and Mrs Bell's farm, Weather Cote Farm, Sutton Bank. We would like to thank them and also thank Mr R Bell for providing some equipment for the evening and Mr Philip Place, an auctioneer
AN independent report into farm tenancies commissioned by Government is recommending chages. And these changes "delight" the Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) which says the report supports many issues raised by the association in its lobbying. TFA national
But that was then sensationally overshadowed by Somerset's Ian Blackwell hitting an unbeaten century off 100 balls. with 11 fours and four sixes. The burly left-hander was severe on Matthew Hoggard, who was repeatedly hooked and pulled to the boundary
SHAREHOLDERS in Bootham Crescent Holdings, the former owner of York City Football Club, have been informed not to expect a pay-out until Bootham Crescent has been sold, it was revealed today. A letter from BCH chairman Douglas Craig sent out to shareholders
ROLL UP! Roll up! Get your season tickets here! That was the cry from new York City chairman John Batchelor who, in an extraordinary move today, got on his soapbox in Parliament Street to urge fans to pack Bootham Crescent next season. Supporters who
YORKSHIRE could be a step closer to having its own regional government. This prospect follows an announcement from the Government of a further round of devolution after Scottish and Welsh home rule. When it came to power, New Labour pledged to create
THIS month's York & District Citizens' Advice Bureau advice column will deal with holiday problems, from booking them to actually being there. Remember: always try to book through reputable agencies - those with ABTA or ATOL. This can help if you
THE POPULAR "Any Sporting Questions?" programme has been lured to York for the first time - and its thanks to the York Golden Jubilee Rugby League Festival. Furthermore, York City FC chairman John Batchelor has been confirmed as the first guest for the
NO team has yet to claim maximum points in the Horwath Pulleyn Heselton York Vale League. Sean Hunter led York to the top of division one with a good all-round performance against the Post Office following up a century with fpur wickets. The Postmen had
SELBY councillors plan to spend £4,000 on a weekend's skateboarding for local youngsters - as a prelude to building a £70,000 permanent skate park. A mobile skateboarding park will be transported all the way from Maidenhead, Berkshire, and installed on
Ben Johnson lead division three after a heavy defeat of Askham Bryan. Batting first they reached 145 for 8 with Martin Reynolds hitting a fluent 57. Darren Snowden and Scott Carlton both took three wickets to put the Villagers in all sorts of trouble
A BRAVE teenager who is fighting back after being paralysed by a series of haemorrhages is getting set to pick up a national award. Robert Hornby is London-bound next week after being named a winner in the AOL Child of Resolution Awards. Robert, 17, from
DERBYSHIRE invited Yorkshire to have first use of the normally batsmen friendly Stamford Bridge wicket when their three-day Second XI game began yesterday. And how they were made to regret that decision. Openers Scott Richardson and Chris Taylor, both
THE mother of Internet TV advert star Rachel Willis today relived the moment her daughter was viciously mugged - as the pair talked on the phone. Heather Willis told how she heard her daughter cry out as she was attacked and robbed of her mobile phone
THE brother-in-law of deaf charity worker Ian Stillman has flown thousands of miles to break the news that attempts to free him have failed. Jerry Dugdale flew to Delhi last night. He plans to visit 51-year-old Ian in the Indian jail in which he is serving
A GROUP of women - and one man - from a York healthcare society will be parading their underwear through the dark streets of London to raise money for cancer charities. Intrepid volunteers from Benenden Healthcare Society plan to power walk up to 26 miles
TONIGHT'S cup final was meant to be his swansong after a medal-laden career in Sunday morning football spanning a quarter of a century. But Wigginton stalwart Ian Gallagher has been forced to sit it out after rupturing his Achilles tendon in the last
HARROGATE Town have continued to make clear their intentions for next season by opening transfer talks with former York City midfielder Nigel Pepper and ex-Scotland international Stuart McCall. With York City duo Nick Richardson and Marc Thompson also
YOUNG decorator Ian Browne has won a top award in a regional competition. Ian, from New Earswick, York, was named Decorator of the Year at the regional Skillbuild competition, held in Bradford. He works at Dodsworths, in York, and is an NVQ Level Three
A POWERFUL Westminster committee today criticised the Ministry of Defence for failing to tackle the pension scandal highlighted by the partner of North Yorkshire SAS hero Brad Tinnion. Bombardier Tinnion, from Harrogate, was killed rescuing British hostages
THE POPULAR "Any Sporting Questions?" programme has been lured to York for the first time - and its thanks to the York Golden Jubilee Rugby League Festival. Furthermore, York City FC chairman John Batchelor has been confirmed as the first guest for the
A TOP York policeman has given his backing to a bid to bring street wardens onto the city's streets. Chief Superintendent John Lacy said North Yorkshire Police would give "100 per cent support" to a City of York Council move for wardens to patrol crime-hit
HOUSE prices have rocketed by more than double the national rate in the York area, new figures showed today. Prices have also risen faster than the national average of ten per cent in the last year in North Yorkshire and East Riding areas. The Land Registry
I WAS interested, but not surprised, to read that carers in York are saving the NHS nearly £150 million a year (Evening Press, Thursday, May 2). I was particularly struck by the comment that many carers don't recognise they are carers and don't know about
MY sincere apologies to those motorists who may have been annoyed recently at my use of the northbound A19/A64 intersection roundabouts in a manner prescribed in the Highway Code and in the way that I have for several years. It seems the road layout has
Cannabis Cafe for York? (Evening Press, April 30). Reading the courts section in the Evening Press and taking into account the amount of cannabis possession convictions that regularly appear, it would seem the demand for such a cafe would be like its
STEPHEN LEWIS talks to two teenagers about what made them break the law PEOPLE aren't stereotypes, except in sensation-seeking newspapers or poor TV dramas. So the question why some young people are drawn to crime and disorderly behaviour and not others
ON May 25, Charles and Valerie Marwood will hold a sale of pedigree gimmer lambs at Foulrice Farm, Whenby. The Foulrice flock, which is one of the largest and best known flocks of Charollais sheep in the country, was established in 1982 and has won honours
A WOMAN suffered serious head injuries in a road accident with a tractor while cycling with her son in a village near York. Police said the woman, named locally as Katheryn Newlove, 48, was riding along Main Street, Sutton-on-Derwent, when the accident
THE brother-in-law of deaf charity worker Ian Stillman has flown thousands of miles to break the news that attempts to free him have failed. Jerry Dugdale flew to Delhi last night. He plans to visit 51-year-old Ian in the Indian jail in which he is serving
WELL done Ian Browne, who crossed paintbrushes with the best and came out on top. The young York decorator has won a leading award in a regional competition, and he could be forgiven for wishing to paint the town red. And while he's at it, he should find
It pays to change your bank account, but few of us do so, finds MAXINE GORDON SHEER laziness is costing most of us our hard-earned cash. Research by consumer champions Which? has found that few people consider switching their bank accounts - even though
ROLL UP! Roll up! Get your season tickets here! That was the cry from new York City chairman John Batchelor who, in an extraordinary move today, got on his soapbox in Parliament Street to urge fans to pack Bootham Crescent next season. Supporters who
YORK City goalkeeper Russ Howarth today netted a massive international boost. The City shot-stopper has landed a late call-up into the England Under-20 squad after injury forced a reshuffle. Liverpool's £6million star Chris Kirkland, the former Coventry
SHAREHOLDERS in Bootham Crescent Holdings, the former owner of York City Football Club, have been informed not to expect a pay-out until Bootham Crescent has been sold, it was revealed today. A letter from BCH chairman Douglas Craig sent out to shareholders
FORMER York City centre back John Fielding may be joining UniBond League premier division outfit Barrow. He played in a prestigious friendly for the Cumbrians against a Leeds United XI on Friday night to mark the Holker Street club's centenary. Fielding
RACIST jokes, you don't hear one for ages and suddenly they are everywhere. First Leeds United holds its annual awards dinner and enterprisingly books a comedian known for his offensiveness. Then the Tory MP Ann Winterton woos her local rugby club dinner
FATHER and son Colin and Max Driscoll dominated their win against Burn, which has led them to the top of the fourth division. Andy Heutson and Keith Vollans top scored for Burn in their 134 while Max took 4 for 15 and Colin 4 for 40. Driscoll junior opened
PLANS to return "home rule" to Yorkshire by establishing a local parliament were finally being unveiled by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott today. In a statement to the Commons, he was outlining his vision to establish a directly-elected regional assembly
AT daybreak today hundreds of soldiers and students from across the country started to race the sun around North Yorkshire in an effort to raise cash for charity. Ten teams of men and women were taking part in the 15-stage event which was being hosted
A dynamic performance by Chris Silverwood came to Yorkshire's rescue on the first day of the County Championship match against Somerset at Taunton yesterday. But that was then sensationally overshadowed by Somerset's Ian Blackwell hitting an unbeaten
A HOUSEMASTER at a now closed North Yorkshire residential school has denied that he sexually abused two of its pupils. Anver Daud Sheikh told a jury at York Crown Court that he preferred women, not men or children. "That is something that disgusts me,
ONE of the country's most influential motorcycle groups has put its weight behind the Evening Press's Arrive Alive campaign. The Motorcycle Industry Association (MCI) has backed our drive to raise awareness into the number of motorcycle tragedies occurring
York Cycleworks newest recruit Richard Sutcliffe overcame gale force winds and driving rain to win the Beaumont Trophy road race in Northumbria. He and team-mate Chris Belsham read the race well and infiltrated the winning break when it formed with just
BRITISH and Greek defence chiefs looked set to snub the case of York plane spotter Andy Jenkins and his colleagues when they met today - to the group's anger. The British plane spotters convicted of spying charges in Greece had urged Defence Secretary
ERNIE Burke, believed to be the only York-born rugby league player to touch down against Australia at a professional level has died. He was 76. Mr Burke was born and raised in the Walmgate area of the city and as a pupil at St George's RC School excelled
York snooker players will be putting their hands in their pockets this weekend to help raise money for needy children. The Cueball Club in James Street is joining clubs around the country as part of Sport Relief's 'Pay to Play' campaign and this Saturday
FLOWERS have been laid at the entrance to a North Yorkshire community centre in memory of a teenager who died in a road accident. Marie Stebbings, of Carlton Husthwaite, died last Friday when her motorbike collided with a tractor near Thirsk. Tributes
MORE than 125 guests and staff have been struck down by a sickness and diarrhoea bug at the Grand Hotel in Scarborough. Health experts are helping to keep the illness under control and guests showing symptoms have been asked to stay in their rooms to
HENRY Cecil, who has had little to celebrate so far this season, can see an upturn in his fortunes at Nottingham tomorrow, courtesy of a previously unraced filly. Java makes her eagerly awaited debut in division one of the Trent Maiden Fillies' Stakes
REGARDING 'Park chief's fury at MOD' (Evening Press, May 6), you have to wonder sometimes... September 11 comes along, the whole world waits with bated breath in fear of more catastrophes while security forces around the globe take action to mitigate
I was saddened to read Robert Holmes' rather bombastic letter about Julian Cole's excellent article on the big bang theory (Letters, May 4). As an astronomer, it is good to read something to become inspired about and Julian's piece did just that. On the
England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson today mixed experience and youth in the 23-man squad he will take to the World Cup. The full squad is: Goalkeepers: David Seaman - Arsenal Nigel Martin - Leeds United David James - West Ham Defenders: Danny Mills - Leeds
YORK City shot-stopper Russ Howarth was an anxious man today as he waited at Gatwick airport to team up with the England Under-20s squad in the South of France. Howarth, who had been originally left out of the squad for the Toulon Tournament, received
AS the immutable deadline for submitting IACS applications looms next Wednesday, it made me muse a little cynically upon the hypocrisy of those administering the mass of regulations which beset us. On the one hand, if the farmer breaches the rules by
